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MidnightYell2003
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I know that a lot of Aggies work for Pixar and that in the movie Monsters, Inc., the character Sully was supposedly named for Lawrence Sullivan Ross.

Are there more A&M ties to the other Pixar movies?
AGSPORTSFAN07
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Ask Gary Bruins, he would know.

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Bruins has also worked on Cars, The Incredibles and Disney-Pixar's Academy Award-winning Finding Nemo. His career started with a bang, receiving a job at Pixar even before finishing his masters thesis.
Walter Kovacs
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13 aggies are credited in finding nemo. i think that there's been a reference in almost every pixar movie over the past few years.
NoACDamnit
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Watching Toy Story 2 with someone that worked on it kicked ass.
Smittyfubar
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Is "Vaillant" a Pixar movie? During the last chase scene, they fly through a train tunnel and you see the date engraved above it as "1876".

Not sure if it is coincidence or not.
h1ag
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did anyone else see what looked like a lonestar can when wall-e was packing trash at the beginning?
MidnightYell2003
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i think that there's been a reference in almost every pixar movie over the past few years.

surely some ag on this board has a list of this or knows someone who does!
ruSAL
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Not sure by movie but here is the list of former students. I know quite a few from there (some classmates, some were instructors while I was in school)

http://www-viz.tamu.edu/people/former.html
redd38
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i think that there's been a reference in almost every pixar movie over the past few years.


aggies will think anything remotely related to a&m is a deliberate reference by some red ass aggie employee... when its usually not the case.

see Troy for example
Walter Kovacs
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aggies will think anything remotely related to a&m is a deliberate reference by some red ass aggie employee... when its usually not the case.


nice blanket statement ass
DB Coach
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what happened in Troy?
redd38
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people swore this boat in the movie had bevo with his horns sawed off

http://www.armchairgeneral.com/wordpress/wp-content/moviereviews/troy/07_MR_19_d_VFX_07.jpg
LadyOfTheLake
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Aggie War Hymn is the fight song in Varsity Blues

one of the ships in Troy had the Saw Em Off symbol on it...in the clip it does look like just a bull with curved down horns but it doesn't really look like the pic above, see for yourself...when it pans out after brad pitt extends his sword it will be in the middle of the group of ships
http://www.apple.com/trailers/wb/troy/large.html
http://www.netalive.org/topics/23156

Waiting on a Natty
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In "Cars", one of them was named Sarge. Coincidence? I think not.
Christian Pulisic FanBoy
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Wow, you're right! No way they'd call a military jeep anything else!
LadyOfTheLake
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have you seen The Best Little W**** House in Texas? the Aggie boys BTHO t.u., lol
PLUM LOCO
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Gary Bruins and Jon Reisch were each nominated for an Annie award because of their individual work on PIXAR's Ratatouille.

redd38
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one of the ships in Troy had the Saw Em Off symbol on it


lol, see what i mean
Christian Pulisic FanBoy
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And to even think that the Saw Em Off represents us...
LadyOfTheLake
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red, if you look at the footage it doesn't look like the pic you posted...
NoACDamnit
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It is. That debate got settled years ago.

We have to have the most gullible student body in the country when it comes to stuff like that.
Christian Pulisic FanBoy
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I just watched that trailer.... it's the exact picture that Redd posted. People see what they want to see.

DB Coach
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Yep, no question about it...what's in the trailer is the same that is in the pic. It's definitely NOT saw'em off.
Waiting on a Natty
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Rudy, I have read that every Pixar movie has a subtle reference to A&M. An article in The Texas Aggie, I think.
Aggie94
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Rampant "Aggie Legend." Aggies everywhere could point to an actual documented source by now if that were true.
Christian Pulisic FanBoy
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An article in The Texas Aggie, I think.



Reputable unbiased source.
redd38
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i read it on TexAgs, it must be true
Walter Kovacs
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there are a few legitimate a&m claims to pixar movies. i can't think of more than one or two at the moment, but one of the guys who went to pixar from the viz lab a few years back guest lectured maybe three years ago for the viz lab. he was responsible for a few references. i will agree that we do have a gullible student body.
Christian Pulisic FanBoy
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What are the legitimate claims? Sully?
redd38
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the Aggie's biggest claim to fame in the CG world is Jar Jar Binks, sorry guys
Walter Kovacs
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i have no clue about sully, but i doubt it. the viz lab lecture was related to me by a viz lab student. i'm still looking for a concrete reference but google has yielded nothing so far. maybe it is all hearsay. i'll post something if i find anything.
FTA11
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Oh God, please don't tell me we had something to do with Jar-Jar...
gctxag
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FWIW, a friend heard that the sully connection was true at a transfer camp
redd38
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lol, t-camp isn't any more reliable than this thread
CubbieAggie
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The booklet given to the campus tour guides with little tidbits about A&M say that Sully was named after Sul Ross. Take that for what it's worth.
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