I’d just like to inform the world that The Incredibles is awesome. I really have very little to say beyond that, except to affirm that Pixar’s philosophy of story-first has never been anywhere from right on the mark, and it’s appalling that major studios still refuse to acknowledge this fact.

How is it that astronomic investments are made in films like the Matrix sequels and Star Wars on such slip-shod stories? Is there no one who sits at the boardroom tables with these guys and says ‘I hate to be so brutally honest, but we need to take this whole script 4back to formula…’?

Maybe it’s management. Studios are companies that make money — Pixar is a company that makes money too. But Pixar to me takes on more of the image of a big fraternity of artists who just really love to make good movies. Love good stories, love good humour, love good characters.

And that’s how it should be.

Mike

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