Thank you for joining me for this final episode of Pixar Quality! It's been a hell of a ride, and I hope you've had as much fun with it as I have. Because of my editing style, I was dealing with continual copyright stuff behind the scenes of this series the whole time, and this video is the only one I had to trim something out of. I had sung a parody version of "When She Loved Me" right at beginning, and despite that being fine under Fair Use for Parody, a foreign subsidiary fo Disney rejected my dispute. I weighed the options and decided to cut the song out so I could release the rest of the video. I wasn't going to keep you all waiting or risk a copyright strike (even one I'm confident has no grounds) for the sake of a minute and a half joke I could just easily cut. So - please just imagine this video starts with the most hilarious and cool thing you've ever seen and pretend like I didn't have to get rid of it! The copyright stuff is part of the reason these videos have had to release so slowly of late. I even have an entire other video about a different movie I can't release for the same reasons right now. Even so - if you found my channel through these Pixar videos and would like to see more content from me about films or animation, please subscribe and follow along with the channel. I'm already making creating content for this channel an absolute personal priority for 2025 and am actively working on making better and better videos as we speak, including in ways that might help me avoid copyright stuff at all without compromising on how I'd like to videos to look. As of now I am returning to making content about videogames, and am well into a project a lot of you have been waiting for, and it's shaping up very well. I'm so happy to be writing about games again. Thank you so much to all those who've hopped along for this series, and even if the stuff I make from here on isn't for you, it's been a pleasure to have you on board, and I hope you'll enjoy something else I make some time down the line! Please enjoy the finale!
I was beyond excited for you to talk about Joan Cusack as Jessie, and you did not disappoint. She’s one of my favorite actresses, and I think she really brings this character and this universe to life in a way few other animated characters do.
I found you just after you posted your Ratatouille video. Watched it, and then went back and binge watched every single video in this Pixar series. The thought that you put into each and every line, the passion and love is so evident and I wish that I'd found these sooner, been able to follow along as you went through each of these movies and I now have a new creator whose quality of work I hope I can achieve someday with my own. Thank you for being an inspiration
This series is so masterfully put together and so wonderfully personal and tender. Micah's deep love and appreciation for these films is so contagious and encouraging and I cannot even FATHOM why these videos haven't garnered more views. These video essays have so much time, effort, care, and creativity put into them, and I have enjoyed every single installment of this series. Thank you for these video essays and thank you for sharing your unique love of these timeless films.
i can’t believe someone managed to make me sob over an analysis on pixar films, but you did it, and i’m not mad about it. this is so beautifully put together and it perfectly teeters on the line of professional, and personal. i’ve made it a goal to now go back and rewatch these films with a new perspective :) great job, and i can’t wait to see what comes next!!
It's here it's here IT'S HERE!!! I was introduced to your channel through the good dinosaur review last year, and I've been catching up on basically all your videos ever since. You sir, are a talented artist that brings the most genuine touch to UA-cam I've seen in a very long time. Cheers Micah, I am very thankful to have watched this series.
32:09 his main want in life is to be kept in mint condition and displayed in a museum, so giving him to a child that clearly likes to draw on her toys is a great punishment for him
This is a proper video essay. I’ve never seen your videos before but this is an instant subscribe for me. You’re a wonderful writer: evocative and so well thought out. I love the attention to detail in this video, the way you draw parallels and pick at themes and filmmaking and storytelling devices. I’m so excited to watch more!
Extremely delighted to be here for the series finale! I've only watched a few of the other entries, but after this I'll definitely be going back to look at the rest. As an artist myself, your ending thoughts and thesis were very moving for me. I've found myself very overwhelmed recently with things happening in the world, and this just reminded me of how powerful and important storytelling and art is. Bad things will always be happening in the world, but art has a way of lifting people up that is so important and meaningful. I feel very blessed that I live in a time and place that allows me to express and create so freely. This video makes me so excited to go forward and keep creating, and I think that's the best thing I could have gotten out of it. Thank you so much for making this. I look forward to watching through your backlog, as well as exploring what you decide to make in the future.
