tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post5245561665310382161..comments2023-09-29T05:32:04.308-07:00Comments on StrangePegs: The Good Dinosaur (a movie review post)Andrew Leonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-66062573211943603742015-12-19T08:16:37.283-08:002015-12-19T08:16:37.283-08:00Lee: I don't think it's your kind of thing...Lee: I don't think it's your kind of thing at all.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-13575237539296190232015-12-19T08:16:13.072-08:002015-12-19T08:16:13.072-08:00TAS: It happens, I suppose.TAS: It happens, I suppose.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-15488580717761661372015-12-18T20:57:14.434-08:002015-12-18T20:57:14.434-08:00Maybe this is the real reason dinosaurs became ext...Maybe this is the real reason dinosaurs became extinct. I'm definitely not encouraged to see this film unless my grandkids are watching it or some situation like that.<br /><br />Arlee Bird<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a><br />Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-21717360786760746802015-12-18T20:16:37.189-08:002015-12-18T20:16:37.189-08:00Sorry to hear it.Sorry to hear it.The Armchair Squidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10739833215220853127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-87836495088873743782015-12-18T17:20:45.168-08:002015-12-18T17:20:45.168-08:00Jeanne: Yeah, I don't know. I guess it can be ...Jeanne: Yeah, I don't know. I guess it can be hard just to drop something once you've started investing in it.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-51243508469349390562015-12-18T17:19:55.895-08:002015-12-18T17:19:55.895-08:00Briane: I was disappointed with Brave, too.
I'...Briane: I was disappointed with Brave, too.<br />I've read some Harrison, and he's not an author I think I want to go back to. I'll take a look at it, though, if I remember.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-20970719624375582602015-12-18T17:18:06.534-08:002015-12-18T17:18:06.534-08:00Alex: The misses have come since Disney acquired t...Alex: The misses have come since Disney acquired them and John Lasseter has taken his attention away from it.Andrew Leonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13964775673414653644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-9447744102022014842015-12-18T13:01:48.167-08:002015-12-18T13:01:48.167-08:00I had heard it was a surprisingly mediocre movie c...I had heard it was a surprisingly mediocre movie coming from Pixar. I can't believe they let it get made. Like there aren't other stories out there.J E Oneilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09780097298061829471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-35459960255870828332015-12-18T05:29:26.001-08:002015-12-18T05:29:26.001-08:00I imagine it's both good and bad to be Pixar: ...I imagine it's both good and bad to be Pixar: a mediocre movie being a huge disappointment is a mixed blessing, because it shows how good you HAVE been.<br /><br />Pixar got the landscape background through a pretty unique process: <br /><br />http://www.wired.com/2015/11/pixar-sharon-calahan/<br /><br />I kind of think that after they went to all that work they felt they had to release the movie to recoup some of the money and time they'd spent. A lot of the stories about this movie were about the rewrites and reshoots. I thought the storyline sounded a little iffy anyway. The idea of dinosaurs forming a civilization is a neat one to explore, but the problem is that we think they'd form a civilization just like ours more or less. One problem with trying to think like an animal is that we only think like people. I write those "Two Frogs" stories and the like to try to imagine what an ANIMAL would act like rather than a person transformed into an animal. It's really tough.<br /><br />I haven't seen Brave yet, so I'm a few Pixars behind. I'll watch this someday, maybe. Sweetie tried to take Mr Bunches to it in the theater, but he got really scared right a the opening and came home. He was really distraught both by the movie and by his feeling like he was too scared to see it (we of course told him it was okay, he just seemed to feel like he let himself down.)<br /><br />If you want a REALLY REALLY interesting set of books about a dinosaur civilization and humans, read the West of Eden series by Harry Harrison:<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_of_Eden<br /><br />I read that a long time ago and have never forgotten it. The dinosaurs evolved into a civilization well before humans and have science and stuff, and one of the dinosaurs raises a human, Kerrick, who then goes to join his own people. It's fascinating. Brianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01616494058636881575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658526372996117205.post-71580065581333448522015-12-18T05:18:39.468-08:002015-12-18T05:18:39.468-08:00The cartoon aspect of the dinosaurs didn't app...The cartoon aspect of the dinosaurs didn't appeal to me. Pixar was so solid in the beginning, but they've had a lot of hit and misses lately.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.com