"When everybody's Super, no one will be."
See, the whole plot is driven by a guy who can't accept the fact that he's not Super. The lesson is, if you're not Super, know your place.
Sorry. I still love The Incredibles.
Why couldn't Giles have shackles like any self-respecting bachelor?
Xander ,'Beneath You'
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tommyrot - Apr 22, 2009 7:35:27 am PDT #901 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Volans - Apr 22, 2009 7:39:40 am PDT #902 of 30000
move out and draw fire
I love watching it but I hate the message. And I think Brad Bird's opinion of himself must not include the memories of being beaten up for his lunch money by big strong kids who could.
This conversation is getting old though: "And Syndrome has superpowers!"
"No he does not."
"Yes he does!"
"No, that's the whole point of the movie."
"He DOES!!!! He wears black and white and has a cape AND HAS SUPER POWERS!!!!!"
"Just because someone wears a costume they don't have super-powers. He's just really really smart."
"HEEEEE DDOOOOEEESSSSS TTTTOOOOOO!!!!!"
My son, the nascent engineer.
Connie Neil - Apr 22, 2009 7:45:34 am PDT #903 of 30000
brillig
"Just because someone wears a costume they don't have super-powers. He's just really really smart."
One word: Batman.
Tom Scola - Apr 22, 2009 7:45:39 am PDT #904 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
The movie that Bird made before The Incredibles was The Iron Giant. Bird was fired by Warner Bros after he completed the film and before it was released, and it was released with hardly any promotion from the studio.
Bird's seething resentment at the suits at Warner is plastered on thickly in The Incredibles.
Jessica - Apr 22, 2009 7:47:51 am PDT #905 of 30000
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
Bird's seething resentment at the suits at Warner is plastered on thickly in The Incredibles.
So what was his excuse for Ratatouille?
DavidS - Apr 22, 2009 7:50:42 am PDT #906 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Maybe it's time to get Matlida hooked on Emporer's New Groove. It's never too early to introduce kids to the wonder that is Eartha Kitt, even in scary animated form.
Oh, she's already a big fan. Unfortunately, what she's picked up from that movie is how to be a sulky, petulant lama where she tells her mother "Just leave me alone!" in exactly the same voice as David Spade.
Tom Scola - Apr 22, 2009 7:50:47 am PDT #907 of 30000
Mr. Scola’s wardrobe by Botany 500
So what was his excuse for Ratatouille?
That's just smug superiority.
Polter-Cow - Apr 22, 2009 7:51:48 am PDT #908 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Unfortunately, what she's picked up from that movie is how to be a sulky, petulant lama where she tells her mother "Just leave me alone!" in exactly the same voice as David Spade.
Llama faaaaaaace.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 22, 2009 8:04:32 am PDT #909 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oh, she's already a big fan. Unfortunately, what she's picked up from that movie is how to be a sulky, petulant lama where she tells her mother "Just leave me alone!" in exactly the same voice as David Spade.
Hilarious, though I'm sure it's not for JZ most of the time. Her role model should have been Patrick Warburton.
JZ - Apr 22, 2009 8:20:50 am PDT #910 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Nope, she's all about the petulance. Well, that and the little mi-mi-mi-mi-mi llama cryface.
Mister Spade, you and I have a score to settle. You broke my baby.