Immerse Yourself in the World of Brave
Here’s a quick look at a few ways for you and your kids to immerse yourself in the world of Brave (though I recommend waiting until you’ve seen the movie).
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Does “Brave Workout” Contradict Cartoon’s Positive Role Model?
The Internet is abuzz with Brave, the new fantasy-fairy tale animated movie from Pixar and Disney that opens nationwide on Friday. Much ballyhooed is the fact that it’s the first feature cartoon from Pixar with a strong female lead. Here, …
Continue ReadingDisney/Pixar gets Brave
As an avid Pixar fan who has seen all of the Pixar films so many times that I have the scripts memorized, I have been waiting, patiently, for Brave for some time now. I have savored every teaser trailer and stared in wonderment at the beautiful Scottish princess with the wild red hair and blue eyes who is determined to change her fate. So, does Brave live up to the hype? For the most part, yes. I had forgotten that Disney’s acquisition of Pixar allows Disney to put its princess stamp on a Pixar film, even if it muddles and otherwise awesome film.
Continue ReadingLa Luna: Pixar’s latest animated short is a masterpiece
The latest Pixar animated short La Luna, written and directed by Enrico Casarosa, is nothing short of a masterpiece. La Luna is the longest ever Pixar short at 7 minutes, and is featured at the beginning of Disney/Pixar’s Brave.There is a reason why this short has already been nominated for a 2012 Academy Award for Best Short Film, Animated and 2012 Annie Award for Best Animated Short Subject. I am an astrophysicist by training, so its likely that anything with stars and the moon is generally to get acclaims from me, and while obviously not scientifically accurate, this story has the making of a legend.
Continue ReadingPixar Week: Monsters University – a.k.a Monsters Inc. 2
Disney/Pixar releases the trailer to Monsters University, a prequel to Monsters, Inc.
Continue ReadingFirst Look at Monsters University Trailer
With 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 ReadingBrave Director Talks About the Pixar Process
Mark Andrews has worked in animation and live-action as a storyboard artist, story supervisor, writer, and even as a voice actor, including The Incredibles, John Carter, The Iron Giant, Spider-Man, Samurai Jack and Star Wars: Clone Wars. With Brave, he …
Continue ReadingHappy Father’s Day from Disney/Pixar’s Brave
We here at GeekMom are humming with excitement over the latest teaser image release showing Princess Merida sword playing with her father King Fergus.
Continue ReadingLa Luna, the Short Before Pixar’s Brave, Is a Homage to Family
During a visit to Pixar, I was able to meet with the creator-director of La Luna, Enrico Casarosa, to talk about the film, his career and his online art event.
Continue ReadingMaking Brave: Pixar’s Katherine Sarafian (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
As part of my visit to Pixar in April, I got to sit down in a roundtable discussion with Brave Producer Katherine Sarafian to talk about the film, a project she had worked on for several years. The production of …
Continue ReadingMaking Brave: Pixar’s Katherine Sarafian
As part of my visit to Pixar in April, I got to sit down in a roundtable discussion with Brave Producer Katherine Sarafian to talk about the film, a project she had worked on for several years. The production of …
Continue ReadingMaking Brave: From Page to Screen
Pixar has been making feature-length computer-animated films since Toy Story in 1995, and all of them have been artistic and popular successes; the latest is Brave, which is notable for being both Pixar’s first “fairy tale” (in other words, a …
Continue ReadingMore Glimpses of Pixar’s BRAVE
A while back, I wrote about having high hopes for the new Pixar film Brave. If you’re anticipating it too, you’ll be interested to know there are new trailers out. Go here to watch them, then go practice your archery!
Continue ReadingA GeekDad Visits Pixar
Recently I was given the rare privilege of visiting Pixar as part of the promotional campaign for their new film Brave, which opens June 22. In addition to preview screenings of the Oscar-nominated short film La Luna and DisneyNature’s Chimpanzee …
Continue ReadingFGTV Compares Kinect Rush and Disneyland Adventures
This week on Family Gamer TV we are comparing Kinect Rush with Disneyland Adventures. As you will see in the show, we discovered that if you put the effort into getting your room set up well for the Kinect controller …
Continue ReadingAsk the Pixar Animators!