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micah, this has been such a beautiful series. i don't even think i can really put into words quite how wonderful it's been to be here, experiencing each and every one of these beautiful, thoughtful examinations. you've presented such awe-inspiring stories with contexts i'd never considered, and in many ways, made me (i feel) a more empathetic person. and that's what the *best* art is to me? spyglasses into separate perspectives, letting us see briefly an entirely other world, in an effort to briefly shift the definition of colour and light, and ultimately, ever after, how we define everything in reference to that half second! i hope that makes sense? i'm in ireland so it's late and been a long day. but you've done that for me. you've really changed the baseline for how i think about so many things. it's been great. thank you so much, with more sincerity than i think im equipped to express ❤️
You roped me in with your essay on Ratatouille and I just had to go back and watch the rest of the series. Thank you for your work- you’ve brought me a greater appreciation for these fantastic films and inspired me to give many of them a watch for the first time in years. I’m looking forward to going back through your catalogue and what you decide to make next!
Omg this is not only the best video on your channel I feel, but this is one of the best reviews on UA-cam. “I choose to value this” hit me so hard. I’ve thought you made some seriously bold artistic decisions while watching through these (good dinosaur being this almost looming force over the entire series is genuinely just kino, like the way you only mentioned it a few times prior to your video centered on it, which I always bring up when I recommend this to friends because it’s just genuinely excellent pacing and writing from like a storytelling perspective) but I think that takes the cake for me. There is definitely a lot of stuff I find kind of bad on certain levels but that I chose to value and enjoy. It’s a weird feeling but it was just nice to, for a moment, feel like I’m having a conversation with someone who gets that. Not in a parasocial way, but in the same way you’ve talked about how the best moments in these films have been when it feels like it’s just one animator and one writer- two artists- telling you a story.
Every single video within this series has brought me to the brink of tears but this one finally did it and made me full on cry like a baby and its honestly so bittersweet lol can't wait for more videos!!
you have not only crafted a beautiful video singing the praises of my favorite Pixar movie (and one of my favorite films of all time) but you've also managed to sneak in an Albuquerque quote. nothing has endeared itself to me faster than this video
I actually owned the VHS of Toy Story 2 and I watched the hell out of it as a kid. Even to this day, I still think the story holds up really well and when you said it captures imagination of a kid, I do think you're on to something.
My friends favourite film is Cars 2. Not in an ironic way, I wish I was kidding. He thinks me mad whenever I attempt to compare Cars 2 to their other films.
I genuinely don’t know what to do with myself now this is finished you’re finally finally someone on UA-cam who is speaking my language it’s weird to be seen like this, perhaps you can return to Pixar a few years down the line maybe once Toy Story 5 rolls around (and 6 is announced)
Your essays are always wonderfully written, and thoroughly enjoyable; thanks for making these, its always so interesting, and enjoyable seeing such, well put perspectives, on art and media. Really a one of a kind essayist. And damn funny too 28:16!
I was just wondering when this video would come out the other day haha. I’m also someone who got recommended your Ratatouille video and ended up watching the whole series. The amount of respect, passion, and depth of analysis in these videos is such a breath of fresh air and has inspired me in my own efforts to put together media analysis. You had a lot of critiques for my favorite Pixar movie, WALL·E, and I walked away from it examining why it resonated so much with me (might have to leave a separate comment on that video when I rewatch it inevitably, but tldr I think a story about two characters finding each other in an isolating world really clicked with me as someone who was very lonely growing up SO much so that I that my own webcomic ended up exploring that idea as well). I think that’s a testament to your ability to articulate your points very well. This video was a wonderful send off to this series and made me tear up a bit at the end which I didn’t expect :’) curious to see what you do next! Hopefully this comment doesn’t end up too long, I just wanted to show my appreciation and hopefully help this vid shown to more people. Cheers! :D
So cathartic to have been here from tue very beginning, ever since I was randomly recommended the first video in this series. Every step of the way has been an masterclass in presentation and writing that I simply cant imagine being outdone by anybody but the greats. Thank you, Micah, for a wondeful journey. I look forward to whatever comes after this.
