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The gang is back together for a full episode. This episode features a long discussion about the 1997 animated classic Anastasia<\/strong>.<\/em> And where did the Nerdy Couch Discussion go, you may ask? Don\u2019t worry, this episode is a bit unconventional and the NCD is nestled in the middle of the main discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/iframe>\n\n\n<h3><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Highlights:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">News: Maggie Simpsons 3D short, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/5\/30\/pixar-inspired-california-cruise-coming-to-disney-cruise-lin.html\">Pixar Disney California Cruise<\/a>, A Cat in Paris released<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Main Discussion: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman\u2019s <em>Anastasia<\/em><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Gary Goldman: the forgotten part of the Bluth duo<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Is <em>Anastasia<\/em> the pinnacle of Don and Gary\u2019s career?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">\u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d plot?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Making-of featurettes hosted by\u2026Aaliyah?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Mini Nerdy Couch Discussion: \u00a0R&B songs over the credits in the 90s<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/post\/24009014135\/concept-art-anastasia-1997-early-designs-of\">Gangster Anastasia<\/a> & <a href=\"http:\/\/therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/post\/24128880323\/character-concept-art-anastasia-2012-early\">greasy Dimitri<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Why do so many people think <em>Anastasia<\/em> is a Disney movie?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Dimitri: face doesn\u2019t match the actor, best looking animated mantagonist?, \u201cI don\u2019t know what to tell you\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Anastasia: a witty romcom leading lady; grand duchess, not princess; first to elope,<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Where would Anastasia rank among the Disney princesses?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Would there be an uprising by Disney or Bluth fans is Disney bought the rights to Anastasia?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Rasputin: should we fear or pity him as the villain?, eternal leprosy<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Mason\u2019s 3 reasons why Rasputin is a pathetic villain<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Bartok and Rasputin\u2019s unhealthy relationship<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Conspiracy time and villain metaphysics: no time in limbo aka the TIME VORTEX! <br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Why do kings always keep the creepy advisors around?<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Pooka: the REAL villain of the movie, throwaway character<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Sophie: voice actress thought her character\u2019s design was too big<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Vladimir: member of the royal court, quotes<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Need to know Russian history to understand the film?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Songs: Disney playlist worthy, \u201cpeople sing when they are too emotional to talk anymore\u201d, is \u201cOnce Upon a December\u201d or \u201cJourney to the Past\u201d the more memorable song<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Lots o\u2019 CGI: problems with objects, beautiful layouts, innovative, the pegasus<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Live action reference or full on rotoscoping?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Clarification: we don\u2019t think rotoscoping is the greatest thing ever<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Best scenes: travel montage, glowing mystical sparkles, very Haunted Mansion-esque ghostly people<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Unanswered questions: Russia and Anastasia\u2019s memory, Dimitri and the music box, Mason\u2019s enchanted palace theory<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Morgan and Chelsea debate Anastasia\u2019s changing hair length<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Listener trivia question: How do you feel about Rasputin as a villain?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Let\u2019s rate it!<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">\u201cArt of Brave\u201d contest new deadline: June 30. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/5\/17\/contest-review-us-on-itunes-to-win-the-art-of-brave-book.html\">Enter now!<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Bloopers: cool ringtone, Chelsea can\u2019t speak today, Princess Tanya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.4439821601845324\"><strong>Runtime: 1:28:14, 41.4 MB<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Where to Find Us:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitt<wbr \/>er<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>,<wbr \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Am<wbr \/>azon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotoscopers.com\/<wbr \/>voicemails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Episode 12: Anastasia - Rasputin, The Dork of the Night","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-11-20 11:47:19","post_modified_gmt":"2019-11-20 18:47:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/05\/episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"8","filter":"raw"},{"ID":66,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-01 19:09:27","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-01 19:09:27","post_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/leaf-men-book.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-532 alignright\" alt=\"leaf-men-book\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/leaf-men-book-300x129.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a>Today Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox announced the voice cast for their upcoming 3D CG-animated feature,\u00a0<em>Epic<\/em>. The voice cast is quite impressive, featuring an array of Hollywood singers and actors:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Beyonce Knowles - Queen Tara<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Colin Farrell - Ronin<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Josh Hutcherson - Nod<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Amanda Seyfried - Mary Katherine<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Johnny Knoxville - Mandrake<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Aziz Ansari - Mub<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Pitbull - Dagda<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Jason Sudeikis - Bomba<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Steven Tyler - Nim Galuu<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Blake Anderson - Dagda<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Judah Friedlander - Larry<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAccording to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/2012\/05\/31\/twentieth-century-fox-animation-and-blue-sky-studios-announce-epic-casting\">press release<\/a>, the film is \u201ca 3D CG action-adventure comedy that reveals a hidden world unlike any other.\u201d\u00a0The project, previously known as<em> Leafmen,<\/em>\u00a0is based on William Joyce\u2019s illustrated children\u2019s book <em>The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. <\/em>A little snippet of the plot was given as well:\r\n<blockquote>EPIC tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teenage girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world\u2026and ours.<\/blockquote>\r\nThe film sounds interesting; Sort of a mix between\u00a0<em>Fergully<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Antz<\/em> and <em>A Bugs Life<\/em>. It\u2019ll be interesting to see <em>Epic\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>art style and also whether it will contain songs (based on the number of singers in the cast).\r\n\r\n<em>Epic<\/em> is directed by <em>Ice Age<\/em> dirctor Chris Wedge and produced by Lori Forte and Jerry Davis. <em>Epic<\/em> hits the big screen next year on May 24, 2013.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think of the\u00a0<em>Epic <\/em>voice cast? Do you think the film will live up to its name?","post_title":"Blue Sky's 'Epic' Voice Cast: Beyonce, Pitbull, Colin Farrell, Steven Tyler and More!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:49:26","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:49:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/01\/blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":65,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-05-31 18:15:38","post_date_gmt":"2012-05-31 18:15:38","post_content":"<span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-517\" alt=\"The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2-300x106.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a>Our mockup of Pixar\u2019s \u201cThe Good Dinosaur\u201d logo<\/span><\/span>The creators of Pixar\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>,\u00a0are finally speaking up and giving some more details about Pixar\u2019s upcoming dino flick. In an interview at the Pixar headquarters in Emeryville, CA,\u00a0director Bob Peterson, codirector Peter Sohn and producer John Walker divulged more tidbits about film\u2019s inspriration, title, and writing process, while carefully not giving away key plot points.\r\n\r\n<em>The Good Dinosaur\u00a0<\/em>explores the question, \u201cWhat if the asteroid never hit and dinosaurs still roamed the earth?\u201d\r\n\r\nIn talking about his inspiration for the film, Peterson mentioned that seeing anamatronic dinosaurs on a visit to the World\u2019s Fair fascinated him as a child\u00a0. While Hollywood typically tends to villainize dinosaurs, Petersen said Pixar is going in a different direction saying, \u201cIt\u2019s time to do a movie where you get to know the dinosaur, what it\u2019s really like to be a dinosaur and to be with a dinosaur.\u201d (Maybe he forgot about Don Bluth\u2019s animated\u00a0<em>The Land Before Time<\/em>, which did cover that topic quite well).\r\n\r\nSohn discusses more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/4\/24\/pixars-upcoming-films-the-good-dinosaur-dia-de-los-muertos-f.html\">film\u2019s title<\/a>, which was revealed at CinemaCon a few weeks ago:\r\n<blockquote>Sohn said they are toying with the idea of what dinosaurs represent today \u2014 something anachronistic or resistant to change. If there\u2019s a \u201cgood\u201d dinosaur, after all, there have to be bad ones. \u201cThe title is deceptively simple,\u201d Sohn said. \u201cIt has more meaning than it seems.\u201d<\/blockquote>\r\nRead the full article on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/movies\/2012\/05\/pixars-the-good-dinosaur-.html\">LA Times<\/a>.\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>\u00a0is currently set for summer release on May 30, 2014.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think the title means?","post_title":"'The Good Dinosaur' Creators Finally Give More Details About the Film","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-good-dinosaur-creators-finally-give-more-details-about-the-film","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:50:50","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:50:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/05\/31\/the-good-dinosaur-creators-finally-give-more-details-about-the-film\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":64,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-05-31 17:44:19","post_date_gmt":"2012-05-31 17:44:19","post_content":"A new movie poster surfaced today on Disney\u2019s\u00a0<em>Frankenweenie<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=428085113892865&set=a.248259931875385.64137.134425953258784&type=1&ref=nf\">facebook page<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThe poster shows a stitched-up version of the main character Sparky, a dog that is brought back to life Frankenstein-style by his master Victor, happily standing in front of a giant full moon. The poster is mostly black and white with only a touch of color on the copy (much like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/4\/25\/paperman-movie-poster-unveiled.html\">poster<\/a>\u00a0for Disney\u2019s Paperman).\r\n\r\nThe official synopsis for the film states:\r\n<blockquote>From creative genius Tim Burton (\u201cAlice in Wonderland,\u201d The Nightmare Before Christmas\u201d) comes \u201cFrankenweenie,\u201d a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life\u2014with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new \u201cleash on life\u201d can be monstrous.<\/span>\r\n\r\nA stop-motion animated film, \u201cFrankenweenie\u201d was filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate the classic style to a whole new experience.<\/blockquote>\r\n<em>Frankenweeknie<\/em>\u00a0is set for US release on October 5, 2012. Just in time for the haunting Halloween season.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-Frankenweenie-poster.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-515\" alt=\"New-Frankenweenie-poster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-Frankenweenie-poster.jpeg\" width=\"485\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are you excited to see <em>Frankenweenie<\/em>? Or are you more excited to see Laika\u2019s spooky film\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/3\/30\/international-paranorman-trailer-new-footage-is-pleasantly-d.html\">ParaNorman<\/a>?<\/em><\/p>","post_title":"New Movie Poster for Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie'","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"new-movie-poster-for-tim-burtons-frankenweenie","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:52:03","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:52:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/05\/31\/new-movie-poster-for-tim-burtons-frankenweenie\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":73},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"jnews_block_5"};</script> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-100774e elementor-widget 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data-id='79' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/79/'>79</a> <a class="page_nav next" data-id="74" href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/74/"><span class="navtext">Next</span></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ca773c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="ca773c7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> \n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV1193773776&light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h3><strong>Highlights:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Is <em>Brave <\/em>overhyped?<\/li>\n<li>The HAIR is the star of the film<\/li>\n<li><em>Madagascar 3<\/em>\u00a0vs.\u00a0<em>Brave<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Setting: old Scotland is beautiful<\/li>\n<li>Despite the mystical elements, <em>Brave<\/em> feels the most \u201creal\u201d of Pixar\u2019s films<\/li>\n<li>Did they just do that?!<\/li>\n<li>The clans: loveable, who\u2019s your favorite Lord?<\/li>\n<li>The suitors: not so desirable, Kronk bodyguard<\/li>\n<li>The triplets: hilarious, free reign through the castle<\/li>\n<li>Humor: not too over the top, just right<\/li>\n<li>Merida and Elinor\u2019s mother\/daughter relationship drives the plot<\/li>\n<li>Brave is not \u201cthe Scottish Mulan\u201d, but it is a LOT like another Disney animated film<\/li>\n<li>The music: makes you want to dance, hummable<\/li>\n<li>The directors: Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews<\/li>\n<li>Very quotable film<\/li>\n<li>Best animated film of 2012 so far<\/li>\n<li>Merida\u2019s face shape and the official princesses<\/li>\n<li>How old is Merida?<\/li>\n<li>What do they rate it?<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts on La Luna: tender, clever, multi-generational story<\/li>\n<li>Always stay till the end<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Runtime: 0:39:40, 18.2 MB<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch<em>\u00a0Brave<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005LAIHZY\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005LAIHZY&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=WUQAXDCE7E7XFAH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blu-ray<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008YWY0HK\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008YWY0HK&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=SZCBBR4HIW46O6HW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A6PD9I4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00A6PD9I4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=6UIRDEZTU5BMPAMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A6PD9I4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00A6PD9I4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=6UIRDEZTU5BMPAMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rent<\/a>\u00a0I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/brave\/id544101708?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Buy\u00a0<em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B007XSFKAW\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007XSFKAW&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=WS5CWQN7O2GUDGC4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00899D0HO\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00899D0HO&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=336ZVNTTIYOFVDBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/brave-original-score\/id527775518?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/brave-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><em><em><em>Brave<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>\u00a0quotes<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DisneyQuotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Where to Find Us:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitt<wbr \/>er<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>,<wbr \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Am<wbr \/>azon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotoscopers.com\/<wbr \/>voicemails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Episode 13: Brave Review Part 1 - Spoiler Free!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"episode-13-brave-review-part-1-spoiler-free","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-11-20 11:48:18","post_modified_gmt":"2019-11-20 18:48:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/episode-13-brave-review-part-1-spoiler-free\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":777,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-08 21:01:09","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-09 04:01:09","post_content":"Pixar\u2019s latest animated film <strong><em>Brave<\/em><\/strong> is fun and exciting. Like most Pixar releases, the hype for this film has been incredible: everyone is expecting a home run from Pixar because, well, it\u2019s Pixar\u2014the Babe Ruth of animation. Well, <em>Brave<\/em> does not disappoint. While the Pixar\u2019s first fairy tale doesn\u2019t feel entirely unique, it is still a home run.\r\n\r\n<span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8682278955820948\"><em>Brave<\/em> tells the story of a medieval royal family living in the Scottish wilderness. Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald) enjoys the freedom of the woods, horseback riding and her favorite pastime, archery; however, Merida rarely gets to express her true self because her mother Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson) is constantly instructing her in proper princess behavior and duties. Merida finds comfort with her other family members, her father, King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and her triplet brothers, Hubert, Hamish, and Harris. Tempers fly when Queen Elinor springs a sudden betrothal upon Merida, in which the oldest son of the three outlying clans must compete for Merida\u2019s hand in marriage. Upset and betrayed by her mother, Merida sets out into the forest following the trail of the mysterious will o\u2019 the wisps on a quest to change her fate.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Clans-1024x428.jpeg\" alt=\"Brave-Clans\" width=\"1024\" height=\"428\" \/>\r\n\r\nAlthough <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is set in a somewhat mythical world, <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is Pixar\u2019s most \u201creal\u201d film\u2014there\u2019s no cars, no bugs, no toys. Instead, the film focuses on the human characters and their relationships, with the mother-daughter struggle between Merida and Elinor driving the plot throughout the entire film. Each member of the family is real and flawed. In the beginning, both Merida and Elinor\u2019s points of view are portrayed so objectively that I couldn\u2019t choose a side. You are meant to empathize with both characters. Even during the end of the first act, I found myself getting rather emotional over Merida\u2019s plight.\r\n\r\nThe humor in <em>Brave<\/em> is spot on. After seeing some of the trailers, I was worried that the humor would be too gaggy and over the top, relying on the triplets to serve solely as comedic relief. But sticking with the realism of the film, for the most part, the humor is expertly executed to offset the dramatic moments. Surprisingly, King Fergus and the Lords play comedic roles as their barbaric roots as competing clans appear. The film is dark and Pixar did a great job lightly balancing the film with these and other humorous touches (just wait until you meet the Witch, who seems to be a relative of Koume and Kotake, the witches from The Legend of Zelda series\u2014the resemblance is uncanny!). Get ready, you will laugh and smile a lot in <em>Brave<\/em>.\r\n\r\nThe plot, on the other hand, didn\u2019t seem entirely original. Pixar touts itself as makers of original stories, but I felt as though I\u2019d seen elements of this film before. I can name a few Disney animated movies of which <em>Brave<\/em> seems to be a mashup. With that being said, Pixar still managed to make this story memorable in its own unique way. Even if elements of this story have been told before, Pixar tells it like some of the best.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Archery.jpeg\"><img class=\"wp-image-988 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Archery.jpeg\" alt=\"Brave-Archery\" width=\"900\" height=\"486\" \/><\/a>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is a beautifully crafted, technical achievement for Pixar. The studio even had to recreate its animation software from scratch in order to meet the technical requirements needed for the film. I feel this movie has more to do with hair than Disney\u2019s <em>Tangled<\/em> because each character\u2019s hair represents his or her own unique personality and attitude; Merida\u2019s painterly, curly hair in particular steals the show as it spunkily bounces frame to frame.