Toy Story fan commentary - 10.20.2008

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#201

Sorry I’m so late with responding to everyone. xD

First commentary- Wow, I thought this one turned out really great, ESPECIALLY considering we were mostly unprepared. We’re all starting to sound a lot more relaxed and natural, I think, and there was a good mix of information and just spantanious things. I really enjoyed it.

Rachel- You were really great as usual, I thought. You did sound a lot more relaxed, and your voice is just lovely, although I know I’ve already said that before. You did a really great job. ^^

Peter- Yeah, you made some really nice contributions to this one. I liked the little tidbit on the sound…as I’ve never owned a Mac, I would’ve never known that otherwise.

Andy- You did a really great job, WAY better then I did in my first commentary. xD You have a really easy voice to listen to, and you sounded really relaxed. I enjoyed listening to you.

Second commentary- Hahaha, this one was fun to do. It was a lot more random and just funny, I really enjoyed listening to it. I was REALLY tired at that point, though, and I think it definitely shows. xD

Netbug009- You were a lot of fun to chat with, and you brought a lot of energy to the commentary, I thought. I really liked your comments about the soundboards and such, and your voice is really great too. You did a great job.

Andy- Yeah, I think you were having some technical difficulties during this commentary, since I couldn’t understand some of what you said…but I’m sure once you get a new headset, that will go away. ^^

Oh, and thanks so much for the compliments, everyone! :slight_smile:

I have to say, I’m really pumped for the Toy Story commentary at this point. I think we’ve all been practicing really hard, and we’ve all improved so much, I can see it just being a blast. Once the date is set, I’ll start my research on it.

#202

Wow, fantastic work everyone! Here’s my two cents:

1st commentary

Lightning: I liked your emphasis on the word ‘practice’ in your intro, though I think that all these practices can actually be considered ‘official’ ones for the shorts. Regarding your confusion on Linguini appearing in Lifted, I didn’t really make the connection when I watched Ratatouille after Lifted, but it must be funny for people who did and were wondering why is the ‘garbage boy’ having a cameo in an alien abduction sequence. :smiley: I also like the “cartoony, yet not quite cartoony sort of style.” And I also agree the score rocks.

Peter: Now I know how to pronounce your username. After I heard you mention they used a Mac system sound, I went to check my Sound Alerts under System Preferences, and there it was: Hero! That’s so cool, I switched my alert to that sound after playing it. Now I’ll think of Lifted every time my computer alerts me. :slight_smile: And yeah, when I watched it at the cinema, the crash just rumbled the entire theatre!

JesusFreak/Andy: Cool, you share the same name as the kid in Toy Story! It’s nice to hear a new voice. My theatre and friends had similar reactions, they were hysterical! And I agree that Pixar is genius at facial expressions and body language, they’re really great at conveying the characters’ thoughs and feelings!

Rachel: Although I knew they were gonna originally portray humans as blobs in Wall-E, I didn’t know that the aliens in Lifted were a practice run for that! It’s also interesting to note the similar sci-fi themes of both the short and the next film, so maybe it was foreshadowing or a simple ‘test drive’ on Pixar’s part. Thanks for pointing out Tinny! “*rse crack”…haha! I pronounce it “*ss” or plain “butt”. And I like Giacchino’s work too. If that orchestral piece used in Up’s trailer is his work for the film’s soundtrack, I can’t wait to hear what he has in store!

2nd commentary

Netbug: Your voice sounds so cheerful and confident! For some reason your voice reminds me of Miley Cyrus (if you’re not really a fan of her, I hope you’re not offended, laugh out loud! I know some people who think she’s overrated). And you speak real confident and fast too! I’m not exactly an expert on American accents, but are you from somewhere South?
I liked your relating of your personal experience to the soundboard in the short. I love Pixar’s pantomime too, it’s actually quite fun to rewatch their films on mute and try to guess what they’re saying and feeling just from their actions and body language. And I understand how it feels to have someone beat you at your own game, it can either feel really depressing or inspiring, depending on how you look at it. And I didn’t notice the mailbox flag drop or its sound… talk about real subtle humour!

