WAIT... Remember Pixel Perfect?

Pixel Perfect is just one of those Disney channel Original Movies that was never quite up there with the DCOM greats, but it was still so memorable for the absurd logic and kind of being ahead of it's time. Today, let's dig into Pixel Perfect!
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Written By: Jordan Fringe
Edited By: Jordan Fringe & MDosik
Channel Art By: Jerry Meehan

[@JordanFringe94]

Thanks so much for watching! Were you a fan of Pixel Perfect? What other Disney Channel Original Movies should we cover in the future?

[@trinaq]

Please cover Smart House, if you haven't already.

[@TheJackish90]

Wait, Remember The Extraordinary Adventures of Jules Verne?

[@racheljackson4428]

How to be a Better Boy. i think it's the same Premise as Pixel Perfect.

[@jordandeanda6244]

I just did this same exact same thing. Watch Xenon, Smart House, Luck of the Irish, Phantom of the Megalex, Brink, Moms got a date with a Vampire, Halloweentown, Blank Check, Johnny Kapahala, Full Court Miracle, Under Wraps, Thirteen year, HOLES, Motocrossed, Miracle in Lane 2, ultimate Christmas present, and Dont look under the bed

[@YasmeenMO]

I love this movie

[@eternalnos2179]

Remember Pixel Perfect..? Man I've never forgotten it. When he told her he was tweaking her program and she says she thought she was perfect... it stuck with me.

[@maverickmayhem6368]

The 00's had the coolest interpretations of what the internet and inside of computers looked like.

[@belstar1128]

yea and the 90s too i think they actually tried to make a 3d vr version of the internet in the 90s. but they quickly found out that was a bad idea and not very practical having to physically gab files at 10 fps in 240p and dial up. but i think it inspired all these 2000s movies

[@rushmaverick1923]

This is one of those DCOMs that sticks with you. If not for the story, then the underline message about chasing perfection instead of accepting what's real and right in front of you. I especially liked the conversation between Roscoe and his dad, and what Loretta said to Samantha near the end. "Samantha you get to be the dreamer, but all I'll ever be is the dream". You don't get powerful lines like that in movies made for kids and young teens anymore.

[@TheTekkenguy]

I really enjoyed that aspect of the movie, how he realized the artificial girl of his dreams will never take the place of a real girl with real emotions. At the same time it doesn't invalidate Loretta's side of the story, who wanted to be seen as more than just a girlfriend. So the ending, where Roscoe and Sam get together and Loretta gets her freedom is a happy ending for all three characters. A lot of movies don't strike the right balance between the characters for their ending, and some characters get left in the dust. Pixel Perfect does that.

[@princessfiona2967]

The ending of this movie stunk with me it's very bitter sweet

[@Hakajin]

That line has stuck with me for my entire life! Like, it's a pretty standard kids' movie, but then you drop a line like that? Goddamn!

[@rjones6127]

I remember really liking this movie. Pixel Perfect, Smart House, Seventeen Again (Tia & Tamera), Hatching Pete, etc. The Disney Channel Original Movies used to be legit event movies.

[@Hanako-Kun-t9b]

I remember whenever disney premièred a new original film back in the day they used to have a themed timer. that always managed to get me hyped as a kid. I used to drop whatever I was watching and go out of my way and change the channel to Disney whenever a new one was getting ready to première.

[@trinaq]

This is one of my all time favourite DCOMs, and it's so slept on. The Black Mirror episode "Rachel, Jack and Ashley Too" has a similar premise to this movie, down to casting a former Disney icon.

[@Aluran]

YES EXACTLY !

[@lj9386]

Those flips Loretta did on stage always had me in tears 😂

[@Jlboynes]

Right😂 why was she being so extra

[@savannahdebose757]

Also the fact that she would glitch while she flipped which made her look more unreal! 😂

[@undefinedromance89]

This movie was definitely a favorite growing up, and I still think of it fondly. It was a part of the peak DCOM era.

[@avwillis5269]

One of the screenwriters of this film was Neal Shusterman, a YA author of some prominent series like "Scythe" and "Unwind.". I'd like to think some of the deeper questions and Loretta moments were his contribution.

