Disney's Christopher Robin - a.k.a. there are now officially too many sequels...THE SEQUEL

TrippinKahlua said:
The plot sounds like its about halfway "Pooh's Grand Adventure - The Search for Christopher Robin" but in reverse.

That said, everyone looks okay EXCEPT, surprisingly, and wow what a fuck up this one is, Owl. Like, WTF? He only appears once in the trailer, so I had to go back and see what it was I was horrified at, and the thing is, he looks WAY too realistic. Like he is apparently the size of Piglett and Roo here, and is definitely a lot shorter than Kanga. Its like, did Disney forget what Owl's character is? I can't imagine this realistic owl being the boring storyteller he used to be portrayed as, nor as the Brains whenever the gang needed one to fit that mold.
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Who knows, in the original Disney animated films, both he and Rabbit were depicted as ACTUAL flesh 'n blood beings than the stuffed plush dolls that Christopher Robin had.

Tigger's voice sounds exactly the same when he isn't done by Paul Winchell. Perhaps Jim Cummings really is voicing him, so that's good.
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Since he pretty much inherited Tigger from Winchell, it would make sense to keep him and I'm glad for that.

Okay, and so does this mean the 100 Acre Wood is in a different dimension? I loved that nod to when Pooh got stuck from eating too much honey. And okay, Pooh has lied, and his friends haven't even vanished at all.
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Well, as children we all probably wanted to do that too! Sets up for an 'adventure' at least.

And, alright interesting, so the gang (or just limited to Pooh, Piglett, Tigger and Eeyore from what I saw) goes into the "normal world" to find CR, and meet his daughter. Fine enough. In the 80s/90s Pooh Cartoon they actually did often interact like they were living. They spoke on telephones, went grocery shopping, walked the dog.
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The Saturday morning "New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" pretty much put the gang into a modern day suburban setting where Christohper Robin is now an American kid and this is just the usual day-to-day thing to see in the show.

And I've noticed.... Where is Rabbit? Maybe I should go through the trailer one more time, but I didn't notice. And also, where the fuck is Gopher? He might have not been "in the book" but he's clearly a staple.
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Some of us had been wondering about Gopher, too. Would be interesting if they did say something in passing though. Rabbit IS in the book, and hopefully they'll find some use for him here.

Scratch This Nut said:
I'd probably be more psyched for this movie if it was 2D animated.
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Too bad that enthusiasm wasn't there back in 2011 or more people would've saw that movie.

All of your posts are goddamn treasures. As a kid I always thought Owl and Rabbit were actual animals rather than toys. Even though Rabbit was yellow. Proud to be right.
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I thought they were real too. At least, they didn't have the appearance of being stuffed dolls with stitch marks, button eyes and oven-mitt hands. Of course Disney has always suspend disbief at the unbelievable nature of anthropomorphism. So yeah, a yellow-furred talking rabbit who tends to a garden much like a human just comes off as routine to us.
 
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TrippinKahlua said:
The plot sounds like its about halfway "Pooh's Grand Adventure - The Search for Christopher Robin" but in reverse.
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Oh fuck, here come the repressed memories.

Trilby said:
Too bad that enthusiasm wasn't there back in 2011 or more people would've saw that movie.
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Because Harry Potter was much more important. I swear that was done on purpose by the Mouse himself, like who seriously thinks it's a good idea to pit up anything against a juggernaut like Harry Potter?
 
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Trilby said:
I thought they were real too. At least, they didn't have the appearance of being stuffed dolls with stitch marks, button eyes and oven-mitt hands. Of course Disney has always suspend disbief at the unbelievable nature of anthropomorphism. So yeah, a yellow-furred talking rabbit who tends to a garden much like a human just comes off as routine to us.
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If that's the case both of them should be very very dead when this movie takes place.
 
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They had better reference the Heffalumps and Woozels. And they really need to go the extra mile and mention Wooster, the giant Woozel.

And if they throw a reference to Cissy, the little Blue Bird that Rabbit once adopted, then it will come full circle for "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh."
 
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Oh fuck, here come the repressed memories.
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I'm sure those were painful memories. I recall that being the first time they started doing something new with Pooh and it led to releasing "The Tigger Movie" and all those others that followed in the early 00's. It was almost like there was no end in sight to Pooh the way Disney went about pumpin' them out. There was even a new set of educational vids like this.

I'm serious, someone could hack together a whole bunch of random clips from these later films/videos and just make up their own "Pooh's Adventures in..." with very little effort!

Because Harry Potter was much more important. I swear that was done on purpose by the Mouse himself, like who seriously thinks it's a good idea to pit up anything against a juggernaut like Harry Potter?
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It certainly wasn't the best choice at all to do that.

Scratch This Nut said:
If that's the case both of them should be very very dead when this movie takes place.
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Oh.... good point! :O

I guess that makes Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga and Roo somewhat immortal that way, or at least kept alive from Christopher Robin's love or such.

TrippinKahlua said:
They had better reference the Heffalumps and Woozels. And they really need to go the extra mile and mention Wooster, the giant Woozel.

And if they throw a reference to Cissy, the little Blue Bird that Rabbit once adopted, then it will come full circle for "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh."
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I bet (like the one or two guys who really did care for Stan and Heff). "New Adventures" certainly did a lot to build that universe out.
 
LOL, the communist government banned this movie in China
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-45083944
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China's film authorities have denied a release to Disney's new Winnie the Pooh film, Christopher Robin, it's reported.

No reason has been given for the decision, but it's believed to be part of a nationwide clampdown on references to the beloved children's character.

Chinese authorities have been blocking images of Pooh on social media since last year, after the AA Milne bear became a symbol of political dissent.

It's after the Chinese leader Xi Jinping has been compared to the bear.

The comparisons began in 2013 when an image of Xi walking with President Barack Obama was posted alongside a picture of Pooh walking next to Tigger.
 
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Basically Christopher and his family somehow convince his bosses to give all of their workers vacation days as they would be buying the company's luggage for said vacation days. The film ends with the Robin family visiting Hundred Acre Woods.

Honestly I loved it, but that could be nostalgia bias. You could watch it just for the feels if anyone is willing. So yes, I recommend it.
 
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