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Al-Saqr posted:I'd be so excited if it weren't for the fact that the songs this band makes are incredibly awful. It's his time and everything but man, I wish that money would be put to better use for such a high talent. Um, Freak Kitchen is a fantastic band. I'd donate if I had any money.
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Hey Animation Thread, I'm a big enough man to admit I was wrong and the Lego Movie was in fact pretty fantastic.
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axleblaze posted:Hey Animation Thread, I'm a big enough man to admit I was wrong and the Lego Movie was in fact pretty fantastic. drat straight. I'm going to rewatch it Friday. I didn't see it in 3-D the first time around so I'm fixing that plus dragging a friend who would love it with me.
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Sadly for me my combination of near-sightedness and Astigmatism makes watching anything in 3D nigh-impossible, leaving me with a massive headache as a result.
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Robindaybird posted:Sadly for me my combination of near-sightedness and Astigmatism makes watching anything in 3D nigh-impossible, leaving me with a massive headache as a result. You must hate this new 3-d trend then, huh? Honestly animated films are the only ones that I feel really add enough to be worth the 3-d experience.
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The first time I saw an animated movie in 3D was with Toy Story 3, and it was gorgeous. I'd been skeptical about seeing it like that but it really added a lot of depth to the already beautiful visuals, and it wasn't super in-your-face, so it didn't break my immersion like the movies that like to fling and poke stuff at the screen tend to do. I feel bad for my old housemate though. She's blind in one eye, so if we had to see a movie in 3D, she had to pay extra for something she literally can't see. She was so pleased when the 2DS came out.
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Relentlessboredomm posted:You must hate this new 3-d trend then, huh? Honestly animated films are the only ones that I feel really add enough to be worth the 3-d experience. Yeah, especially when there's movies that only came out in 3D so if I want to see it, I pay extra for something I can't experience, and considering the process reduces the overall brightness.
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Robindaybird posted:Yeah, especially when there's movies that only came out in 3D so if I want to see it, I pay extra for something I can't experience, and considering the process reduces the overall brightness. Pick up some 2D glasses if you don't have them already, it flattens the image while eliminating the no-glasses blur.
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DoctorWhat posted:Pick up some 2D glasses if you don't have them already, it flattens the image while eliminating the no-glasses blur. Do those work for imax and real3d? Because they're different. I brought a spare pair of glasses one time to test it.
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Mar 7, 2014 09:15
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Sylvain Chomet did an opening couch gag for The Simpsons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOi5OF7gAiM
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Mar 8, 2014 03:55
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Sylvain Chomet did an opening couch gag for The Simpsons. Well, the couch gags are officially better than the actual show now.
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Das Boo posted:Well, the couch gags are officially better than the actual show now. Yep https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX1iplQQJTo
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Das Boo posted:Well, the couch gags are officially better than the actual show now. It's been that way for so long it's not even funny anymore. edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=62iVXcf8APs
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Das Boo posted:Well, the couch gags are officially better than the actual show now. This is probably the most exposure Chomet will ever have in America.
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So any news on that Mr.Peabody and Sherman movie? It kind of looked okay from the trailer I saw in the Lego movie, but then again that's mainly because Patrick Warburton was voicing Agamemnon in it.
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God dammit, guys.
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achillesforever6 posted:So any news on that Mr.Peabody and Sherman movie? It kind of looked okay from the trailer I saw in the Lego movie, but then again that's mainly because Patrick Warburton was voicing Agamemnon in it. The trailers are really uneven in my opinion. When one makes me think it might be funny, another pops up with a sphinx farting joke and "His name rhymes with BUTT!" and I roll my eyes.
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True art goes unappreciated in its time
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Waffleman_ posted:God dammit, guys. Why can't it be an Oscarina award?!?!?!
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Mr. Peabody and Sherman is a film I really enjoyed! The animation is great and the script is pretty strong throughout except for a few mis-fired jokes (Including a Don't Tase Me, Bro reference that was dated three years ago, let alone now) I will say that there are some very interesting plot elements that are present simply from presenting the story of a dog and his boy in a modern context. Ty Burell and the kid playing Sherman have some serious voice chemistry, and the cast is overall wonderful. I love love love Stanley Tucci and Lake Bell as Leonardo DiVinci and Mona Lisa.
