by GreenCrayon » Thu Aug 13, 2009 7:26 am
Kimra wrote:something called "the magic roundabout" of which I have never heard.
There were over 500 episodes created of the original TV series, as well as a multi-million budget CGI movie. It's gained cult status within the shores of the UK, even though it originated in France.
None of this is to suggest you've overlooked something everyone else is aware of, though, as it's faired incredibly poorly in the outside world. The movie (which was never very good to begin with, in my faux humble opinion) was redubbed, renamed and pumped full of fart jokes for American audiences.
It's one of those things, should it come up in conversation, where I want to laugh joyfully, and say "Yes, the Magic Roundabout!" but then the sorrow overwhelms me for everything it is not, and everything it could have been. Dougal liked sugar lumps.
[quote="Kimra"]something called "the magic roundabout" [color=#FF0000]of which I have never heard.[/color][/quote]
There were over 500 episodes created of the original TV series, as well as a multi-million budget CGI movie. It's gained cult status within the shores of the UK, even though it originated in France.
None of this is to suggest you've overlooked something everyone else is aware of, though, as it's faired incredibly poorly in the outside world. The movie (which was never very good to begin with, in my faux humble opinion) was redubbed, renamed and pumped full of fart jokes for American audiences.
It's one of those things, should it come up in conversation, where I want to laugh joyfully, and say "Yes, the Magic Roundabout!" but then the sorrow overwhelms me for everything it is not, and everything it could have been. Dougal liked sugar lumps.