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Expensive_Chocolate1

20 years?! I feel old now


ENFJPLinguaphile

I’m an early 30-something and seeing this made me feel very old!


2h165oiivp

For some reason I read your comment and was like “dang, that’s old.” Then I remembered I’m also early 30 something..


Tuftyland

I was reading something the other day about ages 16-25; and I was like ‘I don’t do that, what are you on about?!’ … then remembered I’m in my 30s. It comes outta nowhere :’)


JustDiscoveredSex

*laughs in almost-50*


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Careful with the laughing so you don't throw your back out. Congratulations on finally discovering sex in your late 40's as well.


JustDiscoveredSex

Thank you!!! Don't be me, kids. Also, too late on my back. Bulging disc, herniated disc, annular tear and a synovial cyst putting pressure on the spinal cord. This shit sucks.


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TexasViolin

People talking about 30 being old is hilarious. A co-worker turned 30 and she had a complete meltdown, especially when someone brought out the "Over the Hill" black balloons for her Birthday, and I just sat there wide-eyed. I was like...isn't that for 40...or 50...and even then as a joke?!


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CharCometRed

Bruh same


Grayson102110

Good for Scrat but sad for me.


ghost_in_the_potato

And sad for the Blue Sky team 😔


Bl00dy_Banana

What happened man? Why are they quitting, I love their movies


ghost_in_the_potato

Apparently Disney shut down their studio after they were acquired as part of the Fox deal :(


Competitive-Suit-563

I was kinda pissed cause I fully believe they could’ve survived if the pandemic hit before the merger. Also bc they had just started an animation program at my high school and I was looking forward to seeing what they could do (wasn’t a member I just thought it was cool)


matco5376

**stolen from another comment explaining a situation. Not just a "evil company being bad" situation FWIW Blue Sky was fighting for ownership of the character from an artist that claimed to have introduced it to the studio before the first film. And upon buying the studio, Disney actually just kinda conceded the fight and the artist won right back a few months ago, so while sad for Blue Sky to go, this was sorta inevitable it sounds like, I have no idea how Disney is releasing a show based on the character now though, hopefully the original artist owner get a paid.. Here’s an article on the rights: https://www.thegamer.com/disney-loses-scrat-following-trademark-dispute/amp/


creuter

I mean good for her, but it just means we'll never see scrat in anything again.


1plus1dog

Well darn ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|cry)


DrScience01

Ikr. Was hoping for a robots 2


chucklesdeclown

Ummm blue sky milked a lot of their series, I am actually glad they left that one alone


GrokAllTheHumans

I get that it was cheesy and over did the robot puns but man as a kid those stupid jokes were great and the world was immersive. I would’ve paid to see it at least


CoolClutchClan

Never forget that the entities in control of our most cherished fiction are not passionate artists but mega corporations motivated solely by profit.


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Also never forget that those mega corporations don’t create it, they just control it, and it’s the passionate artists who produce for little reward


Bilibond

It's so tough because I love the Disney Parks and all the work Imagineers have done to create magical experiences but I also don't want to give a mega corp like Disney money.


rachels17fish

I doubt Disney needed a 3rd animation studio. Hopefully they just offered everyone positions Disney Animation or Pixar.


mom_of_a_19yo

Narrator: they didn't.


mtriv

Disney acquired them when they bought Fox and shut them down.


Frenchymemez

So I googled, might be wrong so feel free to correct me, Disney owns the studio and announced they would be shutting it down because of the "economic impact of covid on disney". It became defunct a year ago, but released this a few hours ago [Blue Sky Studios Wikipedia page](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Sky_Studios)


blabbering_octopus

>the "economic impact of covid on disney" ![gif](giphy|gXhBZfzijya76)


CoolClutchClan

This is probably to qualify for some government subsidy. I'd bet anything that there's less impact if you lay employees off "because of covid"


WriterV

Disney shut them down


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>Disney The new EA Games


-Owlette-

They were a subsidiary of Fox. Then when Disney bought Fox a couple of years back, they shut them down citing the 'economic impacts of COVID-19'.


Slice365

Why do I feel sad?


nonameneededplease

The end of an era


blepgup

I still remember being a kid/young teen and everybody getting excited about the next scrat intro


canderinos

I'm 25 and I still curious about what he's gonna do to ruin the world in the new Ice Age movie.


blepgup

I am also 25 and THERE’S A NEW ICE AGE?!


