Incredibles dvd

[gary bolt]

Morna and I bought the Incredibles dvd today. We enjoyed it a lot in the theatre. It's a great thing to watch at home, too!

It will take a couple of days to appreciate all of the bonus material but so far we like the new scene with Jack-Jack and the "art gallery" on the bonus features disk. There is some awesome character design, set design, colour design, etc to pour over in this area.

[JohnThompson]

I picked this up too, as I imagine most people here will. Haven't had time to do much more than show the kids the trailer for "Cars" over and over... :rolleyes:

[hellboyone]

The DVD is excellent. Another Pixar DVD that makes you wanna kill someone to work there. I'm especially happy that Sarah Vowell got her own little featurette since I'm a huge fan of her and her writing and essays. She talks about how she got the job when the Pixar crew heard her on NPR doing the essay about her and her father's cannon. I remember hearing that the first time and it actually made me cry. Goddamn public radio!!! :)

Gary, if you like all the art and design, then The Art of the Incredibles is a MUST HAVE book. My Linds got it for me for Christmas and I've been drooling over it ever since.

R.

[Ken O]

The superhero profiles are my favorite. Gamma Jack almost made me pee myself. That and the retro cartoon and commentary about it.

[Celtic_Fiddler]

I just ordered it on amazon along with a book (gotta love supersaver!). I can't wait to see it. I didn't get a chance to see it in the theaters so I'm really excited to get it.

Andrea

[MaskedMan]

Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[gdeo]

It's a great book!!!

[gary bolt]

The superhero profiles are my favorite. Gamma Jack almost made me pee myself. That and the retro cartoon and commentary about it.

The superhero profiles are funny. I think Gazerbeam has the best super name ever.

[ReptileJK]

Just picked it up this afternoon. Loved it in the theater and can't wait to watch it again. Pixar is some of the only decent and original stuff out there for kids these days (and it ain't bad for adults neither :D ).

I was pumped to see the little "Bounding" short was on the DVD also. Got a kick out of that (with the Great American Jackelope)!

Looking forward to watching it tonight.

Reptile.

[ReptileJK]

Haven't had time to do much more than show the kids the trailer for "Cars" over and over... :rolleyes:

Funny you mention that. On my way home from the Incredibles I remeber making a comment to my wife along the lines of "Can Pixar do any wrong?"

Then I remembered the trailer for cars. While it's impossible to say whether it will be good or not, I've got to say that the Cars trailer was the first time a Pixar trailer did not make me excited about seeing the movie.

Guess we'll see.

[hellboyone]

I thought the same thing about Cars. I'm still not sure about it. I don't like the design much at all. Although I didn't like the designs for Finding Nemo either when I saw the trailers and I ended up loving the movie.

But Pixar's got one thing right: kids love cars to death.

R.

[Mr Wolf]

I'm such a Pixar/Animation/Movie geek, I saw 'The Incredibles' twice on opening day.

Picked up the DVD from Future Shop (came with the Disney Treasures-style tin with an Incredibles sticker on the front) and have poured through it.

Way too little in the Art Gallery and Publicity sections, but I'm betting it's because most of that stuff is in the Art Of The Incredibles.

I too, like Rick, would kill to work there. Ok, well maybe not kill..

I've kept all my PFO letters from them as inspiration! ;)

[hellboyone]

I picked this up too, as I imagine most people here will.

Most people, indeed. 5 million sold the first day! If only comics did so well...

R.

[gdeo]

Hey Rick-I don't know if you'll agree with me or not...but don't the cars look like the ones in the Chevron gas commercials(I don't know if they run nationwide) Hopefully,Lassiters' story is interesting...But I'll agree with you ,kids do love cars .

[JohnThompson]

...but don't the cars look like the ones in the Chevron gas commercials?
The Chevron ads' cars are more balloony/cartoony-- the spots were done by Aardman (Wallace and Grommit), weren't they?

Cars is the final Pixar film to fullfill their obligation to Disney. Not that I think they'll put any less love and attention into it than their other films, but who knows? Bug's Life doesn't continue to excite me the way that Toy Story does. Not every film is destined to be a piece of Art. Still, I can already smell the merchandising machine gearing up for Cars (pun intended). This one is going to be huge with the little boys and Nascar fans.

[ReptileJK]

Bug's Life doesn't continue to excite me the way that Toy Story does. Not every film is destined to be a piece of Art. Still, I can already smell the merchandising machine gearing up for Cars (pun intended). This one is going to be huge with the little boys and Nascar fans.

I think that's very true (about not every Pixar film destined to be great).

Liking or disliking a movie often comes down to personal interests. For example, while some folks are really into cars, NASCAR, etc., I've never really been all that interested (aside from how they can get me from point A to point B :) ). This has been the case from early on in my childhood. Yet, folks who dig cars, sort of already have the platform built to dig this movie.

