Journey to the Blue Sky Episode 1: Ice Age

Welcome to Journey to the Blue Sky, a new animated studio
retrospective where Arun and Patricia look back at all the
animated projects done by Blue Sky Studios. In the first episode
of Journey to the Blue Sky, they look back at the 2002 animated
film Ice Age starring Ray Romano, John Leguizamo, and Denis
Leary. Millions of years in the ice age, a mammoth named Manny
and a sloth named Sid are going on a journey to take a baby boy
back to its pack before they leave far away from their meet up
point. A saber tooth tiger named Diego is tasked to capture the
baby to the leader of the pack to kill it. Diego then pretends to
help Manny and Sid to lead the baby towards his family, but in
reality is going to have them ambushed. Meanwhile, a squirrel
named Scrat is chasing around an acorn with crazy shenanigans
occurring.


When the film premiered in theaters, it made over $383 million
dollars out of a $59 million dollar budget. It was praised by
critics and viewers with its animation, characters, humor, and
story. This would not only mark the premiere of Blue Sky Studios
competing alongside Pixar, DreamWorks, and Disney with producing
3D animated films, but the beginning of an franchise. How well
does Ice Age hold up after 20 years later? Listen and find
out.