I remember reading somewhere that the first opportunity Cliff Curtis had to play a Maori was in Whale Rider, years into his career.

I really enjoyed him in Push.

I remember reading somewhere that the first opportunity Cliff Curtis had to play a Maori was in Whale Rider, years into his career.

He was in Once Were Warriors 8 years before Whale Rider.

PC-so it's one movie per season, then?

ita, I believe so. It's going to be a trilogy, and there are three seasons. I'm pretty sure I read or heard that the first movie is the first season, for sure; I don't know whether they confirmed the obvious assumption about the other two. They haven't cast any of the characters introduced in the second season.

Yeah. I didn't think the animated characters were stunningly Asian, so I'm not totally down the with the Race!FAIL. I am somewhat Martial Arts!Fail, because the kid playing Aang comes out of karate, which is about as far from airbending as you can get.

But whatever, I have ceded my bitching rights and set up my lawnchair next to amych and GC.

ION, we just got back from Up. I'm not sure what I think. My initial impressions are that it was a movie for adults, especially mid-lifers, nsm for kids. And it was kind of anvilly. And didn't need to be. And I sobbed like a baby, but didn't laugh enough to offset the sobbing. However, if the previews are any indication of what the non-Pixar world holds for kids movies, Up was freaking brilliant.

Mal seemed to like it, although parts were a little intense. He loved the house taking off, and is mulling over the dogs. He really really loved the short at the start of the movie (so did we), but I think the movie as a whole overloaded him a bit.

He's now taking solace in They Might be Giants Here Come the ABCs.

Oh, and we think the developer boss might have been a nod to Feathers McGraw from Wallace and Gromit.

And I sobbed like a baby, but didn't laugh enough to offset the sobbing.

That's a good description of how I feel. Yeah, I cried, but I know full well I was manipulated into it. I did laugh and laugh at most of the dog bits.

Yeah, I cried, but I know full well I was manipulated into it

I did make a mental note to joke that Carl needed to throw some anvils out of his house.

LOVED the dogs.

Things like this made me think of Airbender as predominantly Asian-populated.

As long as the kid isn't doing karate in the movie I don't care what art he studies in his own time.

Things like this made me think of Airbender as predominantly Asian-populated.

Oh, the world is without a doubt predominantly Asian-populated. The Air Nomads are based on Tibetan monks, and the Earth and Fire Nations are sort of a mix of Chinese and Japanese cultures. The Water Tribes are based on Inuits.

okay, this is the kind of stuff I just love.

hans solo, p.i.

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