\r\n\r\nI loved <em>Brave<\/em>. The story is masterfully told and the characters you instantly care for, thanks to the contributions of both directors Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews. I am excited to see it again with others so I can revisit the beautiful landscapes, quirky characters, and lovely story. <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is another home run: warning track, wall, Pixar can touch them all!\r\n\r\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605","post_title":"\u2018Brave\u2019 Review: Pixar\u2019s First Fairy Tale Is Real, Fun & Hits the Heart","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-08 09:02:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-08 16:02:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":776,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-08 14:19:46","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-08 21:19:46","post_content":"<div class=\"im\">\r\n<p class=\"p1\">This week Morgan and I got to go see the newest addition to the <em>Madagascar<\/em> franchise. I\u2019ll be honest and say that I didn\u2019t have that great of hopes for this one. If you listened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/29\/episode-11-madagascar-sequels-and-duos-we-dont-change.html\"><span class=\"s1\">Episode 11<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of the podcast where we reviewed the original <em>Madagascar<\/em> film, you can probably tell that there was a lack of true\u00a0excitement\u00a0about the first. It did have a lot of good things about it meriting discussion, but in the end I gave it just 3 stars out of 5 (really, I don\u2019t think that it was deserved. It\u2019s more of a 2.5 stars hoping for 3 stars).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The original <em>Madagascar <\/em>was simply hard for me to get through. It dragged a lot and I didn\u2019t really grow to love the\u00a0characters. I saw number 2\u00a0<em>Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa<\/em>\u00a0and though I thought that it was an\u00a0improvement, it still\u00a0didn\u2019t leave me thirsting for more. That being said, we got the prescreening tickets to <em>Madagacar 3: Europe\u2019s Most Wanted <\/em>and decided to check it out anyways.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The film\u2019s setting starts off in Africa as Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller) is celebrating his birthday. The penguins had taken the plane and made their way over to Monaco and the Monte-Carlo casino. Alex is hit with a bad case of the \u2018Missing New York Blues\u2019 and convinces the rest of his unconventional herd\u2014Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer)\u2014to make the trip to find the penguins in order to get back to the Central Park Zoo. Along the way, they get in trouble with the law\u2014aka Monaco\u2019s animal control head honcho, Captain Dubois (Frances McDormand)\u2014and in their escape they talk their way onto a train filled with circus animals where they then try to \u00a0perform their way back to the good old U.S. of A.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Maybe it\u2019s the fact that I went into <em>Madagascar 3<\/em> with low expectations, but really I was very pleasantly surprised. From the very beginning it was fast pace and had very few lulls. The effects, too, were very well executed. Where normally I think that 3D gives me a headache and is more of a gimmick than an enhancement,\u00a0 it was very well done here in this animated setting. There were a few great jokes in there that will make for some good quoting for Morgan and me, add in lots of color and a good soundtrack and the film leaves you on a general up feeling throughout the whole thing. I\u2019m not going to say that the movie is perfect, there were some rather large plot holes and I still didn\u2019t fall in love with the characters but all and all where the first and second struggled to keep you engaged, I would actually say that this movie and the afro circus deserve those 3 stars.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">So, if you are going to be going to the movies with the kids, this is not one to be feared. Personally, I wouldn\u2019t pay to see it again, especially during prime time in the summer movie season; however, for a Saturday morning showing, I actually enjoyed myself.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">Review\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/chelsearobson\"><span class=\"s1\">Chelsea Robson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"adL HOEnZb\">\r\n<div class=\"im\">\r\n<div><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaRobson\">Follow @ChelseaRobson<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\"); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","post_title":"'Madagascar 3' Review: Third Time's a Charm for this Surprisingly Enjoyable Flick","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-15 22:19:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-16 05:19:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":70,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-06 16:26:53","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 16:26:53","post_content":"<div>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">It\u2019s here! It\u2019s here! Disney finally released the trailer to its highly anticipated video game film <em>Wreck-It Ralph<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.msn.com\/video\/?videoId=96bb77a5-e38e-4539-ab8f-a5ed3127b6ed&from=&src=v5:endslate:facebook:&from=hub_en-us_msne_video_hub_entV5\"><span class=\"s1\">MSN Entertainment<\/span><\/a>. Disney picked the perfect week to release new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/6\/5\/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills.html\"><span class=\"s1\">new stills<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0hype the film: during the week of the E3, the largest video game expo in the world.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">After an introduction by the voice of Ralph, John C. Reilly, the majority of the trailer shows the clips from the beginning of the film (which was the part mostly completed when I saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/14\/episode-10-wreck-it-ralph-test-screening.html\"><span class=\"s1\">test screening<\/span><\/a> of the film in May).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Even though I\u2019d already seen the film, this trailer still pumps me up even more to see the final product in November. Be prepared to geek out!\u00a0The trailer definitely has the same cool, nostalgic vibe of the final film.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The trailer establishes the main bad guy (or is it good guy?) Ralph quite well. His dilema is clearly presented and as a viewer you feel for him. In the film, Ralph is quite lovable and genuine. Vanellope, on the other hand, comes off exactly as Ralph says, \u201cWhy are you so freakishly annoying?\u201d But don\u2019t worry, she\u2019s annoying in a cute little sister, grow-to-love-you sort of way.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The animation looks fresh and polished. Oddly enough, during the screening I thought the film\u2019s style felt like Illumination Entertainment; however, after watching the trailer this time, it feels a lot more like Pixar (or perhaps it should stand alone as the new feel of Walt Disney Animation?). My favorite parts of the trailer are the 8-bit introduction featuring Ralph in his native game environment, the Bad-Anon support meaning (Zangief: \u201cRalph, you are <em>bad<\/em> guy. But this does not mean you are bad <em>guy<\/em>.\u201d), clips of players in the arcade and our first introduction to Vanellope von Schweetz.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Wreck-It Ralph<\/em>\u00a0hits theatres in the US on November 2, 2012.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Check out the trailer below! What\u2019s your favorite part of the trailer?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=btB8tb8fLYM]<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>","post_title":"Here it is! 'Wreck-It Ralph' Trailer Released","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-11 21:19:18","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-12 04:19:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/06\/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":69,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-06 05:42:37","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 12:42:37","post_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-Woody.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-494\" alt=\"Toy-Story-Woody\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-Woody-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Apparently the <em>Toy Story<\/em> series won\u2019t stop at three. Rumor has it that Pixar\u2019s <em>Toy Story<\/em> series will live on in two new 22-minute television specials, which some fans have dubbed\u00a0<em>Toy Story 4<\/em> and <em>Toy Story 5<\/em>. The news broke in a late-night report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigscreenanimation.com\/2012\/06\/exclusive-toy-story-4-5-planned-for.html\">Big Screen Animation<\/a>, which stated that the films will air in October 2013 and Spring 2014. While there is no official statement from Pixar about the films, but it is presumed they will run on one of of the Disney-owned networks, ABC or the Disney Channel.\r\n\r\nToy Story fans will continue to cheer as \u201cthree new\u00a0<em>Toy Story Toons<\/em>\u00a0are in development.\u201d So more <em>Toy Story Toons<\/em> and <em>Toy Story 4<\/em> and <em>5<\/em>? What more could you ask for?\r\n\r\nThe shorts originally leaked from page 76 of the Walt Disney Company\u2019s 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/my.youturnpub.com\/YouTurn\/DisneyPortfolio\/?Page=76\">publishing portfolio<\/a>, which is pictured below. This information has since been removed (thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/2012\/06\/07\/two-toy-story-television-specials-with-brand-new-story-lines-in-development\/\">hypable<\/a>\u00a0for snagging the image).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-TV-Specials.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-485\" alt=\"Toy-Story-TV-Specials\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-TV-Specials.jpeg\" width=\"634\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nMost likely these films will be produced in Pixar Canada, Pixar\u2019s satellite studio which has produced the a few of the\u00a0<em>Toy Story Toons <\/em>already.\r\n\r\nWhat are your thoughts on more <em>Toy Story<\/em> films? Are you excited about this news or think they should stopped at three?","post_title":"Two New 'Toy Story' TV Specials Coming in 2013 & 2014","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-12-08 09:08:28","post_modified_gmt":"2013-12-08 16:08:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/06\/two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":68,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-05 20:11:34","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-05 20:11:34","post_content":"During the week of the video game expo E3 and with the first (and very highly anticipated) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/6\/6\/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released.html\">teaser trailer<\/a> just around the corner, Walt Disney released four new stills to its upcoming video game-inspired film <em>Wreck-It Ralph.<\/em>\r\n\r\nWe already had the chance to see a test screening of the film (check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/14\/episode-10-wreck-it-ralph-test-screening.html\">podcast review here<\/a>), so can give a bit more insights about the stills. The four photos each show some of the main worlds of the movie:\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>The first photo is of the main power strip aka Game Central Station, which acts as a hub for all the video game characters to travel to and from their respective games.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The second photo moves inside Game Central Station and\u00a0shows Ralph (John C. Reilly) handing out Pac Man cherries to Q*Bert, Coily and other out-of-work game characters right after attending his Bad-Anon support group.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The third photo show a player\u2019s arcade view of begining of the game Hero\u2019s Duty, a first-person shooter, as Sargeant Calhoun (Jane Lynch) is talking the player through the mission.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The fourth photo shows Ralph after he accidentally lands in the colorful Sugar Rush and meets the hyperactive kart racer Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-518\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station-1024x428.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-513\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Heros-Duty.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-512\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Hero's-Duty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Heros-Duty-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-514\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nBe sure to check out the hi-res version of photo 2 to get a look at a few of the other video game characters who make cameos in the film. Which photo do you like the best?\r\n\r\nPhotos via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/movies\/news\/story\/2012-06-04\/wreck-it-ralph-john-c-reilly\/55386816\/1\">USA Today<\/a>","post_title":"Finally! Four New 'Wreck-It Ralph' Stills","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-11 21:28:08","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-12 04:28:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/05\/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":669,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-05 19:37:09","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 02:37:09","post_content":"\n<p>The gang is back together for a full episode. This episode features a long discussion about the 1997 animated classic <em><strong>Anastasia<\/strong>.<\/em> And where did the Nerdy Couch Discussion go, you may ask? Don\u2019t worry, this episode is a bit unconventional and the NCD is nestled in the middle of the main discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV3593663727&light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h3><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Highlights:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">News: Maggie Simpsons 3D short, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/5\/30\/pixar-inspired-california-cruise-coming-to-disney-cruise-lin.html\">Pixar Disney California Cruise<\/a>, A Cat in Paris released<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Main Discussion: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman\u2019s <em>Anastasia<\/em><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Gary Goldman: the forgotten part of the Bluth duo<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Is <em>Anastasia<\/em> the pinnacle of Don and Gary\u2019s career?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">\u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d plot?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Making-of featurettes hosted by\u2026Aaliyah?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Mini Nerdy Couch Discussion: \u00a0R&B songs over the credits in the 90s<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/post\/24009014135\/concept-art-anastasia-1997-early-designs-of\">Gangster Anastasia<\/a> & <a href=\"http:\/\/therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/post\/24128880323\/character-concept-art-anastasia-2012-early\">greasy Dimitri<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Why do so many people think <em>Anastasia<\/em> is a Disney movie?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Dimitri: face doesn\u2019t match the actor, best looking animated mantagonist?, \u201cI don\u2019t know what to tell you\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Anastasia: a witty romcom leading lady; grand duchess, not princess; first to elope,<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Where would Anastasia rank among the Disney princesses?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Would there be an uprising by Disney or Bluth fans is Disney bought the rights to Anastasia?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Rasputin: should we fear or pity him as the villain?, eternal leprosy<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Mason\u2019s 3 reasons why Rasputin is a pathetic villain<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Bartok and Rasputin\u2019s unhealthy relationship<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Conspiracy time and villain metaphysics: no time in limbo aka the TIME VORTEX! <br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Why do kings always keep the creepy advisors around?<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Pooka: the REAL villain of the movie, throwaway character<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Sophie: voice actress thought her character\u2019s design was too big<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Vladimir: member of the royal court, quotes<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Need to know Russian history to understand the film?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Songs: Disney playlist worthy, \u201cpeople sing when they are too emotional to talk anymore\u201d, is \u201cOnce Upon a December\u201d or \u201cJourney to the Past\u201d the more memorable song<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Lots o\u2019 CGI: problems with objects, beautiful layouts, innovative, the pegasus<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Live action reference or full on rotoscoping?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Clarification: we don\u2019t think rotoscoping is the greatest thing ever<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Best scenes: travel montage, glowing mystical sparkles, very Haunted Mansion-esque ghostly people<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Unanswered questions: Russia and Anastasia\u2019s memory, Dimitri and the music box, Mason\u2019s enchanted palace theory<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Morgan and Chelsea debate Anastasia\u2019s changing hair length<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Listener trivia question: How do you feel about Rasputin as a villain?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Let\u2019s rate it!<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">\u201cArt of Brave\u201d contest new deadline: June 30. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/5\/17\/contest-review-us-on-itunes-to-win-the-art-of-brave-book.html\">Enter now!<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Bloopers: cool ringtone, Chelsea can\u2019t speak today, Princess Tanya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.4439821601845324\"><strong>Runtime: 1:28:14, 41.4 MB<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Where to Find Us:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitt<wbr \/>er<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>,<wbr \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Am<wbr \/>azon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotoscopers.com\/<wbr \/>voicemails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Episode 12: Anastasia - Rasputin, The Dork of the Night","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-11-20 11:47:19","post_modified_gmt":"2019-11-20 18:47:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/05\/episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"8","filter":"raw"},{"ID":66,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-01 19:09:27","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-01 19:09:27","post_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/leaf-men-book.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-532 alignright\" alt=\"leaf-men-book\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/leaf-men-book-300x129.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a>Today Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox announced the voice cast for their upcoming 3D CG-animated feature,\u00a0<em>Epic<\/em>. The voice cast is quite impressive, featuring an array of Hollywood singers and actors:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Beyonce Knowles - Queen Tara<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Colin Farrell - Ronin<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Josh Hutcherson - Nod<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Amanda Seyfried - Mary Katherine<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Johnny Knoxville - Mandrake<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Aziz Ansari - Mub<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Pitbull - Dagda<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Jason Sudeikis - Bomba<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Steven Tyler - Nim Galuu<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Blake Anderson - Dagda<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Judah Friedlander - Larry<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAccording to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/2012\/05\/31\/twentieth-century-fox-animation-and-blue-sky-studios-announce-epic-casting\">press release<\/a>, the film is \u201ca 3D CG action-adventure comedy that reveals a hidden world unlike any other.\u201d\u00a0The project, previously known as<em> Leafmen,<\/em>\u00a0is based on William Joyce\u2019s illustrated children\u2019s book <em>The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. <\/em>A little snippet of the plot was given as well:\r\n<blockquote>EPIC tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teenage girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world\u2026and ours.<\/blockquote>\r\nThe film sounds interesting; Sort of a mix between\u00a0<em>Fergully<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Antz<\/em> and <em>A Bugs Life<\/em>. It\u2019ll be interesting to see <em>Epic\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>art style and also whether it will contain songs (based on the number of singers in the cast).\r\n\r\n<em>Epic<\/em> is directed by <em>Ice Age<\/em> dirctor Chris Wedge and produced by Lori Forte and Jerry Davis. <em>Epic<\/em> hits the big screen next year on May 24, 2013.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think of the\u00a0<em>Epic <\/em>voice cast? Do you think the film will live up to its name?","post_title":"Blue Sky's 'Epic' Voice Cast: Beyonce, Pitbull, Colin Farrell, Steven Tyler and More!