Li(ve)lo & Stitch

[Farerb]

My oh my...
At least it's going to be fun hate watching Snow White. This just looks unimaginative, bland and redundant. Really what is the point?

And I guess now even moments that are supposed to be sincere and serious like "Ohana means family. Family means nobody gets left behind or forgotten" Need to have irreverent jokes to interrupt them.

[Ben]

Bu…bu…but it’s to make it the same but different, shiny and new!

Love it when they spend four years making a lavish animatic for an eventual live-action film. Have to say I liked what they did with Devil In Disguise, though. This will make a mint and probably break a billion. Sequels to come in Disney's newest franchise…

[Bill1978]

Man, they even decided to cut the trailer, so it was reminiscent of the original trailer. It made me wish Disney had foresight and got the live action cast (during filming of their movies) to recreate the famous 'Get your own movie' teasers but with the line, 'Get your own live action remake' with traditional Stitch of course.

[Ben]

Disney. Foresight.

The Star Wars sequel trilogy wishes this too…

[gaastra]

So, this trailer--is getting loved everywhere! My family loved it, and my little niece wants to see it so bad! Almost every reaction to the trailer I saw on youtube loved it and even john campea known for being a grouch loved it!

This movie is going to be a smash hit!

Just from the comments on the youtube trailer alone--

Disney finally got it right, and I couldn’t be more excited. I watched the original countless times with my daughters and fell in love with it as a parent. Now, with this new version coming out, I can’t wait to share the magic with my grandchildren.

This is the first Disney live-action remake I’m actually excited for, Stitch and the other alien characters look great and it’s really nostalgic to see all the scenes recreated.

The actress playing Lilo not only looks, but sounds like her too, that’s some good casting

The actress playing Lilo is perfect. Honestly, the voice the way she looks kind of like a human version of Lilo. It’s perfect. They chose a perfect actress for this role. Her voice doesn’t sound exactly like animated Lilo but it’s close enough that it gives me the illusion, which is perfect.

Stitch is one of my favorite Disney characters. Looks like the live action movie is going to do him justice. I didn't ask for a live action Lilo and Stitch, but I would watch this over Snow White!

I’m not a fan of Disney live actions as of late, but so far, they NAILED this CGI. Stitch is perfect. Lilo is also adorable

Most of the comments are positive on a disney trailer! Live action remake to boot! When is the last time this happened?

[Ben]

This will make a mint and probably break a billion. Sequels to come in Disney's newest franchise…

[gaastra]

By the way--is gentu gone? Looks like he is getting replaced with the human FBI?

[Randall]

Here we go!!

[gaastra]

Welcome to the billion club stitch.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markhughes ... ockbuster/

[EricJ]

By the way--is gentu gone? Looks like he is getting replaced with the human FBI?

Oddly enough, the Ice Cream Slug is now also missing—
Replaced by David Hekki Kanui Bell as a poor Hawaiian sumo guy who keeps losing his ice cream in the chaos.

So apparently, there’s no more need for the backstory of why Lilo collects snapshots of fat mainlander tourists, since most of the original movie’s implied anti-Haole racism has been dropped to sell the corporate brand.
(Not that we really wanted it back, but just shows how soulless the remakes can get when they’re just there to wave the marketing banner.)

[Ben]

Thought I’d post my "capsule review" (!) here, which I’d previously sent to James and Rand in emails and a couple of other friends via text…

I watched the new Lilo & Stitch this week and found it hyper, soulless and empty; a vacuous and emotionless going-through-the-motions of translating something nourishingly original into the equivalent of a processed fast food product.

So there ya go!

[Randall]

This felt like an unusually pointless remake. I was just so-so- on the original, really (fun enough, but it didn't grab me as much as it did for others), and I have so far taken a pass on seeing the new film or getting a disc. Ho-hum. Mild curiosity will get me to look at it on D+ at some point.