Blah-blah Great Voice Talent Ho-Hum Dazzling Animation Yadda Yadda Funny Jokes Ish-Ka-Bibble Fantasical Adventure.
We're onto your formula, Pixar! *shakes fist*
Posted by Samprimary (Member # 8561) on :
They seriously just need to replace "Best Animated Picture Award" with "The Movie Pixar Made This Year Award"
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Ah, hubris.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Is Is-Ka-Bibble a real phrase? I thought I made it up in 7th grade (or maybe co-made it up with a friend), but maybe said friend heard it elsewhere.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Mythbusters has forever spoiled the flying-with-balloons thing for me. Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
Zach claimed he made it up, but then found it in a very old "Captain Marvel" comic book, which he showed us. The actual quote from the comic book was "Ishkabbible Hatrack." I don't have any idea what the context was.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
Oh God I actually remember that.
Posted by Nighthawk (Member # 4176) on :
quote:Originally posted by ketchupqueen: Mythbusters has forever spoiled the flying-with-balloons thing for me.
Didn't they prove that it was plausible? Not to mention that there's documented proof of someone actually doing it?
quote:They seriously just need to replace "Best Animated Picture Award" with "The Movie Pixar Made This Year Award"
I think that, when it comes time to create the Oscar statuettes, they should just send one to Pixar no questions asked. We don't need the category; lord knows the ceremony could use some shortening!
Posted by Starsnuffer (Member # 8116) on :
Knowing just how feasible it is to take flight with balloons spoils it for you? I love the fact that I know what it would take to fly myself with balloons.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
The fact that it's impossible doesn't make you sad, or are you light like that little girl?
Posted by Elmer's Glue (Member # 9313) on :
But it's plenty possible.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
I thought the result was that it only worked on a little girl, because there was a limit on how many balloons you could fill up fast enough to lift a grown man. (Larry the Lawn Chair guy was using Weather balloons, which would work but aren't what's being used in Up™, from what I understand)
Posted by Puffy Treat (Member # 7210) on :
It's a fantasy cartoon, not a science documentary. Pixar is fudging things in favor of a stunning visual. Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Yeah, their result was that they had to fill a whole warehouse full of balloons, in order to lift a 3 year old girl.
Posted by Raymond Arnold (Member # 11712) on :
quote:Originally posted by Puffy Treat: It's a fantasy cartoon, not a science documentary. Pixar is fudging things in favor of a stunning visual.
Oh I'm not doubting that at all. Just commenting on the discussion of real world physics and whether Mythbusters ruined our childhood fantasies or not.
Posted by Alcon (Member # 6645) on :
Actually it's highly possible and is evolving into a sort of hobby called cluster ballooning:
Which actually claims that Mythbusters tried it with weather balloons and showed it was possible. One of the shows members rose to 30 feet on a tether.
Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :
The only mythbusters that I know of that disproved a myth with helium was filling a rubber raft, and throwing a football full of helium.
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