I definitely learned to appreciate 3D animation more through your videos. As a 2D animator a lot of young people specifically like shitting on it because of corporatism and bitterness for the “extinction” of 2D that a lot of us don’t ever even try to learn or see the effort and love and strengths that is unique to 3D that make it special. I don’t think 2D and 3D should be pit against eachother in this way
I haven’t gathered the right words to say, other than I’m so incredibly proud of you and thankful for this series. unlocked so many memories I thought I’d lost to time. excited to see where you go next!
I watched your ratatouille video after already loving your Batman videos and never getting these in my recommended, then binged all of them over a few weeks. This may be my favorite analytical series on UA-cam now. Very excited to finally watch this!
Thank you so much for the time and effort you've put into this series. I've watched every video, many of them multiple times, and shared them with friends as well. You have a beautiful way of breaking down what makes each of these movies so great, and you give me a new appreciation for the deftness of storytelling and technical marvels they've achieved. I've started using my own lens to inspect why I love what I love too. Excited for your future projects!!
@@MicahEdmonds thanks man!!! It turned out well, just got it submitted to the gallery :)!! This vid was super great, I also had an attachment to the film as a kid. I had no idea they forced production into 9 months though!!
55:34 i love this idea and was what I was hoping for when the barbie movie came out, i wanted it to be like all of them only talking in lines that kids would make their dolls say and maybe it has a lego movie moment showing the kid playing with them idk
Of course I didn't agree with the order you put the movies in because I have my own (less justified) order, but I loved the process and seeing someone rank them with so much care and research. I grant you an honorary degree in Pixar Studies. I know this is taboo, but like this comment if you support this certification.
10k subscribers incoming after this one for sure. And well, very VERY well deserved. Thank you for this series. I cried a little at the end. Ngl. Could you tell me what song you used for this final montage ? "Pa en Sommerdag", right? But can't find the version without the singing. Anyways... Thanks again from the bottom of my heart, Dude. ... Now back to the Arkham Series. ... Kidding... Kinda...
The song in that final montage is called On A Summer Day by Tommy Jervidal! Unfortunatley I'm actually not able to find it anywhere except the licensing website I used it from, which is kinda strange, normally they're released elsewhere also. But maybe back to the Arkham now.... Maybe.... just maybe.....
Thank you for joining me for this final episode of Pixar Quality! It's been a hell of a ride, and I hope you've had as much fun with it as I have.
Because of my editing style, I was dealing with continual copyright stuff behind the scenes of this series the whole time, and this video is the only one I had to trim something out of. I had sung a parody version of "When She Loved Me" right at beginning, and despite that being fine under Fair Use for Parody, a foreign subsidiary fo Disney rejected my dispute. I weighed the options and decided to cut the song out so I could release the rest of the video. I wasn't going to keep you all waiting or risk a copyright strike (even one I'm confident has no grounds) for the sake of a minute and a half joke I could just easily cut. So - please just imagine this video starts with the most hilarious and cool thing you've ever seen and pretend like I didn't have to get rid of it! The copyright stuff is part of the reason these videos have had to release so slowly of late. I even have an entire other video about a different movie I can't release for the same reasons right now.
Even so - if you found my channel through these Pixar videos and would like to see more content from me about films or animation, please subscribe and follow along with the channel. I'm already making creating content for this channel an absolute personal priority for 2025 and am actively working on making better and better videos as we speak, including in ways that might help me avoid copyright stuff at all without compromising on how I'd like to videos to look. As of now I am returning to making content about videogames, and am well into a project a lot of you have been waiting for, and it's shaping up very well. I'm so happy to be writing about games again. Thank you so much to all those who've hopped along for this series, and even if the stuff I make from here on isn't for you, it's been a pleasure to have you on board, and I hope you'll enjoy something else I make some time down the line!
