Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/w/news/2013/10/01/first-look-at-combat-carl-from-pixars-toy-story-of-terror/" target="_blank"><b>10/1/13: First Look at Combat Carl from Pixar's 'Toy Story of Terror'</b></a>
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Trying to check online reviews for tonight. Apparently it is recommended for families of all age groups. Introduces 2 new characters: Lego Bunny and Cat PEZ Dispenser with a laugh out loud moment. Tonight ABC 7p.m.Central Time
Originally Posted By basil fan If you missed it (like me), you can catch it again here: October 19th, 8pm EDT - ABC Family October 20th, 7:30pm EDT - ABC Family October 25th, 8pm EDT - Disney Channel October 26th, 11am EDT - Disney Channel October 28th, 7:30pm EDT - Disney XD October 29th, 7pm EDT - Disney XD October 30th, 7:30pm EDT - Disney Junior October 31st, 5pm EDT - Disney Junior November 27th, 9:45pm EDT - Disney Channel Great Mouse Detective Sightings <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/basil/sightings.html">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...ngs.html</a>
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Cat PEZ Dispenser with a laugh out loud moment<< If they're referring to what I think they're referring to ... No.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Yeah sorry about using that review on LP. Did anybody watch this? I watched it because I really expected it to be good. When will I learn to stop believing... in a word that probably does not exist= Disney. Congratulations it is now Igerland.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub And that should be more than enough to expect nowadays... As long as it is better than CARS2 setting a new low for Igerworld/land.
Originally Posted By mawnck It wasn't bad. It just wasn't ... good. It was a little slip of a story about Jesse overcoming her (retconned) claustrophobia, with an overlay of clumsy and obvious horror movie satire, but without being the slightest bit scary. Oh, and it also essentially rehashed the plot of TS2. Mostly it was just 20 minutes of the characters stumbling around in the dark, making an awful lot of noise without waking up the humans.
Originally Posted By utahjosh I was a bit disappointed, too. The most glaring mistake was Pricklepants narrating. That got old quickly. The second half was much better than the first.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>The most glaring mistake was Pricklepants narrating. That got old quickly.<< Agreed. What the heck was the point of that? It made super-explicit the fact that they were doing a horror movie parody (which should have been self-evident if they were doing a good job), while at the same time ruining whatever genuine suspense they were trying to build up. Come to think of it, the biggest problem with this whole show was that it was too dang talky! I thought the "shower scene", such as it was, was the best part, but even it was kiddie'd down to practically nothing.
Originally Posted By familyguy My kids really liked it (16,14,11) with the 11 year old liking it the most. He was even acting as though he was a little scared at the beginning. Honestly a didn't expect much from a 30 minute television special, so I was pleasantly surprised. I thought it was kinda fun. I thought prickly pants narrating fit his character. He's supposed to be the one that takes "the arts" very seriously, so it made sense that he would want to show off that he knew so much about horror films. I also felt it was also kind of a nod to some of the early Scream films where the characters would talk about what happened in a horror film as the horror film played out. *Spoiler alert* For us the laugh out loud moment happened during the credits with the hotel manager trying to get away.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<What the heck was the point of that? It made super-explicit the fact that they were doing a horror movie parody (which should have been self-evident if they were doing a good job), while at the same time ruining whatever genuine suspense they were trying to build up.>> <<My kids really liked it (16,14,11) with the 11 year old liking it the most. He was even acting as though he was a little scared at the beginning.>> Question asked, question answered. Pixar Animation Studios The Best in Town At Dumbing Down™
Originally Posted By leobloom Yikes, sounds like it might not even be worth the effort to seek this one out.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Yikes, sounds like it might not even be worth the effort to seek this one out.<< Are you 11?
Originally Posted By leobloom 'Fraid not. Guess I'm too old for Pixar nowadays. They must be following the Walt Disney Pictures model.
