Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID10030360.asp" target="_blank"><b>Latest: Walt Disney Pictures Gives a Voice to One of the Worlds Most Beloved and Timeless Characte</b></a> For the first time in history, Tinker Bell, one of the world’s most beloved animated characters, will speak in an all-new original film that reveals many of life’s wondrous mysteries of nature. From two-time Academy Award® winner John Lasseter, Chief Creative Officer of Walt Disney and Pixar Animation Studios, and the storytellers at Walt Disney Pictures, comes a spectacular, full-length CG animated movie filled with magic and adventure. Tinker Bell takes flight on October 28, 2008 with a treasure trove of captivating bonus features on Disney DVD and Blu-rayTM Disc.<p align="center"><iframe frameborder=0 width=352 height=284 src="http://www.totaleclips.com/player/Splash.aspx?custid=3&clipid=e40242&playerid=69&affiliateid=-1&bitrateid=378&formatid=10"></iframe> Film Clip with Tinker Bell Speaking</p>
Originally Posted By mawnck Not the first time. <a href="http://www.kiddierecords.com/2007/archive/week_31.htm" target="_blank">http://www.kiddierecords.com/2...k_31.htm</a> The 5 parts are out of order, BTW. It's supposed to go Intro - Main Street - Fantasyland - Frontierland - Tomorrowland. To listen in order, here's what you do: 0:00 to 1:38 7:30 to end 3:36 to 5:27 1:40 to 3:33 5:28 to 7:29
Originally Posted By DlandDug I have that Mattel Musical Map, and have been "listening" to Tinker Bell for years...
Originally Posted By basil fan It really wouldn't work if every fairy spoke except Tink. And in the original novel, she does speak, only humans can't understand her. I just have very little interest in seeing her in CGI. Too much like watching a Barbie movie. Mouse Tales <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/mice.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...ice.html</a>
Originally Posted By JenniBarra I've known this was coming, but I wasn't looking forward to it. I think that, in her original form, part of the charm and spunk comes from the fact that she communicates without speech. I have to agree with basil fan, though. If you're going to have a movie focused on the fairies, it will only work if everyone talks.
Originally Posted By mawnck Folks on cartoonbrew.com are noting that Lasseter looks like he's starring in a hostage video. And that there's a glaring animation error at 1:24, when the orange fairy's arm and hair go right through the pink fairy. This in the PROMO CLIP. Imagine what the rest of the thing is like. The Pixar revolution is looking mighty shaky ...
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 I'm not much for "modernization" of classic characters, but this particular instance doesn't really bother me. The animation looks to be fairly well done for a DTV project, and Tinkerbell still seems to retained most of her original spunk, rather than be watered down to be more kid-friendly. I can't imagine seeing it, but I know that lots of little kids will really love it.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 oh, wow, mawnck. I didn't see that far into the clip, so I didn't see that before you mentioned it. That's pretty funny. Maybe fairies can move through walls and other solid objects (including other fairies). They are magical beings after all
Originally Posted By jdub While I do wish that Disney would lay of the sequels, I want to say right here that I like to imagine T.B.'s voice as sounding much like that of the beloved character Droopy.
Originally Posted By hightp I think it would be funny if Tink had Roseanne's voice, but they'll probably give her someone lame, like Hillary Duff.
Originally Posted By hightp D'oh, sorry, I didn't read the article. I'm not sure who Mae Whitman is, but I bet she's no Roseanne.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926165/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0926165/</a> She was in Hope Floats with Sandra Bullock and When a Man Loves a Woman with Meg Ryan. She was in the short cable series Thief with Andre Braugher also. At 20 she has done alot of stuff - Interestingly she replaced Britney Murphy for Tinks voice.
Originally Posted By mawnck <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Whitman" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Whitman</a> The clip in the original post has her performing. Standard issue spunky tween type voice, coming from someone with actual voice acting experience for a change. She's way overacting on this clip, but that's probably what the director wanted. It probably would have been perfect if the animation wasn't so stiff.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA The bothersome thing to me, is the quality of the animation. It's a notch above something like The Backyardigans -- and that's not a good thing.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>The bothersome thing to me, is the quality of the animation.<< Yes. They have done some neat stuff with these characters in books over the past few years, where they were hand drawn rather than computer rendered, rather charming and fresh. Too bad they didn't stick with that look.
Originally Posted By ecdc >>The bothersome thing to me, is the quality of the animation. It's a notch above something like The Backyardigans -- and that's not a good thing.<< So true. I saw the video and with Lasseter's introduction, I want to believe it'll be good. But it's yet another example of Disney taking something that feels classic and charming and trying far too hard to make it "hip" or "edgy." I'm haunted by visions of Poochie the Rockin' Dog.
Originally Posted By christiemarsh88 When I think cheapqual, I think "Return of Jafar" (which, incidentally, I loved when it first came out--I was 6). Now that is some truly horrible animation. This new movie definitely seems like a huge improvement as far as DTV releases go. They've come a long way in the 14 years since the cheapqual inundation began.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>This new movie definitely seems like a huge improvement as far as DTV releases go.<< Of course I'm basing this on only a very brief clip, but I couldn't disagree more. Setting aside the overall stiffness, jerkiness, and creepiness -- having one character walk through another? Disney? Heck, you won't even see that kind of thing in the earliest episodes of Veggie Tales. Return of Jafar was cheap, not incompetent.