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:49:26","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:49:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/01\/blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":65,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-05-31 18:15:38","post_date_gmt":"2012-05-31 18:15:38","post_content":"<span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-517\" alt=\"The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2-300x106.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a>Our mockup of Pixar\u2019s \u201cThe Good Dinosaur\u201d logo<\/span><\/span>The creators of Pixar\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>,\u00a0are finally speaking up and giving some more details about Pixar\u2019s upcoming dino flick. In an interview at the Pixar headquarters in Emeryville, CA,\u00a0director Bob Peterson, codirector Peter Sohn and producer John Walker divulged more tidbits about film\u2019s inspriration, title, and writing process, while carefully not giving away key plot points.\r\n\r\n<em>The Good Dinosaur\u00a0<\/em>explores the question, \u201cWhat if the asteroid never hit and dinosaurs still roamed the earth?\u201d\r\n\r\nIn talking about his inspiration for the film, Peterson mentioned that seeing anamatronic dinosaurs on a visit to the World\u2019s Fair fascinated him as a child\u00a0. While Hollywood typically tends to villainize dinosaurs, Petersen said Pixar is going in a different direction saying, \u201cIt\u2019s time to do a movie where you get to know the dinosaur, what it\u2019s really like to be a dinosaur and to be with a dinosaur.\u201d (Maybe he forgot about Don Bluth\u2019s animated\u00a0<em>The Land Before Time<\/em>, which did cover that topic quite well).\r\n\r\nSohn discusses more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/4\/24\/pixars-upcoming-films-the-good-dinosaur-dia-de-los-muertos-f.html\">film\u2019s title<\/a>, which was revealed at CinemaCon a few weeks ago:\r\n<blockquote>Sohn said they are toying with the idea of what dinosaurs represent today \u2014 something anachronistic or resistant to change. If there\u2019s a \u201cgood\u201d dinosaur, after all, there have to be bad ones. \u201cThe title is deceptively simple,\u201d Sohn said. \u201cIt has more meaning than it seems.\u201d<\/blockquote>\r\nRead the full article on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/movies\/2012\/05\/pixars-the-good-dinosaur-.html\">LA Times<\/a>.\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>\u00a0is currently set for summer release on May 30, 2014.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think the title means?","post_title":"'The Good Dinosaur' Creators Finally Give More Details About the Film","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-good-dinosaur-creators-finally-give-more-details-about-the-film","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:50:50","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:50:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/05\/31\/the-good-dinosaur-creators-finally-give-more-details-about-the-film\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":64,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-05-31 17:44:19","post_date_gmt":"2012-05-31 17:44:19","post_content":"A new movie poster surfaced today on Disney\u2019s\u00a0<em>Frankenweenie<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=428085113892865&set=a.248259931875385.64137.134425953258784&type=1&ref=nf\">facebook page<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThe poster shows a stitched-up version of the main character Sparky, a dog that is brought back to life Frankenstein-style by his master Victor, happily standing in front of a giant full moon. The poster is mostly black and white with only a touch of color on the copy (much like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/4\/25\/paperman-movie-poster-unveiled.html\">poster<\/a>\u00a0for Disney\u2019s Paperman).\r\n\r\nThe official synopsis for the film states:\r\n<blockquote>From creative genius Tim Burton (\u201cAlice in Wonderland,\u201d The Nightmare Before Christmas\u201d) comes \u201cFrankenweenie,\u201d a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life\u2014with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new \u201cleash on life\u201d can be monstrous.<\/span>\r\n\r\nA stop-motion animated film, \u201cFrankenweenie\u201d was filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate the classic style to a whole new experience.<\/blockquote>\r\n<em>Frankenweeknie<\/em>\u00a0is set for US release on October 5, 2012. Just in time for the haunting Halloween season.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-Frankenweenie-poster.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-515\" alt=\"New-Frankenweenie-poster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-Frankenweenie-poster.jpeg\" width=\"485\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are you excited to see <em>Frankenweenie<\/em>? Or are you more excited to see Laika\u2019s spooky film\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/3\/30\/international-paranorman-trailer-new-footage-is-pleasantly-d.html\">ParaNorman<\/a>?<\/em><\/p>","post_title":"New Movie Poster for Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie'","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"new-movie-poster-for-tim-burtons-frankenweenie","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:52:03","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:52:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/05\/31\/new-movie-poster-for-tim-burtons-frankenweenie\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":73},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"jnews_block_5"};</script> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-100774e elementor-widget elementor-widget-jnews_archive_pagination_elementor" data-id="100774e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="jnews_archive_pagination_elementor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="jeg_navigation jeg_pagination jeg_col_3o3 jnews_module_670_4_691cbcbb0e180 jeg_pagenav_1 jeg_aligncenter no_pageinfo"> <span class="page_info">Page 73 of 79</span> <a class="page_nav prev" data-id="72" href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/72/"><span class="navtext">Previous</span></a> <a class='page_number' data-id='1' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/'>1</a> <span class="page_number dots">…</span> <a class='page_number' data-id='72' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/72/'>72</a> <span class='page_number active'>73</span> <a class='page_number' data-id='74' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/74/'>74</a> <span class="page_number dots">…</span> <a class='page_number' data-id='79' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/79/'>79</a> <a class="page_nav next" data-id="74" href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/74/"><span class="navtext">Next</span></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ca773c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="ca773c7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> \n<p><strong>**We tried to keep the review as spoiler free as possible, but our definition of spoiler might be different that your definition. So if you don\u2019t want to know anything about the film before it\u2019s released, don\u2019t listen!**<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV1193773776&light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h3><strong>Highlights:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Is <em>Brave <\/em>overhyped?<\/li>\n<li>The HAIR is the star of the film<\/li>\n<li><em>Madagascar 3<\/em>\u00a0vs.\u00a0<em>Brave<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Setting: old Scotland is beautiful<\/li>\n<li>Despite the mystical elements, <em>Brave<\/em> feels the most \u201creal\u201d of Pixar\u2019s films<\/li>\n<li>Did they just do that?!<\/li>\n<li>The clans: loveable, who\u2019s your favorite Lord?<\/li>\n<li>The suitors: not so desirable, Kronk bodyguard<\/li>\n<li>The triplets: hilarious, free reign through the castle<\/li>\n<li>Humor: not too over the top, just right<\/li>\n<li>Merida and Elinor\u2019s mother\/daughter relationship drives the plot<\/li>\n<li>Brave is not \u201cthe Scottish Mulan\u201d, but it is a LOT like another Disney animated film<\/li>\n<li>The music: makes you want to dance, hummable<\/li>\n<li>The directors: Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews<\/li>\n<li>Very quotable film<\/li>\n<li>Best animated film of 2012 so far<\/li>\n<li>Merida\u2019s face shape and the official princesses<\/li>\n<li>How old is Merida?<\/li>\n<li>What do they rate it?<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts on La Luna: tender, clever, multi-generational story<\/li>\n<li>Always stay till the end<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Runtime: 0:39:40, 18.2 MB<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch<em>\u00a0Brave<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005LAIHZY\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005LAIHZY&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=WUQAXDCE7E7XFAH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blu-ray<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008YWY0HK\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008YWY0HK&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=SZCBBR4HIW46O6HW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A6PD9I4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00A6PD9I4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=6UIRDEZTU5BMPAMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A6PD9I4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00A6PD9I4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=6UIRDEZTU5BMPAMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rent<\/a>\u00a0I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/brave\/id544101708?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Buy\u00a0<em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B007XSFKAW\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007XSFKAW&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=WS5CWQN7O2GUDGC4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00899D0HO\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00899D0HO&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=336ZVNTTIYOFVDBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/brave-original-score\/id527775518?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/brave-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><em><em><em>Brave<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>\u00a0quotes<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DisneyQuotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Where to Find Us:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitt<wbr \/>er<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>,<wbr \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Am<wbr \/>azon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotoscopers.com\/<wbr \/>voicemails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Episode 13: Brave Review Part 1 - Spoiler Free!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"episode-13-brave-review-part-1-spoiler-free","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-11-20 11:48:18","post_modified_gmt":"2019-11-20 18:48:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/episode-13-brave-review-part-1-spoiler-free\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":777,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-08 21:01:09","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-09 04:01:09","post_content":"Pixar\u2019s latest animated film <strong><em>Brave<\/em><\/strong> is fun and exciting. Like most Pixar releases, the hype for this film has been incredible: everyone is expecting a home run from Pixar because, well, it\u2019s Pixar\u2014the Babe Ruth of animation. Well, <em>Brave<\/em> does not disappoint. While the Pixar\u2019s first fairy tale doesn\u2019t feel entirely unique, it is still a home run.\r\n\r\n<span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8682278955820948\"><em>Brave<\/em> tells the story of a medieval royal family living in the Scottish wilderness. Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald) enjoys the freedom of the woods, horseback riding and her favorite pastime, archery; however, Merida rarely gets to express her true self because her mother Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson) is constantly instructing her in proper princess behavior and duties. Merida finds comfort with her other family members, her father, King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and her triplet brothers, Hubert, Hamish, and Harris. Tempers fly when Queen Elinor springs a sudden betrothal upon Merida, in which the oldest son of the three outlying clans must compete for Merida\u2019s hand in marriage. Upset and betrayed by her mother, Merida sets out into the forest following the trail of the mysterious will o\u2019 the wisps on a quest to change her fate.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Clans-1024x428.jpeg\" alt=\"Brave-Clans\" width=\"1024\" height=\"428\" \/>\r\n\r\nAlthough <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is set in a somewhat mythical world, <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is Pixar\u2019s most \u201creal\u201d film\u2014there\u2019s no cars, no bugs, no toys. Instead, the film focuses on the human characters and their relationships, with the mother-daughter struggle between Merida and Elinor driving the plot throughout the entire film. Each member of the family is real and flawed. In the beginning, both Merida and Elinor\u2019s points of view are portrayed so objectively that I couldn\u2019t choose a side. You are meant to empathize with both characters. Even during the end of the first act, I found myself getting rather emotional over Merida\u2019s plight.\r\n\r\nThe humor in <em>Brave<\/em> is spot on. After seeing some of the trailers, I was worried that the humor would be too gaggy and over the top, relying on the triplets to serve solely as comedic relief. But sticking with the realism of the film, for the most part, the humor is expertly executed to offset the dramatic moments. Surprisingly, King Fergus and the Lords play comedic roles as their barbaric roots as competing clans appear. The film is dark and Pixar did a great job lightly balancing the film with these and other humorous touches (just wait until you meet the Witch, who seems to be a relative of Koume and Kotake, the witches from The Legend of Zelda series\u2014the resemblance is uncanny!). Get ready, you will laugh and smile a lot in <em>Brave<\/em>.\r\n\r\nThe plot, on the other hand, didn\u2019t seem entirely original. Pixar touts itself as makers of original stories, but I felt as though I\u2019d seen elements of this film before. I can name a few Disney animated movies of which <em>Brave<\/em> seems to be a mashup. With that being said, Pixar still managed to make this story memorable in its own unique way. Even if elements of this story have been told before, Pixar tells it like some of the best.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Archery.jpeg\"><img class=\"wp-image-988 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Archery.jpeg\" alt=\"Brave-Archery\" width=\"900\" height=\"486\" \/><\/a>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is a beautifully crafted, technical achievement for Pixar. The studio even had to recreate its animation software from scratch in order to meet the technical requirements needed for the film. I feel this movie has more to do with hair than Disney\u2019s <em>Tangled<\/em> because each character\u2019s hair represents his or her own unique personality and attitude; Merida\u2019s painterly, curly hair in particular steals the show as it spunkily bounces frame to frame.\r\n\r\nI loved <em>Brave<\/em>. The story is masterfully told and the characters you instantly care for, thanks to the contributions of both directors Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews. I am excited to see it again with others so I can revisit the beautiful landscapes, quirky characters, and lovely story. <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is another home run: warning track, wall, Pixar can touch them all!\r\n\r\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605","post_title":"\u2018Brave\u2019 Review: Pixar\u2019s First Fairy Tale Is Real, Fun & Hits the Heart","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-08 09:02:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-08 16:02:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":776,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-08 14:19:46","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-08 21:19:46","post_content":"<div class=\"im\">\r\n<p class=\"p1\">This week Morgan and I got to go see the newest addition to the <em>Madagascar<\/em> franchise. I\u2019ll be honest and say that I didn\u2019t have that great of hopes for this one. If you listened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/29\/episode-11-madagascar-sequels-and-duos-we-dont-change.html\"><span class=\"s1\">Episode 11<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of the podcast where we reviewed the original <em>Madagascar<\/em> film, you can probably tell that there was a lack of true\u00a0excitement\u00a0about the first. It did have a lot of good things about it meriting discussion, but in the end I gave it just 3 stars out of 5 (really, I don\u2019t think that it was deserved. It\u2019s more of a 2.5 stars hoping for 3 stars).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The original <em>Madagascar <\/em>was simply hard for me to get through. It dragged a lot and I didn\u2019t really grow to love the\u00a0characters. I saw number 2\u00a0<em>Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa<\/em>\u00a0and though I thought that it was an\u00a0improvement, it still\u00a0didn\u2019t leave me thirsting for more. That being said, we got the prescreening tickets to <em>Madagacar 3: Europe\u2019s Most Wanted <\/em>and decided to check it out anyways.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The film\u2019s setting starts off in Africa as Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller) is celebrating his birthday. The penguins had taken the plane and made their way over to Monaco and the Monte-Carlo casino. Alex is hit with a bad case of the \u2018Missing New York Blues\u2019 and convinces the rest of his unconventional herd\u2014Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer)\u2014to make the trip to find the penguins in order to get back to the Central Park Zoo. Along the way, they get in trouble with the law\u2014aka Monaco\u2019s animal control head honcho, Captain Dubois (Frances McDormand)\u2014and in their escape they talk their way onto a train filled with circus animals where they then try to \u00a0perform their way back to the good old U.S. of A.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Maybe it\u2019s the fact that I went into <em>Madagascar 3<\/em> with low expectations, but really I was very pleasantly surprised. From the very beginning it was fast pace and had very few lulls. The effects, too, were very well executed. Where normally I think that 3D gives me a headache and is more of a gimmick than an enhancement,\u00a0 it was very well done here in this animated setting. There were a few great jokes in there that will make for some good quoting for Morgan and me, add in lots of color and a good soundtrack and the film leaves you on a general up feeling throughout the whole thing. I\u2019m not going to say that the movie is perfect, there were some rather large plot holes and I still didn\u2019t fall in love with the characters but all and all where the first and second struggled to keep you engaged, I would actually say that this movie and the afro circus deserve those 3 stars.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">So, if you are going to be going to the movies with the kids, this is not one to be feared. Personally, I wouldn\u2019t pay to see it again, especially during prime time in the summer movie season; however, for a Saturday morning showing, I actually enjoyed myself.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">Review\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/chelsearobson\"><span class=\"s1\">Chelsea Robson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"adL HOEnZb\">\r\n<div class=\"im\">\r\n<div><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaRobson\">Follow @ChelseaRobson<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\"); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","post_title":"'Madagascar 3' Review: Third Time's a Charm for this Surprisingly Enjoyable Flick","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-15 22:19:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-16 05:19:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":70,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-06 16:26:53","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 16:26:53","post_content":"<div>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">It\u2019s here! It\u2019s here! Disney finally released the trailer to its highly anticipated video game film <em>Wreck-It Ralph<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.msn.com\/video\/?videoId=96bb77a5-e38e-4539-ab8f-a5ed3127b6ed&from=&src=v5:endslate:facebook:&from=hub_en-us_msne_video_hub_entV5\"><span class=\"s1\">MSN Entertainment<\/span><\/a>. Disney picked the perfect week to release new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/6\/5\/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills.html\"><span class=\"s1\">new stills<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0hype the film: during the week of the E3, the largest video game expo in the world.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">After an introduction by the voice of Ralph, John C. Reilly, the majority of the trailer shows the clips from the beginning of the film (which was the part mostly completed when I saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/14\/episode-10-wreck-it-ralph-test-screening.html\"><span class=\"s1\">test screening<\/span><\/a> of the film in May).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Even though I\u2019d already seen the film, this trailer still pumps me up even more to see the final product in November. Be prepared to geek out!\u00a0The trailer definitely has the same cool, nostalgic vibe of the final film.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The trailer establishes the main bad guy (or is it good guy?) Ralph quite well. His dilema is clearly presented and as a viewer you feel for him. In the film, Ralph is quite lovable and genuine. Vanellope, on the other hand, comes off exactly as Ralph says, \u201cWhy are you so freakishly annoying?\u201d But don\u2019t worry, she\u2019s annoying in a cute little sister, grow-to-love-you sort of way.