Game #168 - The Iron Giant

[Janke]

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No clues as yet, here's the first shot:

[HueyNRolf]

Contact?

[Janke]

No.

[AJUK]

Deep Impact

[Dr. Benway]

Mermaids?

[hitmaneac]

Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

[Janke]

No, no deep impacting mermaid contacts...

I'll let the Western Hemisphere join with their guesses first, a new screenshot will be up around 20:00 GMT.

[paperkut12]

Thin Red Line

[Janke]

No encounters, either - but that was not a bad guess, I remember a somewhat similar sky scene in that movie, just before the clouds went weird...

[Janke]

Oooh, real-time guessing...

No red line either.

[Fade to inferno]

hook

[AJUK]

Explorers

[Janke]

Neither.

New pic in about two hours - keep guessing!

[Omlax]

Journey to the Centre of the Earth (not the new one)

[Khufu1969]

Beetle Juice

[Janke]

Neither. Here's the next screenshot - time for some "grassroots guesses"...

Tomorrow morning (EU time) I'll post a new picture, and maybe a clue.

[paperkut12]

Commando

[Omlax]

Signs

[Jim E]

E.T.

[Fade to inferno]

honey i shrunk the kids

[Janke]

None of those - but I did expect you to guess either E.T. or Honey, and I got them both... :hv20-smilie84:

As promised, a new screenshot, and a clue:

This film won a handful of awards, but none of them were Oscars.

[hitmaneac]

The Arrival?

[Jim E]

This film won a handful of awards, but none of them were Oscars.

Y'know, Janke, that clue is almost word-for-word the same as a clue in one of your previous games....

And this latest screenshot is almost identical in subject and composition to one you used in your "Gulliver's Travels" game.

...all of which is totally irrelevant to anything. I'm just showing off how observant I am... :hv20-smilie84:

Anyway, it looks like we're looking at a CGI movie here. That's some mountainous sea! I don't have a clue yet. But no doubt it'll be a good'un.

[Lawrence189]

Mortal Kombat

[Omlax]

A Bug's Life?

[AJUK]

Definitely a CG movie. Is it the WWII pigeon movie Valiant?

[Janke]

No bugs arriving for mortal combat...


that clue is almost word-for-word the same . . . this latest screenshot is almost identical in subject and composition

"There is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1:9)


totally irrelevant to anything.

Yup, me to a T. :hv20-smilie84:

[Janke]

Not Valiant either.

New screenshot later today, in six hours or so.

[AJUK]

Prince of Egypt

[Jim E]

"There is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1:9)

:hv20-smilie77:One of my favourite truisms.


Yup, me to a T. :hv20-smilie84:

No no, sir, I meant that my observation was totally irrelevant to the game. And it was. :hv20-smilie03:

[Janke]

Prince of Egypt

No. Wrong studio.

[Janke]

Anyway, it looks like we're looking at a CGI movie here.

Are you quite sure? I think I've had you all bamb(i)oozled for a while... :hv20-smilie84:

[peltonwheel]

Bambi II?

[paperkut12]

Sin Bad: Legend of the Seven Seas

[Janke]

Neither.

Keep guessing, but place your second guess only after someone else has had his/her turn (AJUK please note... ;))

[keith_games]

I don't think it's right but brother bear?

[Janke]

You're right, it's not Brother Bear.

Next screenshot for you, and a clue:

Not a good moneymaker, but highly regarded - Rotten Tomatoes critics' score is very high indeed.

[Dr. Benway]

Open Season?

[zagnut]

I'm going with Pinocchio.

[hitmaneac]

Mulan?

[Janke]

None of those. Hmmm - is this more difficult than I anticipated?

Here's a new screenshot:

[Khufu1969]

The Iron Giant

[Janke]

YES!

Khufu got it right,

The Iron Giant

Here are the give-away shots, the caricature cameos are two old (alas, departed) friends, Frank & Ollie - they would both have been 98 by now...

[Khufu1969]

WooHoo!

I'll try to have the next game up later today.

[Jim E]

Here are the give-away shots, the caricature cameos are two old (alas, departed) friends, Frank & Ollie - they would both have been 98 by now...

Glad you mentioned them, Janke. I just found out that doco has been released as a DVD. I'll bet you've had it on VHS since it came out!

I always think of Fred Moore as the tenth member of the Nine Old Men, know what I mean?

[Khufu1969]

Anyone feel like putting the next game up? I was trying to download the film I wanted to use for my game but it's too dang slow. Krute? Benway?

[Jim E]

Anyone feel like putting the next game up? I was trying to download the film I wanted to use for my game but it's too dang slow. Krute? Benway?

Thanks, but no thanks, Khufu. Got a full plate these days.

[Janke]

I always think of Fred Moore as the tenth member of the Nine Old Men, know what I mean

Absolutely. He influenced so many of them, especially Ollie, who was his assistant when Snow White was made. Pity Fred was a boozer and died relatively young, at 41. Many rumors about his death are deflated here: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/freddie-moore-slandered-again.html


doco has been released as a DVD. I'll bet you've had it on VHS since it came out!Yes - Ollie mailed it to me as soon as it became available on NTSC VHS, years ago. Frank's son, Ted, and his wife Kuniko directed/produced it. They have just made a new documentary, "Walt & El Groupo", which will be released on DVD on Nov 30th in the US: http://www.waltandelgrupo.com/

[Jim E]

Absolutely. He influenced so many of them, especially Ollie, who was his assistant when Snow White was made. Pity Fred was a boozer and died relatively young, at 41. Many rumors about his death are deflated here: http://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/freddie-moore-slandered-again.html

I will have a look at that for sure! Ta.


Yes - Ollie mailed it to me as soon as it became available on NTSC VHS, years ago.

Janke, if it was anyone but you saying that, I wouldn't believe it. But all I can say is, I'm green with envy that you have rubbed shoulders with people like Olliie Johnson!! To use the veranacular, that is awesome!!


Frank's son, Ted, and his wife Kuniko directed/produced it. They have just made a new documentary, "Walt & El Groupo", which will be released on DVD on Nov 30th in the US: http://www.waltandelgrupo.com/

That'll be another must-have for me, then. Thanks for the tip.:hv20-smilie77:

[AJUK]

I'll put the next game up if no-one objects? Better clues this time I promise :)

[Janke]

Quite OK, AJUK - shoot!