Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas
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:05:02
that we sort of had to go this far.
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The tone of the scene is more like...
:05:07
the relationship might have been
10 years ago.

:05:09
Sort of a friendly competition
with smiles on their faces...

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and almost a bluff
and challenge sort of a thing...

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that doesn't quite escalate to a real fight.
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They're more trying to disarm each other
than actually cut.

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Is our sea monster cool or what?
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We're so proud of him.
He went through a few iterations.

:05:27
He started out looking like Elmo.
We had a Muppet version of him.

:05:30
A giant sock puppet sea monster.
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But he had racing stripes.
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But we went back to the books,
and I think it was Richie Chavez...

:05:38
who contributed most heavily
to his design...

:05:40
and came up with this crustacean,
tentacled, lobster-squid guy.

:05:46
I think almost in one swipe...
:05:47
he designed all the celestial creatures,
and the sea monster to boot.

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Probably one of the most complex, rigged...
:05:57
3D characters I think done...
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- In history, not just in this movie.
- Just amazing.

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It drove the animators nuts.
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How many tentacles are there?
There's at least...

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- Eight tentacles.
- Eight tentacles.

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Each one of those
has got a million joints in it...

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to have to bend and twist...
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so you can make all those spaghetti shapes
with the tentacles.

:06:17
Simon Wells boarded this scene
and did a fantastic job...

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and it was his idea to give Sinbad
a reason to help Proteus...

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by having his boat be destroyed.
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So Sinbad actually throws in with Proteus
not out of loyalty to his old friend...

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but because he's really angry
at the monster for ruining his ship.

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It ends up reinforcing the bond these
two guys had 10 years ago.

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And everyone's favorite gag
in the opening here.

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There's nothing like visiting
a sea monster's stomach...

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and then coming violently back out on deck
to make your morning.

:06:55
Give that guy a raise.

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