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This was one of my favorite animated films as a kid. Now, we have word of this. I like that the story will be introduced to a new generation of kids, but I don't like the way this article seems to insinuate the remake might be done in the vein of *shudder* G-Force with cute, sassy, computer-animated rats cracking awful jokes and jumping around like ninjas. I really hope that isn't the direction this goes.
It's too bad Dom Deluise isn't around to reprise his role as Jeremy.
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Hack, hack.. In my day, this was a book. (God bless you, Ms. Umansky.) Of course, my daughter loved the movie. ;)
Just bein' crotchety. It's a good film.
I like Nicodemus and the Owl myself...
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Between NIMH and Redwall, one could work up a pretty good appetite for Mouse Guard.
EDIT: Oh, and Narnia and Despereaux.
Jenner: I've learned this much -- take what you can, when you can.
Justin: Then you've learned nothing.
One of the most memorable lines from my adolescence; I still enjoy of watching this movie, even when showing it to my daughters. (Lest anyone think I'm being partial here, I only have daughters thus far.)
I wonder how well this type of story would come off using Mouse Guard as a game engine? Hmmmm... *steeples fingers*
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Jenner: I've learned this much -- take what you can, when you can.
Justin: Then you've learned nothing.
One of the most memorable lines from my adolescence; I still enjoy of watching this movie, even when showing it to my daughters. (Lest anyone think I'm being partial here, I only have daughters thus far.)
I wonder how well this type of story would come off using Mouse Guard as a game engine? Hmmmm... *steeples fingers*
Jeremy: None of the girls I meet wanna get serious.
Mrs. Brisby: I doubt they'd survive...
Jeremy: Huh?
I also recall that Nichodemus made good use of cantrips.
Wow, just looking through the voice actors behind the original animated film. Wow.
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This was one of my favorite animated films as a kid. Now, we have word of this.
No, just no...
Why? Why ruin something by remaking it? The originals are always better!While not quite the same, I've toyed with the idea of a campaign where all the players are awakened animals. I think a Redwall or NIMH-styled game could be very interesting.
I'd play in it. I've been toying with the idea of playing an awakened animal in my weekend game, but I can't choose which animal.
Well, if you're not playing Mouse Guard, the answer is obvious: Celestial Dire Badger!
Crankiness is one of those things that is better shared. ;)
ADD: @ Count Buggula. Superior to the Ralph Bakshi? Sure.
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I'd play in it. I've been toying with the idea of playing an awakened animal in my weekend game, but I can't choose which animal.
I once played an awakened rooster necromancer with a worm for a familiar.
I'd like a movie that stuck to the book better.
I'm always of two minds on this. On the one hand, I agree with something Clive Barker once said about translating his own writing to film. To paraphrase, Barker said making a movie from one of his stories gives him a chance to tell a version of what could have been and lets the audience see a version of the story where they don't exactly know what is going to happen. This is great when the movie is good. The LOTR trilogy, The Crow and Barker's own Hellraiser are just a few examples of movies that diverge a little from the source material and still turned out to be pretty good. On the other hand, you have the vast amount of other book-to-movie adaptations that went horribly wrong. In the case of The Secret of NIMH, despite the addition of the mystical/fantasy element, I think everything went right.
Honestly, I enjoy the movie more. It's prettier than it would have been if it'd been totally faithful, has a lot of nice twists, and a really classic Don Bluth villain. I also like that it focuses more on "Brisby".
Yes, I'm necromancing old threads. Wanna fight about it?
I'm pretty sure this thread was about a rumored remake, so don't blame me. ;D
I blame Kobold Cleaver. Bad Kobold! ~takes away his cleaver~
Hey, I need that to chop vegetables and gnomes!
The remake probably ain't happening. If it does, it's gonna be stupid, for the same reason a CG remake of The Little Mermaid would be stupid.
The remake probably ain't happening. If it does, it's gonna be stupid, for the same reason a CG remake of The Little Mermaid would be stupid.
CG fodder for rule 34?
And hand-drawn isn't? ;P