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DAY 197

In the 2000s, a series of Disney Fairy books were released, which were a prequel-esque series about the life of Tinkerbell and her fairy friends before Tink met Peter. Was something like this ever touched upon in the original JM Barrie books? I don't know. What I DO know is I didn't know about the books. How DID I learn about it? The Peter Pan special edition DVD, which had 2 sneak previews for a new CGI Tinkerbell movie. One from the previews/trailers section (which didn't tell much since it was a teaser) and a more-detailed trailer on the special features. I didn't get the DVD when it came out, but I did see the Pixie Previews on Disney Channel. I saw the movie on YouTube a bit later (before copyright pains) and then got the DVD for real. It's fine enough. Instead of actually showing about how Tink met Peter (which is what I was expecting), it's an origin story about how Tinkerbell discovered who she is and what her purpose as a fairy is. No issues with that. Tink's origins basically amount to stuff that's similar to A Bug's Life. An oddball character who seems like they don't belong and with a bunch of different species, prove their important to the colony. Doesn't feel like a rip-off and doesn't talk down too much. There's some stuff that feel direct from 80s college movies and yeah, those feel a bit cliche and tiring, but there's plenty of other good elements that overshadow the recycled ones. Like the animation. Even for a direct-to-video movie, this is the first non-PIXAR Disney CGI movie where the CGI is really good (Chicken Little's was average at best and Meet the Robinsons was better but not quite a lot compared to this). The characters keep in the "Brad Bird PIXAR movies" style where they have a hand-drawn design even in 3D form. The skin does look a bit plastic, but everything else is really great. The different clothing, hair, wings, all the different backgrounds/environments and especially all the different textures/details are just fantastic. There's a nice atmosphere to this and even though we've seen this set-up before (the Fern Gulley/EPIC/Strange Magic style fairies where nature is everything), Disney put a different spin to it. Even though the fairies' clothes are made of nature elements, instead of BEING nature, they're the CAUSE of nature. They're the reason winter, spring, summer and fall is in our world. Their different divisions and classes are real clever, although I find it strange how they're still puny in their own world instead of normal-sized (but that's probably me). The characters are good. Each of Tink's new friends are each identifiable with their given talents and personalities (Silvermist the neutral, Rosetta the southern belle, Iridessa the worrywart and Fawn the tough-yet-sweet one), Clank and Bobble are kind of weak comedic duo, the head fairies of each season are a little tough, Vidia's the obvious bad girl, Terrence doesn't do thta much but is the obvious arm candy for Tink, Queen Clarion is the goddess/head leader who, like mots officials in that situation, are soft-spoken and finally, there's Tinkerbell herself. Even if her in CGI form looks like a more-detailed Cindy Vortex, her new personality isn't half bad. Yes, she's become the typical Disney dreamer with the Disney dreamer journey, but they do have a lot right. She's curious, she's anxious, she has an easily triggered temper (all 3 aspects like the original), she can be sassy (not as much as the original) and her inventive tinker side can be admirable. All the voices are also well done (both big names and Disney regulars all around), even if it did take adjusting to hear the non-Julia Roberts Tink talk. It's a pretty decent movie and would soon start the trend of other installments of Tink's adventures in Pixie Hollow, but that's another story entirely.

DAY 199

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DAY 197

In the 2000s, a series of Disney Fairy books were released, which were a prequel-esque series about the life of Tinkerbell and her fairy friends before Tink met Peter. Was something like this ever touched upon in the original JM Barrie books? I don't know. What I DO know is I didn't know about the books. How DID I learn about it? The Peter Pan special edition DVD, which had 2 sneak previews for a new CGI Tinkerbell movie. One from the previews/trailers section (which didn't tell much since it was a teaser) and a more-detailed trailer on the special features. I didn't get the DVD when it came out, but I did see the Pixie Previews on Disney Channel. I saw the movie on YouTube a bit later (before copyright pains) and then got the DVD for real. It's fine enough. Instead of actually showing about how Tink met Peter (which is what I was expecting), it's an origin story about how Tinkerbell discovered who she is and what her purpose as a fairy is. No issues with that. Tink's origins basically amount to stuff that's similar to A Bug's Life. An oddball character who seems like they don't belong and with a bunch of different species, prove their important to the colony. Doesn't feel like a rip-off and doesn't talk down too much. There's some stuff that feel direct from 80s college movies and yeah, those feel a bit cliche and tiring, but there's plenty of other good elements that overshadow the recycled ones. Like the animation. Even for a direct-to-video movie, this is the first non-PIXAR Disney CGI movie where the CGI is really good (Chicken Little's was average at best and Meet the Robinsons was better but not quite a lot compared to this). The characters keep in the "Brad Bird PIXAR movies" style where they have a hand-drawn design even in 3D form. The skin does look a bit plastic, but everything else is really great. The different clothing, hair, wings, all the different backgrounds/environments and especially all the different textures/details are just fantastic. There's a nice atmosphere to this and even though we've seen this set-up before (the Fern Gulley/EPIC/Strange Magic style fairies where nature is everything), Disney put a different spin to it. Even though the fairies' clothes are made of nature elements, instead of BEING nature, they're the CAUSE of nature. They're the reason winter, spring, summer and fall is in our world. Their different divisions and classes are real clever, although I find it strange how they're still puny in their own world instead of normal-sized (but that's probably me). The characters are good. Each of Tink's new friends are each identifiable with their given talents and personalities (Silvermist the neutral, Rosetta the southern belle, Iridessa the worrywart and Fawn the tough-yet-sweet one), Clank and Bobble are kind of weak comedic duo, the head fairies of each season are a little tough, Vidia's the obvious bad girl, Terrence doesn't do thta much but is the obvious arm candy for Tink, Queen Clarion is the goddess/head leader who, like mots officials in that situation, are soft-spoken and finally, there's Tinkerbell herself. Even if her in CGI form looks like a more-detailed Cindy Vortex, her new personality isn't half bad. Yes, she's become the typical Disney dreamer with the Disney dreamer journey, but they do have a lot right. She's curious, she's anxious, she has an easily triggered temper (all 3 aspects like the original), she can be sassy (not as much as the original) and her inventive tinker side can be admirable. All the voices are also well done (both big names and Disney regulars all around), even if it did take adjusting to hear the non-Julia Roberts Tink talk. It's a pretty decent movie and would soon start the trend of other installments of Tink's adventures in Pixie Hollow, but that's another story entirely.

DAY 199

Comment & enjoy!