Please enjoy the finale!
YESS, IT'S HERE!!!
I was beyond excited for you to talk about Joan Cusack as Jessie, and you did not disappoint. She’s one of my favorite actresses, and I think she really brings this character and this universe to life in a way few other animated characters do.
I found you just after you posted your Ratatouille video. Watched it, and then went back and binge watched every single video in this Pixar series. The thought that you put into each and every line, the passion and love is so evident and I wish that I'd found these sooner, been able to follow along as you went through each of these movies and I now have a new creator whose quality of work I hope I can achieve someday with my own. Thank you for being an inspiration
Me too! I look forward to Micah's future work
Same here! These have been such a treat and a privilege to watch
This series is so masterfully put together and so wonderfully personal and tender. Micah's deep love and appreciation for these films is so contagious and encouraging and I cannot even FATHOM why these videos haven't garnered more views. These video essays have so much time, effort, care, and creativity put into them, and I have enjoyed every single installment of this series. Thank you for these video essays and thank you for sharing your unique love of these timeless films.
i can’t believe someone managed to make me sob over an analysis on pixar films, but you did it, and i’m not mad about it. this is so beautifully put together and it perfectly teeters on the line of professional, and personal. i’ve made it a goal to now go back and rewatch these films with a new perspective :)
great job, and i can’t wait to see what comes next!!
It's here it's here IT'S HERE!!!
I was introduced to your channel through the good dinosaur review last year, and I've been catching up on basically all your videos ever since. You sir, are a talented artist that brings the most genuine touch to UA-cam I've seen in a very long time.
Cheers Micah, I am very thankful to have watched this series.
32:09 his main want in life is to be kept in mint condition and displayed in a museum, so giving him to a child that clearly likes to draw on her toys is a great punishment for him
This is a proper video essay. I’ve never seen your videos before but this is an instant subscribe for me. You’re a wonderful writer: evocative and so well thought out. I love the attention to detail in this video, the way you draw parallels and pick at themes and filmmaking and storytelling devices. I’m so excited to watch more!
Extremely delighted to be here for the series finale! I've only watched a few of the other entries, but after this I'll definitely be going back to look at the rest. As an artist myself, your ending thoughts and thesis were very moving for me. I've found myself very overwhelmed recently with things happening in the world, and this just reminded me of how powerful and important storytelling and art is. Bad things will always be happening in the world, but art has a way of lifting people up that is so important and meaningful. I feel very blessed that I live in a time and place that allows me to express and create so freely. This video makes me so excited to go forward and keep creating, and I think that's the best thing I could have gotten out of it. Thank you so much for making this. I look forward to watching through your backlog, as well as exploring what you decide to make in the future.
micah, this has been such a beautiful series. i don't even think i can really put into words quite how wonderful it's been to be here, experiencing each and every one of these beautiful, thoughtful examinations. you've presented such awe-inspiring stories with contexts i'd never considered, and in many ways, made me (i feel) a more empathetic person. and that's what the *best* art is to me? spyglasses into separate perspectives, letting us see briefly an entirely other world, in an effort to briefly shift the definition of colour and light, and ultimately, ever after, how we define everything in reference to that half second!
i hope that makes sense? i'm in ireland so it's late and been a long day. but you've done that for me. you've really changed the baseline for how i think about so many things. it's been great. thank you so much, with more sincerity than i think im equipped to express ❤️
This knocked me out. Thank you so much for such kind words.
You roped me in with your essay on Ratatouille and I just had to go back and watch the rest of the series. Thank you for your work- you’ve brought me a greater appreciation for these fantastic films and inspired me to give many of them a watch for the first time in years. I’m looking forward to going back through your catalogue and what you decide to make next!
