Originally Posted By Marty2111 SPOILER I didn't mind the dog pilots. It didn't take much of a leap after what had already happened. I got a chuckle out of the dogs playing poker, with dog bones for chips.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs <<DyGDisney: Well, that makes sense as the book is for small children. I guess it would kind of fread them out if it said he fell to his death.>> In the Tarzan book, it states that Clayton fell to his death
Originally Posted By DlandDug Ho ho ho. I have a childrens record of The Three Little Pigs that includes this howler: "After the Bog Bad Wolf fell down the chimney, the three little pigs trapped him in a large kettle. Then the three little pigs waited for a policeman to come and take the big bad wolf away to jail..."
Originally Posted By DlandDug Anyone who has problems with the amazingly gifted dogs in UP may want to closely watch that newsreel that opens the film. It's made clear that Muntz spends a great deal of time with his dogs, so it is reasonable (within the reality of the film) that the dogs can do all that stuff, including fly bi-planes. Besides, the machine guns are triggered by squeaky toys, so, there you are! (I do agree that the age thing is highly problematical. I would have prefered some passing reference to a Fountain of Youth or some such. In fact, I was fully anticipating it.)
Originally Posted By basil fan Maybe Carl is younger than he looks? Maybe Muntz eats health food? Maybe...um...uh... Donald Duck's Family Tree www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/donald.html
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Maybe 95 is the new 55? (If nothing else, you could always try that line of reasoning with the officer next time you get pulled over for speeding.)
Originally Posted By DyGDisney He does LOOK older than Carl, though. In reference to the falls in 3 little pigs and Tarzan, don't you guys think they are trying to keep things like that from young kids' books and movies more these days. I mean, just look at the thread about UP! being a Dud, don't know if the OP was kidding or not, but just a tiny bit of blood had his/her panties bunched. We are definitely more over-protective now-adays than back when we were kids.
Originally Posted By hopemax I have fanwanked it that Carl isn't as old as he looks. If Muntz is about 85, and if he was about 30 when he vanished. And if Carl was about 10 when Muntz disappeared, that would make Carl about 65. You could make Carl a little older if Muntz was 87, 28 when he disappeared and Carl was 12, then Carl could be 71.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Look what poohbear14 found for me! *squeals like a Twilight fan after seeing the trailer for New Dawn* <a href="http://eventservices.disney.go.com/pintrading/pin?id=44918" target="_blank">http://eventservices.disney.go...id=44918</a>
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs <<basil fan: Maybe Muntz eats health food?>> He bought the Jack LaLanne Juicer?
Originally Posted By Dlmusic In terms of the dog's intelligence, I just assumed that because he has the ability to talk directly to his dogs he was able to work out things like how to cook and fly planes. If you assume that the dogs are intelligent enough to carry on a complex conversation, I fail to see why they wouldn't be able to understand simple principles like "bite on the bone to make the plane shoot" or "move your paws to the left to make it go left." In terms of Muntz's age, it could either be explained by the concept that he was incredibly young when he disappeared (around 25, with Carl being 10 so a difference of 15 years) which would make him around 87-90 depending on the age of Carl. It would make feasible sense that he could be somewhat strong under an intense situation considering he spends most of his time sitting in his zeppelin. Once could also easily infer there is some sort of increase of lifespan living in the remote jungles, perhaps due to a specific diet. At any rate, there have been people who have lived in their 90s who seem fairly spry. If you watch the movie carefully, Charles does very little physical action until the end when he holds the sword. In that scene his back quickly gives out anyway. The only other particularly strong thing Charles does is break down the door at the end of the movie, which already must have been quite damaged from the storm and various times the house was dropped.
Originally Posted By danyoung >In terms of the dog's intelligence, I just assumed that because he has the ability to talk directly to his dogs he was able to work out things like how to cook and fly planes.< This isn't really a huge thing for me, but since we're still talking about it... A collar that turns a dog's thoughts into English is one thing. Something to boost the native intelligence of a dog to the point that it can cook, buttle, and fly planes - that's a whole nuther thing. One doesn't really lead to the other, if we're being picky. >I have fanwanked it that Carl isn't as old as he looks.< Fanwanked?
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Something to boost the native intelligence of a dog to the point that it can cook, buttle, and fly planes - that's a whole nuther thing. << Dogs take to buttling naturally.
Originally Posted By SoThisIsLove Buttling Fanwanks is just slightly erotic. Either that, or it reminds me of Fenway Park and butlers..... (RMM: have you seen Gran Torino?)
Originally Posted By DlandDug There is abundant publicity that states that Carl is 78. That makes Muntz, at minimum, over 90. I hold that he found the Fountain of Youth while seeking that elusive bird in the jungle...
Originally Posted By DlandDug By the way, 5BR, have you seen the UP Ultimate Sticker Book? There are stickers of Muntz, the dogs (including Alpha) and some wonderful poster graphics, including a retro "Beware of Dogs" image.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs Not yet, Dug, but I'm sure I will peruse it. If only they made action figures like the ones I mentioned, this would make things so much easier Btw Dug, I do have 2004's Disney Villains Ultimate Sticker Book. Some Villains were missing, but was nice to see Edgar and Sykes included. But Pleakley and Bruce the Shark were included too...
