Pixar Playlist #4 - Monsters, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen, whether you like it or not, the Pixar Playlist

What’s that monster hiding under your bed? Find out in Monsters Inc

Monsters Inc seems to be the Brainchild of Pete Doctor, who had had a major role in the production of all 3 of Pixar’s other films up to this point. This guy is a major talent at Pixar and made his directorial debut here, later going to make Pixar classics such as Up and Inside Out, both of which I intend to get to. He began working on the script during the Production of a Bugs’ Life, and after a lot of tweaking we got a story

Production required Pixar to step up their game, with the main character having over 2 million strands of hair, the task became about making them move correctly in accordance to the action of the character. The creation of Fizt the physics tool was a major breakthrough for them when it comes to the hair, and it also helped with another problem, clothing, although it took another algorithm to handle collision between different items of clothing.

This was Pixar’s most complex film, requiring more than double the number of micro-processors than Toy Story 2 to render.

So, do these innovations make Monsters Inc a good movie? Here are my thoughts.

Sequel Baiting #5 - Ghostbusters vs Ghostbusters II

When there’s something strange in your neighbourhood, who you gonna call?

Nah, not today. Today we’re looking at the originals in this Sequel Baiting Halloween Special

Yeah, it probably is odd that I haven’t done a Halloween special in the past, truthfully, if you’ve seen any of my thriller reviews, you probably know Horror on its own doesn’t interest me. So yes, I’ve not lived with the nostalgia of Ghostbusters, in fact, prior to reviewing this, I hadn't even seen Ghostbusters 2. Both movies enjoyed a certain amount of financial success but it’s clear that the first one was more successful, both critically and financially. Hell, if it weren’t for Linkara saying he preferred the second movie, I’d have called this a foregone conclusion and left it be. But here we are. The rules from the Tomb Raider review apply here, the winner in each of the 6 categories gets a point, with 1 bonus point available for where one outdoes the other most significantly.

Uncharted 4 - A Thief's End Story mode review

It’s time to have a look at a video game for a change. We haven’t done one since the Ratchetrospective back in March. Let’s have a look at one of the year’s most anticipated games, Uncharted 4: A Thief’s end

Uncharted 4: A Thief’s end was a PS4 release but had a lot of trouble behind the scenes with the resignation of various members of the crew to the point where various parts of the game were completely redone. The behind the scenes ruckus lead to those who headed The Last of Us, Naughty Dog’s other hit PS3 game, to head the project and the result the story is significantly changed from its original intent. Hard to say if it’s for the better of the worse, no gameplay or story footage was ever released, just a teaser trailer.

But I don’t wish to judge what could have been, I’m more interested in the here and now, let’s start with the plot. Notes, if you don’t know the story of Uncharted 1-3, play them, they’re all good games, also this is spoiler heavy, you have been warned. I've added a few screenshots using the game's photo mode, but I forgot to turn off the ui on some of them, whoops.