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002 The Iron Giant - Hog Hug!

2012/2/16
logo of podcast Animation Addicts Podcast - Disney, Pixar, & Animated Movie Reviews & Interviews | Rotoscopers

Animation Addicts Podcast - Disney, Pixar, & Animated Movie Reviews & Interviews | Rotoscopers

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In episode 2, the Rotoscopers discuss the news, the importance of story and Brad Bird's animated masterpiece The Iron Giant.

Highlights:

  • Why this is our second time recording episode 2

  • Why the Wreck-It-Ralph creator is pumped

The Lorax is going green

  • Chelsea expains her love for trees...again

  • Rango wins the OVCAFMPT

  • Is Disney's Paperman project a gamechanger?

  • Animation Element of the Week: Story

  • Discussion: Brad Bird's The Iron Giant

  • Warner Brother's markering blunder

  • Bird's passion for animation and story

  • Chelsea teaches Mason about beatniks

  • Favorite Scenes: Coffeezilla, The Prayer & The Deer

  • The Giant's CGI animation

  • 1950s references and inspiration

  • Themes

  • Hogarth's father figures

  • Why so many single-parent stories in animation?

  • Favorite quotes: The brain, "Hog Hug!", "luckiest kid in America", "blah blah blah"

  • We're bringing the term "wig out" back

  • How many stars do we give it?

  • Shout out to our 100 listeners!

  • ...And of course: Bloopers

Runtime: 1:11:08, 32.6 MB

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■ Morgan Stradling: Twitter), Instagram)

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