Christopher Robin replaced??

[Sillyprincess]

Well unfourtanetly I do not watch the show now but when I did i loved Christopher Robin he was cool but replacing him could ruin the whole T.V show


With the tom-boy girl then they adventures will not be as active why couldn't they keep both Chris and the new chracter instead of a replacemeant replacing him may bring the ratings down. My cousin has a poster of Chris on her wall if he was replaced she would get so mad!


I do not like this idea that disney has come up to replace a disney chracter they are all so orignal and if one leaves then another one leaves one leads to another then soon we will have no more orignal chracters.

~Silly

 

[raidermatt]

The female character will be more relevent in the current scheme of things as girls flock to Disney as fans of princesses and heroines. Boys lag way behind (remember Treasure Planet?). This may not a good enough reason for many of you but time doesn't stand still and the Company must simply see more avenues for growth both profitability and creatively with this twist.

What'd ya do, Pete, swipe a PowerPoint handout?

 

[lorli]

I am a huge Pooh fan and vote to leave Christopher Robin as is. Of course not that my vote truly counts but I wanted my say. Don't tamper with the classics.

 

[Just_Me_06]

I dont see how or why the would ! Wasnt he the reason the author (aka starter) Started the story?!

 

[Becky_Boop]

This makes me sick! Christopher Robin is a Disney classic! What if they replaced Mickey with a cat, or Minnie with a poodle, just to try something new? A part of the Disney magic is that everything is really nostalgic and familiar. Grrr...

 

[wilki32]

Things change, I used to be a boy with an imagination now its my daughters turn and then her children, then theirs and so on!

 

[rantnnravin]

i think that what's being forgotten here is that Pooh isn't merely a "Disney character" he is a Classic Literary Character. Disney simply recognized a good thing in A.A. Milne's body of work (good story, likeable characters) and were smart enough to buy the rights.
the problem isn't with the character of Christopher Robin, it's with marketing department which is too inept to pursue a "lagging" demographic.

geez i'm afraid to see what would happen if Disney owned TLoTR, would they make Frodo a female just because it's easier to sell to girls?

 

[raidermatt]

...the problem isn't with the character of Christopher Robin, it's with marketing department which is too inept to pursue a "lagging" demographic.

To be more specific, the problem is that, in this case, marketing is driving creation. After all, we'd expect ideas like this to come from a marketing department. That's their job. But I think the process works best when you let great storytellers tell a great story, then you let great marketers market it.

 

[pawsitivemom]

To be more specific, the problem is that, in this case, marketing is driving creation. After all, we'd expect ideas like this to come from a marketing department. That's their job. But I think the process works best when you let great storytellers tell a great story, then you let great marketers market it.

I agree..... They need to "Build" a market....not only cater to what is already there.

I think Disney has gone way too *girl* crazy.....They have so much to apeal to girls that boys now look at Disney and think "it's girly". THAT is a big part of the reason my ODS didin't want to go on a WDW trip!

I don't think that replacing Christopher Robin is a "bad" idea...But...Does it HAVE to be with a GIRL!? I mean, come on, can't an active, imaginative BOY be marketed!?....Or is Disney only intrested in apealing to girls now?

Imagineers....imagine things for our boys....Marketers....Make a market for it....Make boys BELIEVE they want and need this MALE character!

Afterall....Wasn't Disney BUILT on Male Characters?

(Ok...I"m done ranting now!)