Yes, a throw-back to the old manually-animated cartoons, and a worthy tribute. Dodos have appeared in childrens classics over the years such as Alice in Wonderland and the movie Ice Age, and are often portrayed as rather clumsy of nature, often confined to being played. Let us know what you think in the comments below ICE AGE is the animation movie by Chris Wedge. In the DVD extras the director mentions that those old cartoons of Chuck Jones were the insriration of many of the scenes. Watch the official ICE AGE Clip - Dodo Football (2002). Watching "Ice Age", my wife and I noticed that much of the action and pratfalls reminded us of the old "Roadrunner" cartoons. In one scene played for laughs to depict the extinction of the dodo bird we see. Plus another "short" which shows the little squirrel, 20,000 years later, in an ice block drifting onto a deserted island, and his pounding of a coconut into the ground triggering the continental drift which resulted in the present day continents! Very inventive and funny. Movie review of Ice Age by Australian Council on Children and the Media. Also a short animated film "Bunny" which won an oscar in 1998. The direct digital to DVD video transfer is as good, colorful, and sharp as the other recent ones like "Toy Story 2", "Shrek", and "Monsters Inc." There is a whole second disk of "extras" which take you through the whole animated film-making process. The Dolby surround sound is remarkably good, truly surrounding you with sound. Trivia VideoGame WesternAnimati WMG YMMV ReferencedBy Create New Ice Age is a computer-animated movie series made by 20th Century Fox and Blue Sky Studios. But a series of events, and the tiger's being saved by the mammoth, causes all of them to "bond". A goofy sloth (Lugiezamo) and a kind wooly mammoth (Ray Romano) rescue the child and attempt to find his parents, joined by a sly tiger (Denis Leary) who at first is planning to lead all of them into a corner so his tiger friends can help get the child back and eat the mammoth. ![]() Highly intelligent sabre-tooth tigers want to get revenge for the killing of one of their pack, so plot to steal the baby son of the human tribe leader. In “Nut The End,” The Acorn goes flying off a cliff.In what amounts to a throw-back to the early, manually-animated cartoons, "Ice Age" chooses a very simple story around which is wrapped clever and exciting animation. Nut The End – Directed by Lisa Allen Keane and Donnie Long. In “Teeter Toddler,” thanks to a dodo bird, Scrat, and Baby Scrat end up on opposite sides of a log held up by a single branch. For hundreds of thousands of years, beginning in the Pleistocene epoch, the squat, plump, flightless, turkey-sized Dodo Bird grazed contentedly on the remote island of Mauritius, unthreatened by any natural predators-until the arrival of human settlers. Teeter Toddler – Directed by Jeff Gabor and Donnie Long. In “Nutty Reflections,” Scrat and Baby Scrat run after The Acorn into a dark cave, which resembles a creepy funhouse hall of mirrors. Nutty Reflections – Directed by Donnie Long and Eric Prah. In “X’s and Uh-O’s,” Scrat demonstrates for Baby Scrat how to plant The Acorn, but Scrat is really the one being taught a lesson. Story by James Young Jackson and Drew Winey. ![]() X’s and Uh-O’s – Directed by Donnie Long and Drew Winey. In “LoFi Scrat Beats to Sleep/Chill to,” Scrat pounds out a percussive lullaby to get a crying baby Scrat to fall asleep. Nadia fended off an attack on Roshan long enough to run away quickly from Diego who was pursuing her. LoFi Scrat Beats to Sleep/Chill to – Directed by Donnie Long and Matt Munn. In “Nuts About You,” Scrat meets his son Baby Scrat and experiences the pure joy of being a new parent-until Baby Scrat sees The Acorn for the first time. ![]() “Nuts About You” – Directed by Michael Berardini and Donnie Long.
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