Sotiris wrote:Honestly, I didn't like the teaser. The teaser for the original (and for Monsters Inc. for that matter) functioned like a snapshot into the lives of the characters and the world they inhabit. It gave us a taste of the characters' personalities and the overall conceit of the film in a brief yet fun and effortless way. Whereas this is more meta with the Incredibles logo in there and Bob looking into the camera. It also feels less inspired and original as it's basically recycling the scene in the movie where Jack-Jack discovers his powers.
In my opinion the teaser wasn't bad, but I agree with you that the teasers Pixar used to do for the early films were much better. They were like little shorts, and as you said, they were good representations of what we could expect from the films. I was always really looking forward to seeing the teaser for the next movie, and to the actual movie after seeing it.
Kyle wrote:JeanGreyForever wrote:
Does he? The family just sees that something is happening up in the sky when Jack-Jack is taken by Syndrome, but they can't tell what.
I guess an argument can be made that he was too far to be seen clearly enough...the cutting to the close up of their faces just kinda lead me to think they were clearly seeing him mutate.
I always thought they don't find out he has powers, but it isn't made too clear in the film whether or not they do. According to Brad Bird, however, the family doesn't discover it in the first film. This is from the last D23 Expo:
Bird also noted that the first movie ended without the family knowing that Jack Jack has powers, and they’re planning to have fun with that (as we soon saw in a clip described below). He also reminded the crowd that the Parr family house was destroyed at the end of the first movie, so they get a new house: one part home, one part superhero lair. It’s a midcentury modern design, complete with all kinds of sharp corners.
Source: http://www.slashfilm.com/the-incredible ... -from-d23/
Kyle wrote:Sotiris wrote:It's really odd and inconsistent they're dropping the definite article 'the' from the title of the sequel while retaining it in the original. What's up with that?
My guess? They wanted to simplify things. The first one was two words. They didn't want it to go to three if you count the number, so they chopped of the "the". Not only is it easier to say, it allows them to make the logo larger than if it still had an extra word.
I thought of that possibility too. And, maybe this is silly, but it also occurred to me that it could be a play on words with "Incredibles too", perhaps in reference to other characters in the film. After all, they said at D23 that there'll be more superheroes in the film:
As for the story, Bird remained tight-lipped. He said we’ll meet some superheroes who rival the Incredibles themselves and some…not so much.
Source: http://www.slashfilm.com/the-incredible ... -from-d23/