#I wanna like. rip the transformation scene with the moose commentary sometime

[thelastspeecher]

I mentioned a bit ago about how I bought a DVD of the movie Brother Bear just so that I could watch the version of the movie with the commentary by the two moose characters (played by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas). Well, I just rewatched the commentary for the first time in a while and wanted to share my own personal highlights.

“What is that, wasabi paste?” “You gotta spend less time in sushi bars and more time studying anthropology.”

“Is that Antonio Banderas?”

“Did you put a record on?”  “No it’s called a soundtrack.”

“I got one of those at a giftshop at the Vancouver Airport.”  “That’s called an omelet.” (Item being referenced is in picture below)

“Bears make pretty good lifeguards.  They can swim, they can climb, they’re knowledgeable about CPR.”

“You try going anywhere, even up to the North Pole, and talk to the spirits, and they will ignore you.  Because there’s too much noise and pollution.”

“Notice how chipmunks are always harbingers of danger?”

“Kenai doesn’t do his own stunts because he’s the star.  So they draw a character that looks exactly like him for the shots from behind.”

The entire transformation sequence

Long-winded discussion of how a scene reminds one of them of hockey

“I’ve been to the Iron Salmon, where they have to bike, swim, and run.  Some of the salmon, they don’t make it.  They can’t finish the bike part.”

“You know what they don’t have in this movie?” “What?” “A Zamboni.” “That’d be good.”

“I think I could’ve been a singer if I hadn’t just been a moose.”

They order a pizza.  The pizza delivery guy shows up.  They float the idea of having the pizza delivery guy join the commentary, then immediately boot him.

Extended discussion where they claim a chipmunk was seen immediately before intense action scenes in famous movies

“Never underestimate a murdering human.”

“That’s the bear that does ‘This is CNN.’”  “You’re thinking of Darth Vader.  Darth Vader does ‘This is CNN.’”

“Those are not real salmon.  Those are fake salmon made by the prosthetics department.  They wouldn’t allow even the stunt salmon in the bears’ mouths.”

“And they had the representative of the salmon union there.” “Oh yeah that fish head.” “I thought some of the demands by the salmon were ridiculous.”

“Snow symbolizes the end of the journey.”  “I think the snow symbolizes shoveling.”

“This is called comic relief.  When the story gets really serious and sad, they bring the idiots out.”

“No moose was transformed into a lion in Lion King!”