I’m so glad it looks to be a great family film.
Peanuts is literally the LAST family-friendly property that has not surrendered to being defiled by Hollywood with adult jokes and gross-out humor. The Muppets certainly has fallen into that hole.
I watched some trailers last night, and while months ago I was afraid that the stylistic changes would hurt the end production, it really does flesh out the world they inhabit better without giving away too much, if that makes any sense.
They stayed faithful the the vision of Schultz even though he didnt want any new cartoons to be made. Seeing the state of America today, I’m glad they did make this as kids really need to have one cartoon series that actually projects the good in this nation and the values that we used to have.
Any conservative parent should consider getting their kids into Peanuts. I have a huge collection of books of the strips going back to when I was a kid, and they never fail to get me to laugh and think. They always embodied great moral and maturity lessons, and never strayed from being totally innocent.
The last one that had been mainstream and copies of which survive in syndication, or something like that.
Schulz worshiped as a Catholic, yet his Christian messages were nonsectarian.
Maybe it is to bend a metaphor, but may the good Lord grant that from small peanuts may large plants grow again.
Peanuts did portray sins of arrogant pride, almost always it was Lucy. And the victim of those was Charlie Brown.
Before he died, Schultz gave thumbs up to his family for any future Peanuts movies and advertising, but nixed another artist continuing the strip. This was because he never actually did the animation drawing, so he never felt that attached to it.