041 Monsters University - We're OK!

The Rotoscopers head back to school to review Pixar's 14th animated film Monsters University! Highlights: ■ New host: Brock Pearson. ■ Experiences from the MU showings: kids, Pixar super fans, cool MU gear. ■ Trailers before MU: Despicable Me 2, Frozen, Cloudy 2, Planes, Turbo, ■ News: Lego Movie trailer & Frozen trailer. ■ Animation Lesson by Mason: Character appeal/design in Monsters University. ■ Every monsters is different; real person names. ■ Mini discussion: The Blue Umbrella ■ Main discussion: Monsters University ■ Little Mike, opening credits, Mike’s roommate, first day of class, architecture, scare games introduction, clubs. ■ First day of class: Scaring 101, Hardscrabble’s entrance, MU is Mike’s story, stealing the pig similar to The Simpsons. ■ Final exam: poor Mike, sulking Sulley, canister engineering, realistic lighting using raytracing. ■ Members of Oozma Kappa: Don Carlton, Squishy Squibbles, Terry and Terri Perry, Art, Squishy’s mom. ■ Scare games: entertainment & show us time’s progression, sea urchin confusion and lighting. ■ Other frats, lack of real-life frat experiences, are letterman jackets a thing in college anymore? ■ More scare games: why don’t teenagers get scared?, in the library, scare simulator scare game, ■ Final 3rd act: Mike in the human world, Pixar people and human hair, final big scare, should it have been rated PG?, unpredictable ending, best friends since 4th grade?. ■ Chelsea’s rant about the music. ■ We rate it (all quite differently). ■ Twitter question & voicemail! Runtime: 1:42:42; 52.6 MB Other links: ■ Pixar Post's Monsters University interviews from the Pixar press day (part 1) (part 2) (part 3) Where to Find Us: ■ Find us on the web: therotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, hypable & Animated Views. ■ Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog, Twitter ■ Chelsea Robson: Facebook, Twitter ■ Morgan Stradling: Twitter ■ Visit our sponsors: Netflix, Audible, Amazon. ■ Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected]. ■ Send us a voicemail at therotoscopers.com/voicemail. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices