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Zombie McGruder’s Kick-Ass Sneak Peek at Disney’s CHICKEN LITTLE, THE WILD, and Pixar’s THE INCREDIBLES!!

Hi, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab...

Great, great stuff. I’m green with envy.

Hey there Harry! (and Mori)

Today, I managed to sneak into a special Walt Disney Feature Animation presentation, organized by Buena Vista International - Benelux and held in the humongous Pathé De Kuip theatre in Rotterdam (that's in The Netherlands for all you topographically challenged readers). Walking around inconspicuously among the many businessmen and -women in attendance was no small feat for a rotting corpse such as myself, but then again, I do kick arse for the Lord, and today He obviously wanted me to behold the glory that is Brad Bird's The Incredibles - along with some other new Disney Feature Animation stuff coming out the next couple of months (or should I say, years).

After the obligatory Comcast-remarks, the presentation kicked off with the theatrical trailer for THE INCREDIBLES... you know, the one that undead fanboys such as myself have seen a thousand times over. No surprise there, then. Next up was an early look at John Lasseter's pet project CARS, due for release late 2005. Man, what a cool logo that movie has. I could look at that for hours. And so I did... Mainly because there wasn't any rough (let alone finished) animation ready for viewing yet. And that's understandable, considering the fact that this movie won't hit theaters until december 2005.

In the absence of character sketches and rough animation, the hostess of the presentation, a talkative American Disney representative who will hereafter be referred to simply as Disney-lady, started rambling about the greatness of John Lasseter(as if anybody doubted that) and the fact that CARS takes place in a world ruled by - you guessed it - cars! She actually said a little more than that, like there will be a little Fiat running a tire-shop, a mechanic acting as a doctor etcetera. Nothing earth-shattering though.

The next movie in the spotlight was CHICKEN LITTLE, a feature length computer-animated Disney-film NOT produced by Pixar. Directed by Mark Dindal, who also helmed Disney's less-than-great THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE, CHICKEN LITTLE tells the story of... well, a little chicken (voiced by Scrubs' Zach Braff), who - one fine day - sees an acorn falling from the sky and 'cries wolf' all over town, warning the peaceful inhabitants of Yoki Yokes (or something like that), that the sky is falling. Of course, nobody believes the little fellow and soon enough he's more or less branded as the town fool.

When Chicken Little senses *real* danger is on its way, he has to do everything he can to convince the townsfolk he's not crazy - he's just a little chicken trying to save lives. Helping him on this mission are his misfit friends; an ugly duckling (actually called Ugly Duckling), voiced by Joan Cusack, an enormous 'little' pig called Runt of the Litter, voiced by Steve Zahn and a little fish, called Fish Out of Water, voiced by the water cooler (no, I'm not making this up - this fish actually doesn't talk, but communicates like Kenny does in South Park, only this guy 'bubbles').

Disney-lady talked for quite a bit about the movie, before showing us a teaser-promo of the film (on a 35mm print even!), that didn't really suck, nor did it totally rule. It was just, well... kinda cool, not to mention kinda short. The promo showed the titular character running from a horde of journalists, harrassing the poor little fellow with questions ranging from "Is it true you claimed the sky is falling" to "Are you really a chicken?" (trust me, it's funnier when you actually see it). Chicken Little then tries to escape through a letterbox (which doesn't work), before stating to the press that he just wants to do good. After that, we see the movie title and... well, that's it.

After some more promo-talk by Disney-lady, we got to see other Chicken Little-characters in motion, like Chicken Little's father (a big rooster voiced by Garry Marshall), all the misfit-friends I mentioned earlier (trust me, the Fish Out Of Water rules) and the mayor Turkey Lurkey (I'm not kidding), voiced by Don Knotts. All in all, Chicken Little looks like it could be another winner for Disney, but it's way too early to say anything meaningful about it. For the time being, it all looks kinda pretty and any animated character voiced by Joan Cusack rules in my book.

