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littlealeta · 10 months

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Elemental is NOT that bad Review + Carl's Date

Story

No, this is not a racism story nor a Zootopia/Inside Out rip off. This is a coming of age immigration story about the romance between two unlikely elements. Now yes, the immigration story does include the parent-child conflict story, but it actually does something interesting and compelling with it. Instead of the child just wanting to follow their own dreams, it's the child realizing that something that they wanted to do might not be right for them and instead of the child actively rebelling against the parent, it's the child sacrificing their happiness for their parents, both things are something we rarely see in coming of age stories. The forbidden love aspect also does some interesting things, instead of a typical Romeo and Juliet story about society antagonizing the couple for societal reasons, it's about society antagonizing the couple because of how harmful they could be for each other. The clash between fire and water provides for both funny and serious moments.

Unfortunately, the story falls short during the third act.

SPOILERS AHEAD

Yes, the film had that "I like the word moist, okay" scene, except the roles are reversed and it was about the character wanting to follow the dreams of their parents rather than for themselves. Yes, it was not good. The breakup happened way too fast because of that one big blowout between them and instead of patching things up or trying to understand Ember, Wade just crashes her party telling her that she doesn't have to follow her dreams. Excuse me, Wade, did you forget that Ember doesn't want to work at the shop because she can't keep her temper in check, which she's been getting better at doing? You're a water type, you should understand this. Yeah, Wade wasn't a very good character in my opinion.

The film also pulls the Disney Death trope so yeah, no Pixar emotional impact there. And the resolution for the conflict the film had with both the forbidden romance story and to a lesser extent, the parental conflict story were pretty forced. Like for no reason, Ember and Wade can finally touch each other. The parental conflict story also ended shallowly in my opinion. Like the parents tell Ember that they their goal wasn't to force her to work in the shop? But wasn't that what they were doing all this time? I felt like there should've been a deeper moment between those two. And instead of focusing on all this forced melodrama, maybe focus more on how Ember is going to resolve the conflict with working in the shop and what she really wants to do and focus on how Ember and Wade are going to co-exist peacefully despite their elemental clashes.

Characters

This is where the film falls a little bit short for me. Like I said, Ember and her parents have a good coming of age-forbidden love story. But Wade, I just didn't care for. He just seemed like an impulsive, selfish dumbass, which, I get it, he's a water type, but outside of his romance with Ember, he really didn't have anything interesting to do. Except for the Crying Game scene, that's a neat concept and some of the funny scenes like eating hot rocks. But the first scene literally had him fighting with Ember because he, for some reason, wanted to nitpick her workplace. He also has a very small element (no pun intended) where he has a dead father for some reason that he never patched things up with, I don't feel like it was necessary to the story, but it's a small moment, so whatever. Like I said in the story section, they could've done better with him. Clod and his interactions with Ember are, yes, as obnoxious as the trailers made. Good things he's only in two scenes. The pink thundercloud, I forgot her name, another minor character, she was a bit of a jerkass, that's all I got to say. And there's another character who functions like the sloths in Zootopia, also nothing special. I would've liked to see a bit more worldbuilding with the other elements, like how do the Air and Earth elements act? They have a lot of neat details with them in the worldbuilding. Maybe we could get shorts about them.

Animation

As usual with Pixar, the world is pretty. The gags are funny. The character designs... eh... maybe not the most appealing as we saw from the trailers, but they're not awful like people make them out to be. I think they fit the characters well. That's all I got to say. Remember, I focus more on writing than I do the technical stuff, unless I notice something remarkable about them. I'm not a sound or art kind of gal.

Overall

Elemental gets 6.9 bells out of 10.

I'd recommend this film. It's more creative than the trailers made it out to be, it's not a racism story, and it's hardly anything like Zootopia or Inside Out. But don't go in expecting a groundbreaking story or peak Pixar. Think of it like a decent Dreamworks film, creative and cute, but predictable in some places. It's definitely better than most of Pixar's output in the 2010s.

As for Carl's Date... Uh... it's stupid. Probably the worst Pixar short or theatrical short I've ever seen. I haven't seen Up in forever, but the characters feel off to me, like they act more silly and childish than I remember. They even use a couple potty jokes in there, like what the heck, Pixar? It does have some funny things in there with Dug and Carl pretending to date and Dug offering tips from a dog's perspective, but other than that and the emotional moment at the end, there's nothing memorable about the short. It was so bad that I even forgot to review it, lol. So yeah, 4.1 bells out of 10

Shame 'cuz the premise looked cute.

