Hosted by Andrew Quinn and Darren Mooney, and this week with special guests Deirdre Molumby and Graham Day, The 250 is a weekly trip through some of the best (and worst) movies ever made, as voted for by Internet Movie Database Users. New episodes are released Saturdays at 6pm GMT.
This week, we’re continuing a season focusing on the work of one particular director: Brad Bird’s The Incredibles.
Bob Parr was living an exciting life as the superhero Mr. Incredible, until a change in public opinion forced him to hang up his tights for good. Settling down to start a family with Helen, Bob still yearns for the adventure and excitement of his youth. Out of nowhere, a mysterious woman appears with an offer that seems too good to be true, drawing Bob back into a life that he never fully abandoned.
At time of recording, it was ranked 230th on the list of the best movies of all time on the Internet Movie Database.
Show Notes:
- Recorded 25th October 2022.
- Note: Due to the COVID-19 situation, this episode was recorded remotely. We suspect, going forward that a lot of our episodes will be until the crisis resolves.
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- Jake Rossen at Mental Floss looks back on Brad Bird’s attempts to make Ray Gunn as his feature film debut, July 2016.
- Christopher Marc at The Playlist looks at reports that Brad Bird’s next film will be Ray Gunn at Skydance, February 2022.
- Caroline Giardini at IBC discusses Pixar’s remastering of its films for Disney+, September 2019.
- Emily St. James at Vox looks back on the importance of Toy Story 2 to the development of Pixar as a company, June 2019.
- Claudia Eller at The Los Angeles Times considers Pixar’s “flirtations” with other studios, February 2003.
- Laura Holson at The Los Angeles Times reflects on how the performance of The Incredibles increased Pixar’s negotiating leverage, November 2004.
- Jonathan Loades-Carter at The Financial Times charts the complicated and oftern frayed relationship between Pixar and Disney, January 2006.
- Andres Diplotti and Erik Barnes at Cracked discuss Pixar’s famous “rules of storytelling”, June 2022.
- Noel Murray at The Dissolve places The Incredibles in the context of Pixar’s history, July 2015.
- Brad Bird talks to The Los Angeles Times about the development of The Incredibles, October 2004.
- Kenneth Turan reviews The Incredibles at The Los Angeles Times, November 2004.
- Tasha Robinson at The Dissolve places The Incredibles in the context of temporary animation, November 2014.
- Roger Ebert reviews Home on the Range for The Chicago Sun Times, April 2004.
- Kayleigh Donaldson reflects on Home on the Range at Pajiba, April 2019.
- Petrana Radulovic at Polygon looks back on the failure of Atlantis: The Lost Empire, September 2020.
- Mari Ness at Tor.com reflects on Treasure Planet, April 2016.
- Sean Naughton at Collider makes an argument in defense of Shrek II, March 2022.
- Julie Montana at SyFy reflects on Shark Tale, August 2022.
- Cory Moss at MTV looks at how Angelina Jolie instantly recognised her Shark Tale character, September 2004.
- The Associated Press reports on the premiere of Shark Tale at Cannes, May 2004.
- Russell Scott Smith at The New York Post reports on the reunion of Robert DeNiro and Martin Scorsese on Shark Tale, September 2004.
- Manohla Dargis reviews The Polar Express at The New York Times, November 2004.
- Patrick Goldstein at The Los Angeles Times looks at the troubled production of The Polar Express, November 2004.
- Pete Docter talks to NPR about his role in bringing Howl’s Moving Castle to the United States, June 2005.
- Bill Desowitz at Animation World Network reports on the animation of human beings in The Incredibles, November 2004.
- Matthew Mosley at Collider looks back on the rendering of human beings in Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, October 2022.
- Peter Plantec at Animation World Network looks at Hollywood’s attempts to cross the uncanny valley in computer animation, December 2007.
- Brad Bird talks to McKinsey & Company about the innovations of The Incredibles, April 2008.
- Jia Tolentino at The New Yorker argues for Coco as a movie of the moment, June 2018.
- Andy Golder at BuzzFeed argues that Coco is Pixar’s best movie, September 2019.
- Lawrence van Gelder at The New York Times asks whether The Iron Giant is a movie appropriate for kids, August 1999.
- Brad Bird talks to The New York Times about making The Incredibles, October 2004.
- Brad Bird talks to Entertainment Weekly about about his career and work, April 2011.
- Anthony Lane reviews Incredibles 2 for The New Yorker, June 2018.
- Gabriella Paiella at The Cut looks at the controversy over Anthony Lane’s review of Incredibles 2, June 2018.
- Anthony Lane reviews The Incredibles for The New Yorker, November 2004.
- Jodi Walker at The Ringer looks at the evolution of “the Hartman hips”, June 2022.
- Amy Synnott at Harper’s Bazaar celebrates Edna Mode, May 2018.
- Gregory E. Miller at The New York Post looks at the influences on Edna Mode, June 2018.
- Brad Bird talks to The Times about his life and career, July 2018.
- Sarah Vowell talks to The Ringer about working with Brad Bird on both Incredibles movies, June 2018.
- Holly Hunter talks to Vulture about playing Helen Parr in both Incredibles movies, June 2018.
- Disney reveals some facts about Edna Mode, May 2018.
- Sam Ashurst at Digital Spy looks at the development of movie villains rooted in fandom, August 2018.
- Jake Kleinman at Inverse argues that Syndrome predicted a lot of modern movie fan discourse, June 2018.
- Kathryn Porter at Paste Magazine argues for the importance of animation in the evolution of the superhero genre, July 2022.
- Brad Bird talks to MichaelBarrier.com about the Ayn Rand criticism of his work, February 2005.
- A.O. Scott reviews The Incredibles at The New York Times, November 2004.
- David Sterritt at Christian Science Monitor engages with the political debate over The Incredibles, November 2004.
- Jef Rouner at The Houston Press considers The Incredibles as “Ayn Rand Propaganda”, June 2014.
- The National Review ranks the best conservative movies ever, February 2009.
- Brad Bird talks to IGN about the frequent comparisons between his work and the work of Ayn Rand, March 2005.
- Emily St. James at Vox rejects readings of Brad Bird’s work as “objectivist”, June 2018.
- David Sims at The Atlantic argues that Brad Bird’s big thematic preoccupation is creativity rather than “objectivism”, June 2015.
- Abraham Riesman at Vulture asks Ayn Rand fans what they make of The Incredibles, June 2018.
- Brian Cronin at Comic Book Resources looks back on the links between Spider-Man and “objectivism”, February 2022.
- Abraham Riesman at Vulture considers the complicated legacy of Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko, November 2016.
- Conor Spielberg at The Comics Journal discusses the influence of Ayn Rand on superhero comics, July 2021.
- Susana Polo at Polygon discusses Rorschach as a deconstruction of Randian superheroes, October 2019.
- Graham interviews Brad Bird for Movies.ie.
- Ben Sherlock at Total Film argues that The Incredibles is a spiritual adaptation of Watchmen, February 2021.
- Michael Giacchino talks to Radio Free Entertainment about his score for The Incredibles, October 2004.
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