With the release of Inside Out giving Kleenex stock a boost, a discussion began to brew behind the scenes here at GeekDad HQ. What’s your favorite Pixar film? What’s your least favorite? What’s your thirteenth favorite?
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The hunt is on! How many of these Easter eggs hidden in Pixar’s films did you know about?
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GeekMom Sarah watched Monsters University on Christmas day. What was your post-feast napping movie this year?
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At this weekend’s D23 Expo, Disney animation head John Lasseter showed off an impressive slate of upcoming films.
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I took my toddler to see Monsters University. She loved every minute of it, and that worried me.
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Excerpts from an interview with Peter Sohn, a long-time worker at Pixar and the voice of the character ‘Squishy’ in the new film Monsters University.
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A spoiler-free review of, and useful answers to likely questions from parents about, the new Disney/Pixar film Monsters University.
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Monsters University may be a Pixar first – a prequel – but it captures the same magic of the delightful monster world crafted in Monsters, Inc.
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If you’ve ever walked through a big city in a heavy rain, the first words that came to your mind at the time were probably “messy” and “dirty.” After seeing The Blue Umbrella, the short film that precedes the new Disney/Pixar movie Monsters University, you might just find yourself thinking “beautiful,” or even “magical,” the next time it happens to you.
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Travel is just something that we all — well almost all — do. Some people travel regularly, some, like me, maybe once a year. Well, I have a fantastic opportunity to travel to Hollywood next week to participate in the premier of the new Disney movie Monsters University. Then, straight from there, I head to Atlanta for a week of education and fun. Needless to say, being a GeekDad, I am going to need my arsenal of gadgets — so I thought I would share some of my personal travel accessories.
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It’s really, really hard not to be jealous of Dan Scanlon. He’s been working at Pixar since joining as a storyboard artist back in 2001 — the year Monsters, Inc. came out — and has now directed his first full-length feature film for the company. Of course, as envious a job as his is, it wouldn’t be a job if it weren’t difficult. On my visit to Pixar last month, Scanlon told me and a bunch of other bloggers about the process of making the film.
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Kori Rae, the producer of the upcoming Disney/Pixar film Monsters University, was just about what you’d expect from someone working at Pixar: highly creative, excited about her work, and seemingly well aware that her job makes her the envy of many, many people. She was very willing to sit down and open up to a group of bloggers, and had some interesting insights to offer on the creative process and how to keep yourself moving forward even when things aren’t going your way.
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Just about a month ago I had the rare privilege of not only visiting Pixar’s headquarters, but also learning a lot about the process they use to produce the astonishingly-high quality movies they have built a reputation on. This was done in the context of Monsters University, the next Disney/Pixar film to be released and the prequel to the 2001 movie Monsters, Inc..
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There are some invitations you don’t wait to accept, and the one I got from Marshall at Disney inviting me to visit Pixar’s headquarters and get an inside look at Monsters University was one of those for me.
Continue ReadingI’ve been wanting to learn the ins and outs of scaring small children ever since I saw the documentary film Monsters, Inc. that Pixar produced 12 years ago. It’s time I revealed my hidden third eye to the world and …
Continue ReadingPixar’s upcoming prequel to Monsters, Inc. goes back to Mike and Sully’s college days at Monsters University, and they’ve put together a great website that looks remarkably like your typical college website, complete with MU merchandise store (including a 4-armed …
Continue ReadingWith Brave releasing this week, it’s easy to forget that Pixar has another big movie on the horizon. Monsters University, tells the story of how Mike and Sully met at the University of Fear, before 2001’s Monsters, Inc. The movie …
Continue ReadingIf you paid to see The Lion King 3D at a movie theater, this is your fault. Partly, anyway. Due to the huge box office receipts from the film — about $80 million in the U.S. alone at the time …
Continue ReadingIf you paid to see The Lion King 3D at a movie theater, this is your fault. Partly, anyway. Due to the huge box office receipts from the film — about $80 million in the U.S. alone at the time …
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