#elemental pixar #ember luman #wade ripple #ember x wade #pixar animation #disney #review #carl's date #up #dug days #carl fredricksen

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sheltiechicago · 11 months

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Amazing Illustrations, Posters And Comic Covers By Doaly

Doaly is a UK based graphic designer and digital illustrator with a passion for story telling. His work is characterised by his bold conceptual approach to illustration and his ability to adapt his style to the most sympathetic to the subject matter.

#doaly #artist #graphic designer #illustrator #illustrations #posters #comic covers #uk based #digital illustrator #pop culture #batman #jaws #blonde #dug days #puppies

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rcowern98 · 11 months

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I See No Difference.

#cosmo the dog #pixar up #gotg vol 3 #dug up #dug days #maria bakalova #Spotify

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paulidin · 1 year

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Oh, #DisneyPlus you have me firmly in your grasp! 😭

#Disney+#Loki #Mandalorian #Dug Days #Youtube

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drewscluesdrewsclues · 1 year

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The StreamClues Awards 2022

🥇🥈🥉 StreamClues awards the best DisneyPlus and streaming titles of 2022! We only rank titles WE watched, so our lists are more unique than the ones you've ready from critics... We pride ourselves on spotlighting great films and series they won't.

Welcome to the 1st ever StreamClues awards and 2nd ever if you count last year when we were known as DejaView! My costar Greg and I decided to share our 2022 highlights in the world of streaming. What do you think? If you haven’t watched any of these, we recommend doing so! Since we’re mostly a Disney+-focused site, we’re once again doing a separate set of awards just for that service as well as…

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hq-screencaps · 2 years

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Dug Days Season 1 ↳ 5,121 1080p logofree screencaps

#dug days #dugdaysedit #dug #carl fredricksen #bob peterson #scnet: dug days #dug days season 1 #animation #capped by raina

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capturingdisney · 4 months

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#dug days #dug #dug up #pixar #pixaredit #pixar edit #pixarcap #disney #disneyedit #disney edit #disneycap #capturingdisney #*

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yourfaveisafictive · 2 years

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Your fave is a fictive: Dug from Up/Dug Days

(request by anon)

[ Image ID: a pastel horizontal striped flag ranging from green to pink from top to bottom with a picture of Dug from Up/Dug Days imposed over it /end ID ]

#your fave #your fave is #your fave is a fictive #fictive #plural #pluralgang #plurality #actuallyplural #dug #up #dug days #request #anon #mod Asra

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disneytva · 1 year

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The Walt Disney Company Leads Nominations On Animation & Puppetry On Inaugural Children & Family Programming Emmy Awards.

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on Tuesday morning announced the nominations for the first annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, which will be presented on Saturday, Dec. 10 (Creative Arts) and Sunday, Dec. 11 at the Wilshire Ebell Theater in Los Angeles.

The Walt Disney Company lead the pack of the ceremony with over 38 nominations with 12 in Animation & 22 in Live Action and 4 with Puppetry across their multiple studios 20th Television,Disney Television Animation,Walt Disney Animation Studios Vancouver,Pixar Television Animation Studios,Disney Junior Educational Resource Group,Lucasfilm Animation & The Muppets Studio.

OUTSTANDING SPECIAL

-Muppets Haunted Mansion

OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A LIVE ACTION PROGRAM

-Muppets Haunted Mansion

OUTSTANDING ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN

-Muppets Haunted Mansion

OUTSTANDING SPECIAL EFFECTS COSTUMES, HAIR AND MAKEUP

-Muppets Haunted Mansion

OUTSTANDING MAIN TITLE AND GRAPHICS

-The Ghost and Molly McGee

OUTSTANDING EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

-Ciao Alberto

-Up’s Dug Days

-Monsters at Work

-Frozen’s Olaf Presents

OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

-Monsters at Work

-The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

-Ciao Alberto

-LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM

-Muppet Babies

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

-Amphibia

-Up's Dug Days

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

-Ciao Alberto

-Up's Dug Days

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM

-Muppet Babies

OUTSTANDING VOICE DIRECTING FOR AN ANIMATED SERIES

-Amphibia

-The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder

OUTSTANDING ANIMATED SERIES

-The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.

OUTSTANDING SHORT-FORM PROGRAM

-Ciao Alberto.

