As I wait for builds at work, I occasionally update an informal list of entirely CG animated films. I was doing this today (reminded by tomorrow’s release of Shark Tale) and updated what I knew of the CG movie releases for 2005 (most of these dates are from IMDB, these aren’t state secrets):
- Valiant (Vanguard Animation) - March
- Robots (Blue Sky Studios) - March 11
- Foodfight! (Threshold Digital Research Labs) - May
- Madagascar (DreamWorks) - May 27
- Chicken Little (Walt Disney Pictures) - July 1
- Over The Hedge (DreamWorks) - November
- Cars (Pixar Animation Studios) - November 4
- Delgo - A Hero’s Journey (Fathom Studios) - unknown date
Looks like it’s going to be one heck of a crowded schedule. By my reckoning, more movies will be released in the single year 2005 than were released in the three years from 2002 to 2004 (this year’s crop including Shrek 2, the aforementioned Shark Tale, The Polar Express, and of course our very own The Incredibles). 2006 looks just as busy, with at least nine movies that I know of. So much for this CG animation thing being a fad.
I just found this out this past weekend the house has another completely separate line to the sewer. I found out in the ugliest way possible: laundry/kitchen water backed up into the basement. It was tree roots again. I already had Roto-Rooter in to clear the other line earlier this year and was all smug that I’d actually done some maintenance to prevent a repeat of last year’s disaster (which I don’t seem to have blogged about - the main sewer line backed up and destroyed a lot of the vinyl tile I’d put in a scant few weeks earlier) - and now this occurs again. Fortunately I caught it early enough to prevent any real mess. I’m all for redundancy in many things, but having two entirely separate lines connecting my house to the sewer sucks.