Pixar's Next Movie: The Incredibles 435
An anonymous reader writes: "The trailer for Pixar's next film, The Incredibles, is on the web. It's available from the official Incredibles site, the Apple trailers page, and Pixar's website. Lots of info on the official page as well! Enjoy!"
What the??? (Score:1, Interesting)
Adult films (Score:5, Interesting)
And btw, by 'geared towards adults' I certainly don't mean sex and explosions, that doesn't hurt though if the plot is interesting and supports it.
Re:What the??? (Score:4, Interesting)
Washington Post story covering this [washingtonpost.com]
Re:Adult films (Score:2, Interesting)
But seriously, I think this is a good idea. Anime nerd or not (the only anime I like is Ronin Warriors, do I count?) a adult-oriented *good* cg movie would probably do good.
And no, Final Fantasy doesn't count because the story line was just plain boring. FF is good at gameplay not stories.
Maybe we could petition Pixar?
Re:Adult films (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Adult films (Score:2, Interesting)
I'm no G-Rated wuss when it comes to film taste either. I'm a big fan of Quentin Tarantino, Sam Raimi, and pre-LOTR Peter Jackson, for example. Nonetheless, Pixar can make the kind of movies they want to make and I wish them success at it because they make truly excellent films.
Tech? (Score:3, Interesting)
The 2 trailers loaded extremely fast (on the main site) and the Flash loaded faster than I could click "Skip Intro." Over all, a very well made site.
Disney without Pixar is going to be like Apple without Steve Jobs... Oh, wait...
Stock position (Score:2, Interesting)
I just want these films to come out and be big, smash hits. So, when Pixar goes to Sony or somebody else for distro rights, they get a blockbuster deal and the stock shoots up to $80 or beyond. My $10k in should return well if that happens. I'll take 35% over two years, for my annualized rate of return, thank you very much.
Re:Adult films (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:They still ... (Score:5, Interesting)
Also, does anyone else think it's odd from the trailer that it's like Pixar wants to disown A Bug's Life?
Teaser and new trainler look like two movies (Score:3, Interesting)
However this new trailer makes the movie look completely different - a superhero team all very much in the now.
Either way,it's PIXAR so I'll be seeing it and when the kids get the DVD, I'll be seeing it again and again. About the only thing that may make this different is the characters are people as opposed to talking animals and toys etc...
Superhero Interview (Score:3, Interesting)
Pixar is no different than anyone else (Score:5, Interesting)
I think you hit the nail on the head - but not how you intended. I love Pixar's movies, but they are clearly written for kids. Like you said, they WRITE IN CONTENT FOR ADULTS. I agree with the parent poster, that I would like to see a movie from Pixar where the adult content wasn't an afterthought. Think "Spirited Away". It is appropriate for adults and kids, but doesn't feel like a kids movie with a few jokes thrown in for the parents. Finding Nemo was good, but it was still a kids movie.
Sure, they are a kickass animation studio, but let's not forget that they make movies to MAKE MONEY. Where is the money? Product tie-ins. Granted, if the movie tanks their products sit on the shelves, so they do have to make a decent movie first. This has been the MO for kids moviemakers for quite a while now. It has been very obvious for a long time and is starting to become pathetic (Cat in the Hat anyone?). But parents lap it up. There is already Shrek 2 merchandise on the market.
Hey, that is the movie business, not much room for integrity.
Re:The Incredibles Soundtrack vs Die Another Day (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:What the??? (Score:5, Interesting)
My pet peeve with Disney is that they take stuff in the Public Domain (Cinderella etc) then start sending legal threats to anybody who does the same, claiming that they are cashing on the Disney investment. Of course, many claims are baseless, but who can defend themselves against the legal might of Disney?
The last straw was when they pulled out of the production of the recent "Peter Pan" movie, because they didn't want to pay royalties to the orphanage that owns the rights (they received them in the will of the Author).
Disney claims because they already paid once for their animated production of Peter Pan, they shouldn't have to pay again.
Hmm.. Billion dollar multinational refusing to give a tiny percentage of one fucking movie to a group of kids without parents. Walt would be spinning in his grave if he wasn't frozen into it.
Isn't this old? (Score:2, Interesting)
And it's still 174 days until it comes out according to the website. Hurry up! I lost interest when the film didn't come out within a week of seeing the trailer. Stop tempting with things that are years away, damn you!
Re:What the??? (Score:4, Interesting)
That's not strictly true. Disney have a reputation of legally threatening people over this sort of thing but it has nothing to do with protecting its investment. So long as you avoid using Disney inventions that were used in conjunction with the public domain story then Disney can't do a thing.
For example, it's perfectly legitimate for someone to stage a play based on Snow White but Disney would come down hard if you used the names and/or appearance of the Seven Dwarves as seen in the movie (the seven dwarves appear in the original public domain Snow White but the characters of Grumpy, Sleepy, et al, are Disney inventions and not in the public domain).
Is this right? Well, it's a strict and traditional application of copyright so it's difficult to complain about, unless you want to argue against copyright in general. What isn't right, and this relates to your original pet-peeve, is the retroactive extension of copyright so that the Disney inventions never fall into the public domain.
Re:"In Theatres 11-5-2004" (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Pixar is no different than anyone else (Score:3, Interesting)
Hmm. Didn't know that. Interesting though, how a movie written for a 12-year old girl in another country can seem so mature, while movies written for 12-year-olds in the US seem vapid and utterly childish. I plead ignorance on the cultural disconnect, but I am giving Miyazaki no more credit than he deserves. Spirited Away was a great movie, whereas Finding Nemo is a great kid's movie. For some reason, I find the need to qualify it.
Re:They still ... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Adult films (Score:2, Interesting)
Re:Adult films (Score:3, Interesting)
One of the very, very few films that was successfully aimed at children and adults equally in my mind was The Princess Bride. Neither talking down to kids or adults it can be enjoyed by both at the exact same level for an entire lifetime.
What about "A Bug's Life"? (Score:3, Interesting)
I dunno, maybe the fact that it's the only Pixar movie where the villain dies at the end is working against them, or something. I still think it's as good as any of Pixar's other outings, even if they don't.