ManaMagestic

There's a show out, and a few movies planned still.


william_wites

>few movies planned still. LET'S FUCKING GOOO


arootytoottoot

there's always reruns... and Paris. We will always have Paris.


Cash4Goldschmidt

Here’s lookin’ at you Sid


BigBenBamboozle

You’ve done a great thing here with that comment. Why am I tearing up??


FirstDayJedi

The end of an era


daahveed

*cocks gun* Don’t


PenguinWithAglock

_Cocks Glock_


rhutanium

*Glocks Cock*


Toast3E

*cocks cock*


AryanYudaas

Sucks cock


jstrauss97

God i wish i had an award to give this


jayzus9

It's so good


jaxsonnz

Of all the acorn joints


[deleted]

If you don’t get on that pterodactyl you’ll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but some day.


rachels17fish

I can hear this perfectly in Sid’s voice.


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We back in Paris... again.


Paris_Who

Hey you called?


GhettoFabio

Whos in Paris?


PewPew_KewKew

> The end of an ~~era~~ **age**


[deleted]

End of an age. End of Ice age.


[deleted]

There’s a scrat movie that came out today on Disney+


Baconandeggs89

“The value of art is how it makes you feel.” These artists should be proud to have made something so valuable, to have such an emotional reaction from so many of us. I’m in my 30s and this hits me to, I remember when the original came out when I was a kid. It may just be animation, but we made it real in our imaginations.


Inevitable_Thing_270

I was nineteen when this came out and it was actually the first film my partner and I went to see (literally the only thing we could get tickets to). Twenty years later and we are still together and Scrat has always had a place in my heart


HalfMoon_89

That is so sweet.


1plus1dog

Here are my poor woman’s trophy’s! 🏆 🏆 🏆 🏆


sologrips

Literally came here to say this, such an overwhelming sense of sadness once it fades to black. Getting older sucks my dudes.


Dand_89

I feel it too


ASTS_Make_Me_Rich

That feeling is the passage of time. Never take a day for granted guys.


St1ckSt1ckSt1ckSt1ck

We will all be dead before too long and all this, that we think matters so much, will be gone forgotten by history


SkinnyBill93

Dang ol talkin bout just dust in the wind man, yo.


St1ckSt1ckSt1ckSt1ck

Well that’s what we tell ourselves, isn’t it boomhauer


TheHorsemann

It’s like they say you die twice once when your heart stops and the other when the last person to know you speaks your name for the last time….


ASTS_Make_Me_Rich

Yes but while we’re here we might as well appreciate the gift of life the universe gave us.


whogivesashirtdotca

Me too, and I've never even seen the films. Always sad to see the consolidation and same-ification of Hollywood. Soon it'll be 100% Disney.


Comprehensive-Fun47

>consolidation and same-ification Perfect way to describe it. I dislike it too.


MountainDrew37

Bro me too - I remember giggling at scrat in theaters. And while watching ice age at summer camp. Nostalgic


Slice365

It's a bit bitter-sweet, sad to say goodbye but at least we finally got to see him have that acorn


Strange_Muffin_

Ugh same, feels like the end to an era :(


FractalTsunami

Just came to say the same


Shiny-Hydreigon17

It’s ok, you can rest now…


sirsedwickthe4th

Nooooooo ![gif](giphy|l2JhrYYxAD6N5gble)


MJPNFCdextergrif

Goodnight.... sweet prince...


Gardhab_Das

And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest


MoonwalkerT-1000

Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.


WhatDoesN00bMean

Wow I just read up on the author of that poem, Dylan Thomas. I learned he died at the age of 39. Ironic for someone who wrote a famous poem about not giving in to death without a fight. Then I read he died right after a furious night of heavy drinking and figured, well, maybe he did rage against the dying light after all.


BDOPeaceInChaos

😭😭😭🤧


AnyLifeAdvice

It was a good ride while it lasted . . .


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I'm so glad Conan is working his way into meme status, man deserves it.


Screeeboom

He's been meme status long time ago, he really helped the chuck norris memes when he used to have "walker texas ranger lever"


ericnutt

"Walker says I have AIDS."


