I do like Stitch a lot but I agree that Hannah Montana and Highschool Musical is taking over. Also the Princesses as a group. I don't mind them seperately but I can't stand the princess merchandise where they're all together. They don't belong in the same universe and it's just classic commercialism. They're also doing it to poor Tinkerbell. Reinventing her and creating mass merchandise. The classic Tink is slipping more into the background. Now she's all sweet and glittery and people forget that the real Tink is a jealous little minx. Thanks for letting me vent.
I don't agree with this one. HSM and HM are very popular but that doesn't mean they are abandoning the classics... the classics are everywhere at Disney! They are used in all the merch, they are all of the parks as characters, rides are still around, shows, etc etc and Lilo and Stitch is a classic hand-drawn animation, I mean, how is it any different from any other classic hand drawn animation??? How's it different from B&TB or Lion King, etc etc?I think sometimes we get a little crazy about progress and change at Disney...The one thing I will say is that I wish some of the new stuff was more related to the classic stuff, ie NEW hand drawn animated movies, etc... but we can hope on this Frog Princess or whatever it is (:Also... it does make sense to use new, successful things in the parks. I do not like HSM at all... and I really hated having to hear it at work LOL. Buuuuuut it is a Disney product, it is popular and a lot of people would expect to see it in the parks. And if we want the parks to thrive they do have to keep making money and it draws people in.
Hmm... Maybe there was something I missed when I watched Lilo and Stitch.... Maybe if I see it a second time it might grow on me...... As for everything about the Princesses and HSM etc. I completely agree and I dislike the way tinkerbell has become part of the 'Disney fairies'... There's only ONE disney fairy! and she isn't the same when she isn't with Hook (One of my favorite characters)James. :donald:
Now the Tinkerbell Movie franchise for me is a great move on continuing the legacy of Peter Pan, even if it does look like she's selling out but for me the story for what's happening with the plot is great, it picks up on the writings of both Peter Pan and Wendy author J.M.Barrie and Peter Pan in Scarlet's Geraldine McCaughrean on what makes and gives the fairies their little quirks!