Monsters, Inc. (2001) Harryhausen's Before & After 9/11

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[SrsBismuth]

The “After” is more kid friendly and makes sense, but the original is much funnier to me because they still say they’re preparing to decontaminate the building and then just blow it off the face of the planet

[ripjaw-]

ok now their “oh shit” look makes more sense

[sunsetvibe]

After seeing the original so many times as a kid. It’s so surreal seeing the main characters of the series walk away from an actual explosion.

[Gamernutthegamemaster]

Yes, I understand that this was altered due to the 911 terrorists attacks, but explosion makes Sully and Mike’s reaction seem a lot more believable

[maxresdefault_]

Honestly, the original scene is probably better but the new one is so iconic to my childhood. Kinda even more scary

[Fletcher._art]

It’s amazing how much of a difference it makes. I watched this film a lot as a kid and seeing that green dome appear always made me scratch my head.

[futuremovieactor]

I think the dome makes sense too. When you consider "decontamination", you consider the dome as either trapping everything inside to be cleaned before release or you think of how it's supposed to administer some kind of electric shock that kills all the supposed germs. I think Celia having burns the next day does make sense with the latter if you ask me.

[cattysplat]

The fur physics in Monsters Inc in 2001 were jaw dropping. Never saw anything like it in computer animation at the time. It's still very impressive today.

[DrRank]

The plasma thing is the canon version of events, as the first episode of Monsters at Work reveals that Harryhausen's is still in service within two days of the incident, and that Mike and Sulley received a lifetime ban (that was eventually lifted).

[chrminid]

The explosion is funny, but I like how the updated version has the CDA use an energy barrier/cleanser. It shows off their technological might, which is ironic because up to this point they still haven’t discovered that children aren’t actually toxic to monsters, which is funny in its own right…

[tristanlanier]

This is the one reason animation companies don't wanna use explosions at the time.

[Retrotude]

To be honest I always assumed that the plasma dome was for safely containing the explosion like the metal dome they blew the sock up in earlier, and the detonation just happened off-screen.

[DVal-blhm]

To be honest, I actually think the radioactive dome works better, largely because it's more disturbing to think that the CDA has access to tools that massive and outlandish for something so unprecedented. I also think trapping the nearby witnesses with the dome is a better way to imply that the CDA's "decontamination tests" took a long time than when using a typical explosion. (e.g. Celia being so injured and upset the following day) I know if I had to endure abrasive tests for a long time, I'd be pretty miserable.

[karar.kendall]

imagine if there was a director's cut with the explosion scene.

[__rebz]

As a kid I always thought it was weird that a force field would produce any wind at all, so much that sully's hair would move that aggressively, now it all makes sense

[jbourbon]

On one hand, the explosion was funnier.
On the other hand, the giant ray shield makes more sense for decontamination.

[JacobLewis]

Kevin: well an alien flew directly over me and blasted a car with its laser vision!
Billy: I tried to run from it but it picked me up with its mind powers and shook me like a doll!
Larry: its true! I saw the whole thing!

[Nic_]

To be fair, explosions to us are more common so from our perspective, we would be more freaked out by a giant plasma dome than a simple explosion

[_C_FL]

I knew about 9/11 changing the chase scene from Lilo and Stitch, but this is new to me.

[DubiousD]

its also cool to see the second version of the scene has evidence of a rushed out render - there are overall less shadows and the ones that are there have harsher edges
its particularly noticeable on the police chopper, the hazmat mask, and Sully's fur is more lit with ambient light in the censored version, where as the original has more volume and casts more shadows on itself