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Quint sits down with WALL-E director Andrew Stanton!!!

BEN BARTT AS THOR by BringingSexyBack	Aug 11th, 2007 07:16:29 AM
or HULK, doesn't matter.
No dirty jokes? by SpencerTrilby	Aug 11th, 2007 07:23:17 AM
there's a lot to say about robots' dirty habits, though.
Predator - best action movie of all time by Steve0	Aug 11th, 2007 08:09:33 AM
Though you guys might find this interesting. http://kokshoor.com/opinion/Pr edator_-_best_action_movie_of_ all_time
The Footage was Amazing.. by Redfive!	Aug 11th, 2007 08:29:33 AM
Probally the best stuff I saw at comic con.Iron Man was cool too but Wall-E nailed it and I think its gonna be "Nemo" Huge for Pixar.It is basicly R2-D2 the movie.
Quint: Hey Andrew HINT HINT HINT! by half vader	Aug 11th, 2007 10:04:47 AM
Ha ha. Ya gotta use the opportunity when it presents itself I guess. Respect.
Can you imagine trying to get R2 through the suits by half vader	Aug 11th, 2007 10:15:07 AM
these days? "Let me get this straight. He doesn't talk." "Nope." "Just uh, 'bleeps' and 'bloops'." (reading from notes, then looks at other suit with facetious smile. Other suit chuckles) "And you really think Mom and Pop will 'get' this abstract shit?" (more chuckling, brushing of lint, looking out window) "Well yeah, it's a basic sort of com-" (cut off by suit #1) "That's great. Really uh, 'creative'. Just great stuff. Un fucking workable though" (other suit chimes in) "What if he was gay?"
Finding Nemo is so overrated by Rupee88	Aug 11th, 2007 11:49:29 AM
It is contrived and corny and not very clever. Toy story 1 nad 2 and the Incredibles are the bomb, but Pixar does not bat 1.000.
Damn,,, by WONKABAR	Aug 11th, 2007 12:08:08 PM
why teh Pixar-peeps so goddamn hush-hush?
Still by WriteFromLeft	Aug 11th, 2007 12:14:47 PM
I'd like to see some traditional flat animation again. I love Pixar. But I miss the artistry of hand-drawn.
SoylentMean: I don't know if there are suits. by Barry Egan	Aug 11th, 2007 12:24:11 PM
Other people here may have a better understanding of this, but sine John Lassiter is in charge of Disney animation it would appear that Pixar are their own suits. Am I wrong in this assumption? Ratatouille is going to make $200 million here and likely as much if not more than that in foreign markets. It will sell millions of DVDs. I think it's doing fine business.
2009 by half vader	Aug 11th, 2007 12:43:42 PM
Isn't that when the one about the kid and the old codger comes out? Called "Up".
"Frog Princess" from Disney will be hand-drawn, Write. by half vader	Aug 11th, 2007 12:47:49 PM
but unfortunately also have a wacky post/'twist'-take on a fairy tale. Sigh.
Sorry for the attempt at humour by half vader	Aug 11th, 2007 12:49:32 PM
Obviously NOT funny, because it's true.
# 5 Alive! by Doc_Hudson	Aug 11th, 2007 12:56:38 PM
come on,you were thinking it too.....
Wow that interview felt cut off! by Evil Hobbit	Aug 11th, 2007 12:59:33 PM
Feels like this conversation could have go on for ever! Great stuff, Wall-E is brilliant, Pixar is perfection.
Hey Pixar: After Wall-E: by covenant	Aug 11th, 2007 01:06:31 PM
Incredibles II. Or else.
