PIXAR's The Good Dinosaur

But that's what I mean. Sure, they're obnoxious, but offensive? By this point, hardly.

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I think John Lasseter's gone mad with power.

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Obnoxious things are offensive. That's what the word means. It's just that for many people, it's not flag-waving, rally-in-the-streets offensive. But it's still offensive, and shows either a lack of understanding or a lack of care for the culture those kinds of jokes are mocking.

As if there's any other way to go mad. Having you tried going mad without power?

edited 30th Aug '13 6:54:03 PM by CorrTerek

Meh. Like I said, I see it more as just lazy humor than as actual mockery.

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Just imagine the movie were not about Scots but about Native Americans. The only reason Brave gets away with it is because Scots are considered acceptable targets and most people are blissfully unaware of the sad history of this folk. Honestly, between all the movies Pixar and Disney made, this is the one which makes me uncomfortable. But it's not like Pixar didn't always tend to delve into clichés when it comes to foreign countries. They are usually just more careful to create actual characters to balance the tendency out.

But they already did that with Native Americans.

And maybe I'm just ignorant, but are Scots really as oppressed as Native Americans at all? Not trying to get into the Oppression Olympics here, but there is a big difference between a group of people that has had their entire land stolen from them and given nowhere to go but tiny little spaces that couldn't even fit a small family and a group of people that literally is its own country.

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It just happened longer ago, that's all. Look up the Battle of Culloden and perhaps research what happened after - and what actually lead to it. You don't really want to know how many Scottish people died of hunger under the reign of the British, because nearly everything was taken from them. (plus, there is a small difference between taking away the land by forcing one to leave and taking it away by putting an English Lord in charge of it). And don't forget that Scotland is still not an independent country, despite having an own culture. Granted, a lot of Scots are worried that they won't be able to survive on their own by now, and the arrangement might be for the best, but that doesn't change the fact that this is a folk with a long history of suppression. Either way, it's a fine line between making fun of stereotypes and enforcing them, and I think Brave falls on the side of enforcing them. Never mind that jokes about what the Scot has under his kilt have been old long before I was even born.

edited 31st Aug '13 2:33:08 AM by swanpride

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Hm...well, I've learned something today. I apologize, and I see where you're coming from now.

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lol The Simpsons Movie reference. .... when will we get another movie, btw??

Disney has confirmed the rumors of Bob Peterson's step down from Director. He's still working at Pixar on another project.

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From the URL of that page, the movie is pushed to 2015.

edited 18th Sep '13 8:51:54 PM by I-Block

boop I'm more active on here

Specifically, to the date that Finding Dory (which has been pushed to summer 2016) used to be in. Sometime in November, I think.

edited 18th Sep '13 8:57:02 PM by Mort08

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Okay. Development Hell example. Already.

This means we won't get a new Pixar movie until 19 months from now.

Better they delay it and make sure they release it when its ready than to rush it out and release a sub-par film.

Yeah, I mean just look at Brave and how beloved that film is to the Pixar canon.

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Did that movie have a loooooong development process too?

Yes...but so had Tangled, and it is a great movie.

Pushed back productions can either be a blessing or a curse

I'm having to learn to pay the price

Agreed.

Sometimes it works, but sometimes it does not.

First poster.◊

...There's something off about him. I think the snout's just a little too long.

edited 26th Oct '13 5:32:05 PM by Mort08

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My God, that poster is SO GENERIC!

I really don't like the dino design. Seems kinds... lazy.

The last hurrah? Nah, I'd do it again.

Is it too much to hope that the poster is a fake?

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