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A surplus of geekery by :: Fred Abercrombie

Pixar: Matt Damon in Cars 2 Fake Ad

Matt Damon dons a fake moustache in this fun little fake-real car commercial for Cars 2 (via AdFreak). Of course it’s not Stu Stubin‘s car lot located in Emeryville, it’s Pixar. But whether you call the phone number at the end or catch the “secret” interruption, you’ll find the following transmission (no pun intended) …

THE HIDDEN MESSAGE:

That jump cut at the end had a heat-vision view of Finn McMissile, the new Cars 2 character voiced by Michael Caine, and a URL. The site redirects to the awesome footage below…

THE TOP SECRET FOOTAGE: See the rest »

Remix: “Upular” Made Entirely From Pixar Up Samples

Pogo takes sound and visual bits from flicks and remixes them into entirely new music/videos. What a cool idea executed wonderfully. Oh, and he’s 21.

More info and MP3s at Pogo’s site.

BONUS: “SKYNET SYMPHONIC” FROM TERMINATOR

(Thanks, Fang!)

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Pixar: List of “Up” Easter Eggs

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SPOILER ALERT If you’re one of the 7 who haven’t see this yet,
go see it fer’chrissakes. It’s magnificent.

SlashFilm has a list of all the fun little references hidden in Pixar’s Up. A lot are super micro in-jokes, but interesting nonetheless. (via Pixar Blog)

Also, SFGate’s The Poop has a neat story-behind-the-story on the Merritt/Oakland bakery Hamburger Cake reference, too. Check it out.

See the complete Wiki list of Pixar film references.