Brian Dennehy is in Ratatouille!! by performingmonkey	Aug 11th, 2007 03:23:26 PM
Sorry but I only just realised that. For me, Brian Dennehy is immortalized in the South Park movie (during the What Would Brian Boitano Do? song). By the way, I thought Ratatouille was fucking excellent. Pixar have yet to let me down (those of you who didn't like Cars are brainless cunts)
State of animation... by palimpsest	Aug 11th, 2007 08:54:34 PM
...and sat through HAPPILY N'EVER AFTER this weekend with my four-year old. Argh. A hideous mess of a movie that got precisely one laugh out of the audience all the way through. I don't like the idea of yet another postmodern fairytale spin, if Disney are really taking that route with FROG PRINCESS. SHREK THE THIRD proved creatively, if not financialy, that this is all played out, and HOODWINKED stank up the screen too (even if the premise was workable). RATATOUILLE might not be making the megabucks of a TOY STORY (I'm a firm believer in the old adage that if Joe Cinemagoer can't pronounce the title of the movie, he won't buy a ticket for it), but it's got the strength of characterisation that will see it through, and make the movie last. The Pixar gang is so right about this, in the way early Disney was - get the characters right, and the movies will last forever. No-one's going to watch HOODWINKED or HAPPILY N'EVER AFTER or SHREK THE THIRD in ten years time, but I'll bet there's still an audience for each and every one of the Pixar movies (even CARS, which is by some way the weakest) to date, in the same way that there is for the likes of DUMBO.
Andrew Stanton is a SOOPAH-genius by Osmosis Jones	Aug 11th, 2007 10:33:43 PM
And Pixar will always guarantee my ass in a theater seat.
SEE THE LEGEND BEN BURTT IN ACTION... by hollywoodsummers	Aug 11th, 2007 10:49:47 PM
This is a short doc about the first 10 years of him and crew building the Lucasfilm sound library. Enjoy. http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm ?fuseaction=vids.individual&vi deoid=15521832
These interviews don't get near enough talkback posts. by mefrog	Aug 12th, 2007 02:52:09 AM
It makes me wonder if people even read them, because they're some of the best articles of the site. Great review, this and The Dark Knight are my two most anticipated films of next year.
My most anticipated of 2008 by Rindain	Aug 12th, 2007 07:22:11 AM
The Comic-Con footage was phenomenal. I wish I could see that first 10 minutes again right NOW.
Hand-drawn will come back by dasaroo	Aug 12th, 2007 12:13:17 PM
When Steve Jobs and John Lasseter sold Pixar to Disney (and Lasseter took over Disney Animation) Lasseter stated that one of his goals was to try to bring back the classic style of hand-drawn Disney animation. That style (along with Miyazaki) is probably the largest influence on the Pixar stable of artists. He has already succeeded in another goal, which was to drive a stake through the humiliating Cinderella IV/ Bambi VIII direct-to-DVD "sequels". I'm sure people are aware that Steve Jobs of Apple Inc. was/is co-owner of Pixar- and that there is a direct correlation between his obsession with quality and user-friendliness in both his computers & software and his Pixar films. Just sayin'.
On the subject of Brad Bird by dasaroo	Aug 12th, 2007 12:23:11 PM
I hope everyone who likes his Pixar films have checked out "The Iron Giant". It's a lovely hand-drawn film (with some echos of Miyazaki's "Castle in the Sky"- another must-see) that has a cool '50s flying saucer vibe to it. It is beautifully done.
Comicon footage looked GREAT! by GrendelGrendelGrendel	Aug 12th, 2007 04:46:30 PM
Who knows if Walle will be a good film or a hit or anything, but the footage shown at Comicon LOOKED GREAT. Thankfully, Pixar continues eschewing the notion that their cg films have to LOOK realistic. It looked better than most so-called "realistic" films.
Just sayin' by half vader	Aug 12th, 2007 08:53:10 PM
As I said Dasaroo, Frog Princess.
Palimpsest is so right by filmcoyote	Aug 13th, 2007 08:15:06 AM
The great thing about Pixar is they not only make films that work now they make beautifully crafted stories with heartfelt characters that will go on lasting 50 years from now and beyond. DWA haven't a clue or a care about making a classic movie they just want a Rod Tidwell "show me the money" moment. Pixar's level of artistry is something I don't believe any other American animators can come close to achieving anymore because its all the almighty dollar and damn the audience if they wish they had that ten bucks and 90 minutes of their life back - suckers paid didn't they? Pixar respects the audience enough to make movies that are worth your theater dollars, your DVD dollars and your devotion. Can't wait to see WALL-E continue their great tradition.
Cool by Cobbio	Aug 13th, 2007 05:37:01 PM
Thanks for the interview, Quinty. God, I can't wait to see Pixar roll out some science fiction! Hell yes!

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