Monsters, Inc. 2!

This pic had been shown before and questioned as to whether the identity of this child was Boo (or looked allot like her)…and needless to say, is a possibility, more so if it was just referrance.

I had seen it on other sites if it was boo or not, I hope not please, I want to see small-boo again. :frowning:

She also has blue and puple kitty next to her.

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-lizardgirl

Hmm, that’s interesting. I know the girl from Toy Story 3 and Boo do technically look like each other, but to me their facial shape seems very different. But that could be due to maturing and that sort of thing. I’m not sure though, it could simply be a passing reference as Nexas said.

I see a similarity. And I agree that the facial change is indeed an aging thing. Her face would be a bit narrower at the age of the “Boo” in the first picture. And I can’t help but notice that she’s playing with a purple “kitty”. I don’t know if that’s an even more blatant “Herrrre’s BOO!”, but I’m just thinking out loud :unamused:

I did know that the girl looks like boo, but I didn’t know she could look like that in the sequel! :slight_smile: Come to think of it, she doesn’t look too much older, but maybe that’s good for some people. Not the same age, not too much older.

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-lizardgirl

The nose looks quite similar to me as well.

I am utterly convinced that that is Boo, or at least a girl meant to look a lot like her.

I hate to sound like a troll, which I am not, but discussing the possible relationship change between Boo and Sully is a moot point. The theme under the plot of Monsters inc is one of parenting. That was the point of Monsters inc. Sully and Mike WERE Boos’ parents…that was the anology…and I agree with 'Illusion of life", that this sequel is a very bad idea. I fear that Disney entertainment and theme parks, which John Lasseter is now the head of theme park planning, are pressuring Pixar to produce sequels to keep the charaters 'fresh" for the attractions opening at California Adventure Theme park. Cars Land is set to open in a year or so, and I am sure they want to breath life into the Monsters inc ride too.
The beauty of Monsters inc. is the suggestion that more compassionate motivation (PARENTING) is more effective than the old school children should be seen and not heard (scaring)…the door is symbolic of the relationship between parent and child…and when the communication is shattered or damaged, but if painstakingly repaired and kept open, will always mean that parent and child will be able to communicate…the final scene where Sully enters, and the look on his face when Boo says “Kitty” is pure gold…revisiting this is very bad,I know Pixar will do their best, but I fear they now have to “feed the monster” i.e. Disney and their theme parks…I hope they do not sink to Dreamworks level.

Parenting is perhaps one of the themes, but not entirely the whole. And no, Sullivan and Wazowski weren’t Boo’s parents. She had parents, we simply have seen them. However in the use of an anology, yes, I can see what you might mean. Sullivan taking up the father role and…quite humorously, Wazowski taking up the stressful mother laughs.

As for your private message to me, let me reply here.
No. I do not have children. I have several nephews and neices, quite a big family actually. But even with that I am not ignorant to that “scene”. It was crafted well and the remeeting and memory of that is paramount for the two involved. Well three anyway despite one not being “part of the exact moment”.

As for Pixar over Dreamworks/Blue Sky, personally I too hope that Pixar shows itself supreme if it can still be.

Wow. I never thought of it that way…you’re smart

That’s a very beautiful analogy, mofo1960. Another obvious theme of Monsters, Inc is that of overcoming your fears. Sulley overcomes his initial fear of Boo, Boo overcomes her fear of Randall, the monsters as a whole overcome their fear of children and they, in turn, do not attempt to induce fear into them any more.

I too have my reservations (for many different reasons) about a Monsters, Inc 2, but I hope that Pixar will find a fresh and equally engaging theme to explore that’s still relevant to this particular world, much as they did with Toy Story 2.

Boo did NOT “overcome” her fear of Randall at all, actually. Anyone who has the slightest background in human(or animal)behavior is well aware of the “fight/flight” reaction to fear. When confronted by a fearful stimulus, an organism can either avoid/run away from it, which is how Boo reacts to Randall at first, or the organism can react with violence, and attack the fearful object, which is what she does near the end. It’s STILL fear that is the driving force for her behavior. This is no different from a scared dog snapping and biting someone who tries to pet it, or a person who is terrified of snakes grabbing a hoe and chopping some little Garter Snake to bits.
Now, if in the sequel, Boo can be FRIENDS with Randall, THEN she will have indeed overcome her fear of him.

While learning that human children aren’t toxic is a good thing from the monsters’ perspective, it wouldn’t hurt them to still have a strong fear of humans in general. Given our own history with others of OUR kind, I don’t think it would bode well for them if they got too complacent about humans. I’d really like to see a situation where an adult human(or humans)actually pose a very REAL threat to the Monster World, and how they would handle that threat. The humans in question, for their part, don’t have to be “mean” or “evil” but more like the dentist in Finding Nemo, who had no clue of how the fish perceived him and actually thought he was doing something GOOD. Most humans, upon seeing some large furry or scaly or slimy creature that is obviously animal but not human, would naturally assume that they were just “lower” animals until they’d had the opportunity to find out that those were sapient, sentient beings as well.

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Personally, I don’t think it was fear which finally compelled Boo to turn on Randall with a baseball bat, but anger, at what he was doing to her beloved kitty. Whatever fear may have been involved was the fear of losing her friend, not of Randall himself.

But, if it makes you happy, we can say instead that what Boo overcame was her fear of standing up to Randall. Is that any good?

(NOTE: If that sounded at all cheeky, I didn’t mean it to. I just don’t like being spoken down to, 'tis all.)

Okay, what’s with all the hate talk? It is a MOVIE. And most people are not teachers, and most people don’t care about Psychology. It’s very important to medicine, even life, but he’s entitled to his opinion too.

Actually, that’s not entirely true, I took a sociology class about a good couple of summers ago and we were asked sociological questions which reminded me alot of the antics of the Joker from the film The Dark Knight…I actually asked my teacher about it and he did say that alot of people within the movie business do look at things such as psychology and sociology and even other sciences as well in order to add to their films so you never know…

Character Designer Harald Siepermann posted the following on his blog:


Look at poor Mike… :mrgreen:

Poor Mike, indeed… xD Thanks totoro!

Haha, I like it! That would be a good running gag to continue into the second movie. Thanks for showing that to us, totoro.

very nice totoro :slight_smile: Is that official? or just something he made for fun?

LOL That poster is the funniest thing I’ve seen all day! And that’s not saying much, because I just got up around 8:30-ish. I also posted a link to that poster on my Facebook profile for some reason…