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by DElf4242 » Sun Nov 05, 2006 8:39 pm
lizardgirl: Hey,
I said no offense meant! I meant the whole stereotypical British upper-crust-type person, and I'm completely
against stereotypes, so I didn't mean a thing by it.
Don't hurt me.

I said no offense meant! I meant the whole stereotypical British upper-crust-type person, and I'm completely
against stereotypes, so I didn't mean a thing by it.
Don't hurt me.



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by lizardgirl » Mon Nov 06, 2006 8:01 pm
Hmm...Jolly good. I think we've spiffingly cleared this
up, eh, old chap?

up, eh, old chap?

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by The Star Swordsman » Wed Nov 29, 2006 6:36 am
I have had a
debate with a friend about this short about the moral. I think it is even the unique can still be adored. My
friend thinks what goes up must come down. So what is the actual theme to this short?
debate with a friend about this short about the moral. I think it is even the unique can still be adored. My
friend thinks what goes up must come down. So what is the actual theme to this short?

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by lizardgirl » Wed Nov 29, 2006 7:46 pm
The moral, in a sense, is
that if you make fun of others, it will come back around to you. So...I'm screwed.
that if you make fun of others, it will come back around to you. So...I'm screwed.

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by DElf4242 » Thu Nov 30, 2006 2:54 am
TSS: Who's to say that
anything has to have only one moral? There are lot more things that have several
morals than there are things that have just one. For The Birds is both of those, and what lizardgirl said, and
plenty more as well.
anything has to have only one moral? There are lot more things that have several
morals than there are things that have just one. For The Birds is both of those, and what lizardgirl said, and
plenty more as well.

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by Pixel Candy » Sat Jan 27, 2007 5:06 am
Hey, have you ever noticed that the birds in this short film are in the movie Cars? You can
see them during Life Is A Highway, when the camera is passing the telephone lines and you momentarily see those
same birds sitting on the wire and cheeping. I paused it at that point, and they're definitely the same birds.
:)
see them during Life Is A Highway, when the camera is passing the telephone lines and you momentarily see those
same birds sitting on the wire and cheeping. I paused it at that point, and they're definitely the same birds.
:)
Why do I not have the surprised feeling?
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by The Star Swordsman » Sat Jan 27, 2007 7:46 am
Yeah. I noticed that. In fact, when that part in Life Is
A Highway chapter, when I first saw the birds, they automaticly popped into my mind.
A Highway chapter, when I first saw the birds, they automaticly popped into my mind.

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by Mitch » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:35 pm
Heheh -- yeah, I saw the birds the second time I watched
Cars. My sister had to point them out to me, as all I heard were these weird,
high-pitched "squeaks" when the camera flashed by.
Cars. My sister had to point them out to me, as all I heard were these weird,
high-pitched "squeaks" when the camera flashed by.


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by The Star Swordsman » Sat Jan 27, 2007 10:57 pm
What instruments/tools did they use to get the bird
sounds?
sounds?

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by lizardgirl » Sun Jan 28, 2007 3:52 pm
As far as I'm aware, they just used normal dog toys with
squeakers in them.
Cheap, but effective.
squeakers in them.

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by Mitch » Sun Jan 28, 2007 4:08 pm
Heheh -- that's what I thought they were. Squeaky toys
just seemed like the best solution.
I know this is rather off-topic, but in the second disc of the
A Bug's Life dvd, there is a clip/video in there somewhere in which the animators
explain the different types of sounds they used for the film -- they ranged anywhere from kazoos for the queen's
pet aphid...to helicopters for the beat of the grasshoppers' wings. It's really quite interesting.
just seemed like the best solution.

I know this is rather off-topic, but in the second disc of the
A Bug's Life dvd, there is a clip/video in there somewhere in which the animators
explain the different types of sounds they used for the film -- they ranged anywhere from kazoos for the queen's
pet aphid...to helicopters for the beat of the grasshoppers' wings. It's really quite interesting.

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by The Star Swordsman » Sun Jan 28, 2007 7:26 pm
Each bird had a different squeaking sound. I
would imagine they would have to get and use a variety of squeaking toys.
would imagine they would have to get and use a variety of squeaking toys.

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by JesusFreak » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:29 pm
I lvoe
this Short! It's right up there with One Man Band and Geri's Game...I just can't choose!!!
I like their
millisecond cameo in Cars, too.
this Short! It's right up there with One Man Band and Geri's Game...I just can't choose!!!
I like their
millisecond cameo in Cars, too.

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