[@austingeisinger2945]

Wow really? That explains a lot. He also wrote the Sikinjacker Trilogy which is another good series.

[@Readera]

Wow that explains a lot.

[@FTChomp9980]

I remember watching Pixel Perfect! That was when Disney put effort for there DCOMS.

[@sarahtelles1931]

Have you seen Spin

[@BlueSparxLPs]

My sister and I were obsessed with this movie to the point we had to stop and watch it together anytime it was on. As kids we didn't really understand the more topical or horrific implications of the concept, but it's interesting seeing that highlighted now.

[@aprilmayhue]

I loved this movie!! The ending is wild, ya a hologram taps into the brain of a girl who is in a coma, takes over her body just so she could feel rain

[@trinity31409]

The whole soundtrack was one of the best from DCOMs. With "Perfectly" and "When the Rain Falls" how can it not be. "Nothing's Wrong With Me" still pops into my mind from time to time. I hope that Disney does another DCOM series airing like it did years ago where they aired them all over a period of a month.

[@shyb7847]

Yes, I remember this like the back of my hand. I was obsessed with Ricky Ullman. What's scary is the growing number of AI singers .

[@eerieeric834]

This does seem like it was ahead of it’s time

[@shammahikoro8475]

One of my Top 5 DCOMs! Very underrated and it had a great soundtrack! I thought her dance moves were interesting though 💀

[@la_sombruh]

I hope you do more DCOMs. It's like reminiscing on old times without bringing back the cringe that is early 2000's

[@Bulbasaur617]

Definitely remember this old Disney Channel movie years ago. Thanks for having me remember this one by doing a video on this one.

[@JL_Neo]

I remember watching it when it first aired and really enjoying it. Not sure why this DCOM stuck with me like it did but I'm glad it exists.

[@Hwilki]

Loretta wanting to feel the rain is what’s stuck with me all these years… as a child, that moment was my introduction to existentialism and I still have complicated feelings when I think back on first watching this film nearly 20 years ago.

[@Markimark151]

I watched this movie back in high school, I enjoyed it because it was a movie about the pop music industry tries to push phony people for their good appearance! Pixel Perfect was ahead of its time, especially with hologram bands, AI performers, the uncanny valley in artists! Disney channel used to make good original movies that had good morals and not trying to be cash grab sequels!

[@Plain_Lane]

Such a classic! I had the soundtrack and the music was so good! Especially "Notice Me"

[@Casvaleon]

I remember one time they played "Eddie's million dollar bake off" over and over for like a month straight. I was so livid lol anybody remember this?

[@hayles023]

I turn 31 on Monday. And I remember the day that it premiered haha. I remember how big of a deal Disney channel original movies were growing up haha 😊

[@brendav8973]

One of my favorite DCOMS So glad you’re covering it

[@cesarvictorino4301]

Wait remember W.I.T.C.H

[@Joe-mz6ez]

Didn't he made one already? Or was rhat negative legend?

[@tommyspringfield7687]

I love w.i.tc.h

[@paytonturner1421]

Yes I 100% want to see a video about W.I.CH

[@exoticvixen]

Yessss please do w.i.t.c.h.!!

[@OtisCluck]

@@Joe-mz6ezit may have been Winx Club

[@Hanako-Kun-t9b]

I remember when I first became a fan of vocaloid as a kid , I thought about this film. Rosco is probably using projection mapping on Loretta to get her to move & dance. the singing is most likely done on a program on his computer.

[@AntiFaGoat]

I remember this one. I haven't re-watched this since I was a teenager, but "baby's first existential fever dream" was certainly memorable. Also, with the rise of Hatsuni Miku, the hologram idol thing is actually kind of accurate.

[@TheInkTank]

I used to love this movie! I remember hearing Loretta sing the last line of Notice Me with a high pass filter during the "live performance" and thinking it was super cool because she's a hologram and can do her own vocal effects and such. It also sent me on a long crusade to find out the effect was called a high pass because I started hearing it in other songs and didn't know what it was. It was just "the Pixel Perfect voice" to me growing up.

