Animation Addicts Podcast - Disney, Pixar, & Animated Movie Reviews & Interviews | Rotoscopers

It’s Morgan and Mason for a M&M episode, where they review DreamWorks 2002 traditionally animated film Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron. Highlights ■ Main Discussion: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron

■ Who are Kelly Asbury and Lorna Cook?

■ Bryan Adam’s soundtrack. Phil Collins/Tarzan knock off? Gotta love the early 2000s.

■ “Tradigital Animation” – CGI opening scene with the eagle Morgan loves.

■ Matt Damon is channeling his inner Matthew Broderick.

■ Morgan’s motion blur rant.

■ What’s with the colonel in the clouds on the DVD cover?

■ Bryan Adams songs ever few minutes. Do they all sound the same?

■ Little Creek and the painted mare, Rain!

■ Rain’s “death”; not quite on Mufasa level.

■ THE NOD!

■ Listener Twitter Question: What would you rate SPIRIT and why?

■ Mail bag! Michael, Lauren, Geri, Hule, Todge, and Courtney.

Runtime: 1:24:21 20.3 MB Links ■ Watch Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital | Rent

■ Listen to the soundtrack

■ “This Is Me” openings in animation

■ “Run Free” sequence

■ Morgan and Chelsea’s Lilo & Stitch Blu-ray review

■ The Pirate Fairy review

■ Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure

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Morgan, Chelsea, Mason and special guest host Whitney Grace come together to discuss Rankin-Bass's 1982 film The Last Unicorn. Highlights ■ Email from Zora, requesting one of her favorite movies from her childhood.

■ Main Discussion: The Last Unicorn

■ History of Rankin-Bass, adapting this film and the RankinBass.com retro website.

■ First memories, major themes.

■ The red bull doesn't give you wings (and turn you into an alicorn).

■ History of unicorn in folklore. Powers of the unicorn horn.

■ Gotta love the Harpy and crazy Mommy Fortuna.

■ Things get Studio Jiggling on us real fast!

■ List of movies where animals turn into humans and visa versa.

■ The pirate cat is the best part of this movie! He needs his own Saturday morning spinoff cartoon!

■ Deep thoughts with Chelsea: "There are no happy endings because there is no end."; What does the red bull represent?

■ We rate it!

■ Mail bag: Luis, David Lee, Georgina, Adriana, Mike, and Marc.

Runtime: 1:54:05, 30.8MB Links ■ Watch The Last Unicorn: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital | Rent

■ The Last Unicorn Novel

■ Listen to The Last Unicorn novel on Audible

■ Luis Escobar's top 10 lists: Top 10 best animated superhero movies, Top 10 best animated superhero TV shows & Top 10 Disney movies

■ David's DeviantArt account and Elsa drawing

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The people have spoken! The top requested film in 2013 was The Lion King! Go along with Mason, Morgan, and Chelsea as they talk about the iconic film from their childhood! Highlights ■ First impressions and stats: The Lion King vs. Frozen.

■ Story: was this REALLY based on Hamlet? A Mason theory.

■ How can you go wrong with Hans Zimmer, Elton John, and Tim Rice?

■ How does "The Baboon Priesthood" actually work?

■ Scar vs. Mufasa. Why Scar is the prototype of a child predator.

■ Two thumbs WAY way up for the voice acting!

■ "This is worse than when Zazu and Iago took over the Tiki Room!"

■ They should have a deleted scene with "The Birdie Boiler".

■ More reasons why Mufasa is so great.

■ Scar: The lame Pokemon trainer.

■ "Hey look it's Jim Cummings!"

■ The Stampede. Hans Zimmer is the master of mood.

■ Scar should have waited it out and stayed in the lion senate.

■ Mason voices Matthew Broderick.

■ Special bonus Zelda episode coming at you.

■ All of us need a "Remember who you are" moment.

■ The Disney vulture reunion.

■ All this controversy, the merchandise, and our ratings!

■ Voicemail, Twitter question, and mail bag.

■ Bloopers: AKA a bunch of random quotes you thought we missed. Runtime: 1:39:17, 50.8 MB Links ■ Watch The Lion King: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital | Rent

■ The kissing Nala and Simba, anyone?! Eh, eh?

■ `Pump-up Week articles: Is ‘The Lion King’ Disney’s Greatest Movie?, Why ‘The Lion King’ Has the Best Music in Any Disney Movie. Ever., “I’ve Never Seen ‘The Lion King’” and 5 Things You Didn’t Know About ‘The Lion King’. Where To Find The Rotoscopers Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected]. Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575. Find us on the web: rotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views. Visit our sponsors: Audible, Amazon. Where To Find The Hosts Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog; Twitter Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

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Morgan and Chelsea jump right in the the discussion on this unconventional and under-appreciated French film, A Monster in Paris!

