Thursday, November 26, 2009
Animated 80s icons get a makeover—and we don’t like it!
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Call us nostalgia obsessed, but we’ve never been a fan of change. American Greetings has given 80s cartoon icon, Strawberry Shortcake a “fruit-forward” makeover for the big and small screens, that none of us can get over. Sure, it’s cool that they’re making her appeal to a younger generation, but swapping her curls and pink calico cat, Custard, for a flat iron and cell phone? This is not the sugary sweet girl we know and love. Strawberryland has received a healthy make over as well.
Says a company rep, “We’re downplaying characters that were part of Strawberry’s world but who didn’t immediately shout out fruit.” Does this mean best buddies Huckleberry Pie, Lemon Meringue and Angel Cake were ditched too? Sadly enough, Shortcake isn’t the only cartoon whose seen a redux. We couldn’t help but notice the shrinking waist sizes of Care Bears and kinder Ninja Turtles. Let’s hope they don’t botch the upcoming Smurf movie as well. If there’s no evil Gargamoyle, you can count us out. [
Jezebel]
Related: tv, strawberry shortcake, smurfs, movie, cartoons, care bears, animated, 80s
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Posted by C Fri Jun 13, 2008 5:36am PDT
This is akin to having Cookie Monster say that "cookies are a good treat sometimes, not always". Quit messing with our childhood icons!!!!!
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Posted by Chao_Sweetie Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:52am PDT
AMEN!! LEAVE OUR CHILDHOOD ALONE PLEASE !!!! Did you see the "NEW" Transformers cartoon.. they look like crackheads.. they are all skinny and linky.. WTF!! dude.. How can the kick butt when they look like there starving.. I dont like this "NEW GEN CRAP".. I also hope they get the new "Smurf" movie right.. also The "ThunderCats" movie better be good too..
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Posted by Jamie Fri Jun 13, 2008 7:41am PDT
THIS IS CRAP!!! Leave my childhood icons alone!!! And why does Strawberry Shortcake look like she just stepped out of an Anime movie?? I call Shenanigans!
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Posted by RW Fri Jun 13, 2008 10:48am PDT
I literally grew up on the "old school" strawberry shortcake. She is definitely an icon in my memories, but despite that, I don't feel like her make over is hurting her image. It's still cute, sweet and girly. Barbie got a make over too when times had changed and she needed to keep up with the trends...
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Posted by Rebecca Fri Jun 13, 2008 11:00am PDT
that's right, give her long flowing hair and make her a size 2....just the role model that our kids need
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Posted by siri Fri Jun 13, 2008 12:36pm PDT
aww...too cute!
then and now.
makes me want to be a kid again - not.
suddenly i crave strawberries...yumms!
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Posted by Sarah-Lee Fri Jun 13, 2008 1:45pm PDT
shes cute and dats da point!!!!!!! duh!! omg get over it so they changed it...r u gunna die?!?
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Posted by Melis Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:00pm PDT
Nope don't like the makeover. Leave our childhood characters the same.
I did hear about something with cookie monster being bad for children to watch etc. I mean common when we where kids did we think about eating cookies when he did. I didn't I liked to see him crush them all over his face! When your kids you don't think about all that. Adults think too much about all this..,
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