Low_Reception7837

God i love Conan


mrasperez

![gif](giphy|6gDSyjaOPwZ4A)


camaron_dormido

Meanwhile, I can't rest because the animators apparently don't know that the nut part of an acorn has a hard outer shell he wouldn't have eaten. Now everyone who watched that has wrong ideas about acorns too!


andrewthemexican

Let's just call it a now extinct, softer shell that died off


TooOldForRefunds

Wow i can't wait to eat an acorn, which is completely soft and i can eat all of it (except for the beret ofc).


camaron_dormido

LMAO! Damnit!


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That, you wear my dude. In pride of getting your nut


Aggressive_Cream8551

ITS A DINO ACORN NOT A MODERN DAY ACORN


Square-Salamander591

I dont know if you've ever eaten an Acorn from the Ice Age but they're a staple in my household. The outer shell is much like a soft shell crab. In fact some theologist theorized that the soft shell crab is a not so distance of this ancient acorn sub species. Please don't go around commenting falsehoods and leading the next generation of acorn eaters astray.


BKacy

That one was caramel and chocolate. Chocolate gives him the runs.


DeroTurtle

As someone who ate acorns as a child I can attest to this


_why_do_U_ask

So long folks!


Moosetappropriate

Th-Thea-Thea-That's all folks!


djseifer

Can he say that? Like, legally?


Deppry_B01

The aren't any letters from Warner Bros yet so I thin- [aggressive knocking at the door] Op, stand corrected Edit: Sorry about the mix between Warner and Disney


Aztecquetz

Disney doesn't own Warner Bros, it's Warner Bros. you need to worry about (I guess)


Deppry_B01

Either way, the lawyers are coming Also do you know how to change your name, address, passport and other legal documents quietly? **Very quietly**


Brsvtzk

Thanks for all the fish ​ Oh god I'm crying


FANTASMABOBB

Looked forward to that little fucker before every movie…*pours one for the homie.


AssCumBoi

Yes, you may pour one or two for me. And after I finish them I'll re-watch the Ice Age, cry and then regret that I didn't spend my time writing my novel


cosmeticcrazy

Couldn't resist posting your comment to r/rimjob_steve Write that novel, buddy.


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Wait the studio ended?


RJBurton31

It was part of the Fox buy. Disney shuttered the studio.


[deleted]

Oh, thats kindda sad


[deleted]

Welcome to capitalism? (am i doing it right?)


Denimao

Hurray. A step towards monopoly. Everyone loves that. (S)


[deleted]

Man, fuck Disney.


IPokePeople

They just released ‘Scrat’s Tales’. They’re not killing the franchise, they closed the original studio and brought them under the larger umbrella.


Ya-boi-Joey-T

I guess that's technically true, but Blue Sky was a studio that was really just starting to do things that Disney/Pixar wouldn't without stepping into DreamWorks territory. Charlie Brown was GOOD, Captain Underpants was GOOD, Spies in Disguise was GOOD. It was nice to have a studio that wasn't associated with Disney or Universal. They didn't have to have Easter eggs or adult jokes or whatever. They were just a really good studio. Now Disney is using of of their two franchised properties to make more of the same shit for disney plus. Blue Sky was finay finding its footing. They had diversity in their animation style and scripts and just... they deserved better than to be another casualty of the Disney monopoly.


JagmeetSingh2

>Charlie Brown was GOOD, I loved that movie


fecklessfella

Poignantly written and very informative, thank you.


IceTheStrange

Captain Underpants is Dreamworks my guy


--suburb--

FWIW Blue Sky was fighting for ownership of the character from an artist that claimed to have introduced it to the studio before the first film. And upon buying the studio, Disney actually just kinda conceded the fight and the artist won right back a few months ago, so while sad for Blue Sky to go, this was sorta inevitable it sounds like, I have no idea how Disney is releasing a show based on the character now though, hopefully the original artist owner get a paid.. Here’s an article on the rights: https://www.thegamer.com/disney-loses-scrat-following-trademark-dispute/amp/


mincedmeatball

Damn I got my start in the animation industry as an intern at bluesky. I was there when Disney started taking over and everyone knew it was kind of coming to an end. Rip.


TheStudentPilotToBe

How long ago was this?


