Commenting on the half a million things that have been said thus far...
I was tempted not to watch the clips last night myself...but what the heck, I did anyway. Needless to say, I see that everything looks promising. Not first movie promising, but then none of the sequels will ever match the quality of the first movie, as we all know.
As far as the voice actors go for the most part, the new Littlefoot does a remarkable job, and is matched perfectly with the rest of the gang's VAs being reunited, all of whom sound better than ever, with the possible exception of Ducky...I'm not sure I really dig Aria anymore...
Both Chomper and Ruby sound promising as well. As far as the adults go...meh. I'm glad Miriam Flynn is back, and I'm assuming Tress MacNeille is still doing Ducky's and Petrie's moms; I'm not quite sure if it's her there. The replacement actors...well, the guy doing Topsy isn't too bad, if not a bit too deep in places. Grandpa, on the other hand, is too deep and much less elderly sounding for my liking, thus going to prove how much we'll all miss Kenneth Mars and John Ingle...
Seems like this Wild Arms character appears to not be as comical as I thought he would be, though I could be wrong. He seems to be interesting from the clips I watched.
Etta seems to be a cool character as well, though I'm not sure why negativity is suddenly being drawn to the voice. I mean, like everyone has already said, everyone is entitled to their personal opinions and beliefs, but why draw attention to the southern dialect? I'm used to said dialects, but maybe it's because I grew up on country music and I've heard many of Reba's hit songs, so perhaps it's just me.
Anyways, as far as "Hot and Stinky" goes...again, why the horridness? It's actually very catchy. Probably taking my vote as my favorite song in the movie, though we've yet to hear two other songs, so I've yet to make it official. Through its' catchiness, however, comes the obvious fact that new songwriters, in my opinion, are needed, particularly in the musicality of it. I'd like to see new styles (Broadway, 80's rock, Carpenters, etc.), new tempos, maybe more ballads, whatever the case may be, I'd love to see that happen. But then again, you can't have everything in a franchise targeted to 3-7 year olds rather than those in the 18-34 audience.
Finally, to comment on vonboy: I certainly can't wait for fresh new captions! Perhaps me and certain other members can do about a thousand more wee-wee jokes.
