Sunday, September 5, 2010

Am I Really That Fat?

17. Pixar Does Good Work
It's funny to think that both these movies were known to exist nearly two years ago, but I guess that's just the way Pixar does things. Well, Toy Story 3 was predictably amazing, but as of now, Cars 2 is still about eight months away. As the comic implies, I still don't see anything "important and worthwhile" about the film's premise, but that's certainly not to say I don't have faith in John Lasseter. He seems to have a lot of passion for Cars as a franchise, so I'm confident this movie will be entertaining at the least. My problem is that the movie sounds like a feature-length version of the Cars Toon series. Obviously it's not fair to judge a film by a two-sentence summary, so I'll just have to wait and see what Pixar comes up with.
 As to the Masterpiece itself, people seem to have trouble understanding what actually happens in this strip, which I think is due to the copied panels leaving all the acting up to the characters' faces. So, my bad. Here is how it's intended to be taken: Buzz has just mentioned Pixar's rule about having a perfect story for a sequel, when who should show up but Lightning McQueen, the guy with the seemingly frivolous sequel coming out, which creates an awkward moment where Buzz and Woody aren't sure what to say to him.
 Art notes:
- I increased the length of Woody's legs about three times before he looked the right height next to Buzz.
- Lightning's eyes are the same in both panels, but the altered mouth gives them completely different meanings.

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