Jesus Freak: I thought Lifted was more funny than Presto too, but for sheer inventiveness and creativity, Lifted beats it hands-down! Presto was a little predictable. Still didn’t keep me from laughing though, and it induced more chuckles from me than Presto. Again, I agree with you on the fantastic body language, I like how the trainee alien puckers his lips or scrunches his eyelids, or how the examiner maintains a deadpan expression or lifts an eyebrow. It’s amazing! How’d they do that?

LightningEclipse: I didn’t laugh as much for Presto as I did for Lifted, but I thought it was much more insane and hyper by a mile! “I’m just a fan of cartoony expressions.” Then you must like the classics like Chuck Jones and the old Disney shorts.

Laugh-out-loud, you guys keep interrupting each other!

Like at 1:12, Netbug and JesusFreak interrupt

dead silence

1:21 Then JesusFreak and Lighning interrupt. :laughing:

There are other funny and random comments too, like:

2:46 “Aliens and robots” -Netbug

     "The two best things that ever exist...almost" -Lightning

     "Almost." - Netbug

2:57 “Oh man.” - Netbug (For some reason I laughed at the way she said it)

4:02 The girls start to coo over the alien.

4:10 “I’m sorry I’m going into sappy girly mode” -Lightning

4:47 “Why do I have the subtitles on?” -Netbug

Anyway, nice work all round. Toy Story commentary, here we come!

#203

xD How did you know?! I love both those things, actually, although I unfortunately don’t see the old Disney shorts very often. I’m a big fan of Chuck Jones, though.

…In fact, I’m such a ‘facial expressions geek’, I watch a full hour of Tom and Jerry everyday on mute just to stare at the facial expressions. As someone who hopes to be an animator one day, I consider that hour “educational.” xD But, I’m getting off topic.

Ha, that was the most fun part of the commentary for me, because in the first commentary I had to restrain myself from getting all sappy over this alien, but in the second one Netbug enabled me, so I got to have my fun. xD

Thanks for the compliments, by the way. ^^

What’s even funnier about that one is why the heck does Lifted even have subtitles in the first place? There’s no dialog! xD

I think the funniest moments were before the commentary, though, when we kept screwing the intro up. Oh, and I’m sorry Andy, but the ending when we lost you really made me laugh.

Me: Well, this has been Lightning Eclipse!

Netbug: And this has been Netbug! …

dead silence

Peter turns off the recording device, and ten more seconds of silence occur

Me:…Uhhh…

we all hear a ‘ping’ sound, and we check Skype only to see Andy has dropped out of the convo

Netbug:…We lost Andy!! xD

I felt bad, but we all had a pretty good laugh over it. xD Yeah, it was a fun commentary.

Indeed, can’t wait for Toy Story! ^^ bounces I hope I don’t annoy everyone in my most likely hyperactive state when we do it.

#204

JesusFreak - You should really listen to the practices - how else will you know what you sounded like and how to improve? But that’s just my advice… (Not saying you necessarily need improvement, but you know.)

Lightning Eclipse - Oh, thanks for the feedback. I don’t recall you saying I had a lovely voice, so that’s nice to hear. =) I thought the funniest part of the commentary was when there was silence when Andy should have been there, heheh.

thedriveintheatre - I was trying to say “ass” but my pervasive Australian accent stopped me, and it turned out as “arse,” I guess. Ha-ha! Thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it! =)

#205

Everyone - Mitch had the idea of doing two commentaries for WALL-E and two commentaries Ratatouille. I’m all for it (I’m not sure how this will fit in with the current preferencing/ranking system though). Perhaps we should do two commentaries for other Pixar films too. What do you think?

#206

I think that is a good idea. It shouuld work for the other films as well. Would it be possible for someone to participate in both commentaries for the same movie?

#207

Sounds okay to me. I don’t mind people participating twice… could give them a second chance to say stuff they missed the first time round.
And I can’t wait for the Wall-E and Ratatouille commentaries! Although we still haven’t got Toy Story done yet… :neutral_face:

#208

I guess it would be possible for someone to participate in both commentaries for the same movie, if their schedule permits it. There also has to be room for someone to participate twice: we first have to give everyone who wants to participate a chance to participate once.

