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Pixar released this two and a half minute clip/trailer from its upcoming film Brave yesterday, and it’s … cool? The hallmarks of a Pixar movie are all there: mind-melting animation, a sympathetic main character, some doofy-looking dudes doing doofy stuff, and so on. The film is especially notable because it is the first one by the studio to feature a female heroine, a sick archer named Princess Merida. That’s right, ANIMATED SISTERS ARE DOIN IT FOR THEMSELVES, Y’ALL.

Now, I am all for movies with strong female leads, and I am openly and unabashedly in the tank for Pixar movies in general, but I have a bone to pick with this clip: Really? The “one dude gets a bullseye then someone else splits the arrow” thing? Again? I know there’s only so much you can do with archery contests, and sure, it’s a cool sight gag, but hasn’t this been done to death by every Robin Hood movie ever? Why not have her, like… uh… shoot an arrow… far… or something. Look, I’m not the one on trial here. I’m just some putz sitting at his computer complaining about archery movies, as is my right as AN AMERICAN. Or have you not heard of a little something called the Bill of Rights, Pixar? Admittedly I haven’t read the whole thing, but I’m pretty sure there’s something about that in there. I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK AND ALSO ORIGINAL ARCHERY CONTEST-RELATED SCENES IN MOVIES.

All that said, I’m very sure I will end up sniffling and dropping snot all over myself while watching this movie. Stop making me feel things, Pixar.

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Pixar’s latest movie, Brave, looks like a medieval Scottish version of Whip It, where the main girl’s family want her to wear dresses and braid hair, but she’s all like “WHATEVER, I’MA DO TOMBOY STUFF INSTEAD!” But it turns out reminding people of a Drew Barrymore movie isn’t their only problem, as now the Atlanta Braves are challenging Pixar’s attempt to trademark ‘Brave.’ STOP TRYING TO STEAL OUR WORD THAT WE STOLE FROM THE INDIANS AND USED TO CREATE A CRUDE, RACIAL CARICATURE!

It all started back in March of last year when we reported on trademark applications which appeared to have been confirming a title change for what was then known as The Bear and the Bow, but is now known to be Brave.

Fast forward to this past summer when — after filing a number of extensions — the Atlanta National League Baseball Club, owners of the Atlanta Braves,  formally filed an objection to many of the trademark applications. Although trademarks are specific to their singular and plural forms and the Braves do not possess any trademarks for the word BRAVE (only BRAVES), the organization believes that damages will occur as a result of Disney’s trademarks being approved as they have used the singular form before on merchandise and insist it is common for fans, media, et al to use the singular form when referring to a single player, whereas the pluralized form refers to the entire team.

Private negotiations between The Walt Disney Company and the Atlanta National League Ball Club are currently taking place in regards to several of the objected filings with the ball club intending to file an objection against yet another of the registrations. [StitchKingdom]

Now, I’m not a lawyer, but I think the problem here is that “brave” is actually a common word with various meanings, and people probably shouldn’t be allowed to “own” a word that’s already been in use for thousands of years. Except for that Precious chick with “Precious,” that just seems fair.

If you want to trademark a word, you have to make it up yourself. Like “dickfinch.” It’s a small bird that lives in your pants.

The contrarians out there (*cough* Armond White! *cough, cough*) like to bash the Pixar apologists for drinking the Kool Aid every time Pixar puts out a new movie, but dammit, Pixar deserves it. Seriously, if you don’t like Up or Wall E or Finding Nemo or Toy Story 3, I honestly don’t know what the hell is wrong with you. Pixar is my Spielberg, okay? (Except for Cars). Which is why it’s strange that their latest, Brave (from directors Mark Andrews and Brenda Chapman), looks so… underwhelming. People are making a big deal about it being Pixar’s first movie with a female lead, but I’m hoping it does something to distinguish itself from Hanna, Colombiana, Haywire, Salt, etc. or all the other “girl badass” films soon. Because female leads are awesome, but not if you’re just going to write a male lead and then pull some Ms. Pacman shit where you throw a bow on him and act like it’s a new game. I’m not stupid, man, I can tell the difference between a girl and a dude with a bow in his hair (I live in San Francisco, it’s a useful skill here).

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I can’t remember if Dug, the dog from Up, ever joined Carl or Russell on a see-saw in the movie, but this dog’s passing resemblance to the Up dog was more than enough for me to dedicate an entire post to it. Come on, the only thing I like more than chubby little kids are fat dogs doing human stuff. Well, actually it sort of depends on the amount of the chubby kid’s swagger. This kid was pretty legit, for instance.

"I was hiding under the porch because I love you."

So, what do you think? Probably not as cute as the real-life Up kid, but the world could always use more fat dogs on see-saws, I’m always saying.

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