LSUxStitch
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Kim has a nice belly 
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Kim Possible Characters
- Thread starter Soarinluvr
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umm.. they look good, but I think the whole idea of a face Kim and Ron is a bit hokey. Personally, I feel they should have been fur. They are far too stylized in the cartoon to accurately be translated as face characters. They should have been fur.
Atta83
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mkt said:
I have to agree with you on this one. Both kim and ron are way to animated in the face to be face characters and unlike the princesses they have more of a cartoony feel to them. I saw them out in the parks today at Studios and to tell the truth I just dont know about them. I mean the show has been out since 2002 and just now they bring the characters out in the park.
SilentWindODoom
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Thank you very much. They don't look half bad.
drnilescrane
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And the same problem applies to Fur - they are way to stylised to translate into fur properly without looking flat (The Way They Are Drawn, No Dimension) - The faces are the better option.mkt said:
lawyergirl77
Active Member
I dunno, mkt... I think I have to respectfully disagree with you! :wave:mkt said:
The princesses only bear a passing resemblance to the characters they're portraying, and much of the similarity comes from wigs and costumes. It's pretty hard to make Kim and Ron look like characters, considering they're wearing "normal"ish clothes...
That being said, I'm all in favour of them being face and not fur characters since, well, they're humans. Mickey is, uh, a mouse. As a result, making them fur would be as ludicrous as having a fur Mary Poppins because humans aren't furry... (well, most of us aren't! :lol: ) Plus, this allows for a whole lot more interaction, which I think is cool!
And now that Ron's a blonde, they are starting to look fantastic! I would totally have recognized them in the parks! (not 'cause I watch Kim Possible as I get dressed to go to work in the morning at 7:00, no sirree :lookaroun )
wdwishes2005
New Member
wow... maybe they should stick to fur costumes for animated people....
FigmentJedi
Well-Known Member
Ever heard of a little book called The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe?mkepcotmgmak said:
MSTINKHERBELL01
New Member
I think they look cute! :sohappy:
lawyergirl77
Active Member
Point taken (see - it can be said in a WDWMagic thread!! :lol: ).mkt said:
But at the same time, for those characters it just feels right for them to be fur (although I think that a face Gepetto would be really cool). For Kim and Ron, part of the allure of the show is its surreal-yet-real aspect, and I think that the "feel" translates better for them as face characters.
It's clearly a to-each-his/her-own thing, so I'm not expecting to convince you! Just thought I'd put in my two cents and explain why I think it's a good move. "No big!"
:wave:diznebelle
New Member
face vs fur
I agree that the Kim Possible characters are stylized in their animation BUT I think that one thing that makes them a good face character is the believability of meeting the actual Kim and Ron. It's hard to explain this, but Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable are regular teenagers who have some pretty sweet adventures. They speak in slang, and say things like "no big," "so not" and "boo-yah" and the fact a child who watches their missions can actually talk to them about them and hear them speak the way they do makes the characters really come to life.
As far as Entertainment goes at Disney, I consider a face character to be what the character looks like, before it was animated. The felsh and blood Belle was drawn from who you meet in the parks. If it is believable that the Kim and Ron on TV are drawn from the actual people you meet in the parks, I think the characters are truly successful! I mean, how else do you explain a face character afterall.
I'm not going to even dive into fur, because I love the way fur characters communicate and animate with guests. I just think for Kim and Ron, the option for them to speak and seem like "regular" teenagers really works.
So that's my take on it... and whether you agree or not... it's so not the drama!
Reception to the characters has been very positive. Kim and Ron had a line for most sets, and even better than that were the comments of people passing. Everyone seemed so excited to see them, almost like they couldn't believe it. Even for a moment when Ron was out by himself, people knew who he was.
KP and Ron will be doing sets for this week only on the Streets Of America, then will return after the holidays.
I agree that the Kim Possible characters are stylized in their animation BUT I think that one thing that makes them a good face character is the believability of meeting the actual Kim and Ron. It's hard to explain this, but Kim Possible and Ron Stoppable are regular teenagers who have some pretty sweet adventures. They speak in slang, and say things like "no big," "so not" and "boo-yah" and the fact a child who watches their missions can actually talk to them about them and hear them speak the way they do makes the characters really come to life.
As far as Entertainment goes at Disney, I consider a face character to be what the character looks like, before it was animated. The felsh and blood Belle was drawn from who you meet in the parks. If it is believable that the Kim and Ron on TV are drawn from the actual people you meet in the parks, I think the characters are truly successful! I mean, how else do you explain a face character afterall.
I'm not going to even dive into fur, because I love the way fur characters communicate and animate with guests. I just think for Kim and Ron, the option for them to speak and seem like "regular" teenagers really works.
So that's my take on it... and whether you agree or not... it's so not the drama!
Reception to the characters has been very positive. Kim and Ron had a line for most sets, and even better than that were the comments of people passing. Everyone seemed so excited to see them, almost like they couldn't believe it. Even for a moment when Ron was out by himself, people knew who he was.
KP and Ron will be doing sets for this week only on the Streets Of America, then will return after the holidays.