Cool.WishBear2001 wrote:RainbowBrite1983 wrote: i guess this is just hallmarks way of trying to get todays young girls in to rainbow when they relaunch her this fall.
Stormy2009 and I have been fans of Rainbow Brite since a few months before anyone knew about the 2009 relaunch and we love the 80's look so at least we got our wish for oldskool tees in our sizes.
Ive grew up with Rainbow and i cant imagine her looking any different then she did the 80's. I just hope that this new relaunch does rainbow some justice and they dont destroy her like they did with StrawBerry Shortcake. Chibi Rachy wrote:I am happy that there is a story, but I just don't agree with said story. Obviously, the story will work with the newer generation, especially if they've never seen Rainbow Brite before. So for that it's well and good.RainbowBrite1983 wrote:the article was very interesting and its nice to finally get some kind of story behind rainbow and moonglow. although i never though of Rainbow as a toddler eather. I though of her being at least 6 or 7 maybe even 8 years old. her chacter is pretty mature for the age she is resembling in the show. I never really though of rainbow being from earth. I thought she came from another planet was just sent from there to help save rainbowland and became its forever protector. I cant imagine rainbow leaving rainbowland. if thats the case then the story seems to be getting a little bit confusing bc with people like murky and lurky and the evil princess i would think that Rainbow was permently staying in rainbowland to keep it safe. also im not sure about the aging thing. i guess this is just hallmarks way of trying to get todays young girls in to rainbow when they relaunch her this fall.
But for the rest, well to me it just doesn't fit. RB was certainly not a toddler in the original, and I too pegged her between 6 and 8. Even saying she was six still fits the "several years later" bit. What really doesn't make sense is why she'd leave. Without her to take over, and with Tickled Pink and Moonglo having aged, well, what happened to the the rest of the inhabitants? And why isn't Rainbow Land destroyed if Murky and Lurky and all other space evils were so bent on taking it and the Color Belt? Did Rainbow take the Color Belt with her? And if so, why wasn't there a massive attack on Earth to get it (in a Power Ranger-esque fashion of course). Also, this whole Earth thing makes me think of that Robot Chicken short.
I think in the end there are a lot of questions to tie into the timeline, but it appears there's a break in it, an alternate universe (or AU) function at work here. At least, that's the easy way to explain it. Personally, I won't do fanfic exploring this relaunch or anything to do with it, but that's certainly me, and not every fanfic author.
I agree 100%. I dont really agree with the story eather. Yeah it will prob. work with the younger generation but for us that gew up with Rainbow Brite and helped make her what she is today it just makes us wonder what they are planning on doing with her and how they plan on presenting her to whole new generation.
Now with the story about Rainbow leaving RainbowLand also makes so sence to me as well. Why would she ever leave? Why would they even consider such a story line when fans who grew up loving Rainbow know very well that she would never leave rainbowland and stop making the world colorful and full of life. If she did leave who would run Rainbowland? twink? moonglow? tinkled pink? It makes no sence. not to mention RainbowLand easily fell in to darkness at the hands of the "evil one" in the beginning of Rainbowland and without Rainbow RainbowLand would have never been saved and the color kids would have remained prisoners.
The aging also doesnt make sence eather. in the cartoon Rainbow and the color kids remain ageless and are said to be hundreds of years old but now they are making rainbow only 10 years old. That im not so sure of. I prefer to think of Rainbow as ageless. I cant imagine Rainbow any older then she is supposed to be. It just doesnt add up but then again when ever something is relaunched nothing ever seems to make sence bc toy companies always seem change everything. Lets just hope that this time around they do it right.
