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Incredibles 2 video is live!

I must admit I'm more looking forward to finishing the next one though.

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Incredibles 2 (and Brad Bird) and Theme

This is so hip and topical, I can't wait for this to go totally viral. What's YOUR favorite Pixar villain monologue? Sid's cynical tirade against odd couple comedies - https://www.patreon.com/JennyNicholson Bruce the Shark scolds Marlin for foolishly believing in an unlikely family reunion - https://twitter.com/JennyENicholson Mor'du the talking bear points out the relatively smaller and less grand scale of the first Pixar film to feature a female lead before being punched in the face because it's wrong for bears to eat people - https://www.instagram.com/spider_jewel/ I cannot remember the villain character from The Good Dinosaur at all - https://spiderjewel.tumblr.com/ Lightning McQueen turns directly to camera and expresses his disgust for his own fans - https://www.facebook.com/JennyNicholsonVids/

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Tom Bowling

Jenny, while you make a great Edna Mode, I always thought you could be a perfect Honey Lemon if Disney ever did a live action Big Hero 6.

F W Pancakes

I didn't go see The Increadibles 2 and fell asleep half way through Tomorrow Land. WHERE'S MY PARADE BRAD BIRD

ZBL

There is no Jenny. Only Edna Mode.

Bill Lehecka

The Porg in the back is all like "Draw me like one of your French Porgs...."

Steve Ray

"Destined For Greatness" seems to be a common concern for directors, viz: George Lucas reducing Force-aptitude to a genetic condition with midichlorians, and then focusing on Anakin's sense of isolation at being told how talented he is. Was Anakin's life any freer as a Jedi trainee than it was as a podracing slave? Maybe that's how Lucas felt as a film prodigy, trapped by his ability.

Steve Ray

Here's a silly thought: We know that Lucas was influenced by media from the mid-1930's (like Flash Gordon), because you can see similar imagery in his films, like the vanishing-point title sequence from Flash Gordon, or the look and feel of the villains. Could Lucas' ideas of heroism or biology or both reflect other mid-1930s media, either via incorporation or as a critique?

Tom Bowling

I was thinking, Edna Mode's gorgeous daughter, Ali.

Tino

I can't watch it yet because the movie isn't out here (in Germany) until September 27th! There's no non-spoiler part I guess? But the thumbnail alone looks amazing.

QuailMan420

Ratatouille is the best Pixar movie 100%

Luis

It always brings a smile to my face when I see Giant Porg in the background chilling like that in some of the videos like you know it's going to be extra special. Also think I'll check out Tomorrowland now.

DocBarkey

I laughed hard - "I liked your rat movie, it's my favorite Pixar Movie". Then casually tosses Remy over the shoulder to the wall.

Shaun Cheah

That's so odd; I saw it when I was in the Netherlands a month ago and that's right next door to Germany. International release schedules are strange.

David Potter

Haven't watched it in a while, but I wonder if there's some subtly comparable thematic thread in Bird's Mission Impossible movie? Tom Cruise is as close to a genetically blessed ageless ubermensch as exists in the real world, I guess, now that Prince is dead - "You were *destined* to accept these impossible missions, Ethan. You were *born* to scale the Burj Khalifa building with no harness - Simon Pegg's not going to do it."

Tom Bowling

I went to see this movie today. A lady accidentally dumped a bucket size Cherry Coke all over me. My shirt, shorts, socks and chucks were saturated with soda pop. I had to leave during the Fantastic Beast preview. I don't think I'm going to try to see it again. There's some bad juju with this flick.

Kathy H.

Not mentioned in the video, and perhaps obvious, but Mirage pretty much serves that exact purpose in Incredibles 1. She’s a “normal” who helps the supers in their moment of need, demonstrating the value of brave and moral folks of all levels of ability.

Blue Corn

But wasn't that after she already helped Syndrome kill dozens of superheroes before. The only difference with the Incredibles family, is that there were kids involved this time.

Kathy H.

Yeah she’s not exactly a “good guy” but I find her really interesting nonetheless. She’s kinda mysterious and her motivations for helping Syndrome are never made completely clear. It does seem like her change of heart comes from finding out Mr. Incredible has a family - it finally humanizes superheros for her.

DocBarkey

Like in the movie Major League, you need to counter the curse with a chicken sacrifice. Have someone dump a KFC family bucket over your head - that should do the trick.

Tom Bowling

Egad! Are ya daft, man? Combining Cherry Coke with eleven herbs and spices makes a volatile mixture more deadly than the mustard gas Jerry used on the cratered fields of Verdun!

Tom Bowling

Speaking of Disney animation, any thoughts about the Star Wars: Resistance trailer?

Steve Ray

I've heard that Star Wars: Resistance is essentially an ohmage to the original.

Steve Ray

I disagree, because Our Hostess's talent for movie analysis is at least 3 SD above the mean, she might be the only one who noticed. Brad Bird seems so sure that moviegoers are dumb hoi polloi, that he'll openly spit in their faces without fear of discovery or revenge, much like a bitter Mexican guide might greet American tour groups with, "Thank *God* I am finally seeing some Americans today! Heyyyy, putas! Heyyy, cabrons! If you want to experience the *real* Mexico, you gotta make that choice, lemme hear it!: Plata? O plomo?"

Steve Ray

Also, Mr. Gran, I don't think that admiration of hard work and tenacity is unique to capitalism or the free market. Hard workers are admired everywhere. As to equating "destined for greatness" with "inherited riches," I don't think that applies in the U.S. Currently, being destined for greatness has more to do with character, brains, talent, and relentlessness, and nobody resents folks who've won a genetic lottery; if anything, the visibly talented are usually saddled with an *expectation* that they'll do great things.

Tom Bowling

The art is clean and shows a lot of expression. I'm going to give it a chance and watch with an open mind. It's a shame that a lot of fans are already panning it just from viewing one teaser trailer.

Steve Ray

Well, yeah, you're from that East Coast place, so naturally you want to give Hollywood a little payback for what they did to your hometown hero, Edison.

The Latter Day Autist

Having a villain in a superhero movie complain about people liking superhero movies - in professional wrestling, we call that Cheap Heat, and it's usually frowned upon. Like a bad guy wrestler going to Chicago and saying Michael Jordan Sucks. You're definitely going to annoy the audience, but who cares.