Wednesday, November 5, 2008

A Note on Fairies, The glittery kind.

I’m a little confused as to how Disney decided to make an entire movie about Tinkerbell.  Tinkerbell has always been one of my least favorite characters, if not the absolute bottom of the list and now, there is a major motion picture dedicated to her, story.  Do we not remember how horrible Tink was to Wendy?  I specifically remember being six years old and thinking to myself, “Why does Peter Pan hang out with Tink?  She’s mean and jealous, he should know better.”  Apparently, we all should. 

How is it possible to celebrate such a mean little fairy?  The girls here are going bananas and are offering me bribes in exchange for copies of the new Tinkerbell movie.  I have told them that they are out of luck.  My real question is this:  How is it possible that adults, could want to be a part of a project that glorifies a mean, selfish and inconsiderate fairy, who has already been in two movies and is the face of the magical world of Disney?  I just don’t get it. 

I also find it very interesting that Michael Bay, the director of The Day After Tomorrow, also directed Transformers.  One film exaggerates the dangers of global warming, while the other had a million dollars of prototype cars and trucks: none of which, were hybrids.  

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