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

-Ciao Alberto

-Up's Dug Days

OUTSTANDING SOUND MIXING AND SOUND EDITING FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

-Ciao Alberto

-LEGO Star Wars Terrifying Tales

OUTSTANDING MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM

-The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse

OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE IN A PRESCHOOL ANIMATED PROGRAM

-Eden Espinosa as The Queen of Hearts, Alice’s Wonderland Bakery

-Daniel Ross as Donald Duck, Mickey and Minnie Wish Upon a Christmas

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movies-to-add-to-your-tbw · 4 months

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Title: Up

Rating: PG

Director: Pete Docter

Cast: Ed Asner, Christopher Plummer, Jordan Nagai, Bob Peterson, Delroy Lindo, Jerome Ranft, John Ratzenberger, David Kaye, Elie Docter, Jeremy Leary, Mickie McGowan, Danny Mann, Donald Fullilove, Jess Harnell, Josh Cooley, Pete Docter, Mark Andrews

Release year: 2009

Genres: adventure, family, comedy

Blurb: Carl Fredricksen spent his entire life dreaming of exploring the globe and experiencing life to its fullest...but at age 78, life seems to have passed him by. However, all of that changes when a twist of fate (and a persistent 8-year-old Wilderness Explorer named Russell) gives him a new lease on life.

#up #dug's special mission #dug days #carl's date #pg #pete docter #ed asner #christopher plummer #jordan nagai #bob peterson #delroy lindo #2009 #adventure #family #comedy

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dontlistentothemmoose · 1 year

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nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol* moon’s stuck in a time loop. do you have extra ammo? this won’t be enough. nasa employee: enough for…what? astronaut: *finding extra clip of ammo, pocketing it, and getting back on the rocket-ship* don’t worry about it!

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *emerging from supply closet with a space harpoon, getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: what? nasa employee: how did you know what i was going to say? astronaut: *punching in key pad code for base evacuation signal, getting back on the rocket-ship* i told you…moon’s stuck in a time loop. *red warning lights begin flashing*

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *rifling thru bookshelf of operating instructions, selecting one that says “AIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,” getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. hey, do you have anything to eat? i’m starving. *opens random drawer, finds nothing, closes it* nasa employee: a time loo- uh, we don’t have food in here…we can’t…eat in the control room, only the break-room. astronaut: *sighs* nasa employee:…my lunch is in like 10 minutes, though, and if my lunch is actually STILL THERE and not STOLEN, AGAIN, i can share it with yo- astronaut: nah, that’s ok…no time. *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* or…too much time. but thanks, anyway. OK, bye! *alarm begins blaring* nasa employee: you’re…welcome? wait, a TIME LOOP?!

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: yup. nasa employee: …? astronaut: *sitting down next to nasa employee* so…do you ever like…wonder what the meaning of life is? the secrets of the universe? nasa employee: aren’t you supposed to be ON the MOON?! *alarm begins blaring* nasa employee: hey, what the hell is that? astronaut: that’s the code red override klaxon. moon’s stuck in a time loop. oh, and there’s an explosion imminent. But don’t worry, we can deal with that tomorrow. So, you have any siblings? *pulls beer out of space suit, cracks tab* want a drink?

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: do you know frank in IT? nasa employee: what? astronaut: do you know frank, who works in IT? nasa employee: yeah, but why are you guys back so early? astronaut: moon’s stuck in a time loop. call frank, tell him there’s a virus in the security patch and the system’s compromised. then get the hell out of the base. nasa employee: wait what? what? where are you guys going? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* back to the moon. it’s stuck in a time loop. call frank! nasa employee: *picks up phone* ugh, straight to voicemail. i wonder wha- *alarm begins blaring*

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: *grim silence* nasa employee: i said, you guys are back early…hey, what are you…? astronaut: *randomly opening drawers until they find a pair of scissors and some duct tape, getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop. *sticks head back out the door of the rocket-ship* by the way, if you go to the break-room in exactly 2 minutes and 45 seconds, you’ll catch the person who’s been stealing your lunches for the past two weeks. nasa employee: what?! WHO IS IT?! *alarm begins blaring* nasa employee: *running for the break-room* FUCK!!!!

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *sits down, sighs, pulls a beer out from their spacesuit* moon’s stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: …ok, and? hang on, how did you get a beer? you can’t have that in here. astronaut: what do you know about project floyd? nasa employee: I mean, the usual amount? i’m not really on the project anymore, why? *alarm begins blaring* astronaut: COME WITH ME TO THE ROCKET-SHIP, we don’t have ti-

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: yeah. moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *loading a pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop. see you tomorrow. maybe. nasa employee: WHAT?!

