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FilmPG2019
Missing Link
Directed by Chris Butler
The charismatic Sir Lionel Frost considers himself to be the world's foremost investigator of myths and monsters. Trouble is, none of his small-minded, high-society peers seems to recognize this. Hoping to finally gain acceptance from these fellow adventurers, Sir Lionel travels to the Pacific Northwest to prove the existence of a legendary creature known as the missing link. From TMDB
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Missing Link is a 2019 family animation comedy film, directed by Chris Butler, starring Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldaña and Zach Galifianakis.
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60 of 149 · most liked firstLAIKA’s ‘Wildwood’ has crossed $35M globally against a budget of $100M. It surpasses the studio’s ‘Missing Link’ and becomes their second lowest grossing film.
neutral · AI labelView post →To give some perspective: on Missing Link there was one horse puppet that had everyone racking their brains to figure out, took MONTHS. This movie has four and they’re not even the craziest puppets in the movie Anyway, good pony here
positive · AI labelView post →Worst part is even their blandest movie is still good(Missing Link I think, fun and visually stunning but just okay). Kubo is their current magnum opus but I think their best movie overall is ParaNorman.
neutral · AI labelView post →So, when are we getting Marvel Movie Adaptation colours from Missing Link Arcee?
neutral · AI labelView post →Movie stars! Missing Link Arcee joins the cast of Transformers The Movie at long last! She fits in beautifully with the group of specially designed movie bots (plus Ultra Magnus). Now c’mon Takara, give us Missing Link Unicron! (Quintesson and Alicon too if I’m being greedy)
neutral · AI labelView post →Happy to finally get Kingdom Hearts news!! but i still think we should get an official recap/movie for the KHUX, Dark Road and Missing Link plot before the release of KHIV... Such a shame that important KH lore was locked behind mobile games 😔
neutral · AI labelView post →Finally saw Wildwood, at the start of the movie I was thinking, "okay, I get the hype. This is Laika's best movie since ParaNorman (though I think Missing Link is underappreciated)" by the end of the movie, however, I thought "okay. This is probably Laika's best film period."
positive · AI labelView post →Lionsgate hasn’t properly distributed an animated film in theaters since 2018’s Aardman film Early Man (in North America at least; they put out Missing Link internationally). Let’s see if Lionsgate can have its rare animated film W with this Toei partnership given Lionsgate’s track record.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm excited for the Transformers Missing Link Arcee toy, which is you can preorder! Arcee was prototyped in the '80s for Transformers: The Movie but not produced. It was apparently based on an early model. Her final movie colors are pink and white rather than pink and peach. ML comes in both colors!
neutral · AI labelView post →After a wee bit rearranging Missing Link Arcee takes her rightful place in the Transformers the Movie collection😁 I keep thinking that I should have bought both now so one can stand with the Super 7's Proto Unicron🤔
neutral · AI labelView post →Willis O'Brien animated a silent short film in 1915 called The Dinosaur and the Missing Link: A Prehistoric Tragedy. In it, an ape-man picks a fight with a sauropod and dies. Before he animated an ape killing a dinosaur, he animated a dinosaur killing an ape.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m going on record now. As it’s 40th Anniversary of The Transformer The Movie (western release) is 2026 - I predict we’re getting a Missing Link prototype Unicron 🤞😃
neutral · AI labelView post →#AZSongsAugust #MusicChallenge D Dinosaur Jr. & Del Tha Funky Homosapien - Missing Link The Judgement Night soundtrack was massive for me in 1993. Rap Rock at its finest! Shit film though 😂 youtu.be/e0qT_FoYnZg?...
neutral · AI labelView post →Missing Link (2019) LAIKA created a fun family friendly adventure film. I think the trailer didn't do it justice but as usual LAIKA made a beautifully detailed stop motion film.
positive · AI labelView post →#SpaceApeCinema tonight at 1AM E, from the director of THEM!, Burt Reynolds and Susan Clark (not pictured 😜) set off to find the Missing Link and end up in court. Is Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer available? We hope you'll join us for INHERIT THE WIND II: ELECTRIC BOOGALOO, er, I mean... SKULLDUGGERY.
neutral · AI labelView post →Terrific graphic novel adaptation of Vercors' YOU SHALL KNOW THEM, which I first read in paperback as MURDER OF THE MISSING LINK; crudely adapted to a feature film as SKULLDUGGERY (1970), which has its virtues (and lapses).
neutral · AI labelView post →A reminder that @wocco.bsky.social also worked as a character designer and concept Illustrator on LAIKA’s The Missing Link. His finger prints are all over that film. Go give it a watch while you wait for Wildwood ;)
neutral · AI labelView post →Takara Tomy have teased more releases. MPG (Masterpiece) Hot Rod? Missing Link Grimlock? More Dinobots to follow? Ok this is awesome (my poor wallet). Masterpiece Movie Series, Sideswipe... two of them? New series Transformers Legends, Leo Convoy? #Transformers
neutral · AI labelView post →(person whose only Laika film was Missing Link voice) wow these guys are actually capable of telling a compelling story
positive · AI labelView post →God I hope this movie gets better advertising than Missing Link did
neutral · AI labelView post →Ugh, was gonna record that review of Missing Link Arcee but had a headache so was waiting for it to pass. Now fireworks have kicked off outside. Good stuff. Could film the B-roll I guess. Don't need audio for that.