Next up was something special. And by 'special' I mean I really haven't read or heard anything about this project. It's a computer-animated feature called THE WILD and it's due for release in the early summer of 2005. For this film, the mouse-factory has teamed up with San Francisco-based Complete Pandemonium and some Canadian company called Core Technologies. Disney-lady wasn't shy to mention that, while the Walt Disney company laments Pixar's departure, the Eisner-conglomerate is looking for new - and, yes, even better - producing partners. Complete Pandemonium appears to be one of them.

THE WILD is being directed by Steve 'Spaz' Williams, who some of you might know from those damn funny Blockbuster-hamster commercials. You don't? Well, then you better surf over to this site and watch them. Like, now! Williams also worked on that SPAWN-movie, but I guess everybody makes mistakes.

Now, while Disney-lady raved about Williams and talked about THE WILD's storyline, I asked myself: why the hell do Walt Disney and DreamWorks Animation feel the need to constantly xerox each other's ideas? I don't really care who comes up with an idea first, but PLEASE PEOPLE, a little originality won't friggin' kill you! First, there was AntZ followed by A Bug's Life (or was it the other way around?), then there was Finding Nemo, which will be followed shortly by DreamWorks' Shark Tale. Now, hold on to your butts, because while DreamWorks is working on the animated comedy MADAGASCAR, Michael Eisner and his team of creative geniuses have once again jumped into their botomless well of originality to bring us THE WILD - which is MADAGASCAR, only different.

According to Disney-lady, THE WILD follows the adventures of Ryan (at least, I think his name was Ryan) - a teenage Lion living in the New York Zoo. The ideas Pandemonium has for this zoo are actually pretty cool. When all the visitors and staff have left, the zoo kinda becomes a Michael Sowa-esque fantasy world, where Giraffes and Elephants play turtle-curling (yes, it's pretty funny) and young creatures run amok. After chasing some harmless animals, Ryan accidentally gets trapped inside a crate and is shipped to Madag- I mean, just plain Africa. A group of zoo-heroes team up to save young Ryan. The team consists of an older lion (I believe his name was Samson), a female giraffe named Bridgette, an Anaconda with a brain the size of a pea, a little squirrel who has a huge crush on Bridgette (hilarity ensues) and a Koala who hates being called 'cute'.

Disney-lady didn't have any rough animation to show us, but she did present us with some character-sketches and early movie-stills. It all looked pretty cool, but this whole idea sounds so much like MADAGASCAR, it just doesn't feel right. Personally, I would LOVE to see a feature computer-animated comedy about those Blockbuster-hamsters. But no, they had to make a movie like MADAGASCAR. I'm sorry, but I just don't get it.

After showing us some new Winnie the Pooh-shit that would make A.A. Milne spin in his grave, Disney-lady finally showed us something I was dying to see (and considering the fact I'm allready dead, that's saying something). Yes, I'm talking about Brad Bird's computer-animated feature THE INCREDIBLES, a film that will kick our collective asses come november. Now I know there will be a lot of clever reviewers who are going to say this, but just because it feels so right, I'll say it now: this movie is going to do its title justice. From what I saw today I can tell you, this film is just incredible.

Unfortunately, Disney-lady didn't surprise us with the entire film (that probably would be impossible anyway), but she did show us a lot of exhilarating clips. Some spoilers ahead, so beware... The movie opens with a sequence that will OWN all us fanboys; the superhero marriage of Mr. Incredible (voiced by Craig T. Nelson) and Elastigirl (voiced by Holly Hunter). Every superhero in the world has come down to join the party and all seems to be going well, except for the fact that the reign of superheroes is about to come to an end. How? Well, with lawsuits of course. Hundreds of them. Superheroes all over the world are forced into hiding... changing their identity and trying to lead a normal life. So are Mr. Incredible and Elastigirl - now known as Bob and Helen Parr, living a quiet life in suburbia with their kids Violet, Dash and baby Jack Jack.

