Animation Addicts Podcast #7: ‘Rango’ – The Creepy Critters

The Rotoscopers discuss the 2011 Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature, Rango.

Morgan and Chelsea watched the documentary “The Sweatbox”
News: Glen Keane leaves Disney, The Art of the Secret World of Arrietty, and trailers for Secret of the Fairy Wings, Hotel Transylvania, andRise of the Guardians
Nerdy couch discussion: shift in character design and spinoffs
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles design changes over the years
X-Men then and now
Sabertooth then and now
Disturbing animation style in the motion comic Astonishing X-Men: Gifted
Main discussion: Rango
When was the last time there was a western animated film?
Is Rango just the “Johnny Depp show”?
What classic Disney characters would you see Johnny Depp voicing?
What we like about the film: atmosphere, character appeal and country critters
Describe this movie in one word: texture
Music: the mariachi owls = the Muses from Hercules + the mice from Babe
The big question: which animals in animated films are beast of burden and which wear clothes
What didn’t we like: crude humor, should it have been rated PG-13, redundant plot (a la Aladdin)
Is the film anti-religious and pro-spirituality? Or neutral religious-wise?
Conundrums: not following his shadow, why did Tortoise John need the water, what was Rango’s real name?
Our rating: Four stars ★★★★ all around
Our first mail bag segment!
Bloopers: the time vortex returns from episode 1, Mason and Chelsea’s southern accents

Runtime: 1:17:55, 37.4 MB

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