Corporate bastards ruin another childhood character

[SpankMe]

Rupert the Bear has been "modernized". Whored is more like it. There was nothing wrong with him in the first place so why change him. I remember reading all the Rupert The Bear annuals at my grandma’s place when I stayed their as a kid.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4393038.stm

This is NOT Rupert the Bear.

[Sniper]

SpankMe is right. I read all the original ruperts too and that bear looks screwy.

[ManDownUnder]

As an official member of the Rupert the Bear Club I am appalled at what they've done.

He adorned all my porrige packets and the annuals, and even sent me birthday cards.

Not sure who THAT dude is... maybe the Son of Rupert (he'd be about the right age..)

[SpankMe]

He's also got some fingers missing. All Rupert characters have full 5 fingers, not four like today’s cartoon characters.

[James Deuce]

Now there was a bear who had no trouble calling a golliwog a golliwog.

Hollywood runs out of ideas so it plunders British literary history. Roald Dahl, A. A. Milne, Rev. Wilbert Awdry, and now Mary Tourtel/Alfred Bestall.

We can only hope there is a hell for culture pimps.

[Colapop]

The 'new' modernised version looks like one of those processed potatoe face things. It's not Rupert.

[SARGE]

you guys have WAY too much time on your hands..

[Ixion]

Blurdy Yanks !

I still have some of the Rupert annuals. Still a good read.

It was a more innocent age - Hollywood can't cope with that. Bastards

[Big Dave]

you guys have WAY too much time on your hands..

I think they might be gay.

[SARGE]

I think they might be gay.

see you all at the teddy bears picnic

[Motu]

They better leave Tiger Lily alone!!!!!

We knew our little 4 yr old girl was really reading by her self when she started talking about Rup pert.We had never read them to her,she picked up the books and sorted it out herself.We have all the annuals and all 4 kids have got a lot out of Rupert.

Hey - did you make any of the folding paper projects?

[SpankMe]

Yep, the first bit of origami I did was from a Rupert annual.

[Big Dave]

see you all at the teddy bears picnic

What were your first books? The first ones that you wanted.

'Go dog go' Dr S
and I did 'Peanuts' - every volume, hard or softback.
That's where i learned what they call 'emotional intelligence' today.

[Motu]

What were your first books? The first ones that you wanted.

'Go dog go' Dr S
and I did 'Peanuts' - every volume, hard or softback.
That's where i learned what they call 'emotional intelligence' today.

Willard Price and the Adventure books - Hal and Roger got into all sorts of dramas.Again,all my kids have devoured them.

Books I really enjoyed reading to my kids....

Go Dog Go
One Fish,Two Fish,Red Fish,Blue Fish
A Fly Went By.
Green Eggs and Ham

[mstriumph]

Yuk, GROSS!! and all to sell a few million pairs of trendy kid's sneakers ......

I am SOOOoooooooooooooo bl#@dy sick and TIRED of things that have formed a valued part of my childhood being gussied up and homogenized to conform to some advertising mogul's idea of a current day 'marketing opportunity'

POPULATE THE BATTLEMENTS! MAN THE BARRICADES! WOMAN THE DRAWBRIDGE! [this is a gender-neutral battle, kiddies......]

...... and the hell of it is, they will probably sell a hell of a lot of sneakers ....*sigh*