"The Baker himself is a bit of a drip, it has to be said, but nonetheless the segment made enough of an impact to be the one and only (minor) plot element to be carried over into the third film."
Well,
Dan, he said it was the only
plot point carried over to the film. And I think he meant Anastasia's search for love and character turn. But maybe Prudence being in charge is sort of a plot point, because that's how Cinderella becomes royal mouse catcher.
Ben, very fair, entertaining (for people who know animation) review. I'm so glad you mentioned the title sequence! The castle is supposed to be Sleeping Beauty's! I don't know if you remember, but from the Sleeping Beauty DVD there was that theatrical trailer with Danny Elfman music that you (and I, I re-watch it a lot!) thought was so cool, and in the beginning of that the logo actually disappears to Sleeping Beauty's castle, which it actually looks like. The thing about Cinderella II is it didn't even get the Prince's castle right. Cinderella III got it exactly right. And did you know that you can see the Disney dust (it was called that before Tinker Bell came along, when
Cinderella was actually the first it introduce it!) write out the title?:
But then it disappears. So, I wonder if they planned on writing it out in the magic, which would have been much cooler than just having the title fade in like it did.
Ha, this is the place for animation geeks like me! I'm so happy to be a part of Animated News! And Views!
I personally think the old cover was better, just because it had everything drawn just for it and it was all together. Now the new cover takes old images from everything and has it floating around. I've seen every image before. Even Cinderella herself was recycled from promotional art for Cinderella's Platinum Edition:
Interestingly, they have a preliminary version of the 2002 cover on the back of the Special Edition cover, which looks awful. Is there any chance I can see the disc art where she looks off-model, because it sounds like I may never have seen it before. I don't think I'm gonna buy this, even though I'm a huge Cinderella fan and I like the shiny new cover.
Oh yea, and I forgot to mention. It was revealed later by Disney Toon Studios, in some article, that Cinderella II really was a failed TV series. In an article about the last of their sequels being made, I think.