[@JamieHaDov]

Raviv Ullman looks just as young as he did then it’s insane

[@MikeChai13]

20 years old as of 2023!! I watched this in 2003, when I graduated from middle school. Whoa!

[@amazzonkane]

I loved Pixel Perfect as a kid. Loretta danced so Hatsune Miku could fill stadiums

[@BadaBing511]

This was one of my favorites! The songs pop in my head all the time! 🎶

[@christyguichard8013]

Why was I so obsessed with this movie as a kid I wish it was on all the time on Disney

[@MysticDojo]

I miss a lot of the old tv disney movies, even stevens movie, smart house, life size, luck of the irish, the 13th year, the little vampire, underwraps, twitches, etc, etc. The early to mid 2000's was a time to be alive. Pixel Perfect lowkey predicted Hatsune Miku and AI, but in all seriousness I feel the movie covered a lot of deeper tones, I still remember a scene where his father reflects on his marriage and how his expectations for the perfect person in his life ruined his chances in finding love, basicly holding people to high standards of perfection when we are imperfect beings only leads to disconnection and isolation

[@bensneb360]

First Rose McIver in Eddie's Million Dollar Cook-Off, now Leah Pipes in Pixel Perfect, what’s with me discovering actress I like being in Disney Channel original movies from my childhood lol

[@PseudoFanboy]

the soundclip of "nothing's wrong with me" have echoed in my head literally since i first saw this movie, up to as recently as the day i found this video even the moment of "but first... the rain" comes back to me every now and then cos i don't necessarily remember loving this movie or the execution being flawless, but i remember the what they did with it still being pretty good for kids' movie standards

[@TheKingRuffy]

I know KZbin Algorythm is poopy... But PLEASE don't burn yourself out. I would love to see you many more years. Even if that would mean fewer uploads. NEVER forget yourself Jordan

[@WXLM-MorganNicole619]

That line: “It must be wonderful… to feel the rain.” Just haunts me

[@djmexicanodetx2195]

I remember this Disney channel original movie!

[@GameLover-pz5zc]

The early 2000s DCOMs were a special kind of nostalgic, before the days of "Twitches", "High School Musical" & "Camp Rock". Also, this movie is similar to the Al Pacino film "Simone".

[@iamlorddems3859]

hey I liked twitches and still do.

[@GameLover-pz5zc]

@iamlorddems3859 I like Twitches too. I'm just saying, those movies are from the mid to late 2000s. "Pixel Perfect" is from the early 2000s.

[@senpailee1967]

I like how this movie displays AI because they actually did that and there’s a lot of people who are walking around pixel perfect

[@ItsJustCastro]

This was always my favorite Dcom growing up

[@kiannielopez93]

When i think of dcoms this is the first one that comes to mind as well as "Stuck in the Suburbs."

[@azel7056]

Hahahah one of favorite Disney shows when i was a kid, good times. Thank you for going over this,

[@LittleMissLounge]

I always thought of Pixel Perfect as S1M0NE for kids. I wouldn't call it a classic or a favorite of mine, but it wasn't bad at all. It did try to have more gravitas than the typical DCOM, and I admire that attempt. I'd rather that than what DCOMs eventually became.

[@amandaggogo]

All the music in this entire movie was SO good!

[@PiNkSuGaRx2Alicia]

I loooooved this one the most

[@Diz_27]

I never seen this movie but i do remember the trailers for it.

[@Royq666]

I remember watching all of these Disney Chanel original moves with my grandpa they were good times thanks for reminding me of those times

[@Marsvll]

I've been feeling a bit off and came across your channel and have been on a Fringe binge, you could say. Your videos have been a nice nostalgic distraction, and I enjoy them. Great work! I look forward to watching more! 😃

[@Celestial7Heavens]

I loved watching this movie with my cousin at the time. It was like the kid-friendly version of the movie “S1M0NE”. Same plot that also used a holographic singer/actress that the world thought was real. I thought it was crazy how both movies predicted the rise & global fame of Hatsune Miku! 😱

[@dealinreid]

It’s sad watching all the networks we grew up on die out 😢

[@kjthenbee]

I remember watching this as a kid and being really emotionally affected by it - I really liked Loretta and I remember feeling so bad for her that she wasn’t “real” and couldn’t feel the rain. I remember crying when she finally was able to feel the rain via the other girl’s body in the end and then she “died”. It was a pretty heavy movie for a 7 year old to watch on Disney Channel lol.