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The animation looks fresh and polished. Oddly enough, during the screening I thought the film\u2019s style felt like Illumination Entertainment; however, after watching the trailer this time, it feels a lot more like Pixar (or perhaps it should stand alone as the new feel of Walt Disney Animation?). My favorite parts of the trailer are the 8-bit introduction featuring Ralph in his native game environment, the Bad-Anon support meaning (Zangief: \u201cRalph, you are <em>bad<\/em> guy. But this does not mean you are bad <em>guy<\/em>.\u201d), clips of players in the arcade and our first introduction to Vanellope von Schweetz.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Wreck-It Ralph<\/em>\u00a0hits theatres in the US on November 2, 2012.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Check out the trailer below! What\u2019s your favorite part of the trailer?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=btB8tb8fLYM]<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>","post_title":"Here it is! 'Wreck-It Ralph' Trailer Released","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-11 21:19:18","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-12 04:19:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/06\/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":69,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-06 05:42:37","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 12:42:37","post_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-Woody.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-494\" alt=\"Toy-Story-Woody\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-Woody-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Apparently the <em>Toy Story<\/em> series won\u2019t stop at three. Rumor has it that Pixar\u2019s <em>Toy Story<\/em> series will live on in two new 22-minute television specials, which some fans have dubbed\u00a0<em>Toy Story 4<\/em> and <em>Toy Story 5<\/em>. The news broke in a late-night report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigscreenanimation.com\/2012\/06\/exclusive-toy-story-4-5-planned-for.html\">Big Screen Animation<\/a>, which stated that the films will air in October 2013 and Spring 2014. While there is no official statement from Pixar about the films, but it is presumed they will run on one of of the Disney-owned networks, ABC or the Disney Channel.\r\n\r\nToy Story fans will continue to cheer as \u201cthree new\u00a0<em>Toy Story Toons<\/em>\u00a0are in development.\u201d So more <em>Toy Story Toons<\/em> and <em>Toy Story 4<\/em> and <em>5<\/em>? What more could you ask for?\r\n\r\nThe shorts originally leaked from page 76 of the Walt Disney Company\u2019s 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/my.youturnpub.com\/YouTurn\/DisneyPortfolio\/?Page=76\">publishing portfolio<\/a>, which is pictured below. This information has since been removed (thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/2012\/06\/07\/two-toy-story-television-specials-with-brand-new-story-lines-in-development\/\">hypable<\/a>\u00a0for snagging the image).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-TV-Specials.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-485\" alt=\"Toy-Story-TV-Specials\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-TV-Specials.jpeg\" width=\"634\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nMost likely these films will be produced in Pixar Canada, Pixar\u2019s satellite studio which has produced the a few of the\u00a0<em>Toy Story Toons <\/em>already.\r\n\r\nWhat are your thoughts on more <em>Toy Story<\/em> films? Are you excited about this news or think they should stopped at three?","post_title":"Two New 'Toy Story' TV Specials Coming in 2013 & 2014","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-12-08 09:08:28","post_modified_gmt":"2013-12-08 16:08:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/06\/two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":68,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-05 20:11:34","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-05 20:11:34","post_content":"During the week of the video game expo E3 and with the first (and very highly anticipated) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/6\/6\/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released.html\">teaser trailer<\/a> just around the corner, Walt Disney released four new stills to its upcoming video game-inspired film <em>Wreck-It Ralph.<\/em>\r\n\r\nWe already had the chance to see a test screening of the film (check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/14\/episode-10-wreck-it-ralph-test-screening.html\">podcast review here<\/a>), so can give a bit more insights about the stills. The four photos each show some of the main worlds of the movie:\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>The first photo is of the main power strip aka Game Central Station, which acts as a hub for all the video game characters to travel to and from their respective games.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The second photo moves inside Game Central Station and\u00a0shows Ralph (John C. Reilly) handing out Pac Man cherries to Q*Bert, Coily and other out-of-work game characters right after attending his Bad-Anon support group.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The third photo show a player\u2019s arcade view of begining of the game Hero\u2019s Duty, a first-person shooter, as Sargeant Calhoun (Jane Lynch) is talking the player through the mission.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The fourth photo shows Ralph after he accidentally lands in the colorful Sugar Rush and meets the hyperactive kart racer Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-518\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station-1024x428.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-513\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Heros-Duty.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-512\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Hero's-Duty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Heros-Duty-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-514\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nBe sure to check out the hi-res version of photo 2 to get a look at a few of the other video game characters who make cameos in the film. Which photo do you like the best?\r\n\r\nPhotos via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/movies\/news\/story\/2012-06-04\/wreck-it-ralph-john-c-reilly\/55386816\/1\">USA Today<\/a>","post_title":"Finally! Four New 'Wreck-It Ralph' Stills","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-11 21:28:08","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-12 04:28:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/05\/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":669,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-05 19:37:09","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 02:37:09","post_content":"\n<p>The gang is back together for a full episode. This episode features a long discussion about the 1997 animated classic <em><strong>Anastasia<\/strong>.<\/em> And where did the Nerdy Couch Discussion go, you may ask? Don\u2019t worry, this episode is a bit unconventional and the NCD is nestled in the middle of the main discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV3593663727&light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h3><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Highlights:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">News: Maggie Simpsons 3D short, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/5\/30\/pixar-inspired-california-cruise-coming-to-disney-cruise-lin.html\">Pixar Disney California Cruise<\/a>, A Cat in Paris released<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Main Discussion: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman\u2019s <em>Anastasia<\/em><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Gary Goldman: the forgotten part of the Bluth duo<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Is <em>Anastasia<\/em> the pinnacle of Don and Gary\u2019s career?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">\u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d plot?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Making-of featurettes hosted by\u2026Aaliyah?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Mini Nerdy Couch Discussion: \u00a0R&B songs over the credits in the 90s<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/post\/24009014135\/concept-art-anastasia-1997-early-designs-of\">Gangster Anastasia<\/a> & <a href=\"http:\/\/therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/post\/24128880323\/character-concept-art-anastasia-2012-early\">greasy Dimitri<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Why do so many people think <em>Anastasia<\/em> is a Disney movie?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Dimitri: face doesn\u2019t match the actor, best looking animated mantagonist?, \u201cI don\u2019t know what to tell you\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Anastasia: a witty romcom leading lady; grand duchess, not princess; first to elope,<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Where would Anastasia rank among the Disney princesses?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Would there be an uprising by Disney or Bluth fans is Disney bought the rights to Anastasia?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Rasputin: should we fear or pity him as the villain?, eternal leprosy<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Mason\u2019s 3 reasons why Rasputin is a pathetic villain<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Bartok and Rasputin\u2019s unhealthy relationship<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Conspiracy time and villain metaphysics: no time in limbo aka the TIME VORTEX! <br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Why do kings always keep the creepy advisors around?<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Pooka: the REAL villain of the movie, throwaway character<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Sophie: voice actress thought her character\u2019s design was too big<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Vladimir: member of the royal court, quotes<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Need to know Russian history to understand the film?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Songs: Disney playlist worthy, \u201cpeople sing when they are too emotional to talk anymore\u201d, is \u201cOnce Upon a December\u201d or \u201cJourney to the Past\u201d the more memorable song<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Lots o\u2019 CGI: problems with objects, beautiful layouts, innovative, the pegasus<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Live action reference or full on rotoscoping?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Clarification: we don\u2019t think rotoscoping is the greatest thing ever<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Best scenes: travel montage, glowing mystical sparkles, very Haunted Mansion-esque ghostly people<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Unanswered questions: Russia and Anastasia\u2019s memory, Dimitri and the music box, Mason\u2019s enchanted palace theory<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Morgan and Chelsea debate Anastasia\u2019s changing hair length<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Listener trivia question: How do you feel about Rasputin as a villain?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Let\u2019s rate it!<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">\u201cArt of Brave\u201d contest new deadline: June 30. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/5\/17\/contest-review-us-on-itunes-to-win-the-art-of-brave-book.html\">Enter now!<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Bloopers: cool ringtone, Chelsea can\u2019t speak today, Princess Tanya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.4439821601845324\"><strong>Runtime: 1:28:14, 41.4 MB<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Where to Find Us:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitt<wbr \/>er<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>,<wbr \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Am<wbr \/>azon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotoscopers.com\/<wbr \/>voicemails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Episode 12: Anastasia - Rasputin, The Dork of the Night","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-11-20 11:47:19","post_modified_gmt":"2019-11-20 18:47:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/05\/episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"8","filter":"raw"},{"ID":66,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-01 19:09:27","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-01 19:09:27","post_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/leaf-men-book.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-532 alignright\" alt=\"leaf-men-book\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/leaf-men-book-300x129.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a>Today Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox announced the voice cast for their upcoming 3D CG-animated feature,\u00a0<em>Epic<\/em>. The voice cast is quite impressive, featuring an array of Hollywood singers and actors:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Beyonce Knowles - Queen Tara<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Colin Farrell - Ronin<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Josh Hutcherson - Nod<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Amanda Seyfried - Mary Katherine<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Johnny Knoxville - Mandrake<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Aziz Ansari - Mub<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Pitbull - Dagda<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Jason Sudeikis - Bomba<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Steven Tyler - Nim Galuu<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Blake Anderson - Dagda<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Judah Friedlander - Larry<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAccording to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/2012\/05\/31\/twentieth-century-fox-animation-and-blue-sky-studios-announce-epic-casting\">press release<\/a>, the film is \u201ca 3D CG action-adventure comedy that reveals a hidden world unlike any other.\u201d\u00a0The project, previously known as<em> Leafmen,<\/em>\u00a0is based on William Joyce\u2019s illustrated children\u2019s book <em>The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. <\/em>A little snippet of the plot was given as well:\r\n<blockquote>EPIC tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teenage girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world\u2026and ours.<\/blockquote>\r\nThe film sounds interesting; Sort of a mix between\u00a0<em>Fergully<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Antz<\/em> and <em>A Bugs Life<\/em>. It\u2019ll be interesting to see <em>Epic\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>art style and also whether it will contain songs (based on the number of singers in the cast).\r\n\r\n<em>Epic<\/em> is directed by <em>Ice Age<\/em> dirctor Chris Wedge and produced by Lori Forte and Jerry Davis. <em>Epic<\/em> hits the big screen next year on May 24, 2013.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think of the\u00a0<em>Epic <\/em>voice cast? Do you think the film will live up to its name?","post_title":"Blue Sky's 'Epic' Voice Cast: Beyonce, Pitbull, Colin Farrell, Steven Tyler and More!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:49:26","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:49:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/01\/blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":65,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-05-31 18:15:38","post_date_gmt":"2012-05-31 18:15:38","post_content":"<span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-517\" alt=\"The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2-300x106.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a>Our mockup of Pixar\u2019s \u201cThe Good Dinosaur\u201d logo<\/span><\/span>The creators of Pixar\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>,\u00a0are finally speaking up and giving some more details about Pixar\u2019s upcoming dino flick. In an interview at the Pixar headquarters in Emeryville, CA,\u00a0director Bob Peterson, codirector Peter Sohn and producer John Walker divulged more tidbits about film\u2019s inspriration, title, and writing process, while carefully not giving away key plot points.\r\n\r\n<em>The Good Dinosaur\u00a0<\/em>explores the question, \u201cWhat if the asteroid never hit and dinosaurs still roamed the earth?\u201d\r\n\r\nIn talking about his inspiration for the film, Peterson mentioned that seeing anamatronic dinosaurs on a visit to the World\u2019s Fair fascinated him as a child\u00a0. While Hollywood typically tends to villainize dinosaurs, Petersen said Pixar is going in a different direction saying, \u201cIt\u2019s time to do a movie where you get to know the dinosaur, what it\u2019s really like to be a dinosaur and to be with a dinosaur.\u201d (Maybe he forgot about Don Bluth\u2019s animated\u00a0<em>The Land Before Time<\/em>, which did cover that topic quite well).\r\n\r\nSohn discusses more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/4\/24\/pixars-upcoming-films-the-good-dinosaur-dia-de-los-muertos-f.html\">film\u2019s title<\/a>, which was revealed at CinemaCon a few weeks ago:\r\n<blockquote>Sohn said they are toying with the idea of what dinosaurs represent today \u2014 something anachronistic or resistant to change. If there\u2019s a \u201cgood\u201d dinosaur, after all, there have to be bad ones. \u201cThe title is deceptively simple,\u201d Sohn said. \u201cIt has more meaning than it seems.\u201d<\/blockquote>\r\nRead the full article on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/movies\/2012\/05\/pixars-the-good-dinosaur-.html\">LA Times<\/a>.\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>\u00a0is currently set for summer release on May 30, 2014.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think the title means?","post_title":"'The Good Dinosaur' Creators Finally Give More Details About the Film","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-good-dinosaur-creators-finally-give-more-details-about-the-film","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:50:50","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:50:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/05\/31\/the-good-dinosaur-creators-finally-give-more-details-about-the-film\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":64,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-05-31 17:44:19","post_date_gmt":"2012-05-31 17:44:19","post_content":"A new movie poster surfaced today on Disney\u2019s\u00a0<em>Frankenweenie<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=428085113892865&set=a.248259931875385.64137.134425953258784&type=1&ref=nf\">facebook page<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThe poster shows a stitched-up version of the main character Sparky, a dog that is brought back to life Frankenstein-style by his master Victor, happily standing in front of a giant full moon. The poster is mostly black and white with only a touch of color on the copy (much like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/4\/25\/paperman-movie-poster-unveiled.html\">poster<\/a>\u00a0for Disney\u2019s Paperman).\r\n\r\nThe official synopsis for the film states:\r\n<blockquote>From creative genius Tim Burton (\u201cAlice in Wonderland,\u201d The Nightmare Before Christmas\u201d) comes \u201cFrankenweenie,\u201d a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life\u2014with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new \u201cleash on life\u201d can be monstrous.<\/span>\r\n\r\nA stop-motion animated film, \u201cFrankenweenie\u201d was filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate the classic style to a whole new experience.<\/blockquote>\r\n<em>Frankenweeknie<\/em>\u00a0is set for US release on October 5, 2012. Just in time for the haunting Halloween season.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-Frankenweenie-poster.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-515\" alt=\"New-Frankenweenie-poster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-Frankenweenie-poster.jpeg\" width=\"485\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are you excited to see <em>Frankenweenie<\/em>? Or are you more excited to see Laika\u2019s spooky film\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/3\/30\/international-paranorman-trailer-new-footage-is-pleasantly-d.html\">ParaNorman<\/a>?<\/em><\/p>","post_title":"New Movie Poster for Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie'","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"new-movie-poster-for-tim-burtons-frankenweenie","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:52:03","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:52:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/05\/31\/new-movie-poster-for-tim-burtons-frankenweenie\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":73},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"jnews_block_5"};</script> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-100774e elementor-widget elementor-widget-jnews_archive_pagination_elementor" data-id="100774e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="jnews_archive_pagination_elementor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="jeg_navigation jeg_pagination jeg_col_3o3 jnews_module_670_4_691cbcbb0e180 jeg_pagenav_1 jeg_aligncenter no_pageinfo"> <span class="page_info">Page 73 of 79</span> <a class="page_nav prev" data-id="72" href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/72/"><span class="navtext">Previous</span></a> <a class='page_number' data-id='1' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/'>1</a> <span class="page_number dots">…</span> <a class='page_number' data-id='72' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/72/'>72</a> <span class='page_number active'>73</span> <a class='page_number' data-id='74' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/74/'>74</a> <span class="page_number dots">…</span> <a class='page_number' data-id='79' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/79/'>79</a> <a class="page_nav next" data-id="74" href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/74/"><span class="navtext">Next</span></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ca773c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="ca773c7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> \n<p>Morgan and Chelsea get to see an advance screening of Pixar\u2019s hotly anticipated film, <strong><em>Brave<\/em><\/strong>. They share their spoiler-free thoughts and impressions about the film.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>**We tried to keep the review as spoiler free as possible, but our definition of spoiler might be different that your definition. So if you don\u2019t want to know anything about the film before it\u2019s released, don\u2019t listen!