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By: Mike Dresser

Mike Dresser — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:46:57 +0000

One thing I just noticed, re-watching it: though they make some effort to blur objects in the distant background (obscuring them with some fog-like haze), the depth of focus is stretches unnaturally far off into the distance. Being able to pick out tiny details at distance is, especially to this myopic observer, a bit freaky.

On the whole, I’m reminded of paper cut-outs, like a children’s pop up book. Or Monty Python.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 04:15:00 +0000

I’m beginning to see what Amanda Mae is getting at with respect to the “weirdly Victorian feel” — but it feels weirdly Victorian by way of David Cronenberg to me. Which is not necessarily a bad thing.

But it doesn’t especially make me want to fly United.

By: Dave Vogt

Dave Vogt — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 02:39:55 +0000

Disney’s The Little Mermaid?

By: Amanda Mae Meyncke

Amanda Mae Meyncke — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 16:25:50 +0000

The more organ in the world, the BEST.

Also, has a weirdly Victorian feel to it, can’t put my finger on why.

By: Sheila Ryan

Sheila Ryan — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:31:50 +0000

It calls to mind the second “Pirates of the Caribbean” film. Something to think about on the next flight out of LAX, for instance — when the plane makes that swing out over the ocean. Davy Jones’s Locker.

By: Doc

Doc — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:05:37 +0000

c’est fantastique!
absolutely flawless animation…

and yes – redford is reading the end tag.

By: Lenka Reznicek

Lenka Reznicek — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:32:55 +0000

Fascinating – I thought the same thing about this commercial, and I also can’t quite place my finger on what I find disturbing about it. It actually does remind me of an animation version of the room-sized Rube Goldberg-esque “music machines” at the House On The Rock in Spring Green, Wisconsin, made with elaborate figurines, lights, bells and whistles on automated organ mechanisms.

By: Cindy Scroggins

Cindy Scroggins — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 19:02:08 +0000

Think how much better it would be with some cowbell.

By: Tiffany Smith

Tiffany Smith — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:36:01 +0000

It’s people like you who make such shenanigans necessary. You can’t expect the poor television to compete with your laptop without going to extremes!

By: Mike Dresser

Mike Dresser — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:56:42 +0000

“Bah humbug,” he added, smacking a sucker from a toddler’s hand.

It’s pretty, just…not what I expected to see when I looked up past the laptop.