Hey Joe, Disney Question For You...

Banned 12 years ago

Looking at the thumbnail makes me sick. I'm not even hitting the "play" button. Alright, I'll hit it...

THEY'RE USING IT TO RUIN CHRISTMAS TOO!?

That's it, I'm going to New York. You don't f*** with Disney while ruining the self esteem of people everywhere and get away with it. Not on my watch...

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MissTerraK 12 years ago

I know!

Those skinny imposters not only ruin every childhood memory of the whole family sitting down together around the TV with popcorn or ice cream on Sunday evenings, but totally take away every endearing quality those cute Disney Characters had!

How in the heck can they teach valuable life lessons looking like that?

They aren't going to make children feel good anymore, they're going to teach them to hate their bodies or feel like they're less because they aren't deathly skinny or wearing high fashion!

What the heck were they thinking?

Oh yeah, obviously they weren't thinking about anything except lining their pockets. :rolleyes:

I hope it backfires on them!

Terra
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- Joseph Robinson Banned 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by MissTerraK
  
  I hope it backfires on them!
  
  Terra
  
  I expect it to, kids aren't going to recognize those characters. Those of us who know are (rightfully) probably going to be disgusted by it.
  
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  MissTerraK 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Joseph Robinson
  
  I expect it to, kids aren't going to recognize those characters. Those of us who know are (rightfully) probably going to be disgusted by it.
  
  I wonder if T-Bird showed those skinny renditions to his little guy, if he would recognize them. Interesting case study.
  
  Well that is if his son knows the originals.
  
  Oh, T-Bird....
  
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MoneyMagnetMagnate

12 years ago

Great - now instead of the cartoon "Animaniacs" - what are they going to have... "Anorexiacs"? :confused:

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jfambrini 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MoneyMagnetMagnate

Great - now instead of the cartoon "Animaniacs" - what are they going to have... "Anorexiacs"? :confused:

Agree. Very apt description.
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KimW

12 years ago

I got a 2 tr old grandson here, He can tell me who Mickey and Minnie are, maybe I'll hold him up and see if he can tell me about these.

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by KimW

I got a 2 tr old grandson here, He can tell me who Mickey and Minnie are, maybe I'll hold him up and see if he can tell me about these.

Please do, I had mine over yesterday and didn't even think of it. Dang it!

Terra

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

Please do, I had mine over yesterday and didn't even think of it. Dang it!

Terra

Goofy's face and ears look just close enough that he could probably be recognized. Daisy and Minnie though? Not even close. So weird.

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Joseph Robinson

Goofy's face and ears look just close enough that he could probably be recognized. Daisy and Minnie though? Not even close. So weird.

You know what? You're right, there is enough resemblance to the original Goofy for probable identification.

But Minnie and Daisy? It's like they're zombies, they've risen from the dead and are gonna come and get me!

Creepy scary! Like Sal says, nightmare material!

Terra

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Joseph Robinson

Banned 12 years ago

Originally Posted by seasoned

If I were walt disney I would SUE anyone doing this with my characters.

If you were Walt Disney you would be dead :p

You did leave the joke right there to be made.

Originally Posted by MissTerraK

You know what? You're right, there is enough resemblance to the original Goofy for probable identification.

But Minnie and Daisy? It's like they're zombies, they've risen from the dead and are gonna come and get me!

Creepy scary! Like Sal says, nightmare material!

Terra

They kind of remind me of Jack Skellington from a Nightmare Before Christmas. All spindly and evil looking.

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Joseph Robinson

If you were Walt Disney you would be dead :p

You did leave the joke right there to be made.

They kind of remind me of Jack Skellington from a Nightmare Before Christmas. All spindly and evil looking.

That's it! That's exactly it!

See?

Poor Jack - YouTube

Terra

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KimW

12 years ago

Originally Posted by Joseph Robinson

If you were Walt Disney you would be dead :p

You did leave the joke right there to be made.

They kind of remind me of Jack Skellington from a Nightmare Before Christmas. All spindly and evil looking.

Bingo!
THAT is why they looked strangely familiar........

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MissTerraK

12 years ago

If Barney's wanted an all spindly and evil looking tall skinny Disney character, they could have just used Cruella De Vil and wouldn't have had to ruin the others.

But Nooooo!

Cruella De Vil (Original Song) - YouTube

Terra

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Joseph Robinson

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Originally Posted by MissTerraK

If Barney's wanted an all spindly and evil looking tall skinny Disney character, they could have just used Cruella De Vil and wouldn't have had to ruin the others.

But Nooooo!

Cruella De Vil (Original Song) - YouTube

Terra

Or the brooms from Fantasia.

Walt Disney - Fantasia - Mickey The Sorcerer's...

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fin 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Joseph Robinson

They kind of remind me of Jack Skellington from a Nightmare Before Christmas. All spindly and evil looking.

Jack is a legend. Don't diss Jack
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- Joseph Robinson Banned 12 years ago
  
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  Jack is a legend. Don't diss Jack
  
  I agree. There should only be one Jack and that's the problem: they have the other characters trying to be like him.
  
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  I think it's stupid for one simple reason:
  
  They aren't friendly and funny looking like the real Disney characters. Disney is feel good humor - not fawning fashionistas.
  
  If Walt had come up with those instead of Mickey - we probably wouldn't recognize the name "Disney" today.
  
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Rick B

12 years ago

Not exactly politically correct, are they? I mean sure we are a bit over-indulgent at the table in the U.S. but this is nuts! Who would want their kids to have those stick figures as a model for what they should look like? If Disney really approved that, they should be ashamed.

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HeySal

12 years ago

Those are some scary looking characters. I bet kids never used to have nightmares from Disney - but if they loose those things on young minds, they will. I guess the new artists there have decided it's time to take the innocence out of Disney.

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MoneyMagnetMagnate

12 years ago

They look like what would happen if Disney and Vogue merged into one company...

Like Goofy wasn't skinny enough in the first place?

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KimW

12 years ago

Sorry,I got to steal this vid and post it on FB.

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HeySal

12 years ago

I agree - Goofy isn't that bad. Minnie and Daisy are just nightmare scary, though.

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seasoned

12 years ago

If I were walt disney I would SUE anyone doing this with my characters. I feel HE would do the SAME!

But the people there NOW often just care about money, and these characters are merely an old nostalgic item they feel they should milk in ANY way.

Heysal,

You are right. These things could give kids NIGHTMARES! There are probably only like 4 ways to make a monster. One of the four ways is to change the ratios. Look at some of Tim Burton's films that use it. It's so much easier than the deforming, augmenting, or just odd things that may also be done.

Disney once created a secondary company to handle the non family friendly stuff and they just didn't keep the intent.

Steve

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