Originally Posted By wahooskipper Well, I settled down with my 3 year old the other night to watch Mickey's Christmas something or other on the Disney channel. It is the first time I watched a Mickey cartoon/movie that was done in computer animation. I must say, my immediate reaction to the show(s) was..."man, that had no heart at all." But, I got to thinking about it a little more in the last day or so. My son was enthralled by it. It isn't easy to get him to sit still for anything but he hardly moved while watching this compilation of shows (that included a Goofy show, Donald, Mickey, etc). Then I had an enlightment. I grew up with hand drawn Mickey...and my son did not. When I give it more thought I enjoyed the Pixar movies and Shrek and felt they had the heart that was missing in Mickey's Christmas. Then again, I didn't grow up with Woody, Buzz, Sully, Shrek, etc. I think the problem is, and always will be, that I have such fond memories of Mickey in the hand drawn format and I won't be able to watch Mickey in CGA again without thinking of him as hand drawn. But, for today's generation it doesn't seem to be an issue. My rambling is complete.
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo I think what your saying is very true wahooskipper. I think it's all about change. We all like the hand drawn, and any change to such a monumental character is immediatly rejected. Take the character of Superman. He has worn the same oufit for years. When they have tried to change it, people go crazy. It's not the greatest costume but for some reason any change infuriates people. I think the problem I had with the computerized Mickey wasn't the drawing per say but the way they moved. The heads were humonguous and they just didn't move freely enough for me. That and the stories were kind of weak to me. It's great for kids though cause they like the bright colors not the writing.
Originally Posted By arstogas I'm going to post something related to this, namely Mickey's evolving appearance in CG, as another new thread. Look for it, I think you'll find it encouraging.
Originally Posted By Inkan1969 Does someone at Disney have a really bad case of holiday depression? Geez, the stories in both "Once" and "Twice" are SO downbeat. They all have scenes where one character messes up everything and feels REALLY BAD about it. So much sulking. Talk about grinching all the joy from Christmas. :-(
Originally Posted By Blackie Pueblo That's a good point Inkan. I never thought about it but you're right. Why cant we have stories where everything is wonderful and we celebrate Christmas in a good way from beginning to end? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <a href="http://www.newlineagefilms.com" target="_blank">http://www.newlineagefilms.com</a>
