From: psperson@old.netcom.invalid   
      
   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.   
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   Who evil spoke of everyone but God,   
   Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"   
      
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