― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 November 2004 21:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Sunday, 14 November 2004 21:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 14 November 2004 21:46 (nineteen years ago) link
I liked this a lot, especially once the action got going. It was thrilling when Violet and Dash figured out how to use their powers together. And Frozone skating through the city was just beautiful.
It did take a little while, I think, to fully fire on all fours -- that said the script and plot tended to demand slow going up for a bit. Seeing more of Frozone would have been fantastic, he was almost shoehorned into the end there but at least it happened.
And now that I think about it, while I wouldn't say you *couldn't* hide being fired from one job and then getting recruited for another one from your spouse, in a plot with a huge amount of clearly unrealistic elements *that* actually stood out as a bit grating!
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 November 2004 21:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 14 November 2004 21:53 (nineteen years ago) link
Violet and the Bitchy Girls in Homeroom
Jack-Jack Discovers Poops
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 November 2004 21:55 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 14 November 2004 21:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― Leon the Fratboy (Ex Leon), Sunday, 14 November 2004 21:58 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 14 November 2004 22:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Kevin Gilchrist (Mr Fusion), Sunday, 14 November 2004 22:02 (nineteen years ago) link
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Monday, 15 November 2004 00:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 November 2004 00:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― aimurchie, Monday, 15 November 2004 02:42 (nineteen years ago) link
guess they had to go with another This American Life commentator.
― kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 15 November 2004 03:40 (nineteen years ago) link
TELL ME.
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Monday, 15 November 2004 04:08 (nineteen years ago) link
Watchmen comparison OTM, but it also reminded me of a comic called
― David A. (Davant), Monday, 15 November 2004 06:25 (nineteen years ago) link
Watchmen comparison OTM, but it also reminded me of a comic called Marvels that had a similar theme of exceptionalism versus the ingratitude (jadedness?) of the general populace (as manipulated by the ruling classes). The edges in this case were much more smoothed, though, making some of the faint Randism arguably more palatable. The four members of the nuclear family could be roughly comparable to the Fantastic Four, too (and how close to Silver Surfer was Frozone when he was snowboarding and speedskating around those city streets?).
Violet was indeed adorable, but the hint of creepiness was definitely of a bulimic nature, given that she could actually become invisible. I mean, how much more anorexic could she be? Likewise, Dash was quintessentially ADD/ADHD. All of which helped give it that postmodern or just simply contemporary appeal.
Yeah, this movie's a blast.
(Sorry, HTML problems)
― David A. (Davant), Monday, 15 November 2004 06:26 (nineteen years ago) link
It can. But the modernist aesthetic the movie makes use of (both in terms of visuals and in its good-thing-writ-large-equals-great-thing approach to animation and writing) is pretty soulless and I didn't find anything in the characters or plot to counteract that. So on balance it comes off as a soulless movie.
It kind of felt like I was watching an afternoon talk show filmed on a freeway overpass.
― fortunate hazel (f. hazel), Monday, 15 November 2004 08:00 (nineteen years ago) link
― kyle (akmonday), Monday, 15 November 2004 08:19 (nineteen years ago) link
Oh, those National Review guys are so cute. I wonder what they thought of the movie's depiction of the insurance industry as corporate bloodsuckers? I mean, there's some cartoonish (ha) Objectivism there, along with the jabs at trial lawyers, but the attacks on public education seem as much in line with '60s anti-conformism as '90s Gingrichism. And the government itself is embodied by the sympathetic agent who keeps on bailing Bob out and reminds him tiredly that taxpayers are footing the bill for his outbursts. And Bob's character arc is all about him learning that he can't do things on his own, he needs other people. Politically, the movie's a nigh-on incoherent mishmash. Which is fine with me. I had a good time.
― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Monday, 15 November 2004 08:34 (nineteen years ago) link
― DJ Mencap0))), Monday, 15 November 2004 13:09 (nineteen years ago) link
― seedy poops in the woods (Queen Electric Butt Prober BZZ), Monday, 15 November 2004 14:40 (nineteen years ago) link
Yeah, I loved those -- made perfect sense that they didn't show them until the end of the movie, as otherwise they would have given it away. ;-)
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 15 November 2004 14:51 (nineteen years ago) link
Frozone was more a straight crib of Iceman.
Violet was indeed adorable, but the hint of creepiness was definitely of a bulimic nature, given that she could actually become invisible. I mean, how much more anorexic could she be?
Interesting take, but to be pedantic, anorexia and bulimia are separate disorders.
― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Monday, 15 November 2004 15:16 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Saturday, 20 November 2004 10:33 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.risingsun.net/cosplayers/elastigirl
― kingfish van pickles (Kingfish), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 04:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curious George Finds the Ether Bottle (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 04:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 04:11 (nineteen years ago) link
muhfuggin' FREAK, yo!
― kingfish van pickles (Kingfish), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curious George Finds the Ether Bottle (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 04:16 (nineteen years ago) link
Also, I don't think I mentioned this elsewhere, but I am sorta slightly convinced the bit where Violet and...argh, the older son's name, who I'm blanking on...run out from the tunnel and jump away towards the camera, followed by lava suddenly flooding out, is a *very* quick but specific homage to the scene in Return of the King where Frodo and Sam do the same while fleeing from Mt. Doom. Then again I could be on crack.