After my article about the archery in Brave ran here, I got a call from a publicist at Disney. He wanted to know if my interest in Brave was solely due to the archery. I explained that I’m a life-long …
Continue ReadingKinect Rush Is a Game for the Whole Family
The measure of a Kinect game is not how good it is at detecting your movements, or even how many times you have to recalibrate the controller. The real test is whether it creates enough living-room-theater so that these issues …
Continue ReadingExclusive First Look at New Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure Trailer
Last week, Andy brought us news about the new Pixar game coming to the XBox, Kinect Rush: A Disney-Pixar Adventure. The new game brings some family favorites to the XBox in a game where you can participate in the worlds of The …
Continue ReadingAnticipating Brave
As the mother of a two and a half year old girl, I can’t help but wonder if pink and princesses are around the corner. (Alternate versions of this sentence include the words: “dread” and, “be scared of the possibility.”) I’m adamant that these things not be forced on her – NOT AN EASY TASK AS […]
Continue ReadingNew Brave Trailer Nails the Archery
Pixar’s attention to detail and accuracy shine through in the trailer for their upcoming film, where even the people doing things badly, do them badly the right way.
Continue ReadingRush Extends Kinect’s Reach
Kinect Rush ($49.99 on Amazon) is the next big game for the Xbox 360′s Kinect controller. We had some hands-on time with the game and spoke to Jay Ward from Pixar about the development. As well as finding out about …
Continue ReadingCaptain America to the Rescue!
One of my geeky loves is technology accessories. If it will work with my iPod, I will fall in love. One day online I stumbled on a pair of Captain America headphones. The artwork brought me back to the earlier days of the character. As a child Captain America was one of my favorite characters. I even […]
Continue ReadingHappy Birthday, John Lasseter!
It’s a good bet that a lot of kids who can’t get enough cartoons dream about someday getting a job making them. It’s pretty likely, too, that everyone who’s ever captained the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland has spent some portion …
Continue ReadingCongratulations to Our Cars 2 Giveaway Winners!
We have finally finished clocking the results for the Cars 2 Giveaway race! Congratulations to our one lucky Grand Prize winner, John P. from Halethorpe, Maryland! He won a Cars Director’s Collection. This 11-Disc set contains Cars 2 on Blu-ray …
Continue ReadingThe First Real Trailer for Disney-Pixar’s Brave Is Here!
As you’d expect, it looks like a great film, and absolutely beautiful as well. And it will be very refreshing to finally see a Pixar film with a female protagonist. I love that Craig Ferguson has a prominent voice role, …
Continue ReadingBrave Trailer – New from Disney and Pixar
I’m a huge fan of both Disney and Pixar so I’ve been excited to hear things about their upcoming movie, Brave. So far, I’m really looking forward to this movie coming out because it looks like it is going to be very good. The main character is a fiery redhead named Merida, who is the […]
Continue ReadingTop 10 Bad Messages From Good Movies (GeekDad Wayback Machine)
Sometimes it can be hard to see the messages a movie teaches, especially if they’re unintentional. The best way to see a movie’s messages, the bad ones in particular, is to be a parent watching the movie with your kids. …
Continue ReadingGeekDad Exclusive: Cars 2 Interview and Giveaway
Disney is releasing the #1 Animated Film of the Year, Cars 2, on Blu-ray and DVD today (Tuesday 11/1). This blockbuster sequel follows Lightning McQueen and Mater as they travel overseas to compete in an international race. During their travels, …
Continue ReadingSay It Ain’t So, Walt! Disney Announces More 3D-Conversion Travesties (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
If 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 ReadingSay It Ain’t So, Walt! Disney Announces More 3D-Conversion Travesties
If 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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