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Things that are better backwards

#23
KalTM said:
You should die first, get it out of the way. Then you go live in an old age home. You get kicked out for being too healthy, go collect your pension, then, when you start work, you get a gold watch on your first day. You work forty years until you’re young enough to enjoy your retirement. You drink alcohol, you party, and you get ready for high school. You go to primary school, you become a kid, you play, you have no responsibilities, you become a little baby, you go back, you spend your last 9 months floating with luxuries like central heating, spa, room service on tap, then you finish off as an orgasm!" - Jason Alexander
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they tried that already. it was called the story of benjamin button or something, and it sucked turds.

can anyone find a reverse gif of mj moon walking? that might make brains go boom.
 
#25
I sometimes like to sit on chairs backwards, rest my arms on the backrest, I like reading a little of the end of a book to see how things turn out, and I also use an elliptical machine backwards to work my legs out differently.
 
#32
I wish my daily routine was backwards. Usually, I would wake up feeling pretty good, have a snack, go play a gig first thing and have a few beers. Come home, have a meal. Spend the afternoon with my family. My wife would go to work, I'd pack the kids off to school for the afternoon, relax, make them lunch, then hang out with my son (kindergarten) all morning while my daughter went back to school. Then breakfast with the family, and go to bed just when I'm feeling really really tired.

It would definitely work out better in that direction.
 
#38
basstotheface said:
A bugs life. Everyone knows that.
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Sorry man, everybody is wrong. I worked on Antz, and friends of mine worked on Bug's Life. Antz came out first, by a few months. These movies take 3-4 years to make from concept to screen, so while there were a lot of similarities, neither was really copied from the other. I could go into the industry speculation on why this happens (two or more studios make similar movies at the same time), but I doubt anybody here would be interested.
 
#39
smeet said:
Sorry man, everybody is wrong. I worked on Antz, and friends of mine worked on Bug's Life. Antz came out first, by a few months. These movies take 3-4 years to make from concept to screen, so while there were a lot of similarities, neither was really copied from the other. I could go into the industry speculation on why this happens (two or more studios make similar movies at the same time), but I doubt anybody here would be interested.
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The writer of Antz was a former writer of Pixar, the day A Bug's Life was pitched he was fired.

Pixar had been designing an ant based movie since the 80s anyways so Antz definitely was thought of later, even if it was released first.

Don't get me wrong, Antz was far superior (though much less successful), but it was taken from Pixar.

EDIT: I'm partial to A Bug's Life though and am only using circumstantial evidence and drawing conclusions (which seem obvious to me) based on that.
 
#40
basstotheface said:
The writer of Antz was a former writer of Pixar, the day A Bug's Life was pitched he was fired.

Pixar had been designing an ant based movie since the 80s anyways so Antz definitely was thought of later, even if it was released first.

Don't get me wrong, Antz was far superior (though much less successful), but it was taken from Pixar.

EDIT: I'm partial to A Bug's Life though and am only using circumstantial evidence and drawing conclusions (which seem obvious to me) based on that.
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Who are you talking about??? The Weitz brothers? Todd Alcott? I don't believe any of them worked at Pixar. And PDI was working on a movie about ants (originally mechanical ants) for many years also.So were many other companies that never were able to get funded. For technical reasons, it was one of the easiest and most obvious ideas to make as an early CG film. My experience is not indirect, I was there...

Pixar is a great company with a great story development process. They are also the subject of many adoring fans' idle gossip. Don't believe everything you hear. History is often rewritten by the box office winners.
 

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