This is why I bought a widescreen TV. 44", true high-def resolution. Anamorphic DVDs look incredible on it. I need to get TheLadyLion to buy a copy tonight.
So did you call Mirage?
Ordered it on Netflix, got it yesterday, watched it and sent it back already.
Not me. I got the impression that he’s simply very demanding, to the point of being a perfectionist (or, as one of the animators noted on the DVD, “He’s like strong coffee.”). He’s certainly got a reputation for being uncompromising; couple that with how readily he hands out credit to others while shunning it from himself (a trait that’s very evident on his commentary track), and I can’t see “jerk” at all.
Here is a nice, meaty article that gives a good profile of Brad Bird. This quote is particularly telling:
I got it yesterday, & am watching it now.
I’m gonna love this for years to come.
Regarding Easter Eggs:
Most of the menus have a stock template. You don’t have to go hunting for easter eggs. Just sit around for a while, watching the upper right corner of the screen. When the little droid appears, push the ‘right’ button to choose it. There’s something on nearly every one of the template screens.
Okay, it came yesterday. I’ll call off the frivolous class-action lawsuit.
My daughter and I thought that Jack-Jack Attack was hysterical. I particularly loved the way that
Kari’s Mozart CD switches from Rondo Alla Turca to Dies Irae as Jack-Jack bursts into flames..
I picked up the DVD from Wal*Mart for less than $15. I watched it last night for the first time–I missed it when it was in the theatre. Wow. What a movie. It was superb. It’s exactly what my big TV and surround sound home theatre system was made for.
I only got to watch the movie last night; none of the extras. I know what I’ll be doing this evening when I get home: the laundry. But right after that, I’m watching the extras!
Ours arrived today. 2 Discs, 2 plush toys (Dash and Violet), collectors pin, and four lithographs!
Woot! Gonna be a fun night!
“Kari. That’s like ‘Carrie’, but with a K instead of a C, a “ah” instead of a “eh”, one R, and an I instead of an IE”.
The “S” stands for…sitter. Yeah, sitter. Originally, I was gonna have initials for “babysitter,” but then I would have been goin’ around wearing a big “B.S.” and…you understand why I couldn’t go with that.
Got mine 3 days ago. Thanks, Amazon.
Jack Jack Attack was quite fun. The ‘bloopers’ were meh, Supers DB meh. In the extras, a little Brad Bird goes a long way. He’s not uninteresting, but not very compelling.
“And one thing we’re NOT going to do is panic! YARG!! LOOKOUT!”
“The greater good?! I am your wife. I am the greatest good that will ever happen to you!”
Lady Chance is particularly fond of that one. Clearly, I’m just a kept man.
I find myself disappointed that what precisely Jack-Jack’s power is isn’t spelled out int he short. I had hoped for something a little more explanatory.
But I’m a powers geek.
“Boy, I wish I could just forget the whole thing.”
If she doesn’t say something along the lines of the following, then someone will get hu – I mean, I won’t see it.
“Sometimes I’m a motorcycle driver, blending in with the citizens of Megatokyo. Sometimes I’m a better fake Knight Saber than your fakes. And sometimes I’m a believer in arcane conspiracies. But in truth… Honey FLASH!”
Honey transformed, appearing in a red, white, and purple costume showing quite a bit of skin between her breasts. “I’m the lovely warrior, Cutey Honey!”
From the fanfiction,“BUBBLEGUM FLASH”
That scene has been cracking me up ever since the first trailers came out.
“Woman! Where IS my SUPERSUIT!”
I think the gag here is that no one thought Jack-Jack had powers, and he turns out to have more than the rest of the family combined: floats through walls, shoots beams from his eyes, bursts into flame, turns into that demon thing…
I wonder how many boyfriends are gonna get smacked for that one in the next few months.
I loved the Supers DB. Some of the interviews cracked me up. I also loved the commentary on the Mr. Incredible cartoon…
Frozone: I’m white! They made me white!
Mr. Incredible: They didn’t make you white. The film is just bleached out.
Frozone: No it’s not! They made me white!
Mr. Incredible: Well, you’re…tan.
I believe this has been said, but I when I saw his powers manifesting, his expression also changed once per power, leading me to the conclusion that he isn’t just an over-powerd shape changer, but has his powers be dependant on what his emotional state is. As a toddler, that could be dangerous.