Three best of the decade lists follow, all yoinked from Slashfilm. For each list, I’ve marked the films I’ve seen and the films we have in our movie collection at home.
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Things That Bugged Me About ‘Up’
By Michael Hanscom – December 20, 2009As I tweeted yesterday, I didn’t end up liking the film as a whole very much. What a tragic, depressing, and, as usual for Pixar, sexist film.
Links for October 2nd through October 5th
By Michael Hanscom – October 5, 2009Sometime between October 2nd and October 5th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!
Links for June 30th through July 1st
By Michael Hanscom – July 1, 2009Sometime between June 30th and July 1st, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!
Links for June 12th through June 24th
By Michael Hanscom – June 24, 2009Sometime between June 12th and June 24th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too!
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June 13, 2009Posted in Tweets.
No commentsPixar and Gender
By Michael Hanscom – February 25, 2009Long-time readers will recognize this particular soapbox, but it’s good to know I’m not the only one standing on it: Pixar’s gender problem.
More on Pixar (Or, Why I Suck at Soundbites)
By Michael Hanscom – July 3, 2008A couple weeks ago, I got an e-mail from Jaime Weinman, who writes for Macleans, asking for a quote for an article she was working on about Pixar’s future. I agreed, and in my usual style, sent her a small book. Proving yet again that I just cannot write for soundbites, my quote was boiled down to one simple line.
Links for June 26th through June 27th
By Michael Hanscom – June 27, 2008Sometime between June 26th and June 27th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! Perfect multi-column CSS liquid layouts - iPhone compatible: This series of website layouts use percentage widths and relative positioning, and they work with all the common web browsers including Safari on the iPhone and iPod touch. What’s […]
Links for June 18th through June 19th
By Michael Hanscom – June 19, 2008Sometime between June 18th and June 19th, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: The Abridged Script: First off, I enjoyed the newest Indiana Jones film, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. That said, this guy does an amusing job of […]
Links for June 18th from 12:39 to 13:07
By Michael Hanscom – June 18, 2008(Note: Normally, these will show up sometime after or around midnight-ish each day. I just wanted to make sure the system was working correctly, so this one’s a bit early. The joys of bug testing!) Sometime between 12:39 and 13:07, I thought this stuff was interesting. You might think so too! Wall.E : Pixar animation: […]
Misogyn•E
By Michael Hanscom – October 3, 2007This looks to be the third time running (following Cars and Ratatouille) that I’ll wait to rent Pixar’s latest, rather than sending any of my money their way via the theater.
Rataphooey
By Michael Hanscom – July 1, 2007Given that Ratatouille has just hit theaters, I feel compelled to revisit a question I asked just over a year ago: Is Pixar a ‘boys only’ club?
Is Pixar a ‘boys only’ club?
By Michael Hanscom – May 20, 2006Honestly, I’d never even thought about this until Prairie brought it up after we watched one of the trailers for Cars, when its predominantly male-centric theme got her started thinking about the rest of Pixar’s oevure. Just where are the girls in Pixar films?
2005 Fremont Solstice Parade
By Michael Hanscom – June 19, 2005A selection of my favorite shots from yesterday’s Fremont Solstice Parade and Festival.
Episode III: Pros and Cons
By Michael Hanscom – May 23, 2005Mike messaged me on iChat this evening after getting back from watching Star Wars Episode III. Our conversation ended up touching on most, if not all, of the points I’ve had wandering around in my head and was planning on using for a more in-depth review than the one I gave previously. So, with his permission, I’m reposting our conversation here.
Toy Story 3 having problems
By Michael Hanscom – January 31, 2005o one wants to direct ‘Toy Story 3.’ That’s the word in Hollywood’s animation world, where the third installment of the incredibly successful Pixar series has no director, writer or, possibly, stars. My sources in the animation biz tell me that Disney, which will make ‘Toy Story 3’ without Pixar, cannot find a director to guide the project.
12 Sentences
By Michael Hanscom – January 8, 2005From ctakahara: Take the first sentence of the first post of each month for the past year and make a paragraph from it.
Nomanisan Island
By Michael Hanscom – November 24, 2004I hadn’t picked up on this before, but the name of island where Syndrome has his evil lair in The Incredibles is ‘Nomanisan.’
The Incredibles
By Michael Hanscom – November 14, 2004Took Prairie out to see The Incredibles today — my second time, her first. As I said before, Pixar can do no wrong, and the movie was just as good the second time. Possibly better, as I caught a couple lines and gags that I’d missed the first time through.
The Cannon
By Michael Hanscom – November 11, 2004I’d never heard of Sarah Vowell, the voice of Violet Parr in The Incredibles, before I started to read the various reviews of the film once it opened. Turns out she’s a writer and radio personality, which is how her voice caught director Brad Bird’s hear when he heard her story about her father’s cannon on This American Life.
Brad Bird
By Michael Hanscom – November 9, 2004Like the Brothers Grimm, Dr. Seuss and Maurice Sendak, Brad Bird knows that kids can handle some tough concepts, and he never insults the intelligence of his audience. The greatest children’s entertainment has always been challenging and sometimes difficult. But those are the books, films and shows that transcend pop culture to become timeless classics.
Disney turning Bloom County 3-D
By Michael Hanscom – October 2, 2004You know, much as I’d like to get excited about the prospect of a Bloom County feature film, given Disney’s track record over the past few years, the news that their first foray into 3-D animation without Pixar’s involvement will be a Bloom County film doesn’t thrill me.
Disney vs. Pixar
By Michael Hanscom – May 28, 2004‘We feel sick about Disney doing sequels because if you look at the quality of their sequels… it’s been pretty embarrassing,’ [Steve] Jobs said during Pixar’s fourth-quarter earnings call in February.
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