Monsters vs. Aliens

Post by **droosan** » August 10th, 2008, 2:53 am

Doodles™ wrote:This movie looks so cool. That little cockroach guy reminds me of "The Fly", is that possibly a little homage to classic monster movies?

The whole movie is an 'homage' to 1950's sci-fi/monster movies:

Dr. Cockroach, PhD ≈ The Fly
Missing Link ≈ The Creature from the Black Lagoon
B.O.B. ≈ The Blob
Ginormica ≈ Attack of the 50-Foot Woman
Insectosaurus ≈ a 'mishmash' of giant monsters from films like Tarantula, Them!, etc.

And, of course, the alien-invasion/U.S. government war-room 'schtick' is likewise inspired by several sci-fi movies of the 1950's .. Earth vs the Flying Saucers, The Day the Earth Stood Still, War of the Worlds, This Island Earth .. I'm certain the 1950's 'references' will be flying fast-and-furious, throughout the film!

Luckily, though, Monsters vs Aliens looks like it will be great fun, whether those references are 'gotten', or not ..

Post by **Doodles™** » August 10th, 2008, 4:03 am

Very true, I never thought about that.

Post by **Ben** » August 10th, 2008, 8:17 am

Welcome doodles.

We generally don't quote the entire previous message if you're responding to it directly below, so I removed your repeat of droosan's message.

Please bear that in mind when using the AN&V forums, thanks!

Post by **Doodles™** » August 10th, 2008, 6:41 pm

Ok, sorry about that Ben. I will remember that!

Post by **Ben** » August 10th, 2008, 7:48 pm

No probs! And welcome again.

Post by **Meg** » August 10th, 2008, 7:49 pm

I'll add to Ben's welcome with one of my own! Hope you stick around.

Post by **Doodles™** » August 10th, 2008, 9:57 pm

Thanks for the welcome!

Post by **ShyViolet** » August 10th, 2008, 10:47 pm

Hi Doodles! That's a beautiful avatar.

Post by **GRUNT** » August 11th, 2008, 8:05 am

Even though I'm kinda new here myself and only post now and again, welcome!

Post by **CGIFanatic** » November 4th, 2008, 1:05 am

Watch the first trailer for Monsters vs. Aliens below, and along with that a behind the scenes look at the film.

www.cinemablend.com/new/Monsters-vs-Ali ... 10757.html

American_dog_2008 · November 4th, 2008, 3:36 pm

Looks fun!

Post by **CGIFanatic** » November 27th, 2008, 1:13 pm

Here's a new still image from the movie.

www.getthebigpicture.net/blog/2008/11/2 ... liens.html

Post by **Daniel** » November 27th, 2008, 2:02 pm

Very cool, love the detail.

Post by **CGIFanatic** » December 1st, 2008, 2:16 pm

I agree Daniel.

Here is a brand new (very amusing and cute) poster for the movie.

2.bp.blogspot.com/_3Qf5K2ZaRpw/STQS7MLzalI/AAAAAAAAACQ/EIel44T8z48/s1600-h/monsters-vs-aliens-international.jpg

Post by **Ben** » December 1st, 2008, 2:41 pm

My Kung Fu Panda review seems to go against the grain on the reaction to what we've seen so far on this one:

http://animated-views.com/2008/kung-fu- ... ive-bonus/