― Ned Raggett (Ned), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 04:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Curious George Finds the Ether Bottle (Rock Hardy), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 04:21 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Tuesday, 29 March 2005 04:26 (nineteen years ago) link
Just saw this on blu-ray and while it was pretty good after a while I couldn't stand Holly Hunter's shpeech impediment anymore. (not the drawl, her s that shoundsh like sh all the time - hash she ever been in a movie with Sean Connery?)
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2011 14:13 (twelve years ago) link
mum is HOT in this
― Ste, Thursday, 14 July 2011 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
Mirage is pretty hottt as well
― StanM, Thursday, 14 July 2011 14:35 (twelve years ago) link
can i have some simpsons porn
― rip nyc chicken (am0n), Thursday, 14 July 2011 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
So anyway.
https://io9.gizmodo.com/we-ve-seen-the-power-packed-first-footage-from-the-incr-1796939620
Talks one isolated scene shown in particular but the key points:
* Starts immediately where the first film left off with the Underminer.
* "will largely focus on Elastigirl, leaving Mr. Incredible at home to watch Jack-Jack."
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 15 July 2017 03:03 (six years ago) link
Updates updates updates:
https://io9.gizmodo.com/one-of-these-new-incredibles-2-characters-is-totally-th-1822303947
New characters per Disney PR stuff and who plays them:
WINSTON DEAVOR (voice of Bob Odenkirk) leads a world-class telecommunications company alongside his genius sister, Evelyn. Ultra-wealthy, savvy and suave, Winston goes big in everything he does—including his infatuation with Supers. He has been a supporter of Supers returning—all he needs is a hero (or three) to help him change public perception and bring them back into the sunlight.EVELYN DEAVOR (voice of Catherine Keener), the brilliant brainchild behind her brother Winston’s telecommunications company, knows her way around tech. She loves tinkering with tech, and has never met a problem she can’t solve.VOYD (voice of Sophia Bush) is a young, overeager “wannabe” Super and a mega-fan of Elastigirl. Her superpower is the ability to divert and manipulate objects around her by creating voids that allow the objects to appear and disappear, and shift in space.The Supers find an advocate in a dignified foreign AMBASSADOR (voice of Isabella Rossellini) who is committed to the support and legalization of Superheroes.
EVELYN DEAVOR (voice of Catherine Keener), the brilliant brainchild behind her brother Winston’s telecommunications company, knows her way around tech. She loves tinkering with tech, and has never met a problem she can’t solve.
VOYD (voice of Sophia Bush) is a young, overeager “wannabe” Super and a mega-fan of Elastigirl. Her superpower is the ability to divert and manipulate objects around her by creating voids that allow the objects to appear and disappear, and shift in space.
The Supers find an advocate in a dignified foreign AMBASSADOR (voice of Isabella Rossellini) who is committed to the support and legalization of Superheroes.
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 22 January 2018 20:11 (six years ago) link
And tickets for II on sale etc.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 11 May 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
Dear critics who are chagrinned by the upcoming Pixar film The Incredibles 2, may I suggest using one of the following in your review:
The UncrediblesThe InediblesThe In-crud-iblesThe Incredibles...At Actually Being Terrible
― Delightful in Microdoses (Old Lunch), Friday, 11 May 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
And sequel seen. Totally great, unsurprisingly. Plays around with a slew of the same themes but feels like a natural progression nonetheless, and otherwise you got your perfect 60s/Bond/Mission Impossible/etc pastiche on lock once again, set pieces galore, Edna Mode rules all.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 June 2018 03:52 (five years ago) link
Ned what was the last major sequel you thought sucked, just so I can calibrate expectations here
― Simon H., Friday, 15 June 2018 03:54 (five years ago) link
I saw The Incredibles and Incredibles 2 in a double feature last night. Incredibles 2 is much better.
― valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 15 June 2018 03:56 (five years ago) link
“Evelyn Deavor”
― valorous wokelord (silby), Friday, 15 June 2018 03:58 (five years ago) link
oh man i'm looking forward to this
― sunburst N snowblind (Ross), Friday, 15 June 2018 03:59 (five years ago) link
Yeah I might have to go with Silby here.
― Ned Raggett, Friday, 15 June 2018 04:00 (five years ago) link
I thought this was OK, mostly, and at times disappointing. I liked the creativity of the set pieces, even if they were almost all built around runaway vehicles hurtling toward their doom, but other aspects I found very lazy. Maybe my biggest disappointment was in its apparent lack of self awareness, given the cliches and predictable stuff. The first one is not my favorite Pixar, but I like it better. Clearer theme. This one was all over the place.
That weird short cartoon, though, What the fuck?! The dude next to me leaped up in his chair and exclaimed "Well, that went dark pretty fast!"
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 16 June 2018 00:31 (five years ago) link
Idk what’s the theme of the first one, tort reform?
― valorous wokelord (silby), Saturday, 16 June 2018 02:22 (five years ago) link
Wait what’s not to get about the short?
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 16 June 2018 03:42 (five years ago) link