Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Don't have the T-L series, but do have my own resources, lol. Seen some YT suff, yeah. And I'm sure I haven't seen all the episodes---or if I have, I just don't remember them all from childhood, but I'm sure I haven't seen all 120.
Originally Posted By dsnykid I have to admit, I never even saw treasure planet, it looked that bad.... I've only seen Fox and The Hound once and have no desire to see it again.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I'm not a huge fan of The Great Mouse Detective, The Aristocats, or The Fox and the Hound, but I can tolerate them. The one that just bores me to tears, and I can't see what the big fuss is about, is Winnie the Pooh. While techincally not a real feature, it just drives me batty thinking how much Pooh stuff is out there. There is really nothing of any interest to me in any of the three segments, and they are all done in a rather dull style. I've seen a couple of the various TV shows, and, while slightly better, I still can't stand them. I just don't see what is so great about this bear filled with honey, and why he (and his friends)deserve so much attention in merchandise, the parks, on TV, in movies, and just in general.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Dude, you just ain't feelin' the Hundred Acre Wood vibe. ;-) Man, if they ever made a Pooh soap opera, you'd go crazy! LOL!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I think I would actually do a lot better with a Pooh soap. For some reason, soaps are known for being overly dramatic (perhaps because they usually are?). I find Pooh, however, to be mellow-dramatic, as in the little drama in the plot has been mellowed out to the point of mush. If the Pooh characters could actually become passionate about something, I bet they would be pretty interesting. As they are now, the Hundred Acre Wood is sort of the anti-soap opera. It does seem like most of Pooh's friends have more interesting personalities than him though. They have little quirks that make them interesting, but he just has nothing. I would say the others range in interesting from about the same as a piece of cardboard (boring at first, until you notice the little ridges inside, but then boring again) to notebook paper (kind of interesting at first, but not really), while Pooh himself is about as interesting as a piece of printer paper (not at all...and we're not talking about the Imagineering blank page here, we're talking about the one that is supposed to be the most interesting, colorful, informative page in the entire book). I guess you could say that I'm not a huge fan. : )
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy ^^^Apparently so! lol But aren't you supposed to find Pooh all sympathetic and cute, being a "bear of very little brain" and all? And it's funny, if you watch a soap you can get into it, but if you see clips of other soaps, then those ones seem so overacted and ridiculous. lol
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Pooh doesn't come across as a "bear of very little brain" to me. He seems to have a pretty good idea of what is going on in the world around him, even if he has a different viewpoint than most. He just sort of comes off as a "bear of very little personality", which creates a franchise of very little interest to me.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Hmm...he definitely is clueless in some parts, lol. So am I correct in that you didn't grow up seeing Pooh stuff in childhood?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I did see some of it, but as a general rule, I tended to avoid it. One year, I woke up early every day (don't really know why) and watched TV before going to school, and I often ended up seeing one of the Pooh spinoff series, and it just didn't do anything for me. Why I didn't just sleep in is beyond me.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Interesting. I have vivid memories of seeing "The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" as a tot. I loved the "real life book" elements such as the narrator, characters stepping/dancing on the words, being in the illustrations, etc. I thought that was creative and unique for a little kids' book series, to weave that into the screen adaptations. I also loved watching "Dumbo's Circus" and "Welcome to Pooh Corner" on The Disney Channel back when it was a *good* channel (you may have been too young for those though, I think---if you were even born yet, lol).
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Oh yeah, and since I love rain and nature so much, "The Rain Rain Rain Came Down Down Down" is tops in my book. (love the harmonies too, especially the same-sex harmonies of both the men and women)
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I definately remember Welcome to Pooh Corner and Dumbo's Circus. Who could possibly forget the sight of the rubberheads in a giant circus wagon floating up into the sky at the end of each episode? That was just purely bizarre. Also, I think it was called Through the Looking Glass or something, but there was a live action Alice in Wonderland series that also freaked me out a little bit to say the least. Why were the early Disney Channel things so strange?
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy It wasn't The Disney Channel, but you may mean this: <a href="http://imdb.com/title/tt0088693/" target="_blank">http://imdb.com/title/tt008869 3/</a>
Originally Posted By PJ82858 OMGosh, that brought back some memories!! That was a very bizzare show. I didn't remember all of those famous people being in it. It's quite a long and suprising list!! BTW I, also do not like anything with Pooh all over it!!!
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I don't think that's it. What I was thinking of was definately a regualar series. Each episode started in her nice 80's looking bedroom, and the cat went through the mirror, and she had to follow. That's what I remember most about it, but I also remember the caterpillar, who seemed to have at least 5 pairs of hands, and back in those days, they were real hands. He would always pass things up and down, and I remember thinking that was really cool. I don't remember too much else about it, but I think I remember the Cheshire Cat, but I'm not sure. I'm pretty sure it was on Disney Channel, but it may have been on Nickelodeon (but I would assume Disney would have done it, considering the content).
Originally Posted By FerretAfros I found some stuff that says it was called Adventures in Wonderland. Looking at the pictures, it's even more trippy than I remember, and has a strange resembelance to Oz. <a href="http://www.elisabeth-online.com/pictures/index.php?cat=15" target="_blank">http://www.elisabeth-online.co m/pictures/index.php?cat=15</a>