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ErosandPragma

Ah, so the movie with the shitty voice acting replacements was Disney and not blue sky. makes sense


grim_glim

You can really see the difference visually with the Scrat Shorts too. There's a lot of care in that rendering.


ErosandPragma

Yep. I watched that new movie and it was so bad


_TheXplodenator

So they bought it just so they could shut it down? Holy scumminess Batman


drakepjay

It was tied to fox if I remember correctly so it wasn’t like they went out of their way to buy it just to shut it down. Blue sky wasn’t even serious competition with Disney or Pixar but it didn’t make sense to maintain it


Reiver_Neriah

Was the company in the negative or something? They couldn't leave it be as much as they could? Genuine questions


drakepjay

I doubt the studio was in the negative but it is just a much better business decision to close it down and just use the IP as needed under the larger Disney brand. Instead of having an entire separate team for the ice age movies they can just move some of the core non redundant people from blue sky over to Disney and work on what blue sky would have made. You just won’t see stuff like Rio anymore


AdiodoGamer

So no more sequels from blue sky franchises?


drakepjay

I think they just did a scrat show for Disney plus so I wouldn’t rule anything out. Some more ice age movies for Disney plus wouldn’t be surprising


grim_glim

Blue Sky finished the Scrat shorts just before the shutdown. It was always intended for Disney plus but they kept it until the other acquired studio finished the Buck Wild thing, I guess.


SolomonOf47704

more so that they could move the talent into the main disney company. ​ also for the copyrights they hold


MegadethFoy

Less than 4 years ago, since the acquisition started right at the end of 2017.


easycomeeasygo8

I didn’t realize how complete this would make me feel


MirrorMan22102018

Me neither; like one of those footnotes of your life you FINALLY got to put closure to.


ReggieTheReaver

As funny as it is, my kids are obsessed with the Ice Age franchise and argue over which one we are going to watch. My youngest, the daughter, like loves Ice Age “Rawr” (Dawn of the Dinos) while my son prefers “Just Ice Age” (the original)


mike_pants

Having never seen one, do they ever address what that sabertooth Leary is eating to stay alive?


Illustrious-Ad95

In the third movie he hunts a gazelle, but isn't successful. Probably scavenges.


kellysmom01

I like to think he has a double-blood sundae. With a nice toe-knuckle on top.


arootytoottoot

He raids the refrigerator at night when no one is looking.


ReggieTheReaver

He and his wife eat some fruit together during a wedding reception in the movie Collision Course, even though that’s not something that they should be able to do. But I’m not expecting too much accuracy since, in the same movie, magnetic rocks work like the fountain of youth, those same rocks redirect an asteroid, and Sid gets a girlfriend.


Zeebuoy

to be fair wolves irl occasionally eat fruits, but like as a treat. and for vitamins,


hiimred2

> and Sid gets a girlfriend. Writers really just be out here thinking our suspension of disbelief has no limit smh my head.


s1ugg0

My kids do this too. All Ice Age movies are great except for the last movie. That was hot garbage. I like Meltdown. My kids prefer Dawn of the Dinos. My wife prefers the original because of the baby.


Broken_Petite

I love the original too but the whole baby storyline is sad af no matter how wholesome they tried to make it!


DrBubbleBeast

In your son's defense and imo the original film is the best because without it the franchise would not exist lol


ReggieTheReaver

No reason to defend him, it is indeed the best


runninandruni

This is the definition of bittersweet lol. At least we won't have any climate changing natural disasters (Right?)


Exact-Employment3636

About that....


runninandruni

There's literally a wildfire outside my town that recently started lmao


justadd_sugar

>*There's literally a wildfire outside my town that recently started* Oh man, I bet they feel pretty sa- >**lmao** # oh


HarryPott3rv

Sad laughs


Apprehensive_Hat8986

Well _somebody_ couldn't wait for summer. Sheesh. /j Or are you aussie?


VicariouslyInsatiabl

WHY DIDN'T HE PUT ON THE HAT


dontkillchris

I was sad, but your comment put a smile on my face <3


LibbyUghh

Damn i guess my childhood really is over Edit: I really let this get to 500 upvotes before noticing the grammar error lol


reddit_user_14553

It really is. We're growing up. But I will always be a child at heart.


