{"id":10150,"date":"2006-08-23T11:15:45","date_gmt":"2006-08-23T18:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/08\/23\/oh-pooh-3.html"},"modified":"2014-11-10T11:04:45","modified_gmt":"2014-11-10T18:04:45","slug":"oh_pooh_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/08\/23\/oh_pooh_3.html","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Pooh"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"img-shadow-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Darby &amp; Pooh\" style=\"WIDTH: 377px; HEIGHT: 232px\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/images\/pooh-and-darby.jpg\" width=\"480\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Well, frankly, my opinions on <a href=\"http:\/\/jimhillmedia.com\/blogs\/jim_hill\/archive\/2006\/08\/23\/5295.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">the latest incarnation of Pooh &amp; Co.<\/a> is &#8230; mixed.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, I don&#8217;t think it got any better than the original Disney animation, and everything since then has been an evolution (sometimes with appalling results).  The CG animation doesn&#8217;t bug me, assuming it&#8217;s decently done.  I think it&#8217;s a mistake to replace Christopher Robin with a girl (though &#8220;Darby&#8221; is a fine name), both because it makes it less attractive to little boys and because it creates a more radical break from earlier incarnations.<\/p>\n<p>But, heck, I&#8217;ve certainly seen worse re-imaginings of classic characters, from Disney and others.  We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, frankly, my opinions on the latest incarnation of Pooh &amp; Co. is &#8230; mixed. 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