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All good things must come to a close–it’s the final film in the Rotoscopers’ Mice & Rats podcast series, Don Bluth’s debut film The Secret of NIMH.

Highlights

  • Nerdy Couch Discussion
  • Main Discussion: The Secret of NIMH (1982)
  • Shout out to to the fan-made trailer by ELO1138.
  • The staples of a Don Bluth film: dazzle, Dom Deluise, and knobbly hands.
  • opening: some of the best writing in any of Bluth’s film.
  • Why do we love Mrs. Brisby?
  • Classic movie trope: fear of flying.
  • The drama with Mrs. Frisby and Frisbee.
  • The owl and Nicodemus have elements of the same character.
  • Jenner: is he a good villain?
  • The amulet and its powers aren’t quite explained. The scientific elements make sense; the mystical, not so much.
  • We rate it!
  • Voicemail
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