Bernard und Bianca im Känguruland (1990)

Bernard und Bianca im Känguruland: Directed by Hendel Butoy, Mike Gabriel. With Bob Newhart, Eva Gabor, John Candy, Tristan Rogers. The R.A.S. agents, Miss Bianca and Bernard, race to Australia to save a little boy and a rare golden eagle from a murderous poacher.

“I have always been one of the, maybe, eight or nine big fans of this movie and I have only one small question about it.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWHY CANu0026#39;T THEY MAKE MORE LIKE THIS???u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eIf you have not seen this movie yet, you must. Itu0026#39;s the first Disney movie to use fully rendered CGI backgrounds throughout and you definately get the sense that the animators wanted to play with this new method. What Iu0026#39;m getting at is that some of you may want to down some motion sickness medicine first.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThere are *no* song and dance numbers. Reason being that this is a surprisingly dark, more emotionally complex story for a Disney movie. They went out on a limb and chose not to break the tone up too much.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eThis is the number two Lost Disney Movie (number one, without a doubt, is u0026quot;the Hunchback of Notre Dameu0026quot;, which I also love). Itu0026#39;s own creators barely acknowledge its existance. The very best evidence of this is on the new video release boxu0026#39;s plot summary, where a MAJOR characteru0026#39;s gender is misidentified. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eOn the other hand, I sort of enjoy the idea of a u0026quot;cultu0026quot; Disney movie. Instead of marketing u0026quot;Down Underu0026quot; to death, Disney can only be accused of the opposite mistake.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSo, anyway, here I go again running to this movieu0026#39;s defence. Iu0026#39;ll tackle the one major critisism of it before I go. Many critics were expecting another u0026quot;Rescuersu0026quot;. In my humble opinion, these two movies are two entirely different animals. The original u0026quot;Rescuersu0026quot; is an example of where Disney was in the sixties and seventies. u0026quot;Down Underu0026quot; is a time capsule of late eighties, early nineties Disney. In other words, you canu0026#39;t really say that one is better than the other as the only thing they have in common are three characters (what Iu0026#39;m getting at is that this should be thought of more as u0026quot;Rescue Aid Society: the Next Generationu0026quot;).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eBy the way, Iu0026#39;ve got an idea that Iu0026#39;m just going to throw out to the proverbial wolves here. Why not make more u0026quot;Rescuersu0026quot; movies instead of sequels to Disney movies where follow-up stories make no sence? They are sitting on one heck of a potential franchise here. Just thought Iu0026#39;d let you know.”