**<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV1193773776&light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h3><strong>Highlights:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Is <em>Brave <\/em>overhyped?<\/li>\n<li>The HAIR is the star of the film<\/li>\n<li><em>Madagascar 3<\/em>\u00a0vs.\u00a0<em>Brave<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Setting: old Scotland is beautiful<\/li>\n<li>Despite the mystical elements, <em>Brave<\/em> feels the most \u201creal\u201d of Pixar\u2019s films<\/li>\n<li>Did they just do that?!<\/li>\n<li>The clans: loveable, who\u2019s your favorite Lord?<\/li>\n<li>The suitors: not so desirable, Kronk bodyguard<\/li>\n<li>The triplets: hilarious, free reign through the castle<\/li>\n<li>Humor: not too over the top, just right<\/li>\n<li>Merida and Elinor\u2019s mother\/daughter relationship drives the plot<\/li>\n<li>Brave is not \u201cthe Scottish Mulan\u201d, but it is a LOT like another Disney animated film<\/li>\n<li>The music: makes you want to dance, hummable<\/li>\n<li>The directors: Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews<\/li>\n<li>Very quotable film<\/li>\n<li>Best animated film of 2012 so far<\/li>\n<li>Merida\u2019s face shape and the official princesses<\/li>\n<li>How old is Merida?<\/li>\n<li>What do they rate it?<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts on La Luna: tender, clever, multi-generational story<\/li>\n<li>Always stay till the end<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Runtime: 0:39:40, 18.2 MB<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch<em>\u00a0Brave<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005LAIHZY\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005LAIHZY&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=WUQAXDCE7E7XFAH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blu-ray<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008YWY0HK\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008YWY0HK&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=SZCBBR4HIW46O6HW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A6PD9I4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00A6PD9I4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=6UIRDEZTU5BMPAMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A6PD9I4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00A6PD9I4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=6UIRDEZTU5BMPAMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rent<\/a>\u00a0I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/brave\/id544101708?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Buy\u00a0<em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B007XSFKAW\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007XSFKAW&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=WS5CWQN7O2GUDGC4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00899D0HO\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00899D0HO&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=336ZVNTTIYOFVDBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/brave-original-score\/id527775518?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/brave-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><em><em><em>Brave<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>\u00a0quotes<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DisneyQuotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Where to Find Us:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitt<wbr \/>er<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>,<wbr \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Am<wbr \/>azon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotoscopers.com\/<wbr \/>voicemails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Episode 13: Brave Review Part 1 - Spoiler Free!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"episode-13-brave-review-part-1-spoiler-free","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-11-20 11:48:18","post_modified_gmt":"2019-11-20 18:48:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/episode-13-brave-review-part-1-spoiler-free\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":777,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-08 21:01:09","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-09 04:01:09","post_content":"Pixar\u2019s latest animated film <strong><em>Brave<\/em><\/strong> is fun and exciting. Like most Pixar releases, the hype for this film has been incredible: everyone is expecting a home run from Pixar because, well, it\u2019s Pixar\u2014the Babe Ruth of animation. Well, <em>Brave<\/em> does not disappoint. While the Pixar\u2019s first fairy tale doesn\u2019t feel entirely unique, it is still a home run.\r\n\r\n<span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8682278955820948\"><em>Brave<\/em> tells the story of a medieval royal family living in the Scottish wilderness. Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald) enjoys the freedom of the woods, horseback riding and her favorite pastime, archery; however, Merida rarely gets to express her true self because her mother Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson) is constantly instructing her in proper princess behavior and duties. Merida finds comfort with her other family members, her father, King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and her triplet brothers, Hubert, Hamish, and Harris. Tempers fly when Queen Elinor springs a sudden betrothal upon Merida, in which the oldest son of the three outlying clans must compete for Merida\u2019s hand in marriage. Upset and betrayed by her mother, Merida sets out into the forest following the trail of the mysterious will o\u2019 the wisps on a quest to change her fate.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Clans-1024x428.jpeg\" alt=\"Brave-Clans\" width=\"1024\" height=\"428\" \/>\r\n\r\nAlthough <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is set in a somewhat mythical world, <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is Pixar\u2019s most \u201creal\u201d film\u2014there\u2019s no cars, no bugs, no toys. Instead, the film focuses on the human characters and their relationships, with the mother-daughter struggle between Merida and Elinor driving the plot throughout the entire film. Each member of the family is real and flawed. In the beginning, both Merida and Elinor\u2019s points of view are portrayed so objectively that I couldn\u2019t choose a side. You are meant to empathize with both characters. Even during the end of the first act, I found myself getting rather emotional over Merida\u2019s plight.\r\n\r\nThe humor in <em>Brave<\/em> is spot on. After seeing some of the trailers, I was worried that the humor would be too gaggy and over the top, relying on the triplets to serve solely as comedic relief. But sticking with the realism of the film, for the most part, the humor is expertly executed to offset the dramatic moments. Surprisingly, King Fergus and the Lords play comedic roles as their barbaric roots as competing clans appear. The film is dark and Pixar did a great job lightly balancing the film with these and other humorous touches (just wait until you meet the Witch, who seems to be a relative of Koume and Kotake, the witches from The Legend of Zelda series\u2014the resemblance is uncanny!). Get ready, you will laugh and smile a lot in <em>Brave<\/em>.\r\n\r\nThe plot, on the other hand, didn\u2019t seem entirely original. Pixar touts itself as makers of original stories, but I felt as though I\u2019d seen elements of this film before. I can name a few Disney animated movies of which <em>Brave<\/em> seems to be a mashup. With that being said, Pixar still managed to make this story memorable in its own unique way. Even if elements of this story have been told before, Pixar tells it like some of the best.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Archery.jpeg\"><img class=\"wp-image-988 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Archery.jpeg\" alt=\"Brave-Archery\" width=\"900\" height=\"486\" \/><\/a>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is a beautifully crafted, technical achievement for Pixar. The studio even had to recreate its animation software from scratch in order to meet the technical requirements needed for the film. I feel this movie has more to do with hair than Disney\u2019s <em>Tangled<\/em> because each character\u2019s hair represents his or her own unique personality and attitude; Merida\u2019s painterly, curly hair in particular steals the show as it spunkily bounces frame to frame.\r\n\r\nI loved <em>Brave<\/em>. The story is masterfully told and the characters you instantly care for, thanks to the contributions of both directors Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews. I am excited to see it again with others so I can revisit the beautiful landscapes, quirky characters, and lovely story. <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is another home run: warning track, wall, Pixar can touch them all!\r\n\r\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605","post_title":"\u2018Brave\u2019 Review: Pixar\u2019s First Fairy Tale Is Real, Fun & Hits the Heart","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-08 09:02:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-08 16:02:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":776,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-08 14:19:46","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-08 21:19:46","post_content":"<div class=\"im\">\r\n<p class=\"p1\">This week Morgan and I got to go see the newest addition to the <em>Madagascar<\/em> franchise. I\u2019ll be honest and say that I didn\u2019t have that great of hopes for this one. If you listened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/29\/episode-11-madagascar-sequels-and-duos-we-dont-change.html\"><span class=\"s1\">Episode 11<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of the podcast where we reviewed the original <em>Madagascar<\/em> film, you can probably tell that there was a lack of true\u00a0excitement\u00a0about the first. It did have a lot of good things about it meriting discussion, but in the end I gave it just 3 stars out of 5 (really, I don\u2019t think that it was deserved. It\u2019s more of a 2.5 stars hoping for 3 stars).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The original <em>Madagascar <\/em>was simply hard for me to get through. It dragged a lot and I didn\u2019t really grow to love the\u00a0characters. I saw number 2\u00a0<em>Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa<\/em>\u00a0and though I thought that it was an\u00a0improvement, it still\u00a0didn\u2019t leave me thirsting for more. That being said, we got the prescreening tickets to <em>Madagacar 3: Europe\u2019s Most Wanted <\/em>and decided to check it out anyways.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The film\u2019s setting starts off in Africa as Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller) is celebrating his birthday. The penguins had taken the plane and made their way over to Monaco and the Monte-Carlo casino. Alex is hit with a bad case of the \u2018Missing New York Blues\u2019 and convinces the rest of his unconventional herd\u2014Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer)\u2014to make the trip to find the penguins in order to get back to the Central Park Zoo. Along the way, they get in trouble with the law\u2014aka Monaco\u2019s animal control head honcho, Captain Dubois (Frances McDormand)\u2014and in their escape they talk their way onto a train filled with circus animals where they then try to \u00a0perform their way back to the good old U.S. of A.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Maybe it\u2019s the fact that I went into <em>Madagascar 3<\/em> with low expectations, but really I was very pleasantly surprised. From the very beginning it was fast pace and had very few lulls. The effects, too, were very well executed. Where normally I think that 3D gives me a headache and is more of a gimmick than an enhancement,\u00a0 it was very well done here in this animated setting. There were a few great jokes in there that will make for some good quoting for Morgan and me, add in lots of color and a good soundtrack and the film leaves you on a general up feeling throughout the whole thing. I\u2019m not going to say that the movie is perfect, there were some rather large plot holes and I still didn\u2019t fall in love with the characters but all and all where the first and second struggled to keep you engaged, I would actually say that this movie and the afro circus deserve those 3 stars.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">So, if you are going to be going to the movies with the kids, this is not one to be feared. Personally, I wouldn\u2019t pay to see it again, especially during prime time in the summer movie season; however, for a Saturday morning showing, I actually enjoyed myself.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">Review\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/chelsearobson\"><span class=\"s1\">Chelsea Robson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"adL HOEnZb\">\r\n<div class=\"im\">\r\n<div><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaRobson\">Follow @ChelseaRobson<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\"); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","post_title":"'Madagascar 3' Review: Third Time's a Charm for this Surprisingly Enjoyable Flick","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-15 22:19:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-16 05:19:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":70,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-06 16:26:53","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 16:26:53","post_content":"<div>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">It\u2019s here! It\u2019s here! Disney finally released the trailer to its highly anticipated video game film <em>Wreck-It Ralph<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.msn.com\/video\/?videoId=96bb77a5-e38e-4539-ab8f-a5ed3127b6ed&from=&src=v5:endslate:facebook:&from=hub_en-us_msne_video_hub_entV5\"><span class=\"s1\">MSN Entertainment<\/span><\/a>. Disney picked the perfect week to release new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/6\/5\/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills.html\"><span class=\"s1\">new stills<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0hype the film: during the week of the E3, the largest video game expo in the world.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">After an introduction by the voice of Ralph, John C. Reilly, the majority of the trailer shows the clips from the beginning of the film (which was the part mostly completed when I saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/14\/episode-10-wreck-it-ralph-test-screening.html\"><span class=\"s1\">test screening<\/span><\/a> of the film in May).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Even though I\u2019d already seen the film, this trailer still pumps me up even more to see the final product in November. Be prepared to geek out!\u00a0The trailer definitely has the same cool, nostalgic vibe of the final film.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The trailer establishes the main bad guy (or is it good guy?) Ralph quite well. His dilema is clearly presented and as a viewer you feel for him. In the film, Ralph is quite lovable and genuine. Vanellope, on the other hand, comes off exactly as Ralph says, \u201cWhy are you so freakishly annoying?\u201d But don\u2019t worry, she\u2019s annoying in a cute little sister, grow-to-love-you sort of way.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The animation looks fresh and polished. Oddly enough, during the screening I thought the film\u2019s style felt like Illumination Entertainment; however, after watching the trailer this time, it feels a lot more like Pixar (or perhaps it should stand alone as the new feel of Walt Disney Animation?). My favorite parts of the trailer are the 8-bit introduction featuring Ralph in his native game environment, the Bad-Anon support meaning (Zangief: \u201cRalph, you are <em>bad<\/em> guy. But this does not mean you are bad <em>guy<\/em>.\u201d), clips of players in the arcade and our first introduction to Vanellope von Schweetz.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Wreck-It Ralph<\/em>\u00a0hits theatres in the US on November 2, 2012.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Check out the trailer below! What\u2019s your favorite part of the trailer?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=btB8tb8fLYM]<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>","post_title":"Here it is! 'Wreck-It Ralph' Trailer Released","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-11 21:19:18","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-12 04:19:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/06\/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":69,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-06 05:42:37","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 12:42:37","post_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-Woody.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-494\" alt=\"Toy-Story-Woody\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-Woody-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Apparently the <em>Toy Story<\/em> series won\u2019t stop at three. Rumor has it that Pixar\u2019s <em>Toy Story<\/em> series will live on in two new 22-minute television specials, which some fans have dubbed\u00a0<em>Toy Story 4<\/em> and <em>Toy Story 5<\/em>. The news broke in a late-night report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigscreenanimation.com\/2012\/06\/exclusive-toy-story-4-5-planned-for.html\">Big Screen Animation<\/a>, which stated that the films will air in October 2013 and Spring 2014. While there is no official statement from Pixar about the films, but it is presumed they will run on one of of the Disney-owned networks, ABC or the Disney Channel.\r\n\r\nToy Story fans will continue to cheer as \u201cthree new\u00a0<em>Toy Story Toons<\/em>\u00a0are in development.\u201d So more <em>Toy Story Toons<\/em> and <em>Toy Story 4<\/em> and <em>5<\/em>? What more could you ask for?\r\n\r\nThe shorts originally leaked from page 76 of the Walt Disney Company\u2019s 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/my.youturnpub.com\/YouTurn\/DisneyPortfolio\/?Page=76\">publishing portfolio<\/a>, which is pictured below. This information has since been removed (thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/2012\/06\/07\/two-toy-story-television-specials-with-brand-new-story-lines-in-development\/\">hypable<\/a>\u00a0for snagging the image).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-TV-Specials.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-485\" alt=\"Toy-Story-TV-Specials\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-TV-Specials.jpeg\" width=\"634\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nMost likely these films will be produced in Pixar Canada, Pixar\u2019s satellite studio which has produced the a few of the\u00a0<em>Toy Story Toons <\/em>already.\r\n\r\nWhat are your thoughts on more <em>Toy Story<\/em> films? Are you excited about this news or think they should stopped at three?","post_title":"Two New 'Toy Story' TV Specials Coming in 2013 & 2014","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-12-08 09:08:28","post_modified_gmt":"2013-12-08 16:08:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/06\/two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":68,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-05 20:11:34","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-05 20:11:34","post_content":"During the week of the video game expo E3 and with the first (and very highly anticipated) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/6\/6\/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released.html\">teaser trailer<\/a> just around the corner, Walt Disney released four new stills to its upcoming video game-inspired film <em>Wreck-It Ralph.<\/em>\r\n\r\nWe already had the chance to see a test screening of the film (check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/14\/episode-10-wreck-it-ralph-test-screening.html\">podcast review here<\/a>), so can give a bit more insights about the stills. The four photos each show some of the main worlds of the movie:\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>The first photo is of the main power strip aka Game Central Station, which acts as a hub for all the video game characters to travel to and from their respective games.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The second photo moves inside Game Central Station and\u00a0shows Ralph (John C. Reilly) handing out Pac Man cherries to Q*Bert, Coily and other out-of-work game characters right after attending his Bad-Anon support group.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The third photo show a player\u2019s arcade view of begining of the game Hero\u2019s Duty, a first-person shooter, as Sargeant Calhoun (Jane Lynch) is talking the player through the mission.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The fourth photo shows Ralph after he accidentally lands in the colorful Sugar Rush and meets the hyperactive kart racer Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-518\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station-1024x428.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-513\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Heros-Duty.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-512\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Hero's-Duty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Heros-Duty-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-514\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nBe sure to check out the hi-res version of photo 2 to get a look at a few of the other video game characters who make cameos in the film. Which photo do you like the best?\r\n\r\nPhotos via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/movies\/news\/story\/2012-06-04\/wreck-it-ralph-john-c-reilly\/55386816\/1\">USA Today<\/a>","post_title":"Finally! Four New 'Wreck-It Ralph' Stills","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-11 21:28:08","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-12 04:28:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/05\/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":669,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-05 19:37:09","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 02:37:09","post_content":"\n<p>The gang is back together for a full episode. This episode features a long discussion about the 1997 animated classic <em><strong>Anastasia<\/strong>.