For some folks, things like scene composition, color, etc. are what makes or breaks a movie. I've got only a movie-geek's interest in things like that (in other words, if I'm able to pick things out while watching a movie, it interests me). I don't have the eye for it that folks involved in art and/or cinema-related fields do, and its less likely to influence my feelings about the movie. My interests lie in other areas (wildlife ecology, the interactions of organisms with eachother and their environment, evolution, etc., and how cleverly those ideas are brought to the big screen). Thus, Bug's Life and Finding Nemo appealed to me, and are my favorite of the Pixar movies so far.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a comic book geek too (so I loved The Incredibles), and I think it's impossible NOT to like the Toy Story movies as they are something special among Pixar's flicks.

Yet, because Pixar is doing Cars, I'll probably see it. The simple fact that Pixar is involved is probably what'll make this movie a box office hit as much as anything else (regardless of personal interests).

Anyways, sort of a "stream of conscioussness" reply.

RepT

[Tad]

It's not only Pixar, "Cars" is John Lassiter's movie and I think we can agree that his instincts are pretty good. It's hard to think back to when people were saying, "They're doing a movie about toys? Is it a preschool thing?"

[hellboyone]

Hey Rick-I don't know if you'll agree with me or not...but don't the cars look like the ones in the Chevron gas commercials(I don't know if they run nationwide) Hopefully,Lassiters' story is interesting...But I'll agree with you ,kids do love cars .

I don't agree. The Chevron cars look INFINITELY better. It looks like Pixar put their cars' eyes on the windshields to distance themselves from the Chevron commercials' design (which I think is Aardman, but I'm not sure) when it just seems like good design sense to make the headlights eyes. Hell, it worked with every other anthropomorphized vehicle in all of cartoon history.

When I saw the Finding Nemo ads, I was disappointed in the design since it just looked like they slapped googly eyes on realistic looking fish. But there was a bit more cartoon design sense in there when viewing the entire movie as a single piece and, of course, the story is well told and universal so I ended up loving it. Not sure if that'll happen with Cars though we're still in the teaser trailer phase.

I like cars but I'm not a Nascar fan. However, a big ol' chunk of the country LOVES Nascar so it's just good business.

R.

[heavysoul]

I got the DVD the other day and stayed up watching it instead of getting any drawing in. I watched just about everything. This DVD rocks. I've seen the book (a friend's copy) and need to get it as well.

[JohnThompson]

I like cars but I'm not a Nascar fan. However, a big ol' chunk of the country LOVES Nascar so it's just good business.
I wonder if Nascar is more of a "red state" phenomenon. I live in a small Iowa town, where the once-thriving downtown businesses are dying off, there are no good paying jobs to speak of, and the citizens won't vote for a local-option tax to fix the schools which are crumbling.

But, we've got our own racetrack!

[hellboyone]

I wonder if Nascar is more of a "red state" phenomenon. I live in a small Iowa town, where the once-thriving downtown businesses are dying off, there are no good paying jobs to speak of, and the citizens won't vote for a local-option tax to fix the schools which are crumbling.

But, we've got our own racetrack!

Nascar is popular EVERYWHERE. I can't imagine John Lasseter being a Republican and yet there he is making what looks to be a Nascar movie. Yeah, I think it's popular everywhere despite our president courting so-called "Nascar dads" during the last election.

Not sure what the appeal of going straight and turning left over and over is...

R.

[Mr Wolf]

John: One of our elderly friends in Creston (though he sure is in good shape for his age) loves NASCAR. He also used to race Hobby Stock cars at various race tracks when he was younger and won many, many trophies. Unfortunately, he didn't start until after he came back from the military and war. If he had started younger, I have no doubt he'd have been in NASCAR winning trophies there too.

I have a younger cousin here in Edmonton who knows every racer, what their stats are, what lap Earnhardt died on, how he died, who leads in points, etc. Another friend, older than myself, is also a big fan, so the sport has spread throughout North America. I will occasionally watch it as well. The joke of it being 'rednecks driving around in circles fast' isn't accurate. I'm no fan of Jeff Gordon, who seems to win a lot and has a giant ego, but there's some other decent 'role models' for kids there.

I've been to some of the local races and seen the different classes and there is this one girl 'Alison Quick' who is in the Alchohol-fueled-car racing division and she's exceptional for her very young age. I'm thinking of sending her story to Bruckheimer. She's a story in the making. And younger kids are getting interested when they hear about these young drivers.

I was at my first Tractor Pull (yeehaw!) and I was blown away by the size of these things. Sure there's an antique class, but there's also a class with huge smoke blowers, and ones with Spitfire engines on them as well! The kids there loved it!

All of this 'monster' power IS huge with kids. Young boys especially. I can remember owning Tonka Trucks and Fire Engines, Hot Wheels, Transformers, Army Vehicles, Tractors, and more. And despite the abundance of Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh, cars and trucks are still a big part of kids toy boxes.