[@ladyjay74]

Smart House is a masterpiece.

[@yoXneo]

Absolutely! One of my fav DCOMs! Still listen to the Zetta Bytes lol😂

[@alexanderschord1041]

Smart house and my date with the presidents daughter would be great for you to review

[@LPJZ456]

Omg one of my favorite movies back then

[@azaznogalesaz]

First Angela andacondo and now this! Love it cause I forgot about this movie ever existed but remember I loved it.

[@victoriai4154]

The scene with the rain has lived rent free in my mind since the first time i saw it. It's the reason I love the rain so much.

[@TheClarkbautista11]

Thank you for making may December so cool, I miss these shows.

[@gabrielleduplessis7388]

While this theme was imperfect, I liked the feminist themes in this movie. I liked how they comment on how insulting it is to take features that a man deems as perfect instead of focusing on their qualities. The record company does what they are still doing now. Replacing real people with AI, but still using them for entertainment. As a woman, Loretta has no voice in making her own decisions. As AI, they don’t see her as a person either, just an entity which can also apply to women too. The other side of that is Sam which is experiencing something similar. She would have to change herself and be silent while being replaced with someone deemed as perfect. While Rosco is not attracted to her at first, he still uses specific parts of her in Loretta. It feels like she is not a person. I like how Loretta and Sam in the coma dream can see how they are the same which is personified of Loretta being in Sam. I maybe overanalyzing all of this, but why I still love this movie.

[@aiadoc105]

Obsessed with it at the time as a 9-year-old. Loved the music. The coma scene was terrifying at the time though and is still pretty eerie. That said, the other day I basically put my Disney Plus watchlist on shuffle by closing my eyes and clicking on something and I wound up on it!

[@rainfeller]

Been watching Jordan Fringe videos as I drift in and out of feverish consciousness. Thanks for the upload.

[@wesleytocool]

This movie was so sad. Especially at the end when she finally got to experience touch and the rain and life and she's so happy and turns around and sees him sad and asked her to give the body back

[@simplesimply3753]

I’ve never stopped. This movie plays in my head rent free at least once a week.

[@rvawildcardwolf2843]

I was really religious as a kid, So I tended to interpret things through that. At the end, I thought that Loretta died and went to heaven when the lighting struck her, so when she came back to watch them she was an angel showing her friends she was alright. I'm sure I was reading too much into it. But I liked that implication through a Christian context that Loretta was enough of a real person and a good person that she earned a spot in the afterlife. Even though Christianity wasn't a focal point or theme of this story.

[@TeruteruBozusama]

I remember watching this on tv and being so puzzled. The brain thing, how it predicted some things and other things doesn't make sense at all. How was it for the girls, one being called perfect and the other not? It just left me very confused honestly. Can you please make a video about Teamo Supremo? It was one of the series that taught me English.

[@kaylads]

I do remember this movie. I thought it was just nostaglic, but the messages are surprisingly deep and genuine.

[@biblegirl]

I absolutely loved to this film in highschool. I still own the soundtrack on CD.

[@AshleeKnowsNot]

Not only do I remember this movie, I still remember the music. To this day Notice Me is one of those songs I will randomly sing. I'm not going to lie I couldn't remember the name so I just looked it up. And listening to the song yeah it's probably been 15-20 years since this movie came out and I remember all the lyrics. This movie had such a cool premise and a surprisingly deep message at the end. This one really stuck with me.

[@KrisRN23935]

I loved this movie as a kid. But Loretta dying kinda messed me up a bit. Also, when Natasha Bettingfield got famous I thought it was the same person that played her.

