Now on to the tied-with-
WALL●E-for-my-favorite,
Finding Nemo.
I also think this one is their first flicks where you can really point to the fact that Pixar's movies are not solely for children because the ultimate message of this film is for the adults in the audience:
While you're busy trying to make sure nothing happens to your kids, be sure to allow some things to happen to your kids.The DVD for
Finding Nemo is the only case in which I've found that the fullscreen version of the flick is actually superior to the widescreen version. Generally the top and bottom of your TV would have black bars so the the longer width of the picture can be seen instead of being cropped off to fill the frame. In the case of Finding Nemo, when it came time to do the fullscreen version, Pixar just took the widescreen and extended the picture out above and below to fill the frame. So ultimately there is more animation to view...
Granted, they did this back when TVs had the old aspect ratio, instead of flatscreen HDTV's which are oriented for optimal display of widescreen material, so I'm not sure how well it would translate to an HDTV.
At any rate, I used the fullscreen version for the caps.
Okay, and right away we have A-113 as the model designation on the camera the diver uses to snap a pic of Marlon:
Lots of stuff ends up in the background of Philip Sherman's dental office, starting with a copy of "M is for Monster" on his coffee table:
And several things in the toybox. There are actually a couple of other toys of note in this pic, but are kind of obscure. Take little the wooden plane on the bookshelf, it first appeared in
Toy Story, and then again in
Monsters, Inc., and if it appears in one other flick, I'll post the caps. So I've pointed out the most obviously recognizable toys here - oh, and the Luxo ball...
:
The shipwrecked boat in the aquarium has the mermaid from the short
Knick Knack as it's figure head - although she's not quite as endowed as she was originally:
Hey! Someone posted the unedited version of
Kick Knack on YouTube, so here ya go:
And here's our good pal Crush, the 150-year-old sea turtle (take
that Sandy Plankton!) that rescues Marlon and Dorie from the jellyfish. He is voiced by Andrew Stanton, the guy responsible for both writing and directing the film:
They even made Crush look a little like him, too:
On the cupboard in the background of this shot is a postcard that says "Welcome to Emeryville!" which is where Pixar now has its offices:
And these next shots contain easter eggs from the two features that would follow this one.
First, the kid waiting in in the dentist's office is reading a Mr. Incredible comic book:
And at the end, as Gill and the gang finally escape the aquarium, Luigi from
Cars drives by on the road outside the dentist's office:
And here's Mike Wazowski swimming past through the credits:
Oh, and:
