Great, Detailed List of Pixar In-Jokes and Easter Eggs
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I am almost totally caught up on the films of 2007. The only major awards contender I haven't seen yet is Pixar's Ratatouille. Damn you Netflix and your "Very Long Wait" status! I've heard great things though, and now I've got an added reason to check out the DVD. Over at JimHillmedia, a Disney-focused news site, a reader wrote in: "Can you please help me win a bet at work? A co-worker of mine says that WALL-E makes a brief cameo appearance in Ratatouille. More importantly, this guy has bet me $100 that I'll never ever be able to find that robot in this movie." (WALL-E is the title character of Pixar's next film -- WALL-E.) The post answers that question and adds a really neat compilation of lots of the "cameos," in-jokes, and easter eggs in Pixar shorts and features.It seems there are all kinds of callbacks and interconnections in the Pixar universe, and you fans of the films should definitely check out the site. It will help you watch the movies with fresh eyes. Some of the crossovers are very fast and will require a pause button. For example, the birds from the Pixar short "For the Birds" appear in Cars...for a tenth of a second. Others are much easier to spot. Look carefully at those toys in Monsters, Inc. and you'll see some old friends. A boy at the dentist in Finding Nemo is reading an Incredibles comic. And did you know that a "Pizza Planet" truck drives through each and every Pixar feature? Oh, and by the way, it sounds like that guy who wrote in to the site was duped. if you want to find WALL-E, he's not in Ratatouille, just the disc's special features. Rats!
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12-10-2007 @ 5:47PM
Chuck said...
I am a Netflix user too and for popular titles like that just go check out redboxdvd.com and go to your nearest Mickey D's and pick it up.....This is not an ad... : )
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12-11-2007 @ 1:07AM
Carlos said...
or just move over to Blockbuster - they are just as fast and you can walk in to any blockbuster and exchange your mailer for what ever new release you want (up to 5 in-store exchanges per month free) - they are always in stock of the new stuff.
This is the major reason I dropped Netflix - the wait was ridiculous for some films
12-11-2007 @ 11:57AM
kevjohn said...
Thank goodness. I thought I was the only movie fan who hasn't seen that Rat movie yet. Let's hold hands, Patrick.
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