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achillesforever6 posted:So any news on that Mr.Peabody and Sherman movie? It kind of looked okay from the trailer I saw in the Lego movie, but then again that's mainly because Patrick Warburton was voicing Agamemnon in it. It got released a few weeks ago here in the UK. It's okay, a nice family film, with really good voice acting. Agamemmnon was an absolute delight, but even the child actors were incredibly strong. Definitely for the younger set though; the 6 year old was enthralled, and laughed so hard she kept choking on her carton of juice, but the 12 year old wasn't as taken with it. Not a patch on Kung-Fu Panda, but well above that boring Rise of the Guardians thing from a couple years ago. (However, we also got the full-length trailer for Dreamworks' How to Train your Dragon 2 in front of it; and that got all of our attention. It looked incredible on the big screen, especially the big flying into battle scene at the end)
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It also sort of plays on the idea of adoption by parents who aren't considered the standard parental types (perhaps a single adoptive parent, or a same-sex couple) but in this case, it's a dog. In the original show, it's unclear of how Sherman and Peabody came to form their relationship, but The film makes itthat Peabody fought hard to adopt Sherman and is his father in every sense of the word (except he doesn't like to be called Dad) and a major plot is that someone who doesn't approve of a dog adopting a boy wants to take Sherman away. Mix in lots of fun time travel stuff that feels like a kid friendly riff on Bill and Ted, and it's an interesting combo. Not as strong as Kung Fu Panda or How to Train Your Dragon, but very solid family entertainment. I felt a bit daft seeing it by myself unlike The Lego Movie or a Pixar output, but I enjoyed it better than I think I'd have enjoyed 300: 302. The trailer is pretty misrepresentative of the film too. They even cut out the fart noise from the sphinx bit (the bit is still there, but they just shot out like a rocket. Peabody doesn't even say "We were the butt of that joke!" Also: puns. Holy god, lots of puns. If you like puns, welcome to pun heaven.
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Bill and Ted was already a kid friendly Bill and Ted.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:In the original show, it's unclear of how Sherman and Peabody came to form their relationship I watched a couple of the first episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle a few years back when they put it on Netflix, and I'm almost positive that in the first Peabody's Improbable History that Peabody tells a story about adopting him. I can't verify that though since the show doesn't seem to be on Netflix anymore.
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raditts posted:I watched a couple of the first episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle a few years back when they put it on Netflix, and I'm almost positive that in the first Peabody's Improbable History that Peabody tells a story about adopting him. I can't verify that though since the show doesn't seem to be on Netflix anymore. I'm also fairly sure that this is true (with a gag of the orphanage being similar to a pet shop). I think it's also the only time they explicitly acknowledged that Peabody's a dog, as the rest of the shorts never draws attention to it. I'll say the Jay Ward shows aren't very good - with the completely bonkers story lines and humor being what saves it.
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axleblaze posted:Bill and Ted was already a kid friendly Bill and Ted. Well, even more so. Bill and Ted had some stuff that would go over little kids head. The jokes in this are almost all aimed directly at them (except an excellent Stephen Hawking gag)
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There was a new Boxtrolls trailer like 2 days ago and no one posted! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQ_geARV7b4
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Macaluso posted:There was a new Boxtrolls trailer like 2 days ago and no one posted! You know I always wonder, when they do mid-air shots for characters are they tied to strings and digitally removed or is there something else involved?
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They're attached to frames which are digitally removed.
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TheBigBudgetSequel posted:Also: puns. Holy god, lots of puns. If you like puns, welcome to pun heaven. Robindaybird posted:I'll say the Jay Ward shows aren't very good - with the completely bonkers story lines and humor being what saves it. They're sort of an acquired taste. The puns are true to form; every Peabody segment would end on a terrible pun after several minutes worth of setup. In other words, you could say they're a shaggy dog story.
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They actually show that process in the second trailer. The shot before they transition from "behind the scenes" to actual footage, shows the metal brace they use to keep the character in mid-air.
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Phobic Nest posted:They're sort of an acquired taste. The puns are true to form; every Peabody segment would end on a terrible pun after several minutes worth of setup. *boiiiiiiiiiiiiing*
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Just saw Peabody and Sherman today. It's actually pretty good despite the mediocre looking trailers. For once I'm actually looking forward to the inevitable How to Train Your Dragon style port to TV. Also, yeah, LOTS of puns. readingatwork fucked around with this message at 05:48 on Mar 10, 2014 |
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Dreamworks made a short introducing the aliens that will star in Home. http://www.buzzfeed.com/jarettwieselman/home-exclusive-introduction-video Gotta say, not jazzed about it. Something about the Boov's design irks me.
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Pick posted:It's very, very generic. That's probably it. They could really use some skin texture or something like that.  These (book illustrations?) look a lot better than the lumps of Play-Doh they've gone with.
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Winklebottom posted:Dreamworks made a short introducing the aliens that will star in Home. I love that the article actually acknowledges the existence of Flushed Away, which I had forgotten was a thing until this moment.
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Waffleman_ posted:I love that the article actually acknowledges the existence of Flushed Away, which I had forgotten was a thing until this moment. With good reason. When will Aardman get around to making a new Wallace & Gromit?  I might be overly harsh on it simply because the Wallace & Gromit shorts and film are some of my favorites. VVVVVVVVVV Winklebottom fucked around with this message at 19:32 on Mar 10, 2014 |
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I thought Flushed Away was pretty alright. It's Aardman's weakest but it still has alot of their charm and I still found it pretty entertaining. Also those aliens from that Dreamworks movie are incredibly generic. They look like colors with faces and that's about it.
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