Needless to say, Bob isn't content with his new life. His job at an insurance company bores him to death, his lovehandles are growing by the day and his kids often times drive him insane. The 'family-scenes' I saw were hilarious - trademark Simpsons-humor from the guy who was responsible for some of the finest Simpsons-episodes ever. Just imagine young Dash (who has superhuman speed) irritating his sister by running circles around the dinner-table, sister herself (capable of becoming invisible and creating forcefields) using her powers to stop her brother and mother Helen stretching her arms around the living room, trying to keep her children from fighting.

Everything changes when Bob finds a secret message hidden in his suitcase. It seems superheroes are still needed and after accepting a 'job' and successfully completing it, Bob rediscovers the joys of his old, world-saving life. Only this time, he has to keep it a secret from Helen and the kids.

Strangely enough, saving the earth once again has made Bob a much better father. He feels happy again, spending more time with his kids, giving Helen the attention she so deserves and even getting rid of those love handles.

Bob even goes so far as to acquire a new superhero-outfit (his old one has holes in it). In a hilarious scene, which Disney-lady was kind enough to show us, Bob pays a visit to 'superhero couturier' Edna (E), voiced by Brad Bird himself! Bob discusses his new outfit with E, who - after reminding Bob that many superheroes have died in cape-related accidents - tells Mr. Incredible that the new suit should have "NO CAPE!"

The final sequence Disney-lady showed us was a rescue mission on a mysterious island, where Mr. Incredible was last seen. It goes without saying that his family discovers Bob's superhero-activities and decides to help him. One scene in particular, where Elastigirl takes out several guards in different rooms, is truly amazing.

After seeing what I saw today, there is not an iota of doubt in my mind that THE INCREDIBLES will rule the friggin' earth when it comes out in november. The humor will have you laughing your ass off, the action will have you hyperventilating and the quality of animation will have you going nuts. The sequences I saw had a sixties atmosphere that was just... well, it was nothing short of breathtaking.

So far for this report. I'm going over to MENSA to eat some brains, because frankly, most of the people attending the presentation today obviously didn't have any (saying things like "Disney will do great without Pixar" and "I don't like Toy Story and A Bug's Life, I like round characters" (?)). Till next time.

Greetings,

Zombie McGruder

Disney’s fooling themselves if they think ripping off MADAGASCAR and poor-mouthing Pixar before they’re even out the door is the way they’re going to salvage some dignity out of the ruins of the last few months.

"Moriarty" out.





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  • February 18, 2004 7:41 AM CST

    Am I the only one?

    by theoneofblood

    Am I the only one who think that Disney sucks now? Especially since Pixar has gone, (way to cover it Harry), what have they got left? The golden days of Disney are over I'm afraid.

  • February 18, 2004 7:45 AM CST

    Emperors New Groove less-than-great???

    by Crashlander

    Are you kidding?

  • February 18, 2004 8:11 AM CST

    agreed

    by zacdilone

    Emperor's New Groove is quite good, actually

  • February 18, 2004 10:09 AM CST

    Llama face!

    by porco_rossi

    Okay... Why does she even HAVE that lever?

  • February 18, 2004 10:21 AM CST

    Now that Pixar is free of Disney's collar, the Mouse House is go

    by Rolling_Stone

    Death to DISNEY!

  • February 18, 2004 1:20 PM CST

    Not to bash Disney, but Chicken Little sounds lame...

    by Manaqua

    Naturally it will do boffo box office with the kiddies, but this story is so well known and cliche, that it will not settle well with the adults. Once again, disney will make a competent but ultimately forgettable piece of fluff, while pixar will continue with their legacy of making classics. I was SOOOOO hoping Comcast took over Disny adn kicked Eisner out on his micro managing control freak ass. M

  • February 18, 2004 1:54 PM CST

    emperor

    by talbuckin

    emperor

  • Don't belive everything you read, BROTHER!

