[Ultra Sonic 007]

And here's the girl (pulled off a USA Today article).

Am I the only one who thinks she looks like Jimmy Neutron?

[Ultra Sonic 007]

Disney knows it will face criticism from fans of Milne's stories about the imaginary world of his son Christopher Robin. Lovers of the original stories say they are timeless and don't need an update.

Gee. I wonder why?

[domenad]

It does seem more like a girl's fantasy, though. You think a tiny defenseless piglet would last long amongst predators like a bear, a tiger, and an owl in a boy's fantasy?

[cgk]

Sigh. And you're right - she does.

[detsaoT]

"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," Nancy Kanter of the Disney Channel told USA Today.

I love idiots that always feel they need to introduce a "breath of fresh air" into timeless classics. Any bets on how many episodes are made before the plug is pulled?

(And by the looks of the computer animation, they're already suffering their loss of the "Special Relationship" with Pixar. Har!)

[SteveMcKing]

Well..... she's still white, but at least she's a womyn.

[ScreamingFist]

Disney knows it will face criticism from fans of Milne's stories about the imaginary world of his son Christopher Robin. Lovers of the original stories say they are timeless and don't need an update.

If you have zero artistic skills, re-hash a classic and pretend you're an "original".....

[RegulatorCountry]

Oh, why the heck didn't they just plop Dora the Explorer in there? Makes about as much sense, as a way to "breathe some fresh air" into these "timeless characters."

I do think they need to work on their understanding of the word "fresh," as well as the word "timeless," though. They're not synonymous with predictable or trendy.

[Bosco]

I always thought Christopher Robin was a bit wimpy. This just makes it official.

[mnehring]

This actually makes sense.. It seems young girls would be more prone to be Pooh fans and this will help the marketing by giving them a character they would relate to.

[VRWCmember]

"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,

Hey dimwit! If the characters are TIMELESS then introducing a new character won't make them better, and if they "needed a breath of fresh air" as you suggest then the characters aren't timeless.

[oceanperch]

She seems so Modern Asian cartoonish, like speed Racer.
Unlike IMO the sweetness of Christopher Robin. (almost named my son that 26 yrs ago but ended up as Christopher Gene)

[kidd]

The Introduction:

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Piglet: G-G-G-Gee, your not a wuss like Christopher Robin, are you?
Girl: Nope! I like sports and frogs and I wear pants!
Tigger: You look kind butch to me!
Pooh: Oh bother...

[Tzimisce]

Disney goes PC.

Give them a couple years and "Christina" will be a raging feminist lesbian who will accompany Pooh and the Gang to the peace rally.

[oceanperch]

Christa is not color cordinated.

[BoBToMatoE]

Adding a tom-boy will do nothing. This smacks of PC.

[Tax-chick]

What's that purple thing on her head?

[Cicero]

After growing up with Milne's books with the original Shepard illustrations, and then later reading them to my children, I thought Disney's version was pretty crummy anyway.

For one thing, Pooh is the wrong color, and the animals all behave like jumped-up imbeciles.

Get the books. Forget the movies.

Same thing with the Jungle Books. Kipling is marvellous. Disney is tripe. Read the books.

[KarlInOhio]

Disney knows it will face criticism from fans of Milne's stories about the imaginary world of his son Christopher Robin. Lovers of the original stories say they are timeless and don't need an update.

Just consider yourself fortunate that Disney didn't rename the recent Narnia movie: "The Tigger, the Witch and the Wardrobe" as a product crossover with their Winnie the Pooh franchise.

[KarlInOhio]

Will they replace Eeyore with a cheerier, more market friendly character or will Pfizer get him on antidepressants for some product placement.

[OB1kNOb]

But Disney hopes to attract an older audience by introducing a six-year-old tomboy as a friend....

Let me guess. Her name is Pat, right?