random bits

[cellio]

While we were in Sears waiting for Dani's new tires, he noticed a "bilingual tire gauge". Yes, it talks to you (in English or Spanish). It also has a decent-sized digital display. So I went looking for one that has the display but doesn't talk, because I have a lot of trouble reading a conventional gauge and thus do not check my pressure as often as I ought. Alas, there is a hefty surcharge for silence. So I got the noisy one and will hope for minimal annoyance.

Erik (the underweight cat) has developed a voracious appetite (for him) in the last several days. I'm happy to oblige, but I wonder what the difference is. I did buy a new type of food to try out on him on spec, but he's also chowing down on the food he had previously shown little interest in. Maybe he just needed some new flavors to jump-start his appetite. It's probably pretty boring (culinarily, at least) to be a domestic dog or cat, getting the same stuff day in and day out. Think back to childhood and those "tuna casserole again?" moments, and that probably wasn't daily. :-)

Dani and I finally saw The Incredibles this afternoon. Fun movie. They probably should have included a family pet, who would exhibit absolutely no powers but keep you wondering. But maybe I'm being influenced by The Crossovers. :-)

We saw a matinee and all the previews were aimed at kids. Is that because that's what's attached to this movie, or because you get different previews at matinees than at evening shows? There was also a short feature -- haven't seen one of those since I was a kid -- and it, too, was pretty clearly for the kids. Well-done technically; insipid artistically. (I didn't catch a title.)

Comments

[jducoeur]

Hadn't thought about comparing The Incredibles to The Crossovers. Knowing Hollywood, someone's probably optioned the latter solely based on the success of the former. Which wouldn't be a bad thing -- it has just enough silliness that it might make a good movie.

As for the short: yeah, I was very disappointed. Normally, Pixar makes the most delightful and wicked little shorts -- subversively slapstick like a good Warner's cartoon of latter days. It's strange that they chose to couple their most "adult" film to date with their most childish short...

[cellio]

The first description I heard of The Incredibles was (roughly) "disfunctional superhero family that has to hide its powers", and that sounded just like The Crossovers. It's not the same idea after all, but the association stuck in my mind.