  • February 18, 2004 5:23 PM CST

    The Blockbuster ads...

    by Nafl

    ...were shit. Wow, sassy cgi animals. The man responsible for them is obviously a visionary genius. Pshaw. And ENG was good.

  • February 18, 2004 6:45 PM CST

    Emperor's New Groove you no liked? If those two creepy things f

    by Terry_1978

    That was the only Disney animated feature I went the the theatre multiple times to see. It was THAT hilarious.

  • February 18, 2004 9:56 PM CST

    EMPORER'S NEW GROOVE...

    by tango fett

  • February 18, 2004 10:00 PM CST

    bloody enter key...

    by tango fett

    ENG rules. It's the BEST Disney movie for several decades (not counting Pixar stuff, which is quite smashing). ENG, "Less than great?" Death to this, this Zombie whatever guy. I quote Monty Python, "His mother was a hamster and his father smelt of elderberries." That movie rules as well. This site sucks, I'm leaving.

  • February 18, 2004 10:02 PM CST

    "Let's play the waiting game..."

    by tango fett

    "Eh, the waiting game sucks, let's play hungry hungry hippos."

  • February 18, 2004 10:18 PM CST

    Emperor's New Groove

    by tbrosz

    Highly underrated. The one animated movie in a very long time that actually made me laugh until I hurt. I don't know what the hell the critics were looking for. I thought that trampoline bit near the end would be the death of me.

  • February 18, 2004 10:39 PM CST

    Emperor's...

    by makaber

    ...New Groove wasn't really that exciting. Get over it. It was a nice comedy flic, but not overly remarkable.

  • February 18, 2004 11:40 PM CST

    Nothing about HOME ON THE RANGE? I guess Disney's already writt

    by FrankDrebin

    I kinda wish it was Nick Parks making CARS, with those bucktoothed things from the Chevron commercials. I think I heard he's working on a Wallace & Gromit feature, but it'll take forever. (Hey, there's another example of copying for you: CHICKEN RUN and CHICKEN LITTLE.)

  • February 19, 2004 12:07 AM CST

    So Kevin "Big Fat Hollywood Whore" Smith is finally gonna make t

    by Robofag

    It's obvious that Jet Li will be up for the role of the Hornet's chinese assitant, I mean the little guy in black that kicks everyone's ass with kung fu while the other guy is continuously saying weird intellectual stuff to the villains. But the question is: will the heroes be a gay couple??? I guess that the guy would need that to save his actor's ass from the tragedy that is his carreer in america... But one question remains: is the heroic duo going to be a gay couple??? ;)

  • February 19, 2004 12:13 AM CST

    Oh and by the way... Disney inc. is gonna die, and be cryogenate

    by Robofag

    Pixar is truly the second greatest thing of Creation since interchangeable cyborg vibrating penis ejaculating Bailey's!!!

  • February 19, 2004 12:27 AM CST

    'Emperor's New Groove' Less than great?

    by Tenguman

    What crack is that zombie smoking? That was a GREAT comedy. Sure it wasn't the epic Kingdom of the Sun film it was originally intended to be, but taken as is, it's one of Disney's greater movies of recent history... just like Lilo & stitch (but funnier, IMO).

  • February 19, 2004 1:35 AM CST

    mark dindal

    by eat it

    dont ever bad mouth the emperor ya lanky prick! big mouth...you ever actualy work in the animation industry? no? than shut the fuck up.

  • February 19, 2004 1:52 AM CST

    Disney's going down and taking the muppets with them.

    by eclipsedman

    What no mention of Di$ney buying the Muppets. Disney is even thinking about making 3D muppet movies, WTF are they smoking for gods sake? There puppets you stupid fucks, this is as bad as muppetbabies. Disney can't come up with their own ideas, get rid of the only real Disney left, and then get rid of the best thing going for them, PIXAR.