<\/em> And where did the Nerdy Couch Discussion go, you may ask? Don\u2019t worry, this episode is a bit unconventional and the NCD is nestled in the middle of the main discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV3593663727&light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h3><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Highlights:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">News: Maggie Simpsons 3D short, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/5\/30\/pixar-inspired-california-cruise-coming-to-disney-cruise-lin.html\">Pixar Disney California Cruise<\/a>, A Cat in Paris released<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Main Discussion: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman\u2019s <em>Anastasia<\/em><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Gary Goldman: the forgotten part of the Bluth duo<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Is <em>Anastasia<\/em> the pinnacle of Don and Gary\u2019s career?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">\u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d plot?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Making-of featurettes hosted by\u2026Aaliyah?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Mini Nerdy Couch Discussion: \u00a0R&B songs over the credits in the 90s<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/post\/24009014135\/concept-art-anastasia-1997-early-designs-of\">Gangster Anastasia<\/a> & <a href=\"http:\/\/therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/post\/24128880323\/character-concept-art-anastasia-2012-early\">greasy Dimitri<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Why do so many people think <em>Anastasia<\/em> is a Disney movie?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Dimitri: face doesn\u2019t match the actor, best looking animated mantagonist?, \u201cI don\u2019t know what to tell you\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Anastasia: a witty romcom leading lady; grand duchess, not princess; first to elope,<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Where would Anastasia rank among the Disney princesses?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Would there be an uprising by Disney or Bluth fans is Disney bought the rights to Anastasia?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Rasputin: should we fear or pity him as the villain?, eternal leprosy<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Mason\u2019s 3 reasons why Rasputin is a pathetic villain<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Bartok and Rasputin\u2019s unhealthy relationship<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Conspiracy time and villain metaphysics: no time in limbo aka the TIME VORTEX! <br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Why do kings always keep the creepy advisors around?<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Pooka: the REAL villain of the movie, throwaway character<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Sophie: voice actress thought her character\u2019s design was too big<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Vladimir: member of the royal court, quotes<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Need to know Russian history to understand the film?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Songs: Disney playlist worthy, \u201cpeople sing when they are too emotional to talk anymore\u201d, is \u201cOnce Upon a December\u201d or \u201cJourney to the Past\u201d the more memorable song<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Lots o\u2019 CGI: problems with objects, beautiful layouts, innovative, the pegasus<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Live action reference or full on rotoscoping?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Clarification: we don\u2019t think rotoscoping is the greatest thing ever<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Best scenes: travel montage, glowing mystical sparkles, very Haunted Mansion-esque ghostly people<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Unanswered questions: Russia and Anastasia\u2019s memory, Dimitri and the music box, Mason\u2019s enchanted palace theory<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Morgan and Chelsea debate Anastasia\u2019s changing hair length<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Listener trivia question: How do you feel about Rasputin as a villain?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Let\u2019s rate it!<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">\u201cArt of Brave\u201d contest new deadline: June 30. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/5\/17\/contest-review-us-on-itunes-to-win-the-art-of-brave-book.html\">Enter now!<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Bloopers: cool ringtone, Chelsea can\u2019t speak today, Princess Tanya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.4439821601845324\"><strong>Runtime: 1:28:14, 41.4 MB<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Where to Find Us:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitt<wbr \/>er<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>,<wbr \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Am<wbr \/>azon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotoscopers.com\/<wbr \/>voicemails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Episode 12: Anastasia - Rasputin, The Dork of the Night","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-11-20 11:47:19","post_modified_gmt":"2019-11-20 18:47:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/05\/episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"8","filter":"raw"},{"ID":66,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-01 19:09:27","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-01 19:09:27","post_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/leaf-men-book.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-532 alignright\" alt=\"leaf-men-book\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/leaf-men-book-300x129.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a>Today Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox announced the voice cast for their upcoming 3D CG-animated feature,\u00a0<em>Epic<\/em>. The voice cast is quite impressive, featuring an array of Hollywood singers and actors:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Beyonce Knowles - Queen Tara<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Colin Farrell - Ronin<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Josh Hutcherson - Nod<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Amanda Seyfried - Mary Katherine<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Johnny Knoxville - Mandrake<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Aziz Ansari - Mub<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Pitbull - Dagda<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Jason Sudeikis - Bomba<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Steven Tyler - Nim Galuu<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Blake Anderson - Dagda<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Judah Friedlander - Larry<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAccording to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/2012\/05\/31\/twentieth-century-fox-animation-and-blue-sky-studios-announce-epic-casting\">press release<\/a>, the film is \u201ca 3D CG action-adventure comedy that reveals a hidden world unlike any other.\u201d\u00a0The project, previously known as<em> Leafmen,<\/em>\u00a0is based on William Joyce\u2019s illustrated children\u2019s book <em>The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. <\/em>A little snippet of the plot was given as well:\r\n<blockquote>EPIC tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teenage girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world\u2026and ours.<\/blockquote>\r\nThe film sounds interesting; Sort of a mix between\u00a0<em>Fergully<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Antz<\/em> and <em>A Bugs Life<\/em>. It\u2019ll be interesting to see <em>Epic\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>art style and also whether it will contain songs (based on the number of singers in the cast).\r\n\r\n<em>Epic<\/em> is directed by <em>Ice Age<\/em> dirctor Chris Wedge and produced by Lori Forte and Jerry Davis. <em>Epic<\/em> hits the big screen next year on May 24, 2013.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think of the\u00a0<em>Epic <\/em>voice cast? Do you think the film will live up to its name?","post_title":"Blue Sky's 'Epic' Voice Cast: Beyonce, Pitbull, Colin Farrell, Steven Tyler and More!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:49:26","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:49:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/01\/blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":65,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-05-31 18:15:38","post_date_gmt":"2012-05-31 18:15:38","post_content":"<span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-517\" alt=\"The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2-300x106.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a>Our mockup of Pixar\u2019s \u201cThe Good Dinosaur\u201d logo<\/span><\/span>The creators of Pixar\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>,\u00a0are finally speaking up and giving some more details about Pixar\u2019s upcoming dino flick. In an interview at the Pixar headquarters in Emeryville, CA,\u00a0director Bob Peterson, codirector Peter Sohn and producer John Walker divulged more tidbits about film\u2019s inspriration, title, and writing process, while carefully not giving away key plot points.\r\n\r\n<em>The Good Dinosaur\u00a0<\/em>explores the question, \u201cWhat if the asteroid never hit and dinosaurs still roamed the earth?\u201d\r\n\r\nIn talking about his inspiration for the film, Peterson mentioned that seeing anamatronic dinosaurs on a visit to the World\u2019s Fair fascinated him as a child\u00a0. While Hollywood typically tends to villainize dinosaurs, Petersen said Pixar is going in a different direction saying, \u201cIt\u2019s time to do a movie where you get to know the dinosaur, what it\u2019s really like to be a dinosaur and to be with a dinosaur.\u201d (Maybe he forgot about Don Bluth\u2019s animated\u00a0<em>The Land Before Time<\/em>, which did cover that topic quite well).\r\n\r\nSohn discusses more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/4\/24\/pixars-upcoming-films-the-good-dinosaur-dia-de-los-muertos-f.html\">film\u2019s title<\/a>, which was revealed at CinemaCon a few weeks ago:\r\n<blockquote>Sohn said they are toying with the idea of what dinosaurs represent today \u2014 something anachronistic or resistant to change. If there\u2019s a \u201cgood\u201d dinosaur, after all, there have to be bad ones. \u201cThe title is deceptively simple,\u201d Sohn said. \u201cIt has more meaning than it seems.\u201d<\/blockquote>\r\nRead the full article on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/movies\/2012\/05\/pixars-the-good-dinosaur-.html\">LA Times<\/a>.\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>\u00a0is currently set for summer release on May 30, 2014.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think the title means?","post_title":"'The Good Dinosaur' Creators Finally Give More Details About the Film","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-good-dinosaur-creators-finally-give-more-details-about-the-film","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:50:50","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:50:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/05\/31\/the-good-dinosaur-creators-finally-give-more-details-about-the-film\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":64,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-05-31 17:44:19","post_date_gmt":"2012-05-31 17:44:19","post_content":"A new movie poster surfaced today on Disney\u2019s\u00a0<em>Frankenweenie<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=428085113892865&set=a.248259931875385.64137.134425953258784&type=1&ref=nf\">facebook page<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThe poster shows a stitched-up version of the main character Sparky, a dog that is brought back to life Frankenstein-style by his master Victor, happily standing in front of a giant full moon. The poster is mostly black and white with only a touch of color on the copy (much like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/4\/25\/paperman-movie-poster-unveiled.html\">poster<\/a>\u00a0for Disney\u2019s Paperman).\r\n\r\nThe official synopsis for the film states:\r\n<blockquote>From creative genius Tim Burton (\u201cAlice in Wonderland,\u201d The Nightmare Before Christmas\u201d) comes \u201cFrankenweenie,\u201d a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life\u2014with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new \u201cleash on life\u201d can be monstrous.<\/span>\r\n\r\nA stop-motion animated film, \u201cFrankenweenie\u201d was filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate the classic style to a whole new experience.<\/blockquote>\r\n<em>Frankenweeknie<\/em>\u00a0is set for US release on October 5, 2012. Just in time for the haunting Halloween season.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-Frankenweenie-poster.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-515\" alt=\"New-Frankenweenie-poster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-Frankenweenie-poster.jpeg\" width=\"485\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are you excited to see <em>Frankenweenie<\/em>? Or are you more excited to see Laika\u2019s spooky film\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/3\/30\/international-paranorman-trailer-new-footage-is-pleasantly-d.html\">ParaNorman<\/a>?<\/em><\/p>","post_title":"New Movie Poster for Tim Burton's 'Frankenweenie'","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"new-movie-poster-for-tim-burtons-frankenweenie","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:52:03","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:52:03","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/05\/31\/new-movie-poster-for-tim-burtons-frankenweenie\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"prev":true,"total_page":73},"paged":1,"column_class":"jeg_col_3o3","class":"jnews_block_5"};</script> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-100774e elementor-widget elementor-widget-jnews_archive_pagination_elementor" data-id="100774e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="jnews_archive_pagination_elementor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="jeg_navigation jeg_pagination jeg_col_3o3 jnews_module_670_4_691cbcbb0e180 jeg_pagenav_1 jeg_aligncenter no_pageinfo"> <span class="page_info">Page 73 of 79</span> <a class="page_nav prev" data-id="72" href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/72/"><span class="navtext">Previous</span></a> <a class='page_number' data-id='1' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/'>1</a> <span class="page_number dots">…</span> <a class='page_number' data-id='72' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/72/'>72</a> <span class='page_number active'>73</span> <a class='page_number' data-id='74' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/74/'>74</a> <span class="page_number dots">…</span> <a class='page_number' data-id='79' href='https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/79/'>79</a> <a class="page_nav next" data-id="74" href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/page/74/"><span class="navtext">Next</span></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ca773c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="ca773c7" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-422e1b1a elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle" data-id="422e1b1a" data-element_type="section" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> <div class="elementor-background-overlay"></div> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-66260058" data-id="66260058" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap"> </div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7beab944 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default" data-id="7beab944" data-element_type="section"> <div class="elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default"> <div class="elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d939b8e" data-id="3d939b8e" data-element_type="column"> <div class="elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated"> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-486021e elementor-widget elementor-widget-jnews_post_author_elementor" data-id="486021e" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="jnews_post_author_elementor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class='jeg_custom_author_wrapper jnews_author_box_container jnews_module_670_0_691cbcb97f30b author-main'> <div class="jeg_authorbox"> <div class="jeg_author_image"> <img alt='Morgan Stradling' src='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2c642755c814dbbdef786ce30701727f?s=80&d=mm&r=g' srcset='https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2c642755c814dbbdef786ce30701727f?s=160&d=mm&r=g 2x' class='avatar avatar-80 photo' height='80' width='80' decoding='async'/> </div> <div class="jeg_author_content"> <h3 class="jeg_author_name"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/"> Morgan Stradling </a> </h3> <p class="jeg_author_desc"> Morgan is an Arizona native who's had a lifelong passion for animation. Her favorite animated films are <i>Aladdin</i>, <i>Beauty & the Beast</i>, and <i>The Iron Giant</i>. She earned an MBA in Marketing from Arizona State University, climbed the corporate ladder in the tech world, and now is a stay-at-home mom of four kids. In her (rare) free time, she enjoys analyzing animated films on the <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/podcasts/animation-addicts-podcast/" target="_blank">Animation Addicts Podcast</a> and making videos for the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/rotoscopers" target="_blank">Rotoscopers YouTube channel</a>. </p> <div class="jeg_author_socials"> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.morganstradling.com" class="url"><i class="fa fa-globe"></i></a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/morganstradling" class="facebook"><i class="fa fa-facebook-official"></i></a> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.x.com/morganstradling" class="twitter"><i class="fa fa-twitter jeg-icon icon-twitter"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" height="1em" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M389.2 48h70.6L305.6 224.2 487 464H345L233.7 318.6 106.5 464H35.8L200.7 275.5 26.8 48H172.4L272.9 180.9 389.2 48zM364.4 421.8h39.1L151.1 88h-42L364.4 421.8z"/></svg></i></a> <a target="_blank" href="https://instagram.com/morganstradling" class="instagram"><i class="fa fa-instagram"></i></a> <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/morganstradling" class="youtube"><i class="fa fa-youtube-play"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e545853 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer" data-id="e545853" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="spacer.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="elementor-spacer"> <div class="elementor-spacer-inner"></div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-baf19a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-jnews_element_header_elementor" data-id="baf19a8" data-element_type="widget" data-widget_type="jnews_element_header_elementor.default"> <div class="elementor-widget-container"> <div class="jeg_block_heading jeg_block_heading_6 jeg_alignleft jnews_module_670_1_691cbcb980494 "> <h3 class="jeg_block_title"><span>Latest Articles</span></h3> <style>.jnews_module_670_1_691cbcb980494.jeg_block_heading_6:after { background-color: #e62c91; 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They share their spoiler-free thoughts...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/episode-13-brave-review-part-1-spoiler-free/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart/" aria-label="Read article: ‘Brave’ Review: Pixar’s First Fairy Tale Is Real, Fun & Hits the Heart"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-715 "><img width="350" height="250" src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="‘Brave’ Review: Pixar’s First Fairy Tale Is Real, Fun & Hits the Heart" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" data-src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Brave-family-dinner-350x250.jpeg" data-srcset="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Brave-family-dinner-350x250.jpeg 350w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Brave-family-dinner-120x86.jpeg 120w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/reviews/animated-movies/" class="category-animated-movies">Animated Movies</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart/">‘Brave’ Review: Pixar’s First Fairy Tale Is Real, Fun & Hits the Heart</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> June 8, 2012</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>Pixar’s latest animated film Brave is fun and exciting. Like most Pixar releases, the hype for this film has been...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3/" aria-label="Read article: ‘Madagascar 3’ Review: Third Time’s a Charm for this Surprisingly Enjoyable Flick"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-715 "><img width="300" height="200" src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-300x200" decoding="async" data-src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/madagascar-3-europes-most-wanted-300x200.jpeg" data-srcset="" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/reviews/animated-movies/" class="category-animated-movies">Animated Movies</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3/">‘Madagascar 3’ Review: Third Time’s a Charm for this Surprisingly Enjoyable Flick</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> June 8, 2012</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>This week Morgan and I got to go see the newest addition to the Madagascar franchise. I’ll be honest and...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/08/review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/06/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released/" aria-label="Read article: Here it is! ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Trailer Released"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy no_thumbnail size-715 "></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/studios/disney/" class="category-disney">Disney</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/06/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released/">Here it is! ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Trailer Released</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/06/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> June 6, 2012</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/06/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>It’s here! It’s here! Disney finally released the trailer to its highly anticipated video game film Wreck-It Ralph on MSN Entertainment. Disney...