[@jtgd]

0:17 you brought back the inner kid who wanted to turn after seeing the George Lopez show intro

[@AlysonMc]

Might I recommend Mom Can't Cook! a DCOM podcast, where two adult British men watch and discuss every Disney Channel Original Movie. It's amazing! They've haven't done Pixel Perfect yet, but Smart House is the first episode.

[@shysnow8]

Omg this is one of my favorite DCOMS!

[@ExiILe00]

“You’re a mean one, Mr.Fringe.”

[@shelt370]

Thanks for the free G-Fuel samples Jordan. Really appreciate it man. First time trying it.

[@adamshafeeq8685]

Wait! Remember episodes i need: Max Steel (2012) TMNT (03 and 2012) Transformers (Animated and Prime) Redakai: Conquer the Kairu Monsuno W.I.T.C.H Winx Club SWAT Kats Legion of Superheroes Avengers Earth's Mightiest Heroes Spectacular Spiderman Iron Man Armoured Adventures Fantastic Four World's Greatest Heroes

[@Anuyushi]

Oh my godddd Max Steel

[@devingiles6597]

Not to mention, Bobby's World. Starring Howie Mandell who voiced the main character, his dad Howard and plays as himself at the opening and ending scenes of each episode when he talks to Bobby.

[@aydenaer2618]

i still listen to the soundtrack to this day. this movie is one of my favorites.

[@Kel_leSurprise]

Just watched this again last summer for the first time since I was a pre-teen and it hit so much harder as an adult.

[@shuuichissaihara]

I never forgot about this movie mainly for the banger song that would always play in the commercials

[@paytonturner1421]

I watch a lot of Disney channel original movies but I never heard of this. It must have followed the radar when I was watching Disney channel.

[@guyinapandasuit2691]

If you're doing Disney channel movies, ya gotta cover those series of movies with those brothers. I forget their names but one is the classic "city dude goes to the farm" and another is "dudes get stranded on an island" plot. If you do shows PLEASE cover So Weird. I loved that show.

[@samhenderson1864]

The Lawrence Brothers were the surname of the group of guys in those movies

[@marshallc6215]

1:00 you'd better be talking about Motocrossed...

[@jemofthe80s18]

YES, I remember it, because Sam was Stacy from "Odd Girl Out", one of my favorite Lifetime movies:):)

[@eco-TM]

always love to see new videos!

[@animeandanimals]

The scene where she danced in the rain stuck with me for a long time

[@SuperSnivMatt]

One DCOM that stands out to me besides the cinematic masterpieces that are the Halloweentown Movies I’d Minute Men. I don’t remember much of it save the premise of time traveling with a minute being somewhat a stipulation in that world’s time traveling law, but would love to do Mr. Fringe covering it!!

[@dealinreid]

There’s also life size But having Tyra mentor a young female is problematic on itself😂

[@Psyducks-headache]

Ain't no way this is 20 years old. I remember anticipating and watching the premiere of it. You mean to tell me I was only 7?! My memory is definitely not that good. * Initiate mini Existential crisis *

[@Rat2rrj]

The only thing I remembered from this movie was Loretta beaming herself back to implied heaven at the end

[@Tom-kq3ng]

Please do Stuck In The Suburbs at some point, that’s definitely my favorite DCOM lol

[@tetsusiega2]

Damn…time is just…straight up hoofing it at this point.

[@sasukuto]

Holy shit, 20 years old? But I remember this airing so clearly! That is terrifying, where did time go?

[@Pktommy1]

I had such a crush on Ricky I was so sad when they ended Phil of the Future

[@kekslider]

Loving the content (and the sweatshirt) Keep up the good work 👍

[@decodemanmichaelbeyleaf3561]

I hope you do either Wait remember famous Jeff Jackson or wait remember Aaron stone This year just to know.

[@BadaBing511]

Yes! I miss Aaron Stone all the time. I regret not watching Jett Jackson as a kid. Edit: Made this edit becuse I just realized the one girl was in this and Aaron Stone. 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@TheLadyEmerald809]

how much this movie fustrates fringe is amazing 😂

[@invaderbrynn]

this movie changed me permanently on a cellular level

[@Tw0Dots]

Just got my free sample Jordan thanks 😂 it really is 100% free & this vid brought back memories