Here's something you might be interested in.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKwKhqin0Y
I haven't seen Brave yet, so take this for what it is: the worryings of a Pixar fan who just isn't feeling the magic from this latest effort.
I thought for a while it was the reliance on physical gags in the trailer. Nipple pinching! Corset tightening! Dress splitting! Kilt lifting! But hey, they're medieval Scots, the people who made a sport out of log tossing. What did I expect?
No, what really bugs me is how...unfresh the whole thing seems. Let's reach back into animated history a bit, shall we? All the way back to 2010's How to Train Your Dragon! Lessee...
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26416/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26417/
Remote village perched on the edge of a cliff - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26422/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26423/
Encounter with terrifying beast - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26419/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26418/
Hulking father who is also a king - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26420/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26421/
Hero/heroine who rejects the burden of tradition and chooses to go his/her own way - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26424/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26425/
Contests simulating skill in battle - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26427/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26426/
Journey/exile from village leading to game-changing event - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26428/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26429/
Surprising encounter with beast once thought to be the enemy - check?
As I say, I haven't seen Brave yet. And it's possible to use old material in a fresh way. But the girl who wants adventure instead of this provincial life? Oddly familiar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVovQfq7U0w
As I say - I'm worried.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVKwKhqin0Y
I haven't seen Brave yet, so take this for what it is: the worryings of a Pixar fan who just isn't feeling the magic from this latest effort.
I thought for a while it was the reliance on physical gags in the trailer. Nipple pinching! Corset tightening! Dress splitting! Kilt lifting! But hey, they're medieval Scots, the people who made a sport out of log tossing. What did I expect?
No, what really bugs me is how...unfresh the whole thing seems. Let's reach back into animated history a bit, shall we? All the way back to 2010's How to Train Your Dragon! Lessee...
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26416/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26417/
Remote village perched on the edge of a cliff - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26422/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26423/
Encounter with terrifying beast - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26419/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26418/
Hulking father who is also a king - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26420/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26421/
Hero/heroine who rejects the burden of tradition and chooses to go his/her own way - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26424/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26425/
Contests simulating skill in battle - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26427/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26426/
Journey/exile from village leading to game-changing event - check.
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26428/
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jun/18/26429/
Surprising encounter with beast once thought to be the enemy - check?
As I say, I haven't seen Brave yet. And it's possible to use old material in a fresh way. But the girl who wants adventure instead of this provincial life? Oddly familiar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVovQfq7U0w
As I say - I'm worried.