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/06/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/06/two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014/" aria-label="Read article: Two New ‘Toy Story’ TV Specials Coming in 2013 & 2014"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy no_thumbnail size-715 "></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/news/" class="category-news">News</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/06/two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014/">Two New ‘Toy Story’ TV Specials Coming in 2013 & 2014</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/06/two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> June 6, 2012</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/06/two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>Apparently the Toy Story series won’t stop at three. Rumor has it that Pixar’s Toy Story series will live on...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/06/two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/05/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills/" aria-label="Read article: Finally! Four New ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Stills"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy no_thumbnail size-715 "></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/studios/disney/" class="category-disney">Disney</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/05/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills/">Finally! Four New ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Stills</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/05/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> June 5, 2012</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/05/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>During the week of the video game expo E3 and with the first (and very highly anticipated) teaser trailer just...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/05/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/05/episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night/" aria-label="Read article: Episode 12: Anastasia – Rasputin, The Dork of the Night"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy size-715 "><img loading="lazy" width="350" height="196" src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/themes/jnews/assets/img/jeg-empty.png" class="attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image" alt="12-anastasia-animation-addicts-website-art" decoding="async" sizes="(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px" data-src="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/12-anastasia-animation-addicts-website-art.jpg" data-srcset="https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/12-anastasia-animation-addicts-website-art.jpg 827w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/12-anastasia-animation-addicts-website-art-600x337.jpg 600w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/12-anastasia-animation-addicts-website-art-300x168.jpg 300w, https://www.rotoscopers.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/12-anastasia-animation-addicts-website-art-620x348.jpg 620w" data-sizes="auto" data-expand="700" /></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/podcasts/animation-addicts-podcast/" class="category-animation-addicts-podcast">Animation Addicts Podcast</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/05/episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night/">Episode 12: Anastasia – Rasputin, The Dork of the Night</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/05/episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> June 5, 2012</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/05/episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>The gang is back together for a full episode. This episode features a long discussion about the 1997 animated classic Anastasia. And...</p> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/05/episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night/" class="jeg_readmore">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text">Details</span></a> </div> </div> </article><article class="jeg_post jeg_pl_lg_2 format-standard"> <div class="jeg_thumb"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/01/blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more/" aria-label="Read article: Blue Sky’s ‘Epic’ Voice Cast: Beyonce, Pitbull, Colin Farrell, Steven Tyler and More!"><div class="thumbnail-container animate-lazy no_thumbnail size-715 "></div></a> <div class="jeg_post_category"> <span><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/category/studios/blue-sky-studios/" class="category-blue-sky-studios">Blue Sky</a></span> </div> </div> <div class="jeg_postblock_content"> <h3 class="jeg_post_title"> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/01/blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more/">Blue Sky’s ‘Epic’ Voice Cast: Beyonce, Pitbull, Colin Farrell, Steven Tyler and More!</a> </h3> <div class="jeg_post_meta"><div class="jeg_meta_author"><span class="by">by</span> <a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/author/morgan-stradling/">Morgan Stradling</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_date"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/01/blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more/"><i class="fa fa-clock-o"></i> June 1, 2012</a></div><div class="jeg_meta_comment"><a href="https://www.rotoscopers.com/2012/06/01/blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more/#comments" ><i class="fa fa-comment-o"></i> 0 </a></div></div> <div class="jeg_post_excerpt"> <p>Today Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox announced the voice cast for their upcoming 3D CG-animated feature, Epic. 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22:10:48","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-09 05:10:48","post_content":"\n<p>Morgan and Chelsea get to see an advance screening of Pixar\u2019s hotly anticipated film, <strong><em>Brave<\/em><\/strong>. They share their spoiler-free thoughts and impressions about the film.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>**We tried to keep the review as spoiler free as possible, but our definition of spoiler might be different that your definition. So if you don\u2019t want to know anything about the film before it\u2019s released, don\u2019t listen!**<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV1193773776&light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h3><strong>Highlights:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Is <em>Brave <\/em>overhyped?<\/li>\n<li>The HAIR is the star of the film<\/li>\n<li><em>Madagascar 3<\/em>\u00a0vs.\u00a0<em>Brave<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Setting: old Scotland is beautiful<\/li>\n<li>Despite the mystical elements, <em>Brave<\/em> feels the most \u201creal\u201d of Pixar\u2019s films<\/li>\n<li>Did they just do that?!<\/li>\n<li>The clans: loveable, who\u2019s your favorite Lord?<\/li>\n<li>The suitors: not so desirable, Kronk bodyguard<\/li>\n<li>The triplets: hilarious, free reign through the castle<\/li>\n<li>Humor: not too over the top, just right<\/li>\n<li>Merida and Elinor\u2019s mother\/daughter relationship drives the plot<\/li>\n<li>Brave is not \u201cthe Scottish Mulan\u201d, but it is a LOT like another Disney animated film<\/li>\n<li>The music: makes you want to dance, hummable<\/li>\n<li>The directors: Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews<\/li>\n<li>Very quotable film<\/li>\n<li>Best animated film of 2012 so far<\/li>\n<li>Merida\u2019s face shape and the official princesses<\/li>\n<li>How old is Merida?<\/li>\n<li>What do they rate it?<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts on La Luna: tender, clever, multi-generational story<\/li>\n<li>Always stay till the end<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Runtime: 0:39:40, 18.2 MB<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>Links<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Watch<em>\u00a0Brave<\/em>:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005LAIHZY\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B005LAIHZY&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=WUQAXDCE7E7XFAH6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Blu-ray<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B008YWY0HK\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B008YWY0HK&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=SZCBBR4HIW46O6HW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DVD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A6PD9I4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00A6PD9I4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=6UIRDEZTU5BMPAMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00A6PD9I4\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00A6PD9I4&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=6UIRDEZTU5BMPAMD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rent<\/a>\u00a0I\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/movie\/brave\/id544101708?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Buy\u00a0<em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0soundtrack:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B007XSFKAW\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B007XSFKAW&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=WS5CWQN7O2GUDGC4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CD<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B00899D0HO\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B00899D0HO&linkCode=as2&tag=therotos-20&linkId=336ZVNTTIYOFVDBQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Digital<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/album\/brave-original-score\/id527775518?uo=4&at=1l3v4eb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/brave-quotes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><em><em><em>Brave<\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>\u00a0quotes<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.disneyquotes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DisneyQuotes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Where to Find Us:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitt<wbr \/>er<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>,<wbr \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Am<wbr \/>azon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotoscopers.com\/<wbr \/>voicemails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Episode 13: Brave Review Part 1 - Spoiler Free!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"episode-13-brave-review-part-1-spoiler-free","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-11-20 11:48:18","post_modified_gmt":"2019-11-20 18:48:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/episode-13-brave-review-part-1-spoiler-free\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":777,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-08 21:01:09","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-09 04:01:09","post_content":"Pixar\u2019s latest animated film <strong><em>Brave<\/em><\/strong> is fun and exciting. Like most Pixar releases, the hype for this film has been incredible: everyone is expecting a home run from Pixar because, well, it\u2019s Pixar\u2014the Babe Ruth of animation. Well, <em>Brave<\/em> does not disappoint. While the Pixar\u2019s first fairy tale doesn\u2019t feel entirely unique, it is still a home run.\r\n\r\n<span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8682278955820948\"><em>Brave<\/em> tells the story of a medieval royal family living in the Scottish wilderness. Princess Merida (Kelly Macdonald) enjoys the freedom of the woods, horseback riding and her favorite pastime, archery; however, Merida rarely gets to express her true self because her mother Queen Elinor (Emma Thompson) is constantly instructing her in proper princess behavior and duties. Merida finds comfort with her other family members, her father, King Fergus (Billy Connolly) and her triplet brothers, Hubert, Hamish, and Harris. Tempers fly when Queen Elinor springs a sudden betrothal upon Merida, in which the oldest son of the three outlying clans must compete for Merida\u2019s hand in marriage. Upset and betrayed by her mother, Merida sets out into the forest following the trail of the mysterious will o\u2019 the wisps on a quest to change her fate.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1078\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Clans-1024x428.jpeg\" alt=\"Brave-Clans\" width=\"1024\" height=\"428\" \/>\r\n\r\nAlthough <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is set in a somewhat mythical world, <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is Pixar\u2019s most \u201creal\u201d film\u2014there\u2019s no cars, no bugs, no toys. Instead, the film focuses on the human characters and their relationships, with the mother-daughter struggle between Merida and Elinor driving the plot throughout the entire film. Each member of the family is real and flawed. In the beginning, both Merida and Elinor\u2019s points of view are portrayed so objectively that I couldn\u2019t choose a side. You are meant to empathize with both characters. Even during the end of the first act, I found myself getting rather emotional over Merida\u2019s plight.\r\n\r\nThe humor in <em>Brave<\/em> is spot on. After seeing some of the trailers, I was worried that the humor would be too gaggy and over the top, relying on the triplets to serve solely as comedic relief. But sticking with the realism of the film, for the most part, the humor is expertly executed to offset the dramatic moments. Surprisingly, King Fergus and the Lords play comedic roles as their barbaric roots as competing clans appear. The film is dark and Pixar did a great job lightly balancing the film with these and other humorous touches (just wait until you meet the Witch, who seems to be a relative of Koume and Kotake, the witches from The Legend of Zelda series\u2014the resemblance is uncanny!). Get ready, you will laugh and smile a lot in <em>Brave<\/em>.\r\n\r\nThe plot, on the other hand, didn\u2019t seem entirely original. Pixar touts itself as makers of original stories, but I felt as though I\u2019d seen elements of this film before. I can name a few Disney animated movies of which <em>Brave<\/em> seems to be a mashup. With that being said, Pixar still managed to make this story memorable in its own unique way. Even if elements of this story have been told before, Pixar tells it like some of the best.\r\n\r\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Archery.jpeg\"><img class=\"wp-image-988 size-full alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Brave-Archery.jpeg\" alt=\"Brave-Archery\" width=\"900\" height=\"486\" \/><\/a>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is a beautifully crafted, technical achievement for Pixar. The studio even had to recreate its animation software from scratch in order to meet the technical requirements needed for the film. I feel this movie has more to do with hair than Disney\u2019s <em>Tangled<\/em> because each character\u2019s hair represents his or her own unique personality and attitude; Merida\u2019s painterly, curly hair in particular steals the show as it spunkily bounces frame to frame.\r\n\r\nI loved <em>Brave<\/em>. The story is masterfully told and the characters you instantly care for, thanks to the contributions of both directors Brenda Chapman and Mark Andrews. I am excited to see it again with others so I can revisit the beautiful landscapes, quirky characters, and lovely story. <em>Brave<\/em>\u00a0is another home run: warning track, wall, Pixar can touch them all!\r\n\r\n\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605","post_title":"\u2018Brave\u2019 Review: Pixar\u2019s First Fairy Tale Is Real, Fun & Hits the Heart","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-03-08 09:02:12","post_modified_gmt":"2025-03-08 16:02:12","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/review-brave-pixars-first-fairy-tale-is-real-fun-hits-the-heart\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":776,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-08 14:19:46","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-08 21:19:46","post_content":"<div class=\"im\">\r\n<p class=\"p1\">This week Morgan and I got to go see the newest addition to the <em>Madagascar<\/em> franchise. I\u2019ll be honest and say that I didn\u2019t have that great of hopes for this one. If you listened to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/29\/episode-11-madagascar-sequels-and-duos-we-dont-change.html\"><span class=\"s1\">Episode 11<\/span><\/a>\u00a0of the podcast where we reviewed the original <em>Madagascar<\/em> film, you can probably tell that there was a lack of true\u00a0excitement\u00a0about the first. It did have a lot of good things about it meriting discussion, but in the end I gave it just 3 stars out of 5 (really, I don\u2019t think that it was deserved. It\u2019s more of a 2.5 stars hoping for 3 stars).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The original <em>Madagascar <\/em>was simply hard for me to get through. It dragged a lot and I didn\u2019t really grow to love the\u00a0characters. I saw number 2\u00a0<em>Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa<\/em>\u00a0and though I thought that it was an\u00a0improvement, it still\u00a0didn\u2019t leave me thirsting for more. That being said, we got the prescreening tickets to <em>Madagacar 3: Europe\u2019s Most Wanted <\/em>and decided to check it out anyways.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The film\u2019s setting starts off in Africa as Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller) is celebrating his birthday. The penguins had taken the plane and made their way over to Monaco and the Monte-Carlo casino. Alex is hit with a bad case of the \u2018Missing New York Blues\u2019 and convinces the rest of his unconventional herd\u2014Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith) and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer)\u2014to make the trip to find the penguins in order to get back to the Central Park Zoo. Along the way, they get in trouble with the law\u2014aka Monaco\u2019s animal control head honcho, Captain Dubois (Frances McDormand)\u2014and in their escape they talk their way onto a train filled with circus animals where they then try to \u00a0perform their way back to the good old U.S. of A.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Maybe it\u2019s the fact that I went into <em>Madagascar 3<\/em> with low expectations, but really I was very pleasantly surprised. From the very beginning it was fast pace and had very few lulls. The effects, too, were very well executed. Where normally I think that 3D gives me a headache and is more of a gimmick than an enhancement,\u00a0 it was very well done here in this animated setting. There were a few great jokes in there that will make for some good quoting for Morgan and me, add in lots of color and a good soundtrack and the film leaves you on a general up feeling throughout the whole thing. I\u2019m not going to say that the movie is perfect, there were some rather large plot holes and I still didn\u2019t fall in love with the characters but all and all where the first and second struggled to keep you engaged, I would actually say that this movie and the afro circus deserve those 3 stars.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">So, if you are going to be going to the movies with the kids, this is not one to be feared. Personally, I wouldn\u2019t pay to see it again, especially during prime time in the summer movie season; however, for a Saturday morning showing, I actually enjoyed myself.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p3\">\u2605\u2605\u2605<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">Review\u00a0by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/chelsearobson\"><span class=\"s1\">Chelsea Robson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"adL HOEnZb\">\r\n<div class=\"im\">\r\n<div><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChelseaRobson\">Follow @ChelseaRobson<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,\"script\",\"twitter-wjs\"); \/\/ ]]><\/script><\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","post_title":"'Madagascar 3' Review: Third Time's a Charm for this Surprisingly Enjoyable Flick","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2025-02-15 22:19:28","post_modified_gmt":"2025-02-16 05:19:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/08\/review-third-times-a-charm-for-the-surprisingly-enjoyable-madagascar-3\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":70,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-06 16:26:53","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 16:26:53","post_content":"<div>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">It\u2019s here! It\u2019s here! Disney finally released the trailer to its highly anticipated video game film <em>Wreck-It Ralph<\/em>\u00a0on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.msn.com\/video\/?videoId=96bb77a5-e38e-4539-ab8f-a5ed3127b6ed&from=&src=v5:endslate:facebook:&from=hub_en-us_msne_video_hub_entV5\"><span class=\"s1\">MSN Entertainment<\/span><\/a>. Disney picked the perfect week to release new\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/6\/5\/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills.html\"><span class=\"s1\">new stills<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0hype the film: during the week of the E3, the largest video game expo in the world.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">After an introduction by the voice of Ralph, John C. Reilly, the majority of the trailer shows the clips from the beginning of the film (which was the part mostly completed when I saw a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/14\/episode-10-wreck-it-ralph-test-screening.html\"><span class=\"s1\">test screening<\/span><\/a> of the film in May).<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Even though I\u2019d already seen the film, this trailer still pumps me up even more to see the final product in November. Be prepared to geek out!\u00a0The trailer definitely has the same cool, nostalgic vibe of the final film.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The trailer establishes the main bad guy (or is it good guy?) Ralph quite well. His dilema is clearly presented and as a viewer you feel for him. In the film, Ralph is quite lovable and genuine. Vanellope, on the other hand, comes off exactly as Ralph says, \u201cWhy are you so freakishly annoying?\u201d But don\u2019t worry, she\u2019s annoying in a cute little sister, grow-to-love-you sort of way.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">The animation looks fresh and polished. Oddly enough, during the screening I thought the film\u2019s style felt like Illumination Entertainment; however, after watching the trailer this time, it feels a lot more like Pixar (or perhaps it should stand alone as the new feel of Walt Disney Animation?). My favorite parts of the trailer are the 8-bit introduction featuring Ralph in his native game environment, the Bad-Anon support meaning (Zangief: \u201cRalph, you are <em>bad<\/em> guy. But this does not mean you are bad <em>guy<\/em>.\u201d), clips of players in the arcade and our first introduction to Vanellope von Schweetz.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>Wreck-It Ralph<\/em>\u00a0hits theatres in the US on November 2, 2012.