Highlights

■ What is going on with PARIS?! The disgusting truth of where all this water came from! Nasty!

■ The film is actually better the second time! Who is this leprechaun-looking dude?

■ Who is Bibo Bergeron? Where is the making of?

■ Animation: They used their money wisely. 

■ Character breakdowns and major plot points.

■ We're learning French as we go.

■ Chelsea talks about her 'American Idol Season 8' experience.

■ The one-hit wonder!

■ It almost went into disturbing territory...

■ The music.

■ We rate it!

 Mail Bag! 

■ Jessica: What educational cartoons did you watch?

■ Sara Costa: How can we contact Whitney of Animated Interviews? @storysequence

■ Peter: The Art and Making of Peanuts Animation.

■ Anja: Frozen, some Norwegian trivia, Morgan's singing, and the Podcast Awards! Runtime: 103.46; 32.7 MB Links ■ Watch A Monster in Paris: Blu-ray | DVD | Digital | Rent

■ A Monster in Paris soundtrack

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It's big and LOUD! The Rotoscopers look into the one and only film from Turner Feature Animation, Cats Don't Dance. Highlights ■ The animation competition in 1997. The age of the musicals.

Highlights

■ Animation quality vs the merchandising!

■ Director Mark Dindal: What happened to him? Seriously... does anyone know?

■ The Aristocats' canon is expanded. The tragic tale of Marie!

■ Chelsea's schedule to stardom.

■ Darla Dimple. Clearly inspired by Shirley Temple.

■ Mason's question and Chelsea's soap box.

■ Why do we care so much about Sawyer?

■ Little Steven Spielberg

■ Yzma and Kronk are recycled

■ We Rate It!

■ Emails from Mike, Andrew Chee, Kynan, Alex Hatch, Mark, Joe T.

■ And of course...bloopers!

Runtime: 1:16:52

Links

■ Kynan's alternate version of the Disney Renaissance.

■ Joe T's Blip Page.

■ Stephen Schwartz and Mumbia Musical.

■ Princess Profiles: Elsa by Gary Wright.

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We kick off the new year by looking back at 2013 at the best moments from the Animation Addicts Podcast. Also, we announce the results of the 2013 Rotoscopers Awards! Sit back and get ready for some good laughs from this past year.

Highlights ■ 1st Annual Rotoscopers' Awards results!

■ Our favorite moments from 2013! Including best intros, funny discussions and random fun you never heard!

■ Voicemails from Jessica, Daniela, Jemma, and Susanna. 

■ Emails from Joshua, Esther, Abraham, Jemma, Michael, Arianne, Anibal, David, Stephanie, MB, Jarlett, Thomas, Shelby, and Lindsay. Runtime: 2:10:00, 63.0 MB Links ■ Animated Music videos: What Makes You Beautiful, Girlfriend, non-Disney Villains.

■ "The Scarecrow".

■ Theory Animation.

■ Wicked as a Disney animated film concept art  & YouTube video.

■ Morgan's suggestions on the History of Animation books & resources: Of Mice and Magic, The World History of Animation & Traditional Animation. Where To Find The Rotoscopers Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected]. Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575. Find us on the web: rotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views. Visit our sponsors: Audible, Amazon. Where To Find The Hosts Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog; Twitter Morgan Stradling: Twitter, Instagram Chelsea Robson: Twitter, Facebook

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It's the most wonderful time of the year! Go along with Chelsea, Morgan and Mason as they dive into the Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer Christmas special by Rankin-Bass!

Highlights ■ There's nothing like a good ol' Christmas Special! We discuss all our favorites including a He-Man tangent.

■ Main Discussion: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

■ The history behind the longest-running Christmas special of all time! Nearly 50 years old!

■ The soundtrack: Composer, Jonnny Marks and "Burl Ives, man, what a snowman!"

■ Communists, mutations, conformists and beware of Mrs. Clause!

■ Changes made to the film over time, Christmas tree forests, characters and lots of cynicism!

■ We rate it!

■  Mailbag!

■ Two requests for Cats Don't Dance!,

 Andreas Deja's blog, Saving Mr. Banks predictions, Incredibles error, Melissa K.always has our back! The Muppets, New interview podcast, Clay Katis is directing Angry Birds & more!

■ We respond to Chad!

■ Get ready for the BEST OF 2013 episode! Send us a voicemail!

■ Bloopers! Morgan snaps at Mason, He-Man, Rudolph R&B Remix, Morgan yells at Chelsea, Duck Dynasty.

Runtime: 1:11:22, 37.3 MB

Links

■ Andreas Deja's Blog

■ Buy The Incredibles on Blu-ray

■ "Best of 2013" voting: www.rotoscopers.com/awards2013

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Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected]. Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575. Find us on the web: rotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views. Visit our sponsors: Audible, Amazon.