I don’t have the schedules of Pixar.rocks and JesusFreak yet, but it looks like we’ll have to wait at least until December before all seven commentators and substitutes are available for the Toy Story commentary. We may end up doing WALL-E or Ratatouille first.

#209

I’m sorry guys but you’ll have to go without me , i don’t even have time to pass here anymore… :confused: Just go ahead and have fun ! :wink:

#210

That’s a shame, Pixar.rocks! I guess you must be pretty busy right now. There’s something about this time of year, I swear! Well, I hope you might be able to join us in any future commentaries.

#211

Peter- Unfortunately, I probably won’t have the WALL-E DVD untill Christmas, so I’m not sure when we could do that one…I mean, I don’t want to feel like I’m holding the commentary back or anything, but that’s the one movie I want to comment on REALLY REALLY badly, you know? ^^;

As for the two commentaries thing, I think that’s a good idea. nodnod Gives other people a chance to participate, and other people a chance to mention things they might have missed.

#212

I’m in favour of the two commentaries per movie thing, especially with WALL•E and Ratatouille since they seem to be the ones people really want to be in. The rest of the films can be decided on a case by case basis depending on how much demand there is for it.

People may be able to commentate on the same movie more than once, but the people who haven’t done that movie before would get preference… At least that’s what I gathered from what Peter said.

Pixar.rocks - I was looking forward to participating in a commentary with you, but if you are busy at this time, then maybe in the future when you have some more free time you could come back and see what commentaries we are planning next.

#213

That’s too bad Pixar.rocks. There really is something with schools and really piling on the work at this time of the year.

Lightning Eclipse - We may not be able to do a WALL-E commentary before Christmas. However, if we are able to do it before Christmas, there may be a way around the problem of not having the DVD yet.

#214

Yep, ditto what Rachel said, two commentaries per movie when a movie is particularly popular means that no-one misses out unnecessarily. And it’d also be interesting to see how the different commentaries go for the same film.

Yeah, I’ve only just realised that even when I do get WALL-E on DVD, I won’t be able to play it on my laptop, because it’s not Blu-ray compatible. Unless you can play Blu-ray DVDs in normal DVD players? I’m not sure about this. But either way, there’s an alternative method, as Peter pointed out.

#215

We’re going to try to record a Toy Story commentary at 02:30 on November 22 UTC (Which may be Friday or Saturday, depending on your time zone). I apologize for posting this quite late. I know that TSS and Netbug will probably be busy at this time, so our chances of actually recording the commentary are slim.

TSS and Netbug - 24 hours before the time above, could you update us on your statuses (available or busy)? If you both will be available, then we’ll go ahead with the commentary.

Edit: This has been canceled. See my next post.

#216

I’ll make sure to let you know. I’m sorry to be one of the folks causing a delay. Bolt comes out that day and… well… plans overlapped. o.o;

#217

Things aren’t really looking good for me on that day Peter. I’m sorry. :cry:

#218

I guess waiting one more day probably won’t change things, so I’ll cancel what I said in my previous post. We’ll just do Toy Story later. How does breaking Toy Story up into two groups sound? If we did that, then it’ll be easier to schedule, and more people would be able to participate. We could even do some WALL-E or Ratatouille commentaries first.

#219

I don’t think the issue is that too many people want to join the Toy Story commentary, the issue is trying to co-ordinate times with seven people. So I’d say that making another Toy Story commentary wouldn’t be necessary. You’d be better of using that time to plan either the WALL•E or Ratatouille commentary. But hopefully in early December we could get this done. And I plead with people to please be more flexible with times if they can help it.

#220

Yeah, that’s true…well, in any case, I’m cool with whatever you guys want to do. Doing the WALL*E or Ratatoullie commentaries first sounds cool with me, since those are both in my top 2. :slight_smile: But, again, whatever you all want to do.