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p1\">Check out the trailer below! What\u2019s your favorite part of the trailer?<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">[youtube=http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=btB8tb8fLYM]<\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n<div><\/div>","post_title":"Here it is! 'Wreck-It Ralph' Trailer Released","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-11 21:19:18","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-12 04:19:18","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/06\/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":69,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-06 05:42:37","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 12:42:37","post_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-Woody.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-494\" alt=\"Toy-Story-Woody\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-Woody-150x150.jpeg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Apparently the <em>Toy Story<\/em> series won\u2019t stop at three. Rumor has it that Pixar\u2019s <em>Toy Story<\/em> series will live on in two new 22-minute television specials, which some fans have dubbed\u00a0<em>Toy Story 4<\/em> and <em>Toy Story 5<\/em>. The news broke in a late-night report from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bigscreenanimation.com\/2012\/06\/exclusive-toy-story-4-5-planned-for.html\">Big Screen Animation<\/a>, which stated that the films will air in October 2013 and Spring 2014. While there is no official statement from Pixar about the films, but it is presumed they will run on one of of the Disney-owned networks, ABC or the Disney Channel.\r\n\r\nToy Story fans will continue to cheer as \u201cthree new\u00a0<em>Toy Story Toons<\/em>\u00a0are in development.\u201d So more <em>Toy Story Toons<\/em> and <em>Toy Story 4<\/em> and <em>5<\/em>? What more could you ask for?\r\n\r\nThe shorts originally leaked from page 76 of the Walt Disney Company\u2019s 2012 <a href=\"http:\/\/my.youturnpub.com\/YouTurn\/DisneyPortfolio\/?Page=76\">publishing portfolio<\/a>, which is pictured below. This information has since been removed (thanks to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/2012\/06\/07\/two-toy-story-television-specials-with-brand-new-story-lines-in-development\/\">hypable<\/a>\u00a0for snagging the image).\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-TV-Specials.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-485\" alt=\"Toy-Story-TV-Specials\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Toy-Story-TV-Specials.jpeg\" width=\"634\" height=\"466\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nMost likely these films will be produced in Pixar Canada, Pixar\u2019s satellite studio which has produced the a few of the\u00a0<em>Toy Story Toons <\/em>already.\r\n\r\nWhat are your thoughts on more <em>Toy Story<\/em> films? Are you excited about this news or think they should stopped at three?","post_title":"Two New 'Toy Story' TV Specials Coming in 2013 & 2014","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-12-08 09:08:28","post_modified_gmt":"2013-12-08 16:08:28","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/06\/two-new-toy-story-tv-specials-coming-in-2013-2014\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":68,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-05 20:11:34","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-05 20:11:34","post_content":"During the week of the video game expo E3 and with the first (and very highly anticipated) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/6\/6\/here-it-is-wreck-it-ralph-trailer-released.html\">teaser trailer<\/a> just around the corner, Walt Disney released four new stills to its upcoming video game-inspired film <em>Wreck-It Ralph.<\/em>\r\n\r\nWe already had the chance to see a test screening of the film (check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/episodes\/2012\/5\/14\/episode-10-wreck-it-ralph-test-screening.html\">podcast review here<\/a>), so can give a bit more insights about the stills. The four photos each show some of the main worlds of the movie:\r\n<ol>\r\n\t<li>The first photo is of the main power strip aka Game Central Station, which acts as a hub for all the video game characters to travel to and from their respective games.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The second photo moves inside Game Central Station and\u00a0shows Ralph (John C. Reilly) handing out Pac Man cherries to Q*Bert, Coily and other out-of-work game characters right after attending his Bad-Anon support group.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The third photo show a player\u2019s arcade view of begining of the game Hero\u2019s Duty, a first-person shooter, as Sargeant Calhoun (Jane Lynch) is talking the player through the mission.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The fourth photo shows Ralph after he accidentally lands in the colorful Sugar Rush and meets the hyperactive kart racer Vanellope von Schweetz (Sarah Silverman).<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-518\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Power-Strip-Game-Central-Station-1024x428.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-513\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Game-Central-Station-Ralph-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Heros-Duty.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-512\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Hero's-Duty\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-SargeantCalhoun-Heros-Duty-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-514\" alt=\"Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Wreck-It-Ralph-Vanellope-vonSchweetz-1024x429.jpeg\" width=\"625\" height=\"261\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nBe sure to check out the hi-res version of photo 2 to get a look at a few of the other video game characters who make cameos in the film. Which photo do you like the best?\r\n\r\nPhotos via\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/life\/movies\/news\/story\/2012-06-04\/wreck-it-ralph-john-c-reilly\/55386816\/1\">USA Today<\/a>","post_title":"Finally! Four New 'Wreck-It Ralph' Stills","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-11 21:28:08","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-12 04:28:08","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/05\/finally-four-new-wreck-it-ralph-stills\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":669,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-05 19:37:09","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-06 02:37:09","post_content":"\n<p>The gang is back together for a full episode. This episode features a long discussion about the 1997 animated classic <em><strong>Anastasia<\/strong>.<\/em> And where did the Nerdy Couch Discussion go, you may ask? Don\u2019t worry, this episode is a bit unconventional and the NCD is nestled in the middle of the main discussion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm?e=ADV3593663727&light=true\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n<h3><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Highlights:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">News: Maggie Simpsons 3D short, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/5\/30\/pixar-inspired-california-cruise-coming-to-disney-cruise-lin.html\">Pixar Disney California Cruise<\/a>, A Cat in Paris released<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Main Discussion: Don Bluth and Gary Goldman\u2019s <em>Anastasia<\/em><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Gary Goldman: the forgotten part of the Bluth duo<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Is <em>Anastasia<\/em> the pinnacle of Don and Gary\u2019s career?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">\u201cMy Fair Lady\u201d plot?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Making-of featurettes hosted by\u2026Aaliyah?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Mini Nerdy Couch Discussion: \u00a0R&B songs over the credits in the 90s<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\"><a href=\"http:\/\/therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/post\/24009014135\/concept-art-anastasia-1997-early-designs-of\">Gangster Anastasia<\/a> & <a href=\"http:\/\/therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/post\/24128880323\/character-concept-art-anastasia-2012-early\">greasy Dimitri<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Why do so many people think <em>Anastasia<\/em> is a Disney movie?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Dimitri: face doesn\u2019t match the actor, best looking animated mantagonist?, \u201cI don\u2019t know what to tell you\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Anastasia: a witty romcom leading lady; grand duchess, not princess; first to elope,<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Where would Anastasia rank among the Disney princesses?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Would there be an uprising by Disney or Bluth fans is Disney bought the rights to Anastasia?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Rasputin: should we fear or pity him as the villain?, eternal leprosy<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Mason\u2019s 3 reasons why Rasputin is a pathetic villain<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Bartok and Rasputin\u2019s unhealthy relationship<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Conspiracy time and villain metaphysics: no time in limbo aka the TIME VORTEX! <br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Why do kings always keep the creepy advisors around?<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Pooka: the REAL villain of the movie, throwaway character<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Sophie: voice actress thought her character\u2019s design was too big<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Vladimir: member of the royal court, quotes<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Need to know Russian history to understand the film?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Songs: Disney playlist worthy, \u201cpeople sing when they are too emotional to talk anymore\u201d, is \u201cOnce Upon a December\u201d or \u201cJourney to the Past\u201d the more memorable song<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Lots o\u2019 CGI: problems with objects, beautiful layouts, innovative, the pegasus<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Live action reference or full on rotoscoping?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Clarification: we don\u2019t think rotoscoping is the greatest thing ever<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Best scenes: travel montage, glowing mystical sparkles, very Haunted Mansion-esque ghostly people<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Unanswered questions: Russia and Anastasia\u2019s memory, Dimitri and the music box, Mason\u2019s enchanted palace theory<br class=\"kix-line-break\" \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Morgan and Chelsea debate Anastasia\u2019s changing hair length<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Listener trivia question: How do you feel about Rasputin as a villain?<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Let\u2019s rate it!<br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">\u201cArt of Brave\u201d contest new deadline: June 30. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/5\/17\/contest-review-us-on-itunes-to-win-the-art-of-brave-book.html\">Enter now!<\/a><br \/><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.8751238640397787\">Bloopers: cool ringtone, Chelsea can\u2019t speak today, Princess Tanya<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span id=\"internal-source-marker_0.4439821601845324\"><strong>Runtime: 1:28:14, 41.4 MB<\/strong><br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Where to Find Us:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Find us on the web:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rotoscopers.com<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitt<wbr \/>er<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebok.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.therotoscopers.tumblr.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tumblr<\/a>,<wbr \/>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypable.com\/podcasts\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hypable<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/animatedviews.com\/category\/the-rotoscopers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Animated Views<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Mason Smith:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thisanimatedlife.blogspot.com\/\">This Animated Life Blog<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\">Twitter<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/masonsmtx\"><br \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Chelsea Robson:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chelsearobson.com\/\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/chelsearobson\">Twitter<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Morgan Stradling:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/morganstradling\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/morganstradling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Visit our sponsors:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/netflix\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Netflix<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.audibletrial.com\/therotoscopers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Audible<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Am<wbr \/>azon<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Send us a voicemail at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/voicemails\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">rotoscopers.com\/<wbr \/>voicemails<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","post_title":"Episode 12: Anastasia - Rasputin, The Dork of the Night","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2019-11-20 11:47:19","post_modified_gmt":"2019-11-20 18:47:19","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/05\/episode-12-anastasia-rasputin-the-dork-of-the-night\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"8","filter":"raw"},{"ID":66,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-06-01 19:09:27","post_date_gmt":"2012-06-01 19:09:27","post_content":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/leaf-men-book.jpeg\"><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-532 alignright\" alt=\"leaf-men-book\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/leaf-men-book-300x129.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" \/><\/a>Today Blue Sky Studios and 20th Century Fox announced the voice cast for their upcoming 3D CG-animated feature,\u00a0<em>Epic<\/em>. The voice cast is quite impressive, featuring an array of Hollywood singers and actors:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>Beyonce Knowles - Queen Tara<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Colin Farrell - Ronin<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Josh Hutcherson - Nod<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Amanda Seyfried - Mary Katherine<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Johnny Knoxville - Mandrake<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Aziz Ansari - Mub<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Pitbull - Dagda<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Jason Sudeikis - Bomba<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Steven Tyler - Nim Galuu<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Blake Anderson - Dagda<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Judah Friedlander - Larry<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nAccording to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.virtual-strategy.com\/2012\/05\/31\/twentieth-century-fox-animation-and-blue-sky-studios-announce-epic-casting\">press release<\/a>, the film is \u201ca 3D CG action-adventure comedy that reveals a hidden world unlike any other.\u201d\u00a0The project, previously known as<em> Leafmen,<\/em>\u00a0is based on William Joyce\u2019s illustrated children\u2019s book <em>The Leaf Men and the Brave Good Bugs. <\/em>A little snippet of the plot was given as well:\r\n<blockquote>EPIC tells the story of an ongoing battle deep in the forest between the forces of good and the forces of evil. When a teenage girl finds herself magically transported into this secret universe, she must band together with a rag-tag team of fun and whimsical characters in order to save their world\u2026and ours.<\/blockquote>\r\nThe film sounds interesting; Sort of a mix between\u00a0<em>Fergully<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Antz<\/em> and <em>A Bugs Life<\/em>. It\u2019ll be interesting to see <em>Epic\u2019s\u00a0<\/em>art style and also whether it will contain songs (based on the number of singers in the cast).\r\n\r\n<em>Epic<\/em> is directed by <em>Ice Age<\/em> dirctor Chris Wedge and produced by Lori Forte and Jerry Davis. <em>Epic<\/em> hits the big screen next year on May 24, 2013.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think of the\u00a0<em>Epic <\/em>voice cast? Do you think the film will live up to its name?","post_title":"Blue Sky's 'Epic' Voice Cast: Beyonce, Pitbull, Colin Farrell, Steven Tyler and More!","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:49:26","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:49:26","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/06\/01\/blue-skys-epic-voice-cast-beyonce-pitbull-colin-farrell-steven-tyler-and-more\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":65,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-05-31 18:15:38","post_date_gmt":"2012-05-31 18:15:38","post_content":"<span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><span class=\"full-image-float-right ssNonEditable\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2.jpeg\"><img class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-517\" alt=\"The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/The-Good-Dinosaur-Logo2-300x106.jpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"106\" \/><\/a>Our mockup of Pixar\u2019s \u201cThe Good Dinosaur\u201d logo<\/span><\/span>The creators of Pixar\u2019s\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>,\u00a0are finally speaking up and giving some more details about Pixar\u2019s upcoming dino flick. In an interview at the Pixar headquarters in Emeryville, CA,\u00a0director Bob Peterson, codirector Peter Sohn and producer John Walker divulged more tidbits about film\u2019s inspriration, title, and writing process, while carefully not giving away key plot points.\r\n\r\n<em>The Good Dinosaur\u00a0<\/em>explores the question, \u201cWhat if the asteroid never hit and dinosaurs still roamed the earth?\u201d\r\n\r\nIn talking about his inspiration for the film, Peterson mentioned that seeing anamatronic dinosaurs on a visit to the World\u2019s Fair fascinated him as a child\u00a0. While Hollywood typically tends to villainize dinosaurs, Petersen said Pixar is going in a different direction saying, \u201cIt\u2019s time to do a movie where you get to know the dinosaur, what it\u2019s really like to be a dinosaur and to be with a dinosaur.\u201d (Maybe he forgot about Don Bluth\u2019s animated\u00a0<em>The Land Before Time<\/em>, which did cover that topic quite well).\r\n\r\nSohn discusses more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/4\/24\/pixars-upcoming-films-the-good-dinosaur-dia-de-los-muertos-f.html\">film\u2019s title<\/a>, which was revealed at CinemaCon a few weeks ago:\r\n<blockquote>Sohn said they are toying with the idea of what dinosaurs represent today \u2014 something anachronistic or resistant to change. If there\u2019s a \u201cgood\u201d dinosaur, after all, there have to be bad ones. \u201cThe title is deceptively simple,\u201d Sohn said. \u201cIt has more meaning than it seems.\u201d<\/blockquote>\r\nRead the full article on the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/latimesblogs.latimes.com\/movies\/2012\/05\/pixars-the-good-dinosaur-.html\">LA Times<\/a>.\u00a0<em>The Good Dinosaur<\/em>\u00a0is currently set for summer release on May 30, 2014.\r\n\r\nWhat do you think the title means?","post_title":"'The Good Dinosaur' Creators Finally Give More Details About the Film","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"the-good-dinosaur-creators-finally-give-more-details-about-the-film","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2013-05-13 07:50:50","post_modified_gmt":"2013-05-13 14:50:50","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"http:\/\/rotoscopers.com\/2012\/05\/31\/the-good-dinosaur-creators-finally-give-more-details-about-the-film\/","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"},{"ID":64,"post_author":"4","post_date":"2012-05-31 17:44:19","post_date_gmt":"2012-05-31 17:44:19","post_content":"A new movie poster surfaced today on Disney\u2019s\u00a0<em>Frankenweenie<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=428085113892865&set=a.248259931875385.64137.134425953258784&type=1&ref=nf\">facebook page<\/a>.\r\n\r\nThe poster shows a stitched-up version of the main character Sparky, a dog that is brought back to life Frankenstein-style by his master Victor, happily standing in front of a giant full moon. The poster is mostly black and white with only a touch of color on the copy (much like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/news\/2012\/4\/25\/paperman-movie-poster-unveiled.html\">poster<\/a>\u00a0for Disney\u2019s Paperman).\r\n\r\nThe official synopsis for the film states:\r\n<blockquote>From creative genius Tim Burton (\u201cAlice in Wonderland,\u201d The Nightmare Before Christmas\u201d) comes \u201cFrankenweenie,\u201d a heartwarming tale about a boy and his dog. After unexpectedly losing his beloved dog Sparky, young Victor harnesses the power of science to bring his best friend back to life\u2014with just a few minor adjustments. He tries to hide his home-sewn creation, but when Sparky gets out, Victor\u2019s\u00a0<span class=\"text_exposed_show\">fellow students, teachers and the entire town all learn that getting a new \u201cleash on life\u201d can be monstrous.<\/span>\r\n\r\nA stop-motion animated film, \u201cFrankenweenie\u201d was filmed in black and white and rendered in 3D, which will elevate the classic style to a whole new experience.<\/blockquote>\r\n<em>Frankenweeknie<\/em>\u00a0is set for US release on October 5, 2012. Just in time for the haunting Halloween season.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-Frankenweenie-poster.jpeg\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-515\" alt=\"New-Frankenweenie-poster\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rotoscopers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/New-Frankenweenie-poster.jpeg\" width=\"485\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Are you excited to see <em>Frankenweenie<\/em>? 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