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06.29.08 by Widge @ 9:32 am Ray Harryhausen turns 88 today. Happy birthday to a guy who's responsible for stop motion as we know it today. And is there anyone alive today who didn't think the Sinbad movies were the coolest goddamn thing ever? Harryhausen gave us skeletons that got up and fought with swords and shields. What a genius. But he's not just in the full-on gloriously whacked out creature business. We'll get to that in a minute. First, let's look at 1946, for Mother Goose Stories: Direct link for the feedreaders. I realize that the quality on these is not great--so I recommend if you're a fan picked up the Early Years Collection. Categorized as: Animation
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06.13.08 by Widge @ 7:22 am This is a rolling advertisement/animatronic character from the upcoming Pixar film. If you like it and want one, it will probably be in the Hammacher Schlemmer catalog in time for Christmas. Granted, if you have enough money to buy one, please adopt me. Categorized as: Animation
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06.10.08 by Widge @ 9:07 pm  Dixar is offering up Finding Nemo, streaming free online through Friday. (You go there and click the "What's on DXD" link to get it.) This as part of their summer Wonderful World of Disney routine. Monsters Inc. and Peter Pan will also be shown over the course of the summer, with some other Disney movies that are less interesting. Hollywood Reporter told us this--all except the editorial comments about the quality of the films picked. That's all me. I will say...this is interesting. I didn't watch the whole film, but you've got one commercial before it starts, so that's pretty tolerable. Plus the quality is really quite good, especially for streaming and free. The Reporter article states that the advertising isn't quite figured out yet--which makes sense, since some sort of commercial for the Nemo DVD would seem to be a no-brainer. However, their oversight is our gain. While this is both cool and commendable, please note that the company's karma will be set back to zero following the release of the Jungle Book 2: Special Edition DVD on June 17th. Categorized as: Animation
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06.09.08 by Widge @ 8:59 pm That's right. We didn't have it this morning. But pretend we did. Direct link for the feedreaders. David Gallaher let us know. I blame him. So should you. Categorized as: Animation
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06.03.08 by Widge @ 6:08 pm  Or at least that's the only way I can figure out how Smokey the Bear has been brought back to unlife by scary godawful CG. Cartoon Brew pointed it out to us and we agree with them about Jason Kottke's comment that he's fighting fires in the Uncanny Valley. You remember the Uncanny Valley, right? Anyway, it's the even more ridiculous "Get Your Smokey On" tagline that makes us think that somebody's joking with us here. Honestly, nobody got paid to come up with that for a tagline. Right? ... Somebody just agree with me so I can cope, okay? Categorized as: Animation
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