neutral · AI labelView post →50 under seen animated movies of the 20th century. My 20th choice is Missing Link. Is it top tier Laika? No, not really. It is an enjoyable entertaining family movie with impressive stop motion animation and a good dash of humour. It’s better than 90% of the family films out there.
positive · AI labelView post →Yeah. Beloved and critically-acclaimed films with very, very low box office receipts. Crazy to know they haven't made a film since 2019, and that film, Missing Link, wasn't even that good, especially compared to the underrated Kubo and the Two Strings.
negative · AI labelView post →If anyone’s looking for a laugh here’s a review of the 2019 stop motion animation film The Missing Link #DGG
neutral · AI labelView post →Here's another recent pic: The Missing Link from Monsters VS. Aliens. The movie is pretty underrated IMO. But not by that much. I had that movie in my head a lot when I drew this up. #nsfw #dreamworks #fanart #nsfwfanart #furry
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't doubt. LAIKA never, *ever* misses. Even their least movie, Missing Link, is still better than a lot of animation studio's outputs. It's absurd and unfair how amazing they are at the animation game.
positive · AI labelView post →either way Missing Link WILL be real because it kinda has to be. whether it be a questline in KHIV proper, or a Back Cover-esque movie, i think it's silly to believe that Missing Link won't be brought up at all because no KH game has really ever been fully cancelled like that
neutral · AI labelView post →The box office tracking numbers for "Wildwood" are very poor. But perhaps the splendid reviews (and the Knights' marketing budget) will improve its prospects? Laika's last film, "Missing Link," was a box office failure. It was an Oscar nominee nonetheless, and won a Golden Globe.
neutral · AI labelView post →Diaclone Powered Convoy/Movie Preview Colors Ultra Magnus/Delta Magnus and unreleased prototype Arcee. WOW! I don’t know* what else Missing Link could do that would add to this particular set, but I’m here for it! *yes, I do 😂
neutral · AI labelView post →Missing Link: The fifth film by LAIKA and their most recent film and its probably the most underrated. The film follows a Yeti creature named Link (Zach Galifianakis) who teams up with two explorers (Hugh Jackman, Zoe Saldana) who want to take him to a hidden society of Yetis away from civilization
neutral · AI labelView post →New: It's her. www.instagram.com/p/DPzhac8E15... (Missing Link Arcee, Generations Fall of Cybertron Ratbat, Movie Retro Reissue G1 Hot Rod, G1 Encore Reissue Ultra Magnus, G1 Galvatron and Rodimus Prime) #transformers #toyphotography
neutral · AI labelView post →IDW Arcee is my favorite nowadays. Even if her toys aren't my favorite. I just pretend that Bumblebee Movie Studio Series Arcee is IDW Arcee. I don't like the movies but my two favorite Arcee toys are movie toys. The other one is 2007's deluxe. That'll probably change when I get the Missing Link.
neutral · AI labelView post →Absolutely zero confidence in this film because of Disney’s track record. It’s going down the toilet bowl faster than Kingdom Hearts Missing Link.
neutral · AI labelView post →Including Missing Link, Commmerative Series, Movie Retro Re-release and probably a mix of original and gold box classics... With this Silverstreak, I can now say I have the G1, Ep1, Autobot Ark crew #Transformers
neutral · AI labelView post →Why’s everybody suddenly talking about Missing Link? It was an okay movie, I guess.
neutral · AI labelView post →🌟Kingdom Hearts is so iconic that they made a movie about a random world ✨Day 114 awaiting more Kingdom Hearts Missing Link News! Missing Link is NOT releasing Tomorrow #kingdomhearts #KHML #KHMLTomorrow
neutral · AI labelView post →‘WILDWOOD’ opened to $11M domestically, marking the second-lowest opening for a LAIKA film. Only ‘MISSING LINK’ debuted lower at $5.9M. #Wildwood #MissingLink #LAIKA
neutral · AI labelView post →5. Missing Link Yes, it’s a bit step back from the previous film and the story is simple, but it’s such a charming film and a better light-hearted film than Boxtrolls.
positive · AI labelView post →And last but not least….. Yes, they have 5 films and a freaking week from now, their sixth film(Though it’s not the shortest marathon I’ve done. Amblimation anyone?). #NowWatching: Missing Link(2019) #LaikaMarathon
neutral · AI labelView post →Same problem, different movie. I think it is a combined basic element-based Keyblade that was supposed to appear in Missing Link
neutral · AI labelView post →Almost every single animated film not from Disney at the time were box office bombs. Some of which like Missing Link lose them about $100 million.