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *sighs, rubs hands over face, and loads pistol, before getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop. and, uh…you should call your mother like you’ve been meaning to. and tell her you’re not actually mad and that you will come to dinner tonight. you’re gonna be hungry. nasa employee: wait, what? WHAT?? how do you know my mom?! why am i gonna be - *alarm begins blaring*

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? astronaut: *grabbing two pistols, an extra box of ammo, a pair of scissors, some duct tape, a space harpoon, and a booklet of operating instructions that says “AIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,” starting to get back on the rocket-ship, but dropping everything with a horrendous clatter* FUCK! goddamn moon’s stuck in a time loop. *alarm begins blaring*

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back early astronaut: moon's stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: what? also, hey, where’d you get that duffel bag? astronaut: *grabbing two pistols, an extra box of ammo, a pair of scissors, some duct tape, a space harpoon, and a booklet of operating instructions that says “AIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,” shoving them into the bag, and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop.

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earl- astronaut: *grabs nasa employee and kisses them passionately* nasa employee: what? WHAT?! astronaut: *loading a single pistol and getting back on the rocket-ship* moon’s stuck in a time loop, sweetheart. nasa employee: what?!? astronaut: a time loop!!! i love you!!! get out of the base!!! stay alive!!! nasa employee: *presses fingers to lips, confused but intrigued, as alarm begins blaring*

nasa employee:…. nasa employee:… nasa employee: ho hum what a regular day at the office *alarm begins blaring* nasa employee: what the hell is that?!

nasa employee: oh hey u guys are back earl- astronaut: *grabs nasa employee and kisses them passionately* nasa employee: what? what?! WHAT!?!? also, hey, where’d you get that duffel bag? astronaut: *grabbing two pistols, an extra box of ammo, a pair of scissors, some duct tape, a space harpoon, and a booklet of operating instructions that says “AIRLOCK MANUAL OVERRIDE INSTRUCTIONS,” shoving them into the bag, then cupping nasa employee’s cheek with free hand* moon’s stuck in a time loop. nasa employee: the moon’s stuck in a what?! astronaut: a time loop, sweetheart, but we don’t have much time ourselves, so you have to listen to me RIGHT now nasa employee: *faintly* …“sweetheart”?! astronaut: in 2 minutes and a few seconds, you need to go into the break-room and find frank. nasa employee: wait, frank from IT? astronaut: yes. nasa employee: how do you know he’s gonna be in the break-room? i can’t just call him at his desk right now? astronaut: how do i know this?! because, one, time loop, ok? and…also…because…heismaybetheguywhohasbeenstealingyourlunchfortwoweeks nasa employee: that BASTARD i KNEW it astronaut: BUT THAT’S NOT WHAT’S IMPORTANT RIGHT NOW. hey! listen to me! go in there, catch him red-handed with your burrito, and tell him lunch is on you FOREVER if he goes RIGHT NOW and checks the last security patch - because there’s a virus and the whole system’s compromised. then you need to get the hell out of this base, ok? nasa employee: …ok. ok. and…and what about you? astronaut: *cocking pistol and getting back into rocket-ship with duffel bag* me? i’m gonna shoot for the moon.

EPILOGUE:

nasa employee: so, how many loops in total? astronaut: i mean, it was hard to keep track. somewhere around six months, if i had to guess. nasa employee: damn. astronaut: yeah. nasa employee: and in those six MONTHS, the best zinger you came up with was “shoot for the moon”? astronaut: hey, you know what, i had some other stuff on my mind! nasa employee: i mean, i guess. it sounded like you found time to flirt with me each time. astronaut: yeah, like i said. other stuff on my mind. *they look at each other, blush, and look away* astronaut: sooooooo. you’re sure your mom is cool with me coming over for dinner? nasa employee: can’t make the day any weirder. plus, i owe you for ratting out frank, right? astronaut: he did help us save the world; we can’t be too mad at him. nasa employee: you’ve had a little while to get over it, i might need some more time. and it wasn’t even your food! astronaut: ok, that’s fair. what if i buy you lunch to make up for it? nasa employee: hmm, when? astronaut: tomorrow? nasa employee: well, i’ll have left overs from my mom, and you might too if you play your cards right. day after tomorrow? astronaut: honestly, anytime is good for me.

*FADE TO BLACK*

#moons haunted #time loop #time loops #this wouldn’t leave my brain #groundhog day #oh internet #astronaut x nasa employee #imagine your otp #time loop fic #time loop fics have dug into my brain and made a home #moon’s haunted #moon’s stuck in a time loop

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