Merida, the boundary-breaking heroine of Pixar’s Brave, officially gains the title of Disney’s eleventh Princess today — one which, ironically, she would not give a crap about. But she appears to have stopped into a Sephora, a Weight Watchers, and a BCBG on the way to her coronation. And they took away her bow and arrows. Not cool.
Sadly, it seems to be gender bias day at Pop Tortes. Which occurs far too often.
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Julie and John Hammerle and myself discuss Breaking Bad’s season 5 premiere, as well as movies like The Dark Knight Rises (speculation and hype), Brave, Prometheus, Frankenstein, and other 2012 releases.
Brave - Merida by AngelLust155
The newest Brave trailer, released today. I actually haven’t watched it yet, as one of my Twitter friends warned that it was fairly spoilery. I’m still debating whether to watch it or not. Watch at your own risk, I guess.
Short video narrated in-character by Merida. For unknown reasons, it has French subtitles and uses the French title card a couple of times. Slightly spoilery.
The Japanese trailer for Brave. Holy frak! Ain’t It Cool wasn’t wrong when they called it the best yet; this one gives the film a truly epic feel that the other trailers only hinted at.
The TV spot for Brave from the Oscars last night.
The A.V. Club reports that the the owners of the Atlanta Braves have sued Disney for trademark infringement. Clearly, the Braves have the worst trademark attorneys on the planet. I won’t go into the specifics of trademark law (such as international class considerations), but do they really think that they own all uses of the word “Brave(s)”? Can the Chicago White Sox prevent people from marketing white socks? Can the Catholic Church prevent the team in St. Louis from calling itself the Cardinals?
I want to meet anyone who gets confused by the use of the title “Brave” and shows up at the Atlanta stadium to see the movie. I would suggest they go to law school and try to become IP attorneys for the Atlanta Braves.
The full trailer for Pixar’s upcoming film Brave.
I realized I didn’t have any Pixar posts up yet and wanted to remedy it. All Pixar has to do to get me into the theater is to name a movie something other than Cars.