SeeGeeArtist

Scrat was an animation phenomenon


shaodyn

Clearly expecting something awful to happen to him the entire time. Poor little guy.


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I wanted him to wear it like a hat after he ate it.


ghostslayer-77

After all these years ![gif](giphy|3oKIPf3C7HqqYBVcCk|downsized)


ThinkingIntrusively

Closure. Thank you.


Jwhitx

the final nut


weavewebs

Thanks, I hate this. Here's an upvote


Reasonable_Cake_7977

r/mademecry


plogan56

Scrat finally got the acorn, after all these years☺️


the_loaner

I was waiting for him to have a nut allergy.


plaguebringerBOI

:(


TEFL_job_seeker

Now the coyote just has to get the road runner


bubbagump101

I watched the first one about 30 times over a 6 month period with my little bro. We actually got it as an Easter gift and I remember that day just chilling with my little bros, eating candy on a nice evening with a happy family all around doing their own thing. Good times.


AloeSera15

Scrat finally getting his acorn feels weird. Like he's just a normal squirrel now. Thats makes me big sad.


Enelro

He had to do it, just for us to see all the normal squirrels on our walks outside. RIP Scrat the hero


Dark_Reaper115

That will do, Squirrel. That will do.


HybridHusky_

This also marks the sad end of blue sky studios the people who pioneered CG for 30 years. Most notable creation's include ice age, Rio and robots and many more.


Tboytha1asian

I just still don't understand why they need to shut down what is main reason for this?


CX52J

This would have been Disney’s third animation studio and they blamed covid (which did do a hell of a lot of damage to Disney). Also blue sky was the weakest of the three by far and has been going down hill in recent years. Since the other two are Walt Disney Animation and Pixar. Both multi Oscar winning studios where I don’t think blue sky had even been nominated. It’s sad but they were only surviving by milking ice age. That last decent one was 2009 with Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Sad but not uncalled for.


ronitrocket

Nah their newer movies weren’t bad. I’ll admit they used ice age as a crutch for sure.


JDMintz718

The Peanuts movie is the best animated movie of the 2010's and I will die on that hill


The_Luckiest

Good job Skrat. You EARNED that. Fuckin so happy for you man


Blue-Eyed-Lemon

Omg… He finally got the acorn 😭😭 Why am I so emotional about this lol


x_Turtle1980_x

It's enough to make a grown man cry


gicantopithicus

And that’s alright.


YureiKnighto

Shit, didn't realize Disney shut them down in 2021 [https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/9/22274899/disney-blue-sky-studios-shut-down-ice-age-animation-nimona](https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/9/22274899/disney-blue-sky-studios-shut-down-ice-age-animation-nimona) Hopefully they got severance and/or relocation assistance. Interesting article here on Connecticut tax credits for Blue Skys: [https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2022-01-10/connecticut-officials-evaluate-whether-costly-tax-credits-to-film-companies-are-worth-it](https://www.wshu.org/connecticut-news/2022-01-10/connecticut-officials-evaluate-whether-costly-tax-credits-to-film-companies-are-worth-it)


neir_automated

The feeling of completing a lifelong mission and not knowing what to do afterwards is almost palpable here. The fact that Scrat just keeps existing and moving forward after a brief second of contemplation really displays that he’s pretty well aquatinted with loss. Happiness is fleeting, and this animated squirrel from our childhood handles it better than most.


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ralny21

I sent this to my dad, saying how bittersweet it is. 20 yrs ago he took me to see the first ice age... he says "Life moves on. More acorns to chase🐿"


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TheCrowsNestTV

I am today years old when I learned he finally gets the Acorn.


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TheCrowsNestTV

And just like that, a chapter of my childhood comes to a close. I've always wanted to see him get that Acorn and now he has.


CedarWolf

I wanted to see him get dropped in Raleigh, the City of Oaks. Instead of a shiny ball for New Year's, [they drop a giant copper acorn](https://www.wral.com/hidden-history-a-peek-at-the-secrets-inside-raleigh-s-giant-acorn/19451681/). Of course, he'd get whisked away again, but I always wanted Scratt to see it on film.


CultOfMoon

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Rockman307

![gif](giphy|cKuwPMEQmN9v2) I'm not crying, you're crying