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secondlina) wrote2010-10-11 07:28 pm
secondlina) wrote2010-10-11 07:28 pm
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Thanksgiving weekend!
Namesake Image! This is the color cover for chapter 2 (see, I told you guys I was ahead).
Lately i've been drawing while watching Disney movies. I re-watched "The rescuers down under" and watched for the first time Tinkerbell's Movie. I had never seen that movie, and didn't really want to that much, since it looked more kiddish then normal Disneys. Turns out, it was okay. It was really kiddish, but I have to admit I loved the opening sequence (aside for the cheesy narration) where Tink was born. I was a little bugged by the fact that Tink could speak (it violates Peter Pan's original story) but I liked the fact that fairies had a specific ability. Then I had to get over the fact that Tink had Katara's voice and that Glinda was another one of the fairies. Though the whole Katara thing gives the parts where Tink is manipulating water a fun new dimension. The fairy friends are okay. I found them kinda funny, aside from the stupid Tinkers WHO TRY TOO HARD TO BE FUNNY. Tinkerbell turns out to be the fairy of Lost Things. I kinda liked that. I was amused that, at the end of the movie, she returns a toy to a little girl called Wendy. Well, if it's the same Wendy that meets Peter Pan, it's kinda ironic that the little girl that first inspired Tinkerbell will be the future target of her hatred.
In any case, cute movie. Definitely watchable. But also REALLY aimed at kids. A good thing to watch while doing something else or if you have kids.
Rescuers was still as awesome as I remembered. GIANT. EAGLE.
My parents came by yesterday to visit and bring a brand new drawing table. The Ottawa university just gutted my mom's department. A good bit of furniture was gotten rid of, including a giant drawing/light table. My parents saved the table from a faith in the trash. So now I have a 30-year table who is in great shape! I think nobody was using it. Not since the internet lets people print stuff rather then trace it for presentations (It's the children's education department). We then ate a restaurant and they left.
Today my friend Sandra. We went on a quest for screws (to fix the chair of the drawing table), ate food, drew a bunch and watched "Secret of Kells". By the by, Secret of Kells is a magnificent European chidren's animation. All of you who love animation, please rent it. It's...amazing. The storyline is a bit harder to follow (it's not built like an american movie), but it's amazing none the less. Don't believe me? Check it out.
*laughs* All I talk about is drawing, animated movies and food! Shows you guys what I do as of late. I'm busy, yet not busy at the same time. It's a little odd. But I think this weekend showed that I should go out more.
- Isa
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Check out the teaser for the Great Fairy Rescue. It's fun seeing Tinkerbell trying to communicate with the little girl.
Ha ha! I always hated Tinkerbell in Hook as well, to be honest. Maybe I just don't care for Julia Roberts. Such big teeth!
I never read Peter Pan, isn't that sad? I really need to. I'd not be at all surprised if he couldn't actually understand Tinkerbell's speech, but there's a lot to be said about reading body language and tone in general. I don't speak the same language of cats or dogs, for example, but I've been around them long enough that I can usually understand what they are saying with their body language just fine. Tinkerbell would be even easier since she has the same look as a regular human, so you could read her facial cues and even gestures to understand what she's saying...or know when she's really upset with you! In case the red glow didn't give it away. ^_-;
(Doesn't Tinkerbell die in the play when Wendy says she doesn't believe in fairies? And wasn't another point of the play about getting the audience to show it believed in fairies to bring Tinkerbell back to life? They actually implemented that in Disney's Peter Pan sequel. I was actually taken back by it. How awful for poor little Tinkerbell to have her life depend on someone believing in her, especially when the child is staring right at her and denies her existence!)
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I didn't like how Julia Roberts plays a fully happy Tink. The worse parts of her persona are omitted fully. Plus, she doesn't have any fey logic. In short, I found the Tink in Hook to be way too human. And, also, that growing thing was just weird.
And yeah, Peter would read her body language. But also "invent" (he assumes she agrees with him when she really doesn't). Peter is Chaotic Neutral in the first books and he's a pure kid. That comes with the bad side of childhood.