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The biggest shocker is Disney’s Ratatouille (June 22nd), which is placed near the very bottom of the list at #19. Pixar’s next film is set to be released mid-summer. The marketing and hype have already begun, yet low buzz movies like Underdog and Nancy Drew are receiving more search love. Could this be the first Pixar bomb?

Well, regardless of the reasons behind his departure, Kenny Boy has provided myself and million other gamers around the world hours upon hours of entertainement… and some funny quotes:

A new episode of the Ratatouille Video Podcast is now online. We found the video on the Pixar Planet forums [via: JV Pixar News]. The new episode titled The Technical Ingredients takes a look at some of the technical innovation involved in creating Pixar’s new film. They explore wet cloth dynamics, water movement dynamics, and hair dynamics. Trust me, this is much more interesting than it probably sounds.

Watchmen ist zwar in seinem Setting tief in den 80ern verwurzelt, geht aber in seiner Geschichte so tief auf grundlegende menschliche bzw. gesellschaftliche Wesensmerkmale ein, das es auch heute noch absolut lesenswert ist und bleibt. Und sei es auch nur, um aus erster Hand zu erfahren, woher Filme wie SAW oder The Incredibles und vermutlich noch viele mehr ihre Inspiration her nehmen.

I’ve been doodling some comics and have started posting them on my parenting blog since the first couple happen to be about parenting. There’s no real theme or style or anything yet. Just some doodling with some words added. I also posted a another one over here called The Resume Project.

Going through the various political cartoons at Slate, it's simply amazing how all the pro-choicers feel that this is a return to the dark ages. Back alleys and hangers predominate. Assault on freedom and other such apocalyptic hype. It just enforces my view that Roe should be overturned and let the matter go back to the States and the democratic process. This is betteer than the hyperbolic mess we're in now.

But today, for the very first time, I saw a different side of Whattey. They went to see Disney’s “Finding Nemo” at the Music Room early today and suddenly she started crying. Turns out she was scared of the scene where, in the beginning of the film, a big, nasty fish (or was it a shark) attacked Marlin’s wife and their brood (and they disappeared entirely from the show). She’d probably even cry over the Tom and Jerry Show, as I was told that she’s also frightened of a rat being chased by a cat.

Originally appearing in newspapers in August 13, 1941 Theodore Seuss Geisel had a lot to say about appeasers and the stupidity of the philosophy that fosters it. He published many political cartoons on the advent of the war to end all wars. The war to end all wars . . . what do you suppose that meant if not spoken literally?

So Scott Adams, the Dilbert guy, made a post on his blog about Copyright Violation. He illustrated it with a delightful Underpants Analogy. (I’ll just post the link here, and you can click on the link to read it at his blog site. I respect Adams’ rights to his writings, and I will not wear his underwear.)

Doing research for this site I randomly stumble across some pretty interesting, pretty funny articles. Today, I just so happened to stumble across a little Question and Answer segment on MSNBC that someone actually asked what they could do for their body considering that they are literally shaped like SpongeBob SquarePants. Absolutely no waist, just a round mid-section.

Disney has released a bunch of new character stills from Pixar’s presentation of Ratatouille. Check them out below:

However, a friend recently recommended The Dilbert Blog by Scott Adams, and after reading the article called Oh Deer (about a man charged with making whoopie to a dead deer), I frickin’ LOLTTPOCSIHTGTKAWME (laughed out loud to the point of crying so I had to get two Kleenexes and wipe my eyes).

Disney's recent animated features have been misses, with the likes of Chicken Little and The Wild performing below expectations despite the updated computer generated toons and marketing gimmicks, bringing to mind the age old adage that the story comes first. As far as animated movies go, Pixar's the one to beat, having crisp drawings perform to the tune of a superb story. Meet the Robinsons is not a Pixar movie (given that the two companies have now merged), and I'm pleased to say that Robinsons has indeed remembered to go back to basics, in whipping out a strong, engaging tale for its computer generated animation.

Finally, a new episode of The Office tonight with some really funny quotes (approximate quotes from memory since I don’t have TiVo):

Aqua Teen Hunger Force now has a dracula episode out on Youtube. Their Dracula is in assisted living. I don’t want to ruin much so watch here. It’s hilarious. Enjoy!

Does anyone remember that Bugs Bunny cartoon with the bratty kid yelling, “I want an Easter Egg! I want an Easter Egg!”? (Total misuse of punctuation there, I know, but putting the question mark inside the quotes just didn’t seem right. Should I have removed the last ! and put the ? instead? That would be weird, too.) It was actually a cartoon from 1947 called Easter Yeggs (and I’m amazed that a)it’s on IMDB and b)it’s from 1947 but they were still playing it in the 70s when I grew up. Well, here you go - some Easter Yeggs just for you: ACK! If you DLed this the first time around, the grass wasn’t in there! So here it is WITH the grass, as promised!