'Cars' has me the least bit excited of any Pixar film, but knowing who it's coming from, I'm still pretty amped about it.

[Ken O]

If nothing else I should support Larry the Cable guy since he's local (that and I think he's damn funny). Been listening to him on the local radio since I was in highschool. I think he lives about 15 mins away.

[morna]

Well really there's as much footage - on the trailer I've seen - of the goofy truck and his buddy as there is of the NASCAR stuff. I'm hoping that there's more to this film than two minutes can convey...?


Incredibles....? I adore it edna mode rocks

[ReptileJK]

Nascar is popular EVERYWHERE. I can't imagine John Lasseter being a Republican and yet there he is making what looks to be a Nascar movie. Yeah, I think it's popular everywhere despite our president courting so-called "Nascar dads" during the last election.

Not sure what the appeal of going straight and turning left over and over is...

R.

Yeah, I think it does have fans everywhere. Living in WI, I see a fair number of NASCAR fans (and we're blue :D ), but it's no where near as popular as Football (Packers and Badgers), for example. It seems like, although it has fans everywhere, it's more popular in the south (this is conjecture, however, as have only been to the "south" twice and can't say what's popular down there).

TAD: I think you're 100%. John L. is an incredible writer. That's something I forgot to mention in my past post: one of (if not THE) most important aspects of a movie for me is the script. If it's unique, clever, well-written, I don't care about special effects, subject matter, and so on. JL is an outstanding movie writer!

[JohnThompson]

If nothing else I should support Larry the Cable guy since he's local (that and I think he's damn funny).
After watching the trailer, my 5-year-old Seth quotes Larry's "Dad-guuum!" line for the next half hour. He ought to provide some great comic relief to the movie.

Larry, that is, not Seth. :rolleyes:

[Arrjay]

My wife and I picked this up last night too. It's great to see the film the second time. I haven't had the chance to check out the special features yet but they sound fantastic.

[Ken O]

After watching the trailer, my 5-year-old Seth quotes Larry's "Dad-guuum!" line for the next half hour. He ought to provide some great comic relief to the movie.

Larry, that is, not Seth. :rolleyes:

Hahaha. Some how I don't think they're going to let him say "Lord, I apologize" though.

[hellboyone]

TAD: I think you're 100%. John L. is an incredible writer. That's something I forgot to mention in my past post: one of (if not THE) most important aspects of a movie for me is the script. If it's unique, clever, well-written, I don't care about special effects, subject matter, and so on. JL is an outstanding movie writer!

Remember: it's not just the screenwriter that writes the movie. The ENTIRE story department has a hand in the script. They just don't get credit for it. I'm sure Pixar's excellent story department contributed many great moments to Lassiter's movies.

R.

[Tad]

I don't think John writes a screenplay. He works in pictures. He's credited with story along with many others. Screenwriters are brought in after much is worked out visually by story artists then brought in to rewrite. The credits of Pixar movies do a pretty good job of sharing the credit with the story department.

[hellboyone]

I don't think John writes a screenplay. He works in pictures. He's credited with story along with many others. Screenwriters are brought in after much is worked out visually by story artists then brought in to rewrite. The credits of Pixar movies do a pretty good job of sharing the credit with the story department.

Yes they do. But, for example, with Finding Nemo, Andrew Stanton gets credit for writing the movie while the story department gets their own card nowhere near the writing credit. And the story department doesn't get any residuals or whatever from the writers guild because they just draw pictures. Laymen see the "written by" credit and most likely ignore the "story department" credit.

R.

[ReptileJK]

Remember: it's not just the screenwriter that writes the movie. The ENTIRE story department has a hand in the script. They just don't get credit for it. I'm sure Pixar's excellent story department contributed many great moments to Lassiter's movies.

R.

I was speaking in generalities for the sake of simplicity, but yeah, I know what you mean. Not trying to take anything away from anyone else in the story development department, and so on.

RepT

[jnapper]

Has anyone seen the "sock puppet version" of the movie that is mentioned here?
http://www.dvdreview.com/html/hidden_features.shtml

I wondered if it was real socks or animated sock puppets--

[hellboyone]

Has anyone seen the "sock puppet version" of the movie that is mentioned here?
http://www.dvdreview.com/html/hidden_features.shtml

I wondered if it was real socks or animated sock puppets--

I haven't made it through the easter eggs yet. I was just looking at that website you posted last night. :)

R.

[Mike Cross]

Real sock puppets..i found that last night..it's mostly funny..

[ReptileJK]

Has anyone watched the "Mr. Incredible and his Friends" short on Disc 2? Kinda funny (especially if you watch it with commentary, as its done by Craig T Nelson and Samuel Jackson in character).