You love him, you
hate him, you’ll laugh, you’’ get excited, you’ll get nervous. But no matter what, you won’t deny the fact
that he is indeed an Incredible character. This little speedster deserves his own
topic in the Incredibles section.
[quote="The Star
Swordsman"]
You love him, you hate him, you’ll laugh, you’’ get excited, you’ll get nervous. But no matter
what, you won’t deny the fact that he is indeed an Incredible
character.
[/quote]
Okaaay. 
And you mispelled his first name. 
(Dashiell)
Dash is such a cutie! I love love LOVE his hair! All part of the amazing character design in
The Incredibles.
But back to Dash…I felt so bad for him not being able to participate in sports until
the very end of the movie. Up until that point, Dash must’ve been so frustrated. And by not allowing him to
apply his energy to playing sports, it bottles up inside him and sometimes causes him to get into
trouble.
But I love the little guy. ^o^
~~=oP
I think Dash enjoys using his
powers even though Helen said not to. I think he enjoys playing tricks on his friends and his teacher. But it’s
cool when Dash uses his powers against the guards and the omnidroud
I find that comparing Violet and Dash really puts his personality into perspective- she’s
shy, he’s outgoing; she despises her powers yet he loves them, etc. Even their hair colour is completely
different! But I feel that Dash really matured throughout the movie- at the beginning, when he and his sister
noticed that Helen was packing supersuits, he tries his on and says things such as ‘the Dash likes’. He seems
to have quite a high opinion of himself, and although this doesn’t change completely throughout the film,
watching just the scene where the three of them swim to safety after their plane has blown up is proof in itself
that he has what it takes to be super. Letting someone else win in the running race right at the end of the film
just proves this even more.
One of the great
Incredibles mysteries.
~~=oP
I think Violet dyes her
hair, it’s unnaturally dark and suspiciously shiney. I would imagine, in the great tradition of Disney movies,
her natural hair colour is auburn like Helen’s.
I’ve often
thought that too! In fact - have you ever noticed the eggplant/violet highlights in her hair that just happen to
match the color of her forcefield? I’ve often wondered if that was a side effect and now her mother forces her
to dye it black since it looks unnatural in her auburn or blonde hair. Having to dye it like that - especially
if she had exceptionally beautiful hair like her mother (actually her whole family is blessed with gorgeous hair)
- could certainly add to her depression and her feelings that her powers make her a freak rather than special.
Could Vi’s hair be black because she has super genes
in which case anything is possible? I mean, none of the Parrs’ powers are the same, so why should their hair
colors be?
Oh, and I thought I’d move this discussion to another new thread because this one is for Dash.
~~=oP
I think she dyed it. Something I learned in biology class. If Helen
had auburn hair, and Bob had blonde hair, then her kids can only have either blonde or auburn. I still love her
hair though.
Guys, we are getting a little off topic
here.
Anyways, Dash has so many advantages in life. It makes me yearn to have super peed like him.
But having
Super Speed has its disadvantages too. For example: Running into Violet’s force field at dinner time. For a
normal person, the impact wouldn’t have been painful. Also, you could get in your trouble from your parents,
(even if the teacher is a meanie). Helen was rather disappointed in Dash after he got sent to the office, putting
a tack on his teacher’s chair.
In the commentary, Brad Bird
talked about the 100 Mile Dash. He said that this was a special scene for Dash fo a lot of reasons. It was the
first time he was allowed to use his powers. I like it how Bird combined the mundane and the fantastic as Dash
ran into a swarm of flies and tripped several times. I also like how in the end, how he was running in the cave,
the only way to defeat the bad guys was to stop and run no more.
I
love Brad’s use of the mundane throughout The Incredibles.
While you want Dash to escape the bad guys,
you’d hate to see him do it with no problem at all. I actually like to see a hero struggle some, because it’s
more believable.
This is something we also see in the scene when Bob stops the train. He’s totally
capable of accomplishing it, but he still braces himself before impact with the train because he knows it will
hurt.
And I know they talked about that in the commentary.
~~=oP
Brad Bird wanted to show that Super Hero work
is not all just a walk in the park. If you seen Super Hero movies, people do get hurt and the jobs they do
aren’t the easiest jobs in the world. Bird and the guys at Pixar did a great job portraying that.
But you
have super powers. How can it not be a walk in the park?
Well, you’ve gotta
remember that Dash is only 10. He’s still adjusting to how he uses his powers. And in an adrenaline rush like
that, he’s bound to trip a little.
~~=oP
But at
the final battle, he was able to get the hang of it, he even ran on the water with out any problems or
hesitation.
True, but that wasn’t his first experience.
On
Nomanisan, the guards appeared out of nowhere and surrounded him and Vi, causing him to panic and run for his
life. When he and the rest of his family arrived back in Metroville, they knew what they were going to be up
against.
~~=oP
I guess
because of the fact that he was now a Super, who is responsible for saving the city, he was actually allowed, for
once, to use his powers without being held back.
Anybody remembered in the "Life’s Incredible
Again" sequence, Bob was playing football with Dash. And that same thing was applied in the fight against
the Omnidroid? Didn’t Brad Bird say someting about it?