  • February 19, 2004 4:09 AM CST

    Emperors New Groove was shite

    by Denki

    If Disney continue to make films like that, they will be in trouble. If it was so good, how come it did so bad at the box office. Admittedly, it was a lot better than the other forgettable Inca/Mayan piece of crap starring Elton John, but that isn't saying much.

  • February 19, 2004 4:42 AM CST

    ENG Whooped my ASS from HERE TO SUNDAY!

    by AtomicHyperbole

    Less than great? Less than GREAT? Here, let me pull your legs from underneath you, zombie-boy and force you to watch this majestic king of comedy once more! "That's my VOICE?!!" is one of the best zinger lines EVER WRITTEN! And the fact it went from shallow rom-com to all out farce... wicked! I bet Stings dick went flaccid that day... Michal Eisner and his gang of cronies with their money-scrotes can suck my nubbin - badmouthing Pixar and copying Dreamworks with second-rate pictures that my 10 month old non-existant daughter could do with her eyes sewn shut! That moose rubbish last year was such a blatant rip-off of Ice Age I NEARLY SUED 'cos I'd seen it before! Brother Bear? BROTHER THIS, BROTHER! Where's Chicken George when you need him? And as for you, Zombie boy, prey we never meet as I'd sit on your grave and fart in your face! SWAMP GAS HAS NOTHING ON ME! Michael Eisner can EAT the SNOW that I peed on... Enjoy it, frat-boy, as it'll be your last meal! BRING ON THE HYPERBOLE, WANKERS!

  • February 19, 2004 5:06 AM CST

    You want to say sorry now? Or later?

    by ChickenGeorgeVII

    Behold, there is a bit of troubling opinion occurring in here that folk in here feel anything that centers around a Chicken might be afowl....I have news for you. Chickens rule, that

  • February 19, 2004 7:12 AM CST

    Chicken Little = Shrek

    by Teko

    Disney has made no secret of the fact that CHICKEN LITTLE is going to be as SHREK-like as possible. Mark Dindal is brilliant, but another movie that takes classic faerie tales and shoots them full of pop-culture references is not exactly bursting with freshness.

  • February 19, 2004 7:33 AM CST

    The idea wasn't even fresh when Shrek did it

    by TimBenzedrine

    Other studios have been making Disney parodies for years. Warners, Clampet, and Jay Ward were doing it 40-50 years ago.

  • February 19, 2004 9:06 AM CST

    "If it was so good, how come it did so bad at the box office."

    by minderbinder

    I don't know what's worse, not getting your facts straight or having such bad taste. And it was hurt by TERRIBLE pre-release word, which turned out to not be true. I'm not sure about Chicken Little, but you must admit, you can't beat casting Zach Braff in the role, he's perfect.

  • February 19, 2004 9:30 AM CST

    Anyone who doesn't know Emperor's New Groove is *hysterical*...

    by filops

    ... can't have a worthwhile opinion about ANYTHING! My son and I could go a whole day with nothing but lines from ENG and Princess Bride. ("Does it have to be... ALL those words?") --Dan

  • February 19, 2004 10:34 AM CST

    The Emperor's New Groove

    by SlapHappyYoda

    Personally I thought it was hysterical, one of the better 2d animation films I've seen. But I don't understand the need in these talkbacks to trash someone who doesn't like a film that you did. The fact that this guy didn't like the movie doesn't mean he's wrong, it means he has an opinion. Why must everyone agree with you or be wrong?

