One of the cartoon stars of the 80's, Strawberry Shortcake, is getting a makeover. Apparently her owners, American Greetings Properties, is giving her character a new look that is more suitable for little girls of the 21st century.
The article goes over other cartoon properties which are attempting redesign to fit more in a modern context, such as Angelina Ballerina and the Looney Tunes characters. Even Disney is considering a redesign for Mickey Mouse.
The redesign may work for cartoons such as Strawberry Shortcake, which are attributable to a particular era, but I don't think world-famous properties such as Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny should be messed with. The only redesign they did for Mickey that worked was giving him whites for his eyes rather than strictly pupils.
More often than not, updates on the concepts of an era fail (I'm thinking of Michael Bay's The Transformers and the remake of The Honeymooners). What do you think? Will the new Strawberry Shortcake work?
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6-13-2008 @ 3:09PM
Dwacon said...
Give Miley Cyrus a red wig and we could have the live action version.
* DWACON *
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6-13-2008 @ 3:13PM
Leota said...
There was already a new Strawberry Shortcake in the early 2000s, and she sucked.
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6-13-2008 @ 3:24PM
laura said...
I played with Strawberry shortcake in the 80's and her look didnt seem to me like it was outdated, i wasnt all "why doesnt she have a flock of seagulls do, or wear spandex?" I like the way she looks, and they should keep it that way
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6-13-2008 @ 6:35PM
Melissa said...
Michael Bay's Transformers failed?!?! That's news to me! Have you lost all sense of reality? You do realize that was a hugely successful blockbuster movie? Far from a failure, by anyone's standards.
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6-13-2008 @ 8:08PM
nattyff said...
they had to make her thinner
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6-14-2008 @ 1:35AM
Scott said...
ummm....
While I will agree with you on The Honeymooners, Transformers made close to $320 million domestic (double? that internationally).
Was it a failure? Or did you just not like it?
Just wondering
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