Omg this is not only the best video on your channel I feel, but this is one of the best reviews on UA-cam. “I choose to value this” hit me so hard. I’ve thought you made some seriously bold artistic decisions while watching through these (good dinosaur being this almost looming force over the entire series is genuinely just kino, like the way you only mentioned it a few times prior to your video centered on it, which I always bring up when I recommend this to friends because it’s just genuinely excellent pacing and writing from like a storytelling perspective) but I think that takes the cake for me. There is definitely a lot of stuff I find kind of bad on certain levels but that I chose to value and enjoy. It’s a weird feeling but it was just nice to, for a moment, feel like I’m having a conversation with someone who gets that. Not in a parasocial way, but in the same way you’ve talked about how the best moments in these films have been when it feels like it’s just one animator and one writer- two artists- telling you a story.
5:41 out of nowhere Albuquerque refrence. this will be an hour well spent.
I'm so excited to watch the completion (for now) of this lovely nostalgic journey with you!
Every single video within this series has brought me to the brink of tears but this one finally did it and made me full on cry like a baby and its honestly so bittersweet lol can't wait for more videos!!
Thank you for this, its been beautiful. You deserve far more attention and praise than this is currently receiving. :)
you have not only crafted a beautiful video singing the praises of my favorite Pixar movie (and one of my favorite films of all time) but you've also managed to sneak in an Albuquerque quote. nothing has endeared itself to me faster than this video
Thank you Micah, this is truly one of the best series on UA-cam. I wish you luck in whatever project you are planning next 🌻
I actually owned the VHS of Toy Story 2 and I watched the hell out of it as a kid. Even to this day, I still think the story holds up really well and when you said it captures imagination of a kid, I do think you're on to something.
My friends favourite film is Cars 2. Not in an ironic way, I wish I was kidding. He thinks me mad whenever I attempt to compare Cars 2 to their other films.
The beauty is that every film of theirs is someone's favorite. And that's a beautiful thing.
I genuinely don’t know what to do with myself now this is finished you’re finally finally someone on UA-cam who is speaking my language it’s weird to be seen like this, perhaps you can return to Pixar a few years down the line maybe once Toy Story 5 rolls around (and 6 is announced)
Your essays are always wonderfully written, and thoroughly enjoyable; thanks for making these, its always so interesting, and enjoyable seeing such, well put perspectives, on art and media.
Really a one of a kind essayist. And damn funny too 28:16!
I was just wondering when this video would come out the other day haha. I’m also someone who got recommended your Ratatouille video and ended up watching the whole series.
The amount of respect, passion, and depth of analysis in these videos is such a breath of fresh air and has inspired me in my own efforts to put together media analysis. You had a lot of critiques for my favorite Pixar movie, WALL·E, and I walked away from it examining why it resonated so much with me (might have to leave a separate comment on that video when I rewatch it inevitably, but tldr I think a story about two characters finding each other in an isolating world really clicked with me as someone who was very lonely growing up SO much so that I that my own webcomic ended up exploring that idea as well). I think that’s a testament to your ability to articulate your points very well.
This video was a wonderful send off to this series and made me tear up a bit at the end which I didn’t expect :’) curious to see what you do next! Hopefully this comment doesn’t end up too long, I just wanted to show my appreciation and hopefully help this vid shown to more people. Cheers! :D
So cathartic to have been here from tue very beginning, ever since I was randomly recommended the first video in this series. Every step of the way has been an masterclass in presentation and writing that I simply cant imagine being outdone by anybody but the greats. Thank you, Micah, for a wondeful journey. I look forward to whatever comes after this.
I definitely learned to appreciate 3D animation more through your videos. As a 2D animator a lot of young people specifically like shitting on it because of corporatism and bitterness for the “extinction” of 2D that a lot of us don’t ever even try to learn or see the effort and love and strengths that is unique to 3D that make it special. I don’t think 2D and 3D should be pit against eachother in this way
I haven’t gathered the right words to say, other than I’m so incredibly proud of you and thankful for this series. unlocked so many memories I thought I’d lost to time. excited to see where you go next!
IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THISSSS
WHOOO I like really long media essays, thanks
I watched your ratatouille video after already loving your Batman videos and never getting these in my recommended, then binged all of them over a few weeks. This may be my favorite analytical series on UA-cam now. Very excited to finally watch this!
