Originally Posted By Dlmusic <<Both shows are from the same film stock.>> That's not entirely true. At DCA the flea is not a film, it's an animated figure. The animated figure at DCA I believe has P.T Flea's trademark hat.
Originally Posted By DlandDug >>Both shows are from the same film stock.<< Yes, the flea at DCA is an AA, who looks and sounds remarkably like P.T. Flea. I know that Corey Burton did most of the voices. They may have asked him to make the flea sound more like Ratzenberger, since the film had been out for some time.
Originally Posted By leemac <<At DCA the flea is not a film, it's an animated figure. >> Now I'm confused. Aren't both versions identical? I thought DAK's attraction also has the termite (hence terminator) as a figure built into the wall of the theater.
Originally Posted By DlandDug At DCA, the Termite-ator is a 3-D animated figure on the screen. The taunting flea is an AA in the wall house left. I have seen the DAK version two or three times only, and do not recall any differences with the DCA version. I have seen the DCA version many, many times. More on ITTBAB: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194051/" target="_blank">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01 94051/</a>
Originally Posted By leemac ^^ I'm sure it is the same. You see that flea in the wall first that gets zapped and then the Termine-ator sees all of us and fires at us. I'm guessing that they are termites too rather than fleas.
Originally Posted By basil fan >Oscar for Best Merchandising ...I'm still chuckling... Sorry. Carry on. Phil's Hero Rules <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/hero.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/hero.html</a>
Originally Posted By mickey_ring Saw the trailer... A rat in France with a French name but he sounds like he's from California. Oh well, maybe he migrated.
Originally Posted By Imagineer This I hope they will do something original like showing rats breaking wind! What a novel idea! ;-)
Originally Posted By basil fan Even though I thought this preview looked good, I have to agree with mickeyring that a French accent would've added interest to the character.
Originally Posted By cstephens But do any of the non-American characters have accents in animated films? I don't think Belle did, and she lived in France. Jasmine sounded white as rice to me. /cs
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Many supporting ones do, but not really main ones...although Mary Costa was asked to alter her dialect to sound a bit European for "Sleeping Beauty".
Originally Posted By basil fan It's not set in stone who should have an accent or who shouldn't, it seems to depend on the individual character. But I think it would add to the character of Ratatouille if he had an accent. A suave-sounding rat would be cool. It would add contrast. All this without seeing the film, of course. It's just an impression. Mouse History 101 <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/history.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/history.html</a>
Originally Posted By thenurmis Being that I am going to be in Paris next week, I will do a survey to find out what accents the local rats do have, and if they are as cute and blue as the preview. If they are not you can be rest asured I will be sending out a stern letter to Pixar/Disney
Originally Posted By basil fan Just as it's hard to imagine Belle with a French accent, it's hard to imagine Lumiere without one. It depends on the character in question. I remember before the Mighty Ducks cartoon premiered back in whenever, I saw stills of the characters and was instantly taken with Duke L'Orange. He had a sword and an eyepatch and a French name, and I just thought he'd be this awesome suave rogue. He turned out to have dis New Yawk accent which didn't do a thing for me. I think Disney TV missed the boat there. Kuzco, Disney's Bad Boy Hero <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/kuzco.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ disney/kuzco.html</a>
Originally Posted By basil fan THe Mighty Ducks hockey team were real ducks from another universe. I know it's kind of obscure; I only mentioned it because I thought it made a point.
Originally Posted By basil fan Naw, it was very average, not on a par with some other DTV shows I could name. Tarzan's Dictionary <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/etc/tarmangani.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/ etc/tarmangani.html</a>
