The review has been written. I still have to get Luke the screencaps and then he has to wrap up the formatting. On a normal day, it would probably be up before night's end. Being Christmas Eve, though, you can probably expect it sometime soon after Christmas. I apologize for the delay with the review. Thanks for showing interest in it!
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The Fox and the Hound 2 DVD Press Release & Discussion
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I just rented the film. I haven't watched it yet, but the disc has no disc art. It's silver with the title on it like the old Touchstone releases. Is this how it is on every copy? Or only rental copies. It seems like a pretty big cut back. Especially because I don't think a Disney animated feature has ever been released without disc art.
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Well having just seen this movie, I thought I'd throw in my 2 cents.
The Story
The Positives
Well I have to hand it to the ToonStudios People, the story about a bunch of travelling strays who sing with a travelling country fair is quite inventive. It's well fleshed out with lots of plot and is quite satisfying. The newly intoduced characters are well rounded, creative characters and in fact throughout the movie they probably steal the show from the characters from the original.
The negatives
Well as inventive as the story is, it's also the biggest problem. Being that it just doesn't in any plausible way seem like it could fit part way through the original film. It's just too far removed from what the original was about. The main characters have either become remoulded from what they were (Tod and Copper), Copper into an insecure pup who feels he's not good enough, or the characters have almost become parodies of themselves (Amos Slade and Widow Tweed). The modernizing of characters who utter phrases like "Let's shake on" (which I swear I cringed all 406 times they say it) and "Are we hanging out", just don't work in the context of the time period and what the original was. The wise-ass kids and street-smart vibe that's going on half the time is also very annoying. Also the plot does unfortunately suffer from Direct-to-video-itis where a character has a problem (which as always is made blatantly aware with the first 3 minutes), which he then resembles through the course of the film. In fact this is Disney's 3rd "I'm not good enough" DTV puppy movie. The other 2 being Patch's London Adventure and Scamp's Adventure.
The Animation
The Positives[/i]
Well Direct to Video Disney sequels have certainly come along way from the off model atroscities that we were once used to. It's right up their with Bambi 2 in terms of quality. In fact it's only because of a few issues (mentioned below) that stop it looking like WDFA quality. There's plenty of playfulness, particularly noticeable with some of the musical sequences.
The Negatives
I don't know what the problem is with the Direct to video movies but they all have the same issue. Bambi 2, Lady and the Tramp 2, Mulan 2 you name it they all have a flat pastelly ness to the color schemes. Background look flat and colors just don't look right. Thery're all just too bright ans mostly pastel tones which gives it a cheap plasticy look. Also the 2D and 3D just doesn't work. When 2D characters are riding the CGI fairground rides or cars it just doesn't look right, they just don't blend convincingly into them.
Aside from these 2 main issues, worthy of note is the soundtrack, which is without a doubt Disney's best DTV soundtrack. There's a good mix of country tunes. But the only problem with them is, there just too modern sounding for the period they're supposed to be in. I swear if Disney carry on this way come next year we'll have an adaptation of Jane Eyre with a rap interlude.
I know most people don't like midquels, but I actually felt The Fox and the Hound was one of the few films that could use one. I never felt the brief couple of minutes we see Tod and Copper interact in the original justified the close bond the two of them were supposed to have and a midquel could more tailored to the original would have helped that I feel.
The Story
The Positives
Well I have to hand it to the ToonStudios People, the story about a bunch of travelling strays who sing with a travelling country fair is quite inventive. It's well fleshed out with lots of plot and is quite satisfying. The newly intoduced characters are well rounded, creative characters and in fact throughout the movie they probably steal the show from the characters from the original.
The negatives
Well as inventive as the story is, it's also the biggest problem. Being that it just doesn't in any plausible way seem like it could fit part way through the original film. It's just too far removed from what the original was about. The main characters have either become remoulded from what they were (Tod and Copper), Copper into an insecure pup who feels he's not good enough, or the characters have almost become parodies of themselves (Amos Slade and Widow Tweed). The modernizing of characters who utter phrases like "Let's shake on" (which I swear I cringed all 406 times they say it) and "Are we hanging out", just don't work in the context of the time period and what the original was. The wise-ass kids and street-smart vibe that's going on half the time is also very annoying. Also the plot does unfortunately suffer from Direct-to-video-itis where a character has a problem (which as always is made blatantly aware with the first 3 minutes), which he then resembles through the course of the film. In fact this is Disney's 3rd "I'm not good enough" DTV puppy movie. The other 2 being Patch's London Adventure and Scamp's Adventure.
The Animation
The Positives[/i]
Well Direct to Video Disney sequels have certainly come along way from the off model atroscities that we were once used to. It's right up their with Bambi 2 in terms of quality. In fact it's only because of a few issues (mentioned below) that stop it looking like WDFA quality. There's plenty of playfulness, particularly noticeable with some of the musical sequences.
The Negatives
I don't know what the problem is with the Direct to video movies but they all have the same issue. Bambi 2, Lady and the Tramp 2, Mulan 2 you name it they all have a flat pastelly ness to the color schemes. Background look flat and colors just don't look right. Thery're all just too bright ans mostly pastel tones which gives it a cheap plasticy look. Also the 2D and 3D just doesn't work. When 2D characters are riding the CGI fairground rides or cars it just doesn't look right, they just don't blend convincingly into them.
Aside from these 2 main issues, worthy of note is the soundtrack, which is without a doubt Disney's best DTV soundtrack. There's a good mix of country tunes. But the only problem with them is, there just too modern sounding for the period they're supposed to be in. I swear if Disney carry on this way come next year we'll have an adaptation of Jane Eyre with a rap interlude.
I know most people don't like midquels, but I actually felt The Fox and the Hound was one of the few films that could use one. I never felt the brief couple of minutes we see Tod and Copper interact in the original justified the close bond the two of them were supposed to have and a midquel could more tailored to the original would have helped that I feel.