The Rotoscopers discuss the 2011 Oscar winner for Best Animated Feature, Rango.
Highlights:

Morgan and Chelsea watched the documentary "The Sweatbox"

News: Glen Keane leaves Disney, The Art of the Secret World of Arrietty, and trailers for Secret of the Fairy Wings, Hotel Translyvania, and Rise of the Guardians


Nerdy couch discussion: shift in character design and spinoffs

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles design changes over the years

X-Men then and now

Sabertooth then and now

Disturbing animation style in the motion comic Astonishing X-Men: Gifted 

Main discussion: Rango


When was the last time there was a western animated film? 

Is Rango just the "Johnny Depp show"?

What classic Disney characters would you see Johnny Depp voicing?

What we like about the film: atmosphere, character appeal and country critters

Describe this movie in one word: texture 

Music: the mariachi owls = the Muses from Hercules + the mice from Babe


The big question: which animals in animated films are beast of burden and which wear clothes

What didn't we like: crude humor, should it have been rated PG-13, redundant plot (a la Aladdin)

Is the film anti-religious and pro-spirituality? Or neutral religious-wise?

Condundrums: not following his shadow, why did Tortoise John need the water?, what was Rango's real name

Our rating: Four stars ★★★★ all around

Our first mail bag segment!

Bloopers: the time vortex returns from episode 1, Mason and Chelsea's southern accents

Runtime: 1:17:55, 37.4 MB
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