It combines two of the biggest challenges faced by the design team: animating fur and animating water. Making A Scene focuses on about ten seconds of footage where Scrat falls into the sea and is attacked by piranhas. A couple of other featurettes go into more detail about character design and the modelling phase that precedes the CG animation process. Sadly Leguizamo is not available for children's parties.Ī TV Special on the making of the film picks up the story so far and gives a quick overview of the varying stages of production. Then in Sloth Dancing To Sid's Sing-Along he invites us to cut the rug with some disco moves and make monkey noises. He shows how to achieve Sid's 'lateral lisp' by sucking on lemons, munching on chocolate and stuffing his face with crackers.

John Leguizamo looks as though he's auditioning for a presenter slot on kids TV in Silly Sid. For instance Crash And Eddie perform three added stunts, like a game of basket ball with a ball of dung and there are mock news reports about the discovery of a prehistoric squirrel (Scrat) running rampage in the frozen wilderness. However, there is a playful element to the bonus disc that enhances the entertainment value. Some are barely over a minute, like Meet Crash And Eddie and/or Ellie, which cobble together soundbites from the producers with clips from the film.

If you invest in the two-disc version of Meltdown, you may be disappointed to find that it's mostly made up of throwaway featurettes.

Given those numbers, don't expect this franchise to become extinct any time soon. In the end, of course, it's academic and this story of cuddly critters battling the elements (voiced by the likes of Queen Latifah and John Leguizamo) raked in just under $200m. We called Ice Age: The Meltdown ' an improvement on the original' but some critics gave this eco-minded toon a frosty reception.

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