tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post1473444371088460223..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: The Wind in the Willows - The Wide WorldJoel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-82239120678924977872012-10-15T15:26:09.638-04:002012-10-15T15:26:09.638-04:00I can't recall Briers' voice at this point...I can't recall Briers' voice at this point. Agreed that the animation of that version is on & off, though it has nice colors and some nice images along the way; I was able to use a screen-cap from it atop the River Bank post, as it was one of the most perfect images to lead off with.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-73926080649849322242012-10-15T14:41:12.675-04:002012-10-15T14:41:12.675-04:00I just noticed the name Peter Sallis came up and t...I just noticed the name Peter Sallis came up and thought of Wallace too! At least he had a role to play (wonder why they couldn't get Ian Carmichael from the movie to come back?).<br /><br />I thought Richard Briers was good too (though the animation in the Martin Gates films isn't quite up to par, spotted plenty of little registration errors personally).Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-11666934011660850992011-05-02T06:41:25.702-04:002011-05-02T06:41:25.702-04:00I didn't know that about the stop-motion - tha...I didn't know that about the stop-motion - that's surprising. The Masterpiece Theatre version was a misfire on all casting fronts, except for Bob Hoskins as Badger.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-49792235310754781152011-05-01T14:43:13.980-04:002011-05-01T14:43:13.980-04:00My top two favorites are Roddy MacDowall & Ric...My top two favorites are Roddy MacDowall & Richard Briers. My least favorite has to be the Disney voice actor, and Mark Gatiss from the Masterpiece Version (He seemed almost bored through the entire thing). I still can't get over the fact that in the Cosgrove TV Show-that they got the voice of Wallace from Wallace & Gromit to be Rat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-14792927733535811412011-05-01T10:40:02.512-04:002011-05-01T10:40:02.512-04:00It's funny; though Mole and Toad are the two p...It's funny; though Mole and Toad are the two protagonists of the book, Rat may in some ways be the most compelling. It's interesting too that Wayfarers, All is the only chapter to take him as the central figure yet it may be the most crucial passage in the book in terms of understanding and appreciating its themes, values, and emotional undercurrents.<br /><br />Interestingly, another element of his character is that sometimes he seems kind of like a dick - snobby and aloof and severe; and in some film interpretations he comes off better than in others, my favorite being Roddy MacDowell's evocative voicing in the Rankin-Bass movie.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-92005413972527320182011-04-30T19:19:27.072-04:002011-04-30T19:19:27.072-04:00Ratty has always been one of my favorite character...Ratty has always been one of my favorite characters-and he's complex one too. When he rescues Mole from the Wild Wood he's not afraid at all-it's the opposite the sight of his pistols and stick make the Wild Wooders afraid of him. Then there's the famous "door scrapper episode". And yet has you have pointed out in the "Toad Hall" Section: ". Rat, with his poetic, romantic approach (he gathers all the unnecessary swords and cutlasses for the motley crew) is not really much of a factor - it's for him to enjoy the fruits of Mole and Badger's hard work, and perhaps to provide manpower in the event of a fight, but he does not do much to provide any solid foundation for his own privilege ("I'd send Rat, if he wasn't a poet," Badger remarks frankly at one point)." Rat drifts from the pratical, and the romantic which maked him one of my favorite characters in the book.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com