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As Frozember comes to a close, join Morgan, Chelsea, and Mason on this EXTENDED review of Disney's Frozen! Highlights ■ White carpet wrap up: Our thoughts and recap of the Frozen world premiere!

■ White carpet YouTube links

■ 30-minute interview with Michael Giaimo, art director of Frozen (part 1, part 2, part 3).

■ Interview with filmmakers of Get a Horse!

■ Directors and producer of Frozen interview the Rotoscopers!

■ Before Dec 31, 2013, we will have a NEW PODCAST!

■ Main Discussion: Frozen

■ It's a musical and everyone liked it!

■ Mason, Morgan, and Chelsea discuss the movie scene by scene, following by discussing the song list.

■ Buy the 2-disc deluxe edition on Amazon.

■ Are you #TeamElsa or #TeamAnna?

■ Rupunzel and Flynn Ryder are looking to do trade.

■ The BIG REVEAL! The BIGGEST SHOCKER OF THEM ALL!

■ Muttonchop Minons.

■ Rules to writing a musical.

■ The Eternal Disney Principle.

■ We have a hit on our hands!

■ We rate it!

■ Voicemails: Jemma, Susanna, Breanna, Ben, and Tim!

■ Frozen-related emails: Jacob Koeppe, Jemma Clark, and K.Y. Runtime: 2:02:28; 60.7 MB Links ■ White carpet YouTube vide playlist

■ Frozen world premiere - photos, videos, interviews & more!

■ Naomi Sequeira from Disney Channel UK

■ Kristen Bell sloth video

■ Funny man Mark Alderson's video and twitter

■ Buy the 2-disc deluxe edition on Amazon

■ Pre-order the Frozen Blu-ray!

■ Frozember and Princess Profiles articles

■ Elsa art by Jake Koeppe Where To Find The Rotoscopers

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Morgan and Mason are joined by Rotoscopers writer Blake Taylor, as they discuss Blake's favorite film Mary Poppins, as well as the upcoming Saving Mr. Banks. Highlights: ■ Breaking tradition and doing our first live-action film!

■ Announcements: Podcast Awards results will be announced in January; 1st Annual Rotoscopers Awards. Voting starts December 1.

■ Main Discussion: Mary Poppins

■ A very LONG movie for kids…it never ends!

■ Story of acquiring the rights and P.L. Traver’s negative reaction to the film.

■ Is May Poppins a witch or fairy? Do Mary Poppins and Nanny McFee belong to the same nanny organization?

■ Mary Poppins: Julie Andrews casting story, Oscar acceptance speech, very serious yet likable,

■ Prequel possibilities: musical or no musical?, Mary and Bert’s backstory, will we see her on Once a Upon A Time?

■ Bert: both narrator and characters, D*** Van Dyke, jack of all trades, his poor accent.

■ Was there a romance between Mary and Bert?

■ The Kids: little monsters, list of conditional love for their nanny.

■ Mr. Banks: so extreme and over the top.

■ Mrs. Banks: suffragette, absurd, never any scene where Mary Poppins and she speak.

■ Originally had 37 songs written.

■ Opening credits sequence, nannies blowing away, Admiral Boom is the worst neighbor ever.

■ “Spoonful of Sugar”: how do the kids have magic?

■ “Jolly Holiday”: penguins, farm animals, “there’ll be no bill”.

■ “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”: real meaning of the word, does Julie Andrews mess up?, syllabic inversion.

■ Uncle Albert and “I Love to Laugh”, Mary Poppins doesn’t even crack a smile.

■ Mary Poppins Broadways. Not on tour anymore.

■ Morgan’s Make-A-Wish wish is to play a Mary Poppins medley in orchestra.

■ Mary Poppins is an assassin.

■ Blake and Mary Poppins’ layers.

■ Saving Mr. Banks: excited?, Oscar worthy?, Tom Hanks interpretation.

■ Voicemails and emails.

■ Mason meets Blake, caught and fired, gnawing at the bit. Runtime: 1:32:43; 47.5 MB Links ■ Scary Mary Trailer

■ Saving Mr. Banks Trailer

■ Watch Mary Poppins: 50th Anniversary Blu-ray | DVD

■ Frozember and Princess Profiles articles Where To Find The Rotoscopers

Questions, comments, suggestions? Send us an email at [email protected]. Send us a voicemail at rotoscopers.com/voicemail or call (406) 646-6575. Find us on the web: rotoscopers.com, twitter, facebook, YouTube, tumblr, instagram, hypable & Animated Views. Visit our sponsors: Audible, Amazon. Where To Find The Hosts Mason Smith: This Animated Life Blog; Twitter

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