neutral · AI labelView post →This will turn into a Mobius Final Fantasy situation where the game some how turns out good in theory but goes away in less than a year. KH Missing Link needs its story shared like KHUX, possibly through movie. There is no way after all this time, we are going to have missing KH lore.
neutral · AI labelView post →Lady and the Tramp The Triplets of Belleville Big Hero 6 Bambi Princess Mononoke My Neighbor Totoro Arthur Christmas Antz The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part A Bug’s Life Mary and Max Ponyo Klaus Teen Titans Go! To the Movies Bolt Missing Link Tangled
neutral · AI labelView post →PREMIERED THIS DAY (1915): THE DINOSAUR & THE MISSING LINK. It features the earliest work of a young Willis O'Brien who would go on to bring King Kong to life. Watch the film thanks to The Library of Congress. youtu.be/so9Exr5Ammo?...
neutral · AI labelView post →✨Thank you to everyone who's already signed the petition. Please Like and RT the attached post, for a chance to have Missing Link eventually released. (Console port, reworked as a movie, or something else) bsky.app/profile/illt... www.change.org/p/urge-squar...
neutral · AI labelView post →Been saying this for awhile, but Square should just make a “Back Cover” style movie to cover the story of Missing Link. Most people would have only played it for the story anyways or resorted to watching the cutscenes on YouTube
neutral · AI labelView post →At this point. We need a KH3 Final Mix where it is KH3 + Re:Mind, Melody of Memory with new content added, and Missing Link told as Cutscenes since every Final Mix has 2 fully playable games and 1 Cutscenes Movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →Some miscellaneous miniatures made by me for Missing Link, a stop-motion animation movie. Some finished, some a work in progress. Laika Studios. #missinglink #laika #miniatures
neutral · AI labelView post →The release date for Laika's next movie, "Wildwood," has been pushed back a year to 2026, according to ComicBook.com. Whenever it's released, it will be the first movie from Laika since 2019's "Missing Link." (Laika is owned by Phil Knight and run by his son, Travis.)
neutral · AI labelView post →Film-wise: at 5.55pm, Catch Me If You Can on Great Movies. At 6.15, The Simpsons Movie on E4. At 6.50, Dr No on ITV4. At 7pm, Missing Link on BBC3 or Trouble With Girls on Sky Arts. At 9pm, The Meg on Sky Showcase or M:I2 on ITV4. At 10pm, Saving Private Ryan on BBC2. At 10.30, Equals on BBC1 #telly
neutral · AI labelView post →since you are clearly a lost soul in need of guidance if you are reading this for whatever reason (you know I'm right) take my advice and watch MISSING LINK tonight, it's a good movie for lost souls in need of guidance and also people who like stop-motion animation
positive · AI labelView post →Thank you, I appreciate it a lot! His body type was partially inspired by Lionel Frost from Laika's Missing Link movie. I really liked the barrel chested top and long skinny legs.
neutral · AI labelView post →My least favorite film of their catalogue, Missing Link, I thought was merely “just okay”, and the rest range from good to straight up transcendent I must reiterate, see Wildwood in theaters. Every good thing you’ve heard about it is true
neutral · AI labelView post →Laika film ranking 6. Missing Link 5. The Boxtrolls 4. Coraline 3. ParaNorman 2. Kubo and the Two Strings 1. Wildwood
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm in a chatty mood rn so you're gonna get some of my (non spoilery) thoughts 🧵 I def think Laika learned their lessons from both Kubo (runtime) and Missing Link (tone), the film clocks in at just over 2hrs and it makes full use of that runtime, it never feels like it's dragging its heels, 1/6
neutral · AI labelView post →Which makes it the first ever non-computer-animated film to win in that category at the Globes. Not Kubo, Missing Link. I’m still a bit shock to day if you ask me.
neutral · AI labelView post →But on the bright side, while not as high as Kubo, it still got positive reviews and along getting an Oscar nomination, the film out of nowhere…..WON A GOLDEN GLOBE?!?!?!?!?!? Yes, Missing Link is a Golden Globe winning Best Animated Feature Film. Beating films like Toy Story 4 and Frozen II.
neutral · AI labelView post →I just watched Missing Link for the first time tonight, and I cannot begin to tell you how actually perfect and completely captivating it was. What fucking experience. Absolutely transcendent. An actually perfect film. and also, A TECHNICAL MARVEL of stop motion animation. Raised the bar.
positive · AI labelView post →100%. Missing Link is the only film (spoilers) in which they decided (senselessly, in my opinion) to make killing the "bad guy" the solution to everyone's problems. Clearly not their "A" writing team on that one. Kubo is my favourite, though ParaNorman is brilliant.
negative · AI labelView post →I keep forgetting that Laika did Missing Link. I still need to watch that movie.
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