The First Real Trailer for Disney-Pixar’s Brave Is Here!
As you’d expect, it looks like a great film, and absolutely beautiful as well. And it will be very refreshing to finally see a Pixar film with a female protagonist. I love that Craig Ferguson has a...
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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The folks over at Pixar & Disney have released a new clip for Brave, and what’s on display warms this archery coach’s heart. It’s obvious that the...
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A GeekDad Visits Pixar
Recently I was given the rare privilege of visiting Pixar as part of the promotional campaign for their new film Brave, which opens June 22. In addition to preview screenings of the Oscar-nominated...
View ArticleBrave Combines Archery and Gestures on Wii, PS3 and 360
Now I’m up to speed with the ins and outs of archery, after reading Jim MacQuarrie’s post about the Brave film trailer, I watched the trailer for the related game with some interest. The focus here is...
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Making Brave: From Page to Screen
Pixar has been making feature-length computer-animated films since Toy Story in 1995, and all of them have been artistic and popular successes; the latest is Brave, which is notable for being both...
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Making Brave: Pixar’s Katherine Sarafian
Merida steps between her father and the other Lords. As part of my visit to Pixar in April, I got to sit down in a roundtable discussion with Brave Producer Katherine Sarafian to talk about the film,...
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Making Brave: Pixar’s Katherine Sarafian (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Merida steps between her father and the other Lords. As part of my visit to Pixar in April, I got to sit down in a roundtable discussion with Brave Producer Katherine Sarafian to talk about the film,...
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La Luna, the Short Before Pixar’s Brave, Is a Homage to Family
Over the years, Pixar has made a point of including certain elements in its films (such as the voice of John Ratzenberger and the Pizza Planet truck, both of which will be found in Brave). One such...
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Brave Director Talks About the Pixar Process
Mark Andrews discusses his work on Brave. Photo: Pixar Mark Andrews has worked in animation and live-action as a storyboard artist, story supervisor, writer, and even as a voice actor, including The...
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Does “Brave Workout” Contradict Cartoon’s Positive Role Model?
A key early scene from BRAVE. As MERIDA shoots an arrow, her parents QUEEN ELINOR and KING FERGUS look on, along with other astounded Scottish men. (Photo: (C)2012 Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved)...
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Brave Director Talks About the Pixar Process (GeekDad Weekly Rewind)
Mark Andrews discusses his work on Brave. Photo: Pixar Mark Andrews has worked in animation and live-action as a storyboard artist, story supervisor, writer, and even as a voice actor, including The...
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Brave Is Bad Storytelling for Boys and Girls! (Spoiler Free)
Recently, Chris Routly stood up and said something. Over at Slate, Seth Stevenson has a good piece on how this stay-at-home dad helped encourage Kimberly Clark to change a recent Huggies ad campaign....
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Revealed: Brave Hidden Surprises
The Pizza Planet truck first appeared in Toy Story. Fans of Disney-Pixar’s feature films know that the filmmakers will sneak little hidden items (called “Easter Eggs”) into each film, usually...
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Brave: The Video Game Gets Mom Gaming
We try a lot of different games on Family Gamer TV, and we try them out on lots of different families. This week we teamed up with Disney to bring Brave: The Video Game to one of our new gaming...
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The 15 Best (or Worst) Pixar Movies of All Time Ranked
With the release of Inside Out giving Kleenex stock a boost, a discussion began to brew behind the scenes here at GeekDad HQ. What’s your favorite Pixar film? What’s your least favorite? What’s your...
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Happy Father’s Day from Disney/Pixar’s Brave
Copyright Disney/Pixar The relationship with our father shapes us as we grow. Our dads teach us to be brave even in the face of complete uncertainty and give us the tools to change our fate. Happy...
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La Luna: Pixar’s latest animated short is a masterpiece
©Disney/Pixar. All Rights Reserved. The latest Pixar animated short La Luna, written and directed by Enrico Casarosa, is nothing short of a masterpiece. La Luna is the longest ever Pixar short at 7...
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Disney/Pixar gets Brave
As an avid Pixar fan who has seen all of the Pixar films so many times that I have the scripts memorized, I have been waiting, patiently, for Brave for some time now. I have savored every teaser...
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Pixar Was Brave to Keep the Accent
Image: Walt Disney Studios I gave up on trying to take notes in the dark fairly early on as I watched Brave, but one of the few I did manage was, “a princess donea stuff her gob.” Why was that...
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EPCOT’s Brave Highland Games Tournament Play Area: For a Limited Time!
Yesterday a geeky dad (and Scottish descendant) I know was kind enough to send me pictures of The Highland Games Tournament attraction at Walt Disney World’s EPCOT, celebrating the release of...
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