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This Exists?!
TIL that Disney and Milton Bradley once put out a Lilo & Stitch-themed version of the game Operation. Players act as Jumba, operating on a strapped down Experiment 626! Click here for Amazon’s listing.
In Praise Of Nani
Pasted below are four fantastic quotes detailing why Nani from Lilo & Stitch is one of the BEST Disney characters ever. The quotes were culled from a long and winding Tumblr thread that emerged organically below a small GIFset. (See stills above. See original thread here.)
It’s stuff like this that makes me lose entire afternoons to the internet. Continue reading
Lilo & Stitch Vs. Racist Tourists
This deleted scene from Lilo & Stitch has always impressed me with its attempt to address the casual racism and rudeness often displayed by tourists to Hawaii. But it wasn’t until I was watching this scene again this morning that I noticed another amazing thing about it:
The film’s directors cast themselves as two of the rude racists! Continue reading
It’s Official: Gobber Is Gay
Fox 411 reports: “It wasn’t that deliberate. It was an ad-lib that Craig Ferguson added,” [How to Train Your Dragon 2 writer/director Dean] DeBlois told FOX411. (The talk show host is the voice of Gobber in the film). “I’d written the line ‘This is why I never married.’ And then he had tagged that on to it.” Continue reading
Dean DeBlois Discusses DreamWorks’ Newest Dragon, Cloudjumper
“Cloudjumper was designed to be surprising. We knew that we would have scenes in which Toothless and he would fly together, so we were looking for a bold statement to help differentiate them, even at a distance. I liked the idea of two sets of wings that form an X in the sky. They could be stowed into one another so as to create a surprise reveal.
The First Five Minutes Of ‘HTTYD2’
Dragon racing. Water dragons. A BIPED TOOTHLESS.
How many more days until June 13?!
Related: HTTYD2 concept art
‘How to Train Your Dragon 2’ - Trailer 3
Looks like DreamWorks and director Dean DeBlois are going epic with How to Train Your Dragon 2.
If DeBlois can pull this trilogy off — and after seeing his work in Lilo & Stitch and the original HTTYD, I have faith that he can — Dragons could become the new face of DreamWorks. I don’t know about you, but I think it’s high time DW became famous for something other than Shrek.
Go, Read: Empire Magazine’s Massive Missive On ‘How To Train Your Dragon 2’
Empire Magazine just published a massive, nine page article about the How to Train Your Dragon trilogy. It’s a great read, encompassing the first film’s back-story, as well as what’s in store for audiences in HTTYD 2 and 3. We’re talking full-color film stills, cast & crew interviews, and countless minor and major spoilers. Oh, and the best part? Lots and lots of quotes from director Dean DeBlois!
Go, read!
I’ve Watched Lilo & Stitch Who-Knows-How-Many-Times And I Never Caught This!
Via disney-analysis:
The long text on Stitch’s adoption certificate actually has nothing to do with information about the actual adoption. It is actually a letter of thanks from the directors (Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois) and producer (Clark Spencer) thanking the entire team for their work on the project.
Click through for an enlarged pic of the text, as well as one more bit of L&S trivia hidden on the adoption certificate… Continue reading
HTTYD2: Everybody Has The Poster. Skunk Has The Concept Art
It’s a fact: Skunk & Burning Tires posted last week’s How to Train Your Dragon 2 poster HOURS before Cartoon Brew, Animation Scoop and Animation News Network. Didn’t matter. Folks went elsewhere.
The same thing happened on Friday with the bad news about about the Good Dinosaur layoffs. We reported it HOURS before the bigger sites. The cartoon community’s response? A Google Analytics flatline.
Don’t get me wrong. I GET IT. Skunk is the ugly upstart. We’re new, untested, unfamiliar. Not only that, but humans are creatures of habit. Until Skunk becomes a regular part of your daily browsing, an integral link in your RSS feed, an irrefutable compulsion on par with a Tourette kid’s cussing, you’re gonna go elsewhere.
So here’s what I’m gonna do. I’m gonna woo you. I’m gonna drop you little love notes (news, reviews and the occasional op-ed pieces). I’m gonna give you little gifts (posters, trailers and links to cool ish). I’m gonna lift my metaphorical skirt high enough to pique your literal interest, and then I’m gonna mentally hump your physical brains until I make Skunk & Burning Tires your second (maybe third?) favorite animation website on the net
But for now, howzabout I just give you that HTTYD2 concept art? Continue reading
HTTYD 2 Poster Premiers!
DreamWorks has released the new poster for 2014′s How to Train Your Dragon 2. The film’s director, Dean DeBlois (Lilo & Stitch, HTTYD), described his plans for the sequel at this year’s Comic-Con, saying:
We get to start when the first movie left off, which is now Vikings can fly on the backs of dragons and the entire world is open to them for exploration. Hiccup can now push beyond the known world and expand the map in every direction, and inevitably he has to come to some sort of conflict out there where dragons and humans are at war. We get to the idea that an encroaching threat will find its way to Berk.
Fearsome Night Fury Captured On Film!
Here they are, the FIRST TWO PHOTOS of the elusive Night Fury!
While rumors persist that a young boy from Berk has not only captured, but TRAINED one of these deadly beasts (YEAH, RIGHT!), these are the only known photographs of one in flight.
The team of dragonologists who captured these miraculous pics believe the fearsome Night Fury will pass over North America in the next few weeks. All signs point to NYC on Thanksgiving morning.
Related: THERE’S GOING TO BE A TOOTHLESS BALLOON FOR THE THANKSGIVING PARADE! WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
All-Time Favorites: Lilo & Stitch
It’s a silly, little Disney cartoon about an alien whose spaceship crash lands in Hawaii. So why does it reduce me to a blubbering mess of snot and tears every time I watch it?
Oh, yeah. Cuz it’s also a HEARTBREAKING ODE to the FRAGILITY OF FAMILY and one of the MOST BEAUTIFUL ANIMATED FILMS ever produced.