  • February 19, 2004 12:44 PM CST

    ENG, Iron Giant, and box-office...

    by Toonimator

    ...you can't always judge quality by box-office generated. "Iron Giant" is one of the best animated films EVER, and it did poorly, because WB decided to drop the ball in favor of a huge marketing push behind "Wild Wild West". I'm guessing the marketing department didn't want to "waste" their money like they did with "Quest for Camelot", a terrible film. "Emperor's New Groove" had a lot of bad word-of-mouth before it was released, thanks to the crap it went through for years as "Kingdom of the Sun". When the name was changed to ENG, a lot of people thought Disney was trying to be "hip", and avoided it. It also got the short end of the marketing stick, especially for a November release. "Treasure Planet" is the only one Disney's done worse with, marketing-wise (one of many reasons THAT film tanked, which was intentional on Disney's part). By the time ENG hit DVD (which was pretty much record time by Disney's standards), I'd heard so many good things I picked it up right away. Never regretted it for an instant. "Yay, I'm a llama again! Wait..." Yzma's a wonderful comic villain, Kronk is hysterical, and Kuzco's narration of the film was very well done. Wish I'd seen it in theaters to get the full effect of him stopping the film & walking onscreen to scribble out Pacha. I know Sting got screwed on the deal, but that's what happens when Disney "creative executives" get involved and try to do a "film-by-committee". The best thing that could happen was handing the mess to Dindal and leaving him alone to make a film. Easily the funniest film since "Aladdin", maybe funnier. I don't know much about "Chicken Little" (there's no Chicken Run ripoff there, c'mon!), but I'll give it a shot. I just fear there's too much executive demand in this one, to be Disney's Shrek, or whatnot. Then again, Eisner's been quoted stating that PIXAR was making "Chicken Little", so maybe he and his cronies aren't all that involved. I just wish Disney didn't feel the need to abandon traditional animation altogether...

  • February 19, 2004 12:55 PM CST

    Evil Di$ney has bought the rights to The Muppets for $60million.

    by vekt0r

    Di$ney $ucks.

  • February 19, 2004 12:58 PM CST

    Well Animation has Sucked but Live Action is alive and well

    by Sharpel007

    Thanks to Eisner letting up some on his micro management and letting Cook run things. I mean first there was Pirates, Miracle was beat SlapShot for best hockey movie in my book, The Alamo looks like it will kick ass, all mainly because Disney is willing to do some creative casting, hell touchstone is on a role, the Coen brothers with The Ladykillers, not to mention the The Life Aquatic.

  • February 19, 2004 1:02 PM CST

    ..."new Winnie the Pooh-shit that would make A.A. Milne spin in

    by Stan the Bat

    That line alone was worth the price of admission. Though A. A. Milne has got to be spinning so fast already that his corpse could be used to generate power for a small midwestern city.

  • February 19, 2004 1:47 PM CST

    Quiznos Creatures

    by FarginBastich

    What's the deal with those things? I thought I was on acid when those things started screaming at me to come eat at that restaurant? Their weirdly pulsating eyes......feeling dizzy...must...sue...gasp..well I do feel a bit peckish for a sub now that you mention it.....

  • February 19, 2004 3:49 PM CST

    "For the LAST TIME...

    by PolyesterRage

    we DID NOT order a GIANT TRAMPOLINE!" Man, ENG less than great...what is that about? I remember seeing previews for it and thinking it was going to be the stupidest movie ever, but then me and my friend decided to check it out...and it was great! Full of wacky misadventures, and comical hijinks. So, I figure I'll give Chicken Little the benefit of the doubt.

  • February 19, 2004 3:57 PM CST

    Future Disney Projects...

    by Mr. Cool

    What about ANTONIUS, or CIRCUS MAXIMUS, whatever it's called now? Was there anything new on this project? Seems like a super cool one for Disney. It's GLADIATOR, with animals! Not their typical pansy-ass shit. Cannot wait! Any word anyone?

  • February 19, 2004 6:09 PM CST

    ENG and those shitty Blockbuster ads

    by monorail77

    I agree with those that praise Empereror's New Groove. One of the funniest films I've seen, period! Hell, even the video game was freakin' hilarious. As for those ads with the computer pig and rabbit, those ads suck. They're just annoying. Reaching way too hard for the comedy. No wonder they call it Cock-biter Video.

