Originally Posted By DyGDisney I watched. It was cute. Did you notice in the part where the little girl was remembering standing in line waiting for Santa and they had to leave because her brother started crying, the kid behind her was wearing the goggles like the annoying kid in line with Ralphie in "A Christmas Story?"
Originally Posted By skinnerbox It was cute, but lacked the 'newness' of the original. The first is still the best.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan I enjoyed it. What was cool was watching the 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas contrasted with this cutting edge animation of 2011. The heart and charm of the 1965 show still works, and has there ever been greater music? Nuh uh. Prep & Landing 2 was good, lots of funny blink-and-you'll-miss-em gags and asides. I too like the original better, but I am excited that Disney/ABC is making new, original holiday specials like this. The character design of these little elves is wonderful, love the idea of the little "try harder next year" ribbon around the lump of coal. Well done!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Did you notice in the part where the little girl was remembering standing in line waiting for Santa and they had to leave because her brother started crying, the kid behind her was wearing the goggles like the annoying kid in line with Ralphie in "A Christmas Story?"<< I didn't notice that! I'll have to watch for it next time!
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb I enjoyed it. I thought it was cute that there were coal elves and they confirmed the naughtiness before deploying the lumps.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>they confirmed the naughtiness before deploying the lumps<< Yep, that was a great touch.
Originally Posted By basil fan Last...night... Oh, you couldn't mention this BEFORE it aired? Thank Heaven for hulu.com. Anyway, it was fun. Cute toy Mickey in the girl's room. And the elves are just...huggable.
Originally Posted By DlandDug Aaaaugh! Missed the network airing! It's just not the same on Hulu... (And I haven't seen Santa riding his "Noelco" across the snowdrifts yet, either!)
Originally Posted By danyoung >The heart and charm of the 1965 show still works, and has there ever been greater music? Nuh uh.< The Charlie Brown specials have made me a Vince Guaraldi fan for life. Linus and Lucy is one of the coolest pieces of music ever!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>(And I haven't seen Santa riding his "Noelco" across the snowdrifts yet, either!)<< I know! It just ain't right!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>The Charlie Brown specials have made me a Vince Guaraldi fan for life. Linus and Lucy is one of the coolest pieces of music ever!<< Truly! Dan, if you don't already have it, I highly recommend David Benoit's "Here's to You, Charlie Brown" CD. Check it out on iTunes!
