Google| Subject | Re: Mickey and Donald (Was Don't aspire to succeed - that right belongs to America alone...[wa Re: O |
| From | ?jevind L?ng |
| Date | 08/15/2004 14:17 (08/15/2004 14:17) |
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"Flame of the West" <jsolinas@comcast.net>skrev i meddelandet news:b6OdneVmXqjqP4PcRVn-qg@comcast.com...
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Flame of the WestI'm afraid I dont know who Buzz Lightyear is. It's probably a sign of age; young Swedes very likely know about him as a matter of course.
I don't think Americans think much about either one of them. The big Disney characters these days are Winnie the Pooh and Buzz Lightyear. Pooh has been the #1 revenue cow for Disney for many years now, and Buzz shows no signs of receding from little-boy radar screens.
Speaking of which: I wonder if Tolkien was aware of what Disney did to Pooh. I know JRRT disliked Disney's way of depicting things, but the quote I'm thinking of was IIRC from a Letter written in the 1950's, before Disney/Pooh came out.I think Tolkien would have gone nuts at the way Pooh was mangled by Disney. It was even more horrible than the travesty of "The Jungle Book" that came some years earlier; that one was at least competently drawn. Of course, Disney has produced some glorious things; apart from the famous Duck, I also very much enjoy "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin" and "The Lion King". (And of course the classical oldies: "Snow-white", "Cinderella" and "The Sleeping Beauty".) OTOH, "Pocahontas" was so bad it was embarrassing, and I was amazed that Disney managed to make such a hash when they made a film based on Hercules; when I heard that they planned it I thought there was no way they could fail with that one.
"I'm not in the book!"This is another great one. How on earth do you think of them all?
-- Lurtz the Movie Orc (while his head was still attached)
?jevind
08/15/2004
