If you are a fan of animation in general and of Pixar animation in particular, you are in luck. The company has launched a new batch of shorts that you can enjoy from now on Disney Plus. So are the Pixar Popcorn, small stories with very recognizable characters within the Pixar universe.
Toy Story, The Incredibles or the recent Soul at Pixar Popcorn
Pixar has published a new collection of very particular shorts on Disney Plus, because they have been created with all the staff working from home. And it is that the idea of carrying out these small productions arose during the month of April, when the first major confinement due to COVID-19 had to be carried out.
Journalist Jorge Méndez was Andy bell who motivated all his animators to create as little as possible short films from some of Pixar's most popular franchises. That's how Popcorn Pixar was born.
Although it was not an easy challenge, because as Maureen Giblin describes for Polygon, the animators barely had a couple of months, which meant having to change the usual work dynamics. Where, for example, those coffee moments can mark the outcome of a story by appearing ideas that change the story.
However, despite having to start directly with the animation, having to take advantage of already existing decorations and elements, and without the possibility of recording new dialogues (which is why most of them are a succession of actions with barely exchanging words) the result is not bad at all.
It is true that some stories lose a bit of consistency compared to other shorts published by the company, but in order not to have even a stroyboard previous or similar, whoever thinks they can do it better than try it.
Top 10 Pixar Popcorn Shorts
The list of Pixar Popcorn shorts is made up of a total of 10 productions, where you can see characters from legendary franchises like Toy Story, Cars, Finding Nemo, The Incredibles or more recent movies like Coco or Soul. These are all 10 Pixar Popcorn shorts.
To the gym and beyond
In this first short, Buzz Lightyear is the protagonist. The well-known character from Toy Story will act as an aerobics instructor and will try to get the rest of Bonnie's toys to keep up with him.
Parking "nothing stupid"
In "nothing stupid" Parking, the characters from Cars will have a friendly contest where they will have to demonstrate their parallel parking skills. Which do you think will be the best?
dory finds
One of the personality traits of Dory that became clear to all of us who watched Finding Nemo was without a doubt her ability to quickly forget what she was doing. In this short there are things that do not change, but seeing how he has a great time with some junk that he finds at the bottom of the sea is worth it. Although later the short is not one of those that remain engraved in your memory.
The soul of the city
Soul has many great things, but without a doubt one of them is that it is set in New York. The city store is a succession of images and sounds of the popular city, the one that they say never sleeps and that many know as if it were their own without having been there thanks to all the movies that are recorded in its streets.
Stuffed things with Ducky and Bunny: love
In the last Toy Story movie there were a couple of characters who managed to quickly find a place in the hearts of viewers: Ducky and Bunny. These two stuffed animals together in one of the fairground attractions are now faced with the challenge of assuming that children may love one more than the other. Who will it be?
Homework day… in the style of the incredibles
The Incredibles are, as their name suggests, an incredible family. So, if you have powers, no matter how much you try to avoid them, you will end up using them even in daily tasks. So, come on by and see what it's like to get things done super style.
A day in the life of the dead
Coco is not that sad movie as some still insist on cataloging it, but rather it is a marvelous film where you appreciate many things in life and the importance that countries like Mexico give to the dead. In this short, Pixar shows what a normal day in the afterlife looks like.
Stuffed things with Ducky and Bunny: three heads
We repeat with Ducki and Bunny, a new situation for this pair of two who demonstrate what we mentioned before: that they have made a strong impression on viewers and due to their own personalities they can give a lot of play in this type of production.
dancing with cars
Dancing with cars, another short where the residents of Radiador Spring demonstrate their dancing skills at Café de Flo. A spectacle of synchronization, wheels and turns to the rhythm of the music.
cookie yum yum
Finally, the Parrs are back in action. But this time they won't have to save the world, but see who will be able to eat the last cookie on one of those nights when you wake up and need to snack on something.
New flows for future content
The interesting thing about all these shorts will be in the learning that Pixar, its animators and other employees have achieved during these months. Because the idea is that more content of this type continues to be made to continue feeding Disney Plus.
So, if in the end the reception of the new shorts is good, there will be much more content with all these characters who are capable of transmitting something very special to us on most occasions.
Without forgetting that for those of us who enjoy creative tasks, being able to watch any Pixar animation is always an enriching activity. As much as it is not up to his best shorts. But you can't always be at an outstanding level and it's better to maintain consistency and a minimum than to do nothing.
Those of Ducky and Bunny are to see them yes or yes, although you will tell us which ones have been your favorites in case you are encouraged.