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   Your Name to Paul S Person   
   Re: _Peter Pan and Wendy_ Getting Slamme   
   01 Jun 24 10:50:43   
   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2024-05-31 15:34:42 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
   > On Fri, 31 May 2024 08:34:40 +1200, Your Name    
   > wrote:   
   >> On 2024-05-30 15:31:57 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
   >>> On Thu, 30 May 2024 06:03:54 +0000,   
   >>> danmin@danminart-dot-com.no-spam.invalid (Danart) wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Rockinghorse Winner wrote:   
   >>>>> The new Disney adaptation of the evergreen children's story is   
   >>>>> being panned by reviewers all over the internet as woke trash, that>>>>   
   >>>>> further tarnishes the Disney brand. It currently has a 20%   
   >>>>> favoarable>>>> rating on Rotten Tomatoes. Released direct to cable, it   
   >>>>> seems some in>>>> corporate knew enough than to release it to theaters,   
   >>>>> so it could>>>> suffer it's ignominy in relative privacy. Choosing to   
   >>>>> update the>>>> cultural aesthetic to 21st c norms, while keeping the   
   >>>>> Edwardian setting>>>> of the original book, all it succeeds at doing is   
   >>>>> creating a>>>> cringe-fest that makes you feel embarassed for everyone   
   >>>>> involved.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Why does it have to be a remake? Why not just fill in the gap   
   >>>> between>>> or after the following. Even a story before the before.   
   >>>   
   >>> Disney still thinks remakes are worth doing.   
   >>>   
   >>> -or-   
   >>>   
   >>> Disney is suffering from a total lack of imagination   
   >>   
   >> Neither of those is unique to just Disney. About 90% of   
   >> lazy-ass>Hollyweird suffers from those same things too.  :-(   
   >   
   > Indeed.   
   >   
   > But I expect Disney/Pixar to have higher standards.   
      
   Then you've been badly mislead.  :-p   
      
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