BIRD: Part of the reason I wanted to write this little speech for Helen to tell the kids here, was that there’s expectations for animation. You make this connection with animation and superheroes, you think Saturday morning. And Saturday morning, they have these very strange shows, completely designed around conflict, and yet no one ever dies or gets really injured, or there’s no consequence to it. I think that came out of, you know, a team of psychologists determined that it was bad for children. And I think just the opposite. I think that it’s better if kids realize that there’s a cost, and that if the hero gets injured and still has to fight, it’s more dramatic, and it’s closer to life, you know. I wanted to say that this was a different realm. This is not one of those films where we put a pillow around every experience.
- Brad Bird, The Incredibles DVD Commentary Track, 2004
“The paint reflects 98.1% of solar radiation while also emitting infrared heat. Because the paint absorbs less heat from the sun than it emits, a surface coated with this paint is cooled below the surrounding temperature without consuming power.“
holy shit this could be a game changer
“Using this new paint formulation to cover a roof area of about 1,000 square feet could result in a cooling power of 10 kilowatts. … That’s more powerful than the air conditioners used by most houses.” (statement, paper)
no thoughts only rukia cutely teasing ichigo to distract him from the fact that they have to say goodbye to each other
no thoughts only ichigo going along with it and acting tsundere until rukia starts disappearing in his eyes and he makes the most earnest, longing expression
no thoughts only rukia being unable to meet ichigo’s eyes until the very last moment and opening her mouth like she was so close to telling him something but decided against it in the last second
no thoughts only ichigo having the memory of rukia looking at him as she’s leaving associated with such strong emotions that they jumpstart his fullbring and the picture of her in his mind being one of the most beautiful panels in the whole manga
I just heard my mom tell my brother, “when you die, you will go outside and garden until your father says you’re done” and it took me a second to realize that my brother was playing a videogame and this was not a theological discussion.
