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Apparently in the new version of Winnie the Pooh being made by Disney, Christopher Robin is going to be transformed into a girl, so as to broaden the appeal of the film:

"We got raised eyebrows even in-house at first, but the feeling was these timeless characters really needed a breath of fresh air that only the introduction of someone new could provide," says Nancy Kanter of the Disney Channel.

There really isn't anything to be added to that, except to bang my head against the wall and scream blue murder for a while...


[once again with thaks to Neil Gaiman's blog]

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As I've probably mentioned previously, one of the few advantages of being unemployed is the ability to go see movies during the day.

Thus it was that today I went to the first screening on the first day of release of the new Narnia film.

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I saw the film in a cinema that seated 500-odd, and had about nine people in it. This suited me perfectly - apart from obviously communal film experiences (Monty Python films, the Blues Brothers etc), generally the emptier the cinema is, the happier I am. I know for some people there is a communal aspect to the whole thing, the feeling of being part of a crowd being moved together by the same tides, but for me, the aim is to get inot the film itself, and the reactions around me are a distraction from them - in a perfect film experience for me is where I am no longer aware of where I am, or with whom...