Damn it, you made me cry, now I feel all fragile
You are the best video essayist on UA-cam. This series made me a fan and I’m so excited to see what you do next!!
Thank you so much for the time and effort you've put into this series. I've watched every video, many of them multiple times, and shared them with friends as well. You have a beautiful way of breaking down what makes each of these movies so great, and you give me a new appreciation for the deftness of storytelling and technical marvels they've achieved. I've started using my own lens to inspect why I love what I love too. Excited for your future projects!!
NAHHHHHHHH THE WAY I WAS SO CONFIDENT MONSTERS INC WAS NO. 1
woohoo! Can't wait to listen!! I'm working on a sculpture for a class, I like listening to your vids when I make art!
Absolutely hell yeah. That's so fuckin dope.
@@MicahEdmonds thanks man!!! It turned out well, just got it submitted to the gallery :)!!
This vid was super great, I also had an attachment to the film as a kid.
I had no idea they forced production into 9 months though!!
YESSS, IT'S HERE!!
Thank you for doing this series. I always looked forward to a new video on your thoughts about each film.
You did it! Thank you so much for this. I love your videos to no end.
Ur so good at writing its wildly inspiring thank you for being you
YEAAAH YEAAAAH ITS A MICAH VIDEO YEAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!
Amazing series of videos!
Inquisition mentioned, I have been activated
We made it! Such a good series, well done.
55:34 i love this idea and was what I was hoping for when the barbie movie came out, i wanted it to be like all of them only talking in lines that kids would make their dolls say and maybe it has a lego movie moment showing the kid playing with them idk
Your best work. Yet.
This is the PERFECT driving listen; hell yeah
Of course I didn't agree with the order you put the movies in because I have my own (less justified) order, but I loved the process and seeing someone rank them with so much care and research.
I grant you an honorary degree in Pixar Studies. I know this is taboo, but like this comment if you support this certification.
("You" in the final sentence does not mean Micah Edmonds. I mean other viewers.)
I unironically consider this the most Pixary movie that Pixar ever made, much like how Shrek is the Dreamworksy movie by Dreamworks.
Aside from this video, I have only watched the Ratatouille video. Happy to see the finale, even if I haven’t seen everything!
Excellent series
Up is my favorite Pixar movie (also my favorite movie of all time) but Toy Story 2 is an absolute close 2nd.
MIIIICAAAAH!!! GIVE ME ANOTHER BATMAN VIDEO, AND I GIVE YOU MY LIIIIFE!!!
10k subscribers incoming after this one for sure. And well, very VERY well deserved. Thank you for this series. I cried a little at the end. Ngl. Could you tell me what song you used for this final montage ? "Pa en Sommerdag", right? But can't find the version without the singing. Anyways... Thanks again from the bottom of my heart, Dude.
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Now back to the Arkham Series.
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Kidding...
Kinda...
The song in that final montage is called On A Summer Day by Tommy Jervidal! Unfortunatley I'm actually not able to find it anywhere except the licensing website I used it from, which is kinda strange, normally they're released elsewhere also.
But maybe back to the Arkham now....
Maybe....
just maybe.....
@@MicahEdmondsCongrats to 10K.
VAMOS!!! 🎉
Pixar should do a bio pick on the founder of Pizza Planet
When you said you're going to name your dog I thought you were about to joke that you would name them toy story 2
Honestly…. I don’t hate that idea for some reason 😂
WAHOO!!!!!
I wait for Inside Out 2 video
Now do Dreamworks movies, Spirit Stallion of The Cimarron is underrated :P I mean what's next for you anyway? Amazing series, congrats
Thanks! Going back to videogames for a while next, but Dreamworks is some capacity is definitely pinned up somewhere on the vision board!
we eating good today
This movie has one of the lower imdb scores
ANOTHER ALBUQUERQUE LYRIC? 😂
I hate sauerkraut.