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There are about a dozen new screens from Bambi and the Great Prince at the Disney Database:

http://www.disneydatabase.com/movie_scr ... ovieid=299

Some of them are really good! I esp like the ones where father and son are playing (Great Prince is finally letting his guard down), and the one where Bambi's foot is caught in the spiderweb: very Bambi.

I'm also glad it's just "Bambi and the Great Prince of the Forest", without a 2 or II.

Im impressed with the animation!
It doesnt look cheap or flat, looks great!

So is this going to be sort of like Lion King 3 but where it shows what happened when Bambi was growing up?

*Andy* wrote:So is this going to be sort of like Lion King 3 but where it shows what happened when Bambi was growing up?

This will be a more serious story, I have heard. Andreas Deja told Christian from Animated News that the story is really good. This time it won't be a story TOLD by characters, just a movie that stands on it's own. In the 5-minute preview they say that the movie takes place right after Bambi lost his mother. I haven't seen the preview myself, but a friend that does have the DVD already told me. He doesn't like sequels, but he is impressed with this one, he says.

On what dvd is it?

It looks great btw!

The preview is on the Bambi DVD. In Europe, the disc is out in a couple of weeks, so it's probably doing the rounds already in reviewers circles. (It has been reviewed in all the DVD print magazines)

Wow! I do have to say that it's the best-looking sequel I've ever laid eyes on! This one's not coming out until 2006, right? That's gonna be a LONG wait forus, then.
At least we have something to eagerly anticipate.

Wow! I'm very impressed with those screenshots. compared to the rest of the "cheapquels" with the solid, un-textured colours-the bambi sequel looks great! i'd be happy if the platinum video restoration looked something like this

Looks great. I still don't trust Disney cheapquels so I'll withold judgment until it is released.

Disney is really starting to make sequels that are worth seeing. Those screencaps show how beautiful the movie looks, just like the new Lilo and Stitch movie coming out, the new "sequels" look just like the original. I hope the story doesn't ruin it though...

DisneyFan 2000 wrote:Looks great. I still don't trust Disney cheapquels so I'll withold judgment until it is released.

me 2

but I don't know,in some caps there's something I don'l like me

Those are some gorgeous screencaps. The shot of a somber Bambi in the snow (presumably after his mother's death) looks like it could've come straight off of the original film. I really hope the script is as classy as the animation seems to be.

I thought that Bambi 2 was a bad idea at first, but when I saw those screenshots, I had a change of opinion. I'm glad that Disney put more effort in this sequel. It looks pratically theatre-worthy, and the preview on the upcoming Bambi Platinum Edition will be another thing I'm looking forward to on the DVD this March.

Oh my goodness! I absolutely love the screen shots. I too am weary of prequeals. But I absolutely loved TLK 1.5/3.. probably even more so than the original LK. I hope the story and the script will be as good as the original Bambi. But, oh my, I can't wait for this to come out on DVD! I don't know about you... but I always wondered what happened between the time Bambi left with his father after his mother died and when he returned as a young adult.

those are extremely nice!

Those screenshots do look fantastic. It's a relief to know that someone who's generally opposed to Disney sequels thinks this one is good. It does look excellent and quite true to the original. I'd be compelled to believe that the screens are from the original Bambi film (of course I haven't seen the movie in the longest time...).

Holy Horses! They look gorgeous!

Oh my gosh! It looks amazing! We really needed to see more of the Great Prince. It was kinda unfulfilling when Bambi's mum died and the Great Prince took him away and then the next shot is of Bambi grown up. It lost something there, ya know.

Can't wait for this one!

I'm not usually a big fan of the DTV sequels, but the screencaps do look amazing. It looks like real effort and time and care is being put into this film, so at the very least it will be worth seeing once.

Like I've said before, the "prettiest" imagery in the world cannot save a bad story - and if it's along the rumored "teen angst" line where the Great Prince gets a new mate and Bambi has "stepmother" issues... well, then screw the film's look.

I'm not slagging DisneyToon Studios. I'm not slagging people like Andreas Deja, who stays adamantly loyal to traditional animation - even if it means working on a cheapquel. They are wonderful, hard-working people that just try to make the best of what they're given. Rather, I am slagging the very green-lighting (and subsequent executive intervention and PC-ifying script process), of this thing. As a great fan of the original Walt-era film, I'm against the concept. Films like Bambi do not need, or warrant, further "touching" upon, and I'm disappointed to see that several of you are so easily won over by something as shallow as "pretty" animation. If BatGP turns out to have a worthy story, well then just shut mah mouth and paint me red. But I'm going by the cheapquel record; and as the trend of Disney's DTVs have shown - the animation may be "prettier" and more professional with each successive cheapquel, but the stories sure as hell have stayed at the same level of mediocrity. e_e

I'm also with the "I'll like it when I see it" crowd.. though the oppurtunity for more Bambi Merchandise is always tempting.. though I hate the thought of Bambi getting a new mom

*hopes for Great Prince and Adult Bambi stuff*