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In episode 109 of the Animation Addicts Podcast, the Rotoscopers review Pixar’s second feature to be released in 2015, The Good Dinosaur.

Highlights

• Nerdy Couch Discussion: Why is Pixar held to a higher standard by critics and viewers?
• Main Discussion: The Good Dinosaur (2015)
• Mini discussion about our thoughts on the new short Sanjay’s Super Team.
• Better titles for The Good Dinosaur brought to you by Mason Smith!
• The film’s troubled production history. To understand the film, you need to understand this.
• Real talk: photo-realistic backgrounds. Did they work?
• Animation: wow, they nailed it!
• Characters: small cast, but lots of favorites!
• Best parts of the film in our opinion: T-Rexes, Arlo and Spot’s relationship.
• The story is good, but not necessarily totally original.
• The rotten fruit sequence. Some people think it makes it seem like doing drugs was fun. Agree or disagree?
• Would it have been better for Spot to be domesticated or to run free with his kind? Is there some sort of anti-domestication message going on here?
• Voicemails
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