Disney's Lord Of The Rings...??!! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 05-08-2002, 09:28 AM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I actually like most disney movies.(MOSTLY BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE STORIES THEY MESS UP)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Rose - read the original "Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling or "Bambi" by Felix Salten, and you'll see what Disney can do to the classics. <P>I've never forgiven Walt and Co. for what he did to these books, particularly to the "Jungle Book", which I discovered before its "Disneyfication". Mowgli without wolves! What was that man thinking?<P>Disneyfication also ticks me off because when I recommend these wonderful books to young people today, I inevitably get the reaction of "Eeeeeewwww! Disney! I'm too old to be reading Disney stuff!" Then you have to sit there and explain about everything Disney DIDN'T cover, and how he had watered down the original themes....(sigh) It gets so tiresome.<P>Thanks alot, Uncle Walt.

05-08-2002, 09:28 AM	#28
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>I actually like most disney movies.(MOSTLY BECAUSE I'VE NEVER HEARD ABOUT THE STORIES THEY MESS UP)<HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>Rose - read the original "Jungle Book" by Rudyard Kipling or "Bambi" by Felix Salten, and you'll see what Disney can do to the classics. <P>I've never forgiven Walt and Co. for what he did to these books, particularly to the "Jungle Book", which I discovered before its "Disneyfication". Mowgli without wolves! What was that man thinking?<P>Disneyfication also ticks me off because when I recommend these wonderful books to young people today, I inevitably get the reaction of "Eeeeeewwww! Disney! I'm too old to be reading Disney stuff!" Then you have to sit there and explain about everything Disney DIDN'T cover, and how he had watered down the original themes....(sigh) It gets so tiresome.<P>Thanks alot, Uncle Walt.