Evening Reading: Mike Wazowski

June 18, 2009 5:00 PM

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After catching Up recently, I was inspired to rewatch Monsters, Inc. last night. Considering it was released in 2001, the visuals still hold up, and the writing is unsurprisingly as solid as ever. Feel free to bring that and The Incredibles to Blu-ray whenever you want, Pixar.

The real question is, how far will I take this? Do I dare rewatch Toy Story 1 & 2? I mean, that's, like, 14-year-old and 10-year-old CGI, respectively. I'm so very tempted, but I'm afraid of destroying my previous rose-tinted memories. Anyways, onto today's news:

LucasArts looking to re-release more classics
Some new Halo 3: ODST screenshots
Empire: Total War patch coming Monday
Dawn of War 2 getting huge update
America's Army developers laid off
A new Xbox 360 next year?

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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Fredrik S

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June 18, 2009 5:01 PM

they still hold up, chris.
- cryptical
  
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  June 18, 2009 5:18 PM
  
  That shouldn't even be an issue. Does the animation in Fantasia still hold up? Of course it does, and that's over 50 years old.
  - Korban
    
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    June 18, 2009 5:19 PM
    
    hand drawn animation is a lot different from computer animation in regards to what's being talked about
    - cryptical
      
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      June 18, 2009 5:31 PM
      
      true, but that's why Pixar is the best at what they do. Their movies hold up great over time while others don't.
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      June 18, 2009 8:51 PM
      
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      - Korban
        
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        June 19, 2009 12:17 AM
        
        no... VERY true, no matter how far you go back. if you know what you're talking about
        
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        June 19, 2009 1:04 AM
        
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        Korban
        
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        June 19, 2009 7:49 AM
        
        i never said that. i said the hand drawn animation is a lot different from computer animation in regards to what's being talked about. there's no arguing with this.
        
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        June 19, 2009 10:44 AM
        
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- Halen
  
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  June 18, 2009 5:21 PM
  
  yeah, I still find them amazing
- Zero|DPX
  
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  June 18, 2009 5:21 PM
  
  Monsters Inc. is probably my second-favorite Pixar film (after The Incredibles).
- beanman101283
  
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  June 18, 2009 6:46 PM
  
  Aye, I just rewatched Toy Story 1 and 2 a couple weeks ago, and they hold up quite well.
- SiW.
  
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  June 18, 2009 6:56 PM
  
  The classic stories in Toy Story 1 and 2 still hold up. And as the animation is classic, that still holds up too.
  
  If you're at all interested in computer graphics you'll notice how sparse the first movie looks in comparison to later CG movies and you may even recognize some common procedural texture patterns, but this doesn't hamper the movies at all. Toy Story is still my favorite Pixar movie.
  
  I still hate Randy Newman though.
  - Old_Fart
    
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    June 19, 2009 12:45 AM
    
    but do you love L.A. ?