I agree. Even just some dialogue... like a scene Where Charlie Brown is talking to Lucy at the Psychiatric booth
Peanuts (2015)
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I agree. Even just some dialogue... like a scene Where Charlie Brown is talking to Lucy at the Psychiatric booth
During one of the earlier shows I though they 'showed' the Red Baron when they would cut back and forth from Snoopy on his dog house in normal color and then switch to an all red version reacting...
From the YouTube description: "The Peanuts Movie where Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the rest of the gang will make their big-screen debut." Jesus Christ, does anyone do even cursory research anymore?
I'm OK with the look of the animation, it seems like it fits the look of the strip and cartoons, but updated. Showing Snoopy's imaginary world looks like a transparent attempt to compete with Pixar et al in terms of CGI spectacle. It doesn't feel like it fits with previous "Peanuts." What was seen in "It's The Great Pumpkin" seemed to be Snoopy's imaginative interpretation of neighborhood houses and spaces, nothing near comparable to what was shown in that trailer. It detracts from the grandness of Snoopy's imagination, because the viewer is not imagining along with him.
What I didn't get a feel of, from the trailer, was the sensibility of Charles Schulz. "Peanuts" without Schulz is a non-starter for me, you can't go back. Not interested.
I'm OK with the look of the animation, it seems like it fits the look of the strip and cartoons, but updated. Showing Snoopy's imaginary world looks like a transparent attempt to compete with Pixar et al in terms of CGI spectacle. It doesn't feel like it fits with previous "Peanuts." What was seen in "It's The Great Pumpkin" seemed to be Snoopy's imaginative interpretation of neighborhood houses and spaces, nothing near comparable to what was shown in that trailer. It detracts from the grandness of Snoopy's imagination, because the viewer is not imagining along with him.
What I didn't get a feel of, from the trailer, was the sensibility of Charles Schulz. "Peanuts" without Schulz is a non-starter for me, you can't go back. Not interested.
I found the presence of "blockhead" to be reassuring.
I have to agree with this sentiment. The WWI Flying Ace scenes in the "Great Pumpkin" show scared me when I was a child, and I still have a particular fondness for them precisely because they evoke such strong emotion. I did eventually figure out when I was older that this was all Snoopy's imagination, but the scenes are no less impressive.
Noah Berlatsky of The Atlantic didn't like the trailer:
I don't entirely agree with his article, but it is a thoughtful take on what Schulz's Peanuts was and how the trailer and released stills don't live up to that.
I don't entirely agree with his article, but it is a thoughtful take on what Schulz's Peanuts was and how the trailer and released stills don't live up to that.
I saw the new trailer. I'll quote what I said on Facebook about it...
I have thoughts. I'm still trying to formulate all of them.
My read on the trailer is that this is an origin story of sorts -- the origin of Charlie Brown's unrequited crush on the Little Red-Haired Girl. A new girl moves into Charlie Brown's neighborhood, she's seen a few times in shadows or at a distance in the trailer, no matter what he does Charlie Brown can't work up the nerve to talk to her, she has red hair. Seems straightforward to me.
Eagle-eyed viewers will note that the new neighbor, what little of her we see, does not resemble Heather from the animated specials. The one time that the Little Red-Haired Girl appears on panel (a storyline in late May 1998 when Snoopy was the "F. Scott Fitzgerald Hero"), she resembles Lucy rather than Heather. There is a vague Lucy resemblance to the new neighbor in this. (Of course, I could be imagining that because that's what I want to see...)
There are a couple of moments in the trailer that I think are there to reassure older fans, like myself, that this is the Peanuts we remember. There's a cute sequence that recreates some moments from the animated specials, and then there's a CGI recreation of the ice skating from A Charlie Brown Christmas. No sign of 3 and 4 doing their head-bopping dance, though.
The look of the trailer is fine. Even though I'd prefer 2-d cel animation, the CGI animation works for me.
I have thoughts. I'm still trying to formulate all of them.
My read on the trailer is that this is an origin story of sorts -- the origin of Charlie Brown's unrequited crush on the Little Red-Haired Girl. A new girl moves into Charlie Brown's neighborhood, she's seen a few times in shadows or at a distance in the trailer, no matter what he does Charlie Brown can't work up the nerve to talk to her, she has red hair. Seems straightforward to me.
Eagle-eyed viewers will note that the new neighbor, what little of her we see, does not resemble Heather from the animated specials. The one time that the Little Red-Haired Girl appears on panel (a storyline in late May 1998 when Snoopy was the "F. Scott Fitzgerald Hero"), she resembles Lucy rather than Heather. There is a vague Lucy resemblance to the new neighbor in this. (Of course, I could be imagining that because that's what I want to see...)
There are a couple of moments in the trailer that I think are there to reassure older fans, like myself, that this is the Peanuts we remember. There's a cute sequence that recreates some moments from the animated specials, and then there's a CGI recreation of the ice skating from A Charlie Brown Christmas. No sign of 3 and 4 doing their head-bopping dance, though.
The look of the trailer is fine. Even though I'd prefer 2-d cel animation, the CGI animation works for me.
Is this something only Americans are allowed to watch? It's a black rectangle that doesn't do anything.
Thanks, but apparently I don't have the right plugin to play it (not sure what I'm supposed to have, since it doesn't say).
I just watched it and I couldn't help but tearing up a bit. This looks like exactly the kind of movie I am going to enjoy. I've loved Peanuts all my life, and despite the move to 3D, it still feels like the Peanuts I know and love.
I can't wait for this movie. This is definitely a theatrical outing for me.
I can't wait for this movie. This is definitely a theatrical outing for me.
It looks good, as long as the songs from the trailer are nowhere near the movie itself.
It's A New Peanuts Movie, Baba O'Riley.
It looks pretty good to me. It would certainly be better if it were animated from Schultz's line art, but the 3D is very faithful to his style. I'd love to see superhero movies take the same approach. But, based on everything we've seen so far, this is going to be very faithful to the source material.
It looks pretty good to me. It would certainly be better if it were animated from Schultz's line art, but the 3D is very faithful to his style. I'd love to see superhero movies take the same approach. But, based on everything we've seen so far, this is going to be very faithful to the source material.
I'm impressed with the voice work here. I mean.. obviously these are new voices.. but it's close to what they sounded like. Listen to Linus.
I hope that the teachers "talk" in this
I hope that the teachers "talk" in this
^ All adult voices are the same "wah-wah-wah" that was used in the original shows.
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