Wednesday, 23 March 2022

What To Watch After Alvin & The Chipmunks & Rise Up Sing Out

In 2007, Alvin & The Chipmunks were brought back to cinema screens under the ownership of 20th Century Fox, which is now owned by Disney. Nowadays, there's this new animated short series - Rise Up Sing Out - one of which I have made into a short story. Here are the things you need to watch after seeing these amazing things.

Bluey - Neighbours
In this episode, Bluey, Bingo, Mum and Dad set up their playroom to look like a neighbourhood. Bluey has the most peaceful seat in the house, while Bingo needs room to move all her stuffed animals. Mum is seated right next to noisy neighbour Dad, who hogs the whole thing as always. I can honestly relate to this episode, because when we lived in Golspie, it was every autistic person's nightmare - dogs barking, kids screaming, mowers mowing...now that we live in Dornoch, we don't have to worry about that anymore.

Zenimation - Snowscapes
This beautiful montage of winter landscapes from various Disney films may be good enough if you set it to the tune of 'Pavane For A Dead Princess' by Maurice Ravel. Every single clip is pure tranquillity, as all Winters should be. It features clips from Brother Bear, Winnie The Pooh, The Adventures Of Ichabod & Mr Toad, Lady & The Tramp and especially Frozen. From snowy landscapes to villages celebrating Christmas, to Bolt scampering through the snow and Thumper sliding on his bottom across the ice, to Bambi wandering out into the snow for the first time, this wintery montage might be perfect for Christmas too.

Star Wars: Galaxy Of Sounds - Beeps
This short in the Galaxy Of Sounds series focuses on the robots that populate the galaxy. Familiar faces like BB-8, C-3PO and R2-D2 appear, but there are some vaguely unfamiliar robots that appear throughout, like the robots R2 encountered when he was abducted by the Jawas. Characters like Jar-Jar Binks, Poe and Chewbacca make cameo appearances. If you set it to Cosmic Gate's 'Fire Wire', then it goes absolutely blammo. The marching of the Stormtroopers syncs well with the music at the bit where BB-9E scours for all the soldiers in the force, and every single scene change is synced with the beat of the music. If you want robots, you need this. If you want Star Wars, look no further.

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