The Southern Californian version of Autumn has hit Southern California, bringing with it cooler weather (all the way down to the low 70s during the day! Break out the long sleeves!) and everyone seems to be nicer to each other now that the heat’s been turned down a little. Dusty showed you earlier this week how gorgeous Disneyland is looking, and Knott’s is starting to trade Scary for Merry. We just renewed our family’s season passes to the farm and are looking forward to a fun-filled year.
I’m Avoiding Dental Puns
When I talk about the temporary bridge in New Orleans Square. I’d rather let you give it a shot below. The structure was constructed between the Club 33 Salon Nouveau and the New Orleans Train Station. Disneyland has some aging infrastructure (pipes, etc.) on this side of the park which is temporarily being carried above visitors heads on the bridge until everything can be permanently fixed.
Curl Up This Weekend
Each night this week, the three of us have bundled up on the Giant Bed in our respective afghans and comforters and watched two episodes per night of Over the Garden Wall. Alice and I have seen it, but Noe has not. It is perfect fall viewing. One long-ago blogger described it as “Raggedy Ann meets Miyazaki”. Yes. But that’s to wind us up for the Main Event:
Inside/Out! BLU-RAY! DVD! DIGITAL HD!
We are going to watch the living daylights out of this. I got a review copy and I watched everything but the movie itself, because I saw the movie in the theater and we want to watch it again together as a family. So here’s the review. It’s glowing, surprise. LAVA is on here. It still makes me cry. Has anybody NOT seen the leaked Riley’s First Date? It’s a lot better quality on here, really lovely. Funny as all get-out. This is packed with extras, including
Commentary by Director Pete Docter and Assistant Director Ronny Del Carmine
Deleted scenes, some of which made me want to punch Joy in the face, so good thing they were deleted. But here’s a clip of Amy Poehler being cool to make me want to hug her instead:
- Story of the Story: Pete Docter and staff tell the story of how the film came to be, and how the story changed over time.
- Paths to Pixar: Different women at Pixar tell the story of how they got there, and what they do there.
The Women of Inside/Out:
- Mixed Emotions. How they chose the emotions and what they look like. Fear is a nerve! Disgust is broccoli! Is Anger a charcoal briquet?
Abstract sculptures (spoiler)
- Mapping the Mind: How neuroscientists and psychologists contributed to the film.
- Our Dads, the Filmmakers: The daughters of director Pete Docter and music composer Michael Giacchino, Ellie and Grace, take over and give us a look at what their dads go through in the creative process. It could have been really cloying, but it’s actually very fresh and fun.
- Into the Unknown, The Sound of Inside Out: Sound fx and editing
- The Misunderstood Art of Animation Film Editing: A look at animation film editing, and I wonder if there’s too many students who want to go into storyboarding and not enough into editing or something; maybe this is to increase demand. Or maybe it’s just because it’s kind of fascinating.
Whatever the reasoning, this thing is PACKED with special features. Like 25th Anniversary Silver Edition packed. It came out Tuesday, so you should be able to get it anywhere and everywhere, including Amazon and Disney Movies Anywhere.
Things only Fab and about four other people would care about: (Thanks Angelica@Click)
- The background memories on shelves inside or outside of Headquarters are shots from the “Married Life” scene in “Up.”
- As Riley and her parents trek to San Francisco, they come across birds on a telephone wire from production designer Ralph Eggleston’s 2000 short film “For the Birds.”
- The globe in the Riley’s classroom has been used in all the “Toy Story” films.
- One of Riley’s classmates is wearing a camo pattern made up of “Toy Story” characters.
- Some of the background city cars of San Francisco have bumper stickers from “Cars.”
- Dad’s company, Brang, is a nonsense word intended to sound like a startup that would fit in in the San Francisco tech scene.
- A sign on a parking meter in San Francisco reads, “Quarters and Dollar Coins or Barter During Burning Man.”
- As a tribute to the Walt Disney Family Museum, the filmmakers set Riley’s hockey rink in the exact spot the museum is located in San Francisco.
CIRCLEing the Wagons on Kids’ Screen Time
I got this in the Press Release box:
Today, Circle Media Inc. launched Circle with Disney, a device that reimagines how families use the Internet.
Speaking of Which
I ventured out a little early yesterday because I felt normal and ended up paying for it, so I’m back in bed. Don’t be me. When they say bed rest, just shut up and bed rest. Thanks for the kind words. If you want to reach me I’m on Twitter, on Facebook, and also available at [email protected]. If you’d like to support Fab News, I’d appreciate it. You can pledge a dollar or more a month throuh Patreon or you can make a one-time donation of a dollar or more through Square. Just click on the banners below. Thanks, I’ll hopefully be recovered and back with you again on Tuesday!
