Originally Posted By mawnck Not to be confused with the Dole Whip Stand. This is a trailer. For real this time. <a target="blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://movies.disney.com/frozen/video/trailers/">http://movies.disney.com/froze...railers/</a> Looks ... Tangled-y. And with the way this year's other major animated releases are going, I'll take it.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox Rapunzel of the North. How effn original. What's next, Disney? A ditzy chick and handsome guy riding across the outback to end a massive drought? You can call it "Shriveled." Unbelievable.
Originally Posted By leemac I've seen the whole thing now - it is a Norwegian Tangled. Wholly disappointing. The humor is just an extension of recent WDAS product. They haven't even tried to change the human or animal forms. I found the whole thing to be unoriginal. It is mildly engaging but it is nothing more than a cookie cutter version of WDAS' mantra.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA Perfect! The characters from "Frozen" can now be plopped into the Norway pavilion at EPCOT. And for the record, I really hate the use of current expressions from 2013 -- 'wait, what?' for example. It causes these movies to become dated so quickly. (See "Jeopardy" overlay to "Universe of Energy") It seems to appeal to young girls who watch a lot of Tumblr videos or something. Blecch!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Looks like fun. Doesn't look like a great movie. There are so many similarities to Tangled, from the character design, to the waterside village setting (plus snow), to the architecture, to the guy/girl relationship, to the type of jokes, to the tone of the voice actors. There's just nothing fresh here, other than the snow. >>It causes these movies to become dated so quickly. (See "Jeopardy" overlay to "Universe of Energy")<< To me, the Jeopardy element of UOE has aged relatively well. Yes, the set is different now (they just debuted a new set for the 30th season last week) and Trebek's moustache is gone, but other than that it still works. The bigger issue is the Ellen sitcom setup; her popularity has fallen and risen during the last 15 years, but somehow she's still very recognizable. But the whole thing is very much based in her sitcom that is very 90's, and has been entirely forgotten from the public concious. UOE does a good job of working for an audience unfamiliar with the show, but it definitely has issues
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: I really don't know why they couldn't have made Anna look more original instead of so much like Rapunzel. While I suspect I'll like FROZEN, I can already see that it's not going to be as wonderful as it might have been.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan The big evil snow monster guy looks cool. Ha ha, cool. I didn't mean to do that.
Originally Posted By Witches of Morva ORWEN: Oh, yes you did! I even saw you open up your refrigeator door as you were saying that!!!
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <likes Tangled and wonders how Jeopardy is dated.> That footage for 'Universe of Energy' with Ellen, and Jamie Lee Curtis and Bill Nye the Science Guy was shot in 1996 -- that's 17 years ago. And it shows. It looks dated. So -- Jeopardy! Isn't dated -- the whole thing is.
Originally Posted By 9oldmen Ellen is hosting the Oscars, Alex is still hosting "Jeopardy", and Bill Nye was recently on T.V. with fellow Cornell alumnus Bill Maher, and of course, is on "Dancing With The Stars". That's 3 people still on ABC in some form. Still, the show("Energy" at EPCOT) has been in its current form for longer than it was in its original form, and could use an update. I'm surprised they haven't thought of a way to incorporate 3D into it, since so much of it is on screens. Getting back on topic, "Frozen" looks fun, and sort of seems to take place in the same universe as "Tangled". Still, that contemporary music, and those current catch phrases... We'll see how many times we hear: "just sayin'" "Worst.(insert noun).Ever."(that one drives me nuts. I think it started with the Comic Book Guy on The Simpsons). "Who knew?" Hopefully, we'll be spared a "twerking" scene with Olaf. It also vaguely reminds me of a Rankin/Bass special, and I mean that in a good way.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA My description of something being 'dated' means Iin my opinion, that it is out of date. The filmed stuff on UOE is 17 years old. And because it's a filmed piece that we all know -- it looks dated. Captain EO looks dated Before it closed 'Honey I Shrunk the Audience' looked dated. It happens
Originally Posted By mawnck >>Alex is still hosting "Jeopardy"<< Point of order ... Jeopardy is not - and was never - on ABC. It might be on the ABC station in your town (it is in mine too) but it's a syndicated show sold on a station-by-station basis through Sony Pictures Television. It was on NBC at one time, but that was before Alex Trebek.
Originally Posted By leobloom >> And for the record, I really hate the use of current expressions from 2013 -- 'wait, what?' for example. << Me too. I noticed several lines like that in the trailer. The sarcastic "really?" and "Come on!" were a couple, but there were others. Sounds like lazy screenwriting. And like you said, it will become dated almost instantly, like a 90s cartoon with characters saying "Not!" or "Sike!" I couldn't believe how similar this looked to Tangled, too. The horse, the lead characters...guess the snowman is the "quirky" companion like the frog/lizard thing in Tangled.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I really liked the headline for the Frozen trailer on Yahoo. It seems like everybody has figured out Disney's oh-so-clever strategy: >>Never before has the studio had two royal leads, and to top it off, one is good and the other — gasp! — is bad.<<
Originally Posted By Bellella I have a distinct feeling that I'll like the movie "Tangled" way better after I see this movie. A. Lot. Better. Seeing as how this one looks like a dumb ripoff.
Originally Posted By xrayvision I liked the trailer. I admittedly chuckled at the snowman's comment about his carrot nose, "It's so cute. It's like a little baby unicorn." One trailer scene that I wish hadn't been revealed was the heartwarming, fireside chat between Elsa and the melting snowman. I thought Elsa was going to be a cold villain with an icy personality. She was one of the movie's more intriguing characters that I was most looking forward to seeing and hearing with Menzel's wonderful singing voice. I guess Elsa isn't that icy after all and warms up at some point in the film. I'm looking forward to seeing the film. It will be a nice holiday treat.
Originally Posted By Bellella "Frozen", Disney animated feature #53. What are the next 47 going to be like?
Originally Posted By utahjosh I do wish they wouldn't have kept the exact same character design. It really does look like a sequel to Tangled. Maybe they wanted to keep it in the same "world." However, I think the story might be pretty good, and I expect great songs.
