The Rotoscopers discuss the 2011 Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature, Rango.
Highlights:
Morgan and Chelsea watched the documentary "The Sweatbox"
News: Glen Keane leaves Disney, The Art of the Secret World of Arrietty, and trailers for Secret of the Fairy Wings), Hotel Translyvania), and Rise of the Guardians)
Nerdy couch discussion: shift in character design and spinoffs
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles design changes over the years
X-Men then and now
Sabertooth then and now
Disturbing animation style in the motion comic Astonishing X-Men: Gifted
Main discussion: Rango
When was the last time there was a western animated film?
Is Rango just the "Johnny Depp show"?
What classic Disney characters would you see Johnny Depp voicing?
What we like about the film: atmosphere, character appeal and country critters
Describe this movie in one word: texture
Music: the mariachi owls = the Muses from Hercules + the mice from Babe
The big question: which animals in animated films are beast of burden and which wear clothes
What didn't we like: crude humor, should it have been rated PG-13, redundant plot (a la* Aladdin*)
Is the film anti-religious and pro-spirituality? Or neutral religious-wise?
Condundrums: not following his shadow, why did Tortoise John need the water?, what was Rango's real name
Our rating: Four stars ★★★★ all around
Our first mail bag segment!
Bloopers: the time vortex returns from episode 1), Mason and Chelsea's southern accents
Runtime: 1:17:55, 37.4 MB
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