rle4lunch
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They're written really well. We always watch them if they're doing a marathon on Disney xd or while visiting thr parks on their internal channel.
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They're written really well. We always watch them if they're doing a marathon on Disney xd or while visiting thr parks on their internal channel.
Ponderer
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Oh yeah. We discovered the shorts during a rest day on our trip last year, and we were entranced. It may be our favorite iteration of Mickey ever, especially the beautifully done international ones.
Movielover
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What really surprised me was just how much heart they have. Yes they have flashy animation and sometimes gross out humor, all of which I love, but at the core the characters all feel so warm and inviting. Especially the love between Mickey and Minnie. At the end of the day the Mickey here is still Mickey and the hero. It's perfect example of updating characters and stories to modern audiences while keeping true to the characters as Walt created them.
Potatoland.
That is all.
That is all.
Movielover
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rle4lunch
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Agreed on all that. My intial reaction to the Ren and Stimpy style animation was a bit offputting (Goofy looks like a Depression era hobo), but once you get acclimated to it, you can really enjoy them. The Christmas special was our sons favorite for about a year straight. The way Donald (who in my opinion, is the ONLY Disney character grounded in reality) is portrayed in the shorts and letting him fly off the handle is just terrific. The time when Professor Von Drake makes a franken-Donald is hilarious.
Goofyque'
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Instead of Mickey ears, everyone will be wearing eyes!!!
Sorry.
Ponderer
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Yes, yes and yes. The love and imagination that goes into these shorts is astonishing, and it hasn't flagged a bit since they started producing them. My wife is a great example of that modern audience - she grew up with Mickey as an icon, but as a character, she had never warmed to him particularly. He was kind of an adorable relic. But with the series, not only does she adore this Mickey, but she gets the appeal of him over all his incarnations as well.
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Cmdr_Crimson
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The director of the series is Paul Rudish. Most of his work can be seen during the time he worked at Cartoon Network..
Paul Rudish | Art Department, Writer, Producer
Known for: Mickey Mouse, Samurai Jack, Dexter's Laboratory
www.imdb.com
Hakunamatata
Le Meh
I love potatoes.
Cmdr_Crimson
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Cmdr_Crimson
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Potatoland may be a dream, but our friendship is real.
Mike S
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I’d buy a shirt if they had it.
bclane
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Dude I was inspired to google potatoland shirt after reading your post and they are actually out there! Some really nice ones too! I think I’m gonna buy one.
Hakunamatata
Le Meh
#OPAT
Dude I was inspired to google potatoland shirt after reading your post and they are actually out there! Some really nice ones too! I think I’m gonna buy one.
If only it the shirt looked like this:
rle4lunch
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Just go on customink.com and use that image and make your own shirt for $30. Easy.
too much work. Have to crop it out, redraw the potato topper, fix Donald's shadow, etc.
And get sued for infringement. Easy! I think instead I'll just forward the image to shop Disney and ask they recreate it.