  • February 19, 2004 8:06 PM CST

    Something About Mark Dindal

    by tihjv

    Mark Dindal also directed a true masterpiece for Warner Bros : CATS DON'T DANCE with the tremendous participation of Gene Kelly as a consultant. This movie (a musical) is of IRON GIANT quality, and one of the most underrated flick ever. Go see this one !

  • February 20, 2004 12:54 AM CST

    Have you even seen Emperors new groove? It's the best fucking Di

    by TheGinger Twit

  • February 20, 2004 1:23 AM CST

    Here's why Emperors new groove IS great!!

    by TheGinger Twit

    'That guy was an Emperor - OH YEAH!' ... 'What is holding this chick together?' ... 'Woahhh, no touchy' ... 'ba da de ba cha cha ba da be da uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh' I'll give you three reasons to just walk away, reason no. 1 - look at that guy, reason no. 2 - look what I can do' ... 'Hit the road bucky' ... 'He's not as dead as we'd hoped' ... 'This isn't poison, this extract of LLAMA' ... 'feel the power' 'oh yeah... I can feel it' ... (When that waitress gives the orders and Cronk translates it, piss funny) ... 'Hey I've been turned into a cow, can I go home?' ... Cheese, me no likee' ... 'Lookat me and my bas self, oow I'm a crumblin canyon wall and I'm taken you with me - I snactched you out of the air, ah huh ahhuh ahuh ahuh.' Fuck off this movie was less than great!!!!

  • February 20, 2004 4:00 AM CST

    Dreamworks stole the idea for Antz from Pixar

    by iamnicksaicnsn

    (This story was told directly from Steve Jobs to the Pixar stockholders in SF, CA several years ago.) So Steve Jobs, Steven Spielberg, and Jeffrey Katzenburg (apparently pissed Disney off around this time) are having lunch together. Jobs says, "Hey Guys! Pixar and I are doing this movie about ants and the way they do things and all the crazy antics they get into!" Katzenburg says, "Hey, sounds pretty cool." And proceeds to get everyone at Dreamworks to put together a movie that has the same theme BEFORE Pixar's A Bug's Life can come out.

  • February 20, 2004 7:02 AM CST

    Chicken Little and Emperor's New Groove

    by sezzy_boy

    First of all.. Yes, Emperor's New Groove was a vastly underrated movie full of choice lines that my sis and I find ourselves using constantly "Cheese me no likey!" "Noooo touchy! Noooo touchy!". Secondly, Chicken Little is a kids nursery tale that the author obviously hasn't heard of before. (SPOILER: it ends up with all the birds dead in the original tale, but I somehow don't think Disney will go for that http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php3?author=treadwell&book=primer&story=chickenlittle

  • February 20, 2004 5:47 PM CST

    steve "spaz" williams is INFACT a MOS EISLEY citizen.

    by drjones

    yeah it`s right, look it up right here :http://imdb.com/name/nm0931730/ ************* these visual effect guys are really a nuts bunch of people. do they actually cut themselfes into those scenes? i thought the cut in guys on mos eisley were all cgi creatures.

  • April 3, 2004 1:53 AM CST

    DISNEY COPIES WHATEVER THEY CAN GET THEIR HANDS ON

    by GreenJuJuBean

    turns out that 'the lion king' isn't as original as it was once thought to be. don't get me wrong, i did think the lion king was a good (maybe even great) movie but there's a super-old (between 1965-66) japanese anime that bares a striking similarity to the disney 'masterpiece'. to top things off the movie is called 'kimba' (notice the main lion's name in t.l.k. is simba? kimba? simba?see where i'm getting at?) kimba also came out BEFORE the lion king did so its an americanized version of the old anime flik. the 'kimba' movie is also known as 'jungle emperor' which is also similar to the title 'the lion king' in a way. just when you thought disney couldn't stoop to an even lower level... a site about the kimba movie is here: http://www.kimbawlion.com/