It has just occurred to me that of all the characters in Winnie the Pooh, the only ones that lack both fingerless stuffing hands and faint seam lines (the indications that someone is a stuffed animal) are Rabbit and Owl. Which carries the possible implication that Rabbit and Owl are just a normal rabbit and owl living with a bunch of sentient stuffed animals.
And somehow this makes Rabbit’s constant consternation with all of his neighbors even funnier to me.
Theyre also the only ones with bushy eyebrows and chest and chin floof, and I dont know if thats relevant but it FEELS relevant!
Also someone mentioned Gopher too and OF COURSE, there is absolutely no argument that this whistling little man isn’t just an average (talking) gopher.
The more I examine this the more it feels just so OBVIOUS
You are exactly right! Most of the characters in the stories are based on the real Christopher Robin Milne’s stuffed toys except for Rabbit and Owl who were added for the books and Gopher who is exclusive to the Disney adaptations.
Here are the real Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, Kanga, and Eeyore. They currently live at the New York Public Library.
It’s fairly clear in the book illustrations too:
‘Owl,’ said Rabbit shortly, ‘you and I have brains. The others have fluff. If there is any thinking to be done in this Forest – and when I say thinking I mean thinking– you and I must do it.’
Milne, A. A.; E. H. Shepard. The House at Pooh Corner (pp. 78-79). Egmont UK Ltd. Kindle Edition.
This post has been getting a surge of attention and let me tell you that 1) I am really pleased at how kind most of the people who KNEW all this have been in explaining it, and 2) I feel a lot better seeing just how many other people didn’t have any more clue of this than I did XD It’s kinda nice being part of a post thats spreading some fun knowledge in a nice way!
Also thank you to the gracious @roofermadness in the tags for complimenting my astuteness on figuring this out from the animation character designs, you are so nice to say so and I appreciate you
Okay, don’t get me wrong here. I LOVE Jurassic Park. I love seeing their dinosaurs. But after watching Prehistoric Planet, and going back to look at this…
And then looking at this…
Notice how much healthier the second set looks? Their lips cover their teeth, they actually have fat on their bodies, their skin doesn’t wrinkle like they’re dehydrated. You can’t see every single tendon and muscle move because you aren’t supposed to. Dinosaurs are animals, not reptilian body-builders.
THIS is the kind of change I want to see in how we create realistic depictions of not only dinosaurs, but all prehistoric creatures. Paleoart has always had a huge issue with shrink-wrapping and making these animals look terrifying instead of making them look like, well, animals.
Well done, BBC.
STOP BACKYARD BREEDING YOUR DINOSAURS
Get your Tyrannosaurs from responsible, DKC registered breeders! Anyone who says your rex should be skinny or ‘thats just how they are’ is lying to you.
Marinette never met her parential grandfather. When she askes why he stopped communicating with his family twenty years ago, all of Marinette’s relatives’re very embarrassed and answer he’s 'old-fashioned’ or 'full of traditions’. The show demonstrates that Rolland fell out with his son because Tom changed the traditional bread recipe by adding rice to it. But it’s clear this’s not about baking. In fact, twenty years ago, his French son married a Chinese woman. And the bread with rice is just a metaphor for their union, which Rolland disapproves of because of his 'traditional’ (okay, racist) views.
It’s funny Rolland actually married an Italian woman (he also doesn’t like Italian culture), although hypocrisy is typical for all racists.
En esta crisis sanitaria global que estamos viviendo por fin he visto la última de Star Wars. Y tengo… opiniones…
Le comenté a un compañero de trabajo (antes de que nos mandasen a todos a trabajar desde casa) que todavía no la había visto y el tío se echo la mano al pecho y me dijo “pero vas super atrasada!”. A lo que yo contesté “piri vis sipir itrisidi!”. Porque tengo cinco años, al parecer.
En fin, en esta cuarentena autoimpuesta que espero que todos los estéis en España estéis siguiendo…
…al fin he visto la película. Y ha sido suficiente para mandar mi culo de vuelta a tumblr, donde siempre todos decimos que vamos a escribir y luego no escribimos.
Para dejarlo claro, no me ha gustado. Así que estaba pensando en dos opciones:
1. Hago un análisis de la película, de dónde falla y por qué
2. Una completa reescritura de toda la película en mis propios términos a modo de “Script Doctor”.
Al que le interese alguna opción en concreto que lo ponga en los comentarios y si sólo le dais a me gusta acabaré haciendo la que más me apetezca. Los reblogueos también ayudan y son un detallazo que llena mi corazón de cosas bonitas, así como información adicional.
