Do not worry about ranting about this. Heaven knows I have.
I'll be 21 next month, and if I'm perfectly honest, watching these newer movies makes me feel older than that. I constantly find myself thinking things were better "in my day", as if "my day" was that long ago. It's insane, it really is. It's probably obvious that I agree with you about the first three films because I'm probably the biggest Nutcracker fan here (although I do like Mariposa, I have to say. She's no Elina, but I like her).
I hadn't realised until I read this just how much Mattel had ruined fairies for me. I used to think fairies were cool. When I was a little kid, I had a bunch of Polly Pocket fairies. I loved miniature things (still do, actually). Don't forget the fairies in "Nutcracker", too; they could freeze an ocean and turn a barren valley into an orchard. That was pretty impressive, and it worked because fairies (in mythology) did have powers. Nowadays, however, Mattel just make them fashion-orientated and look like those ugly mutant things they put in every line.
I'll be 21 next month, and if I'm perfectly honest, watching these newer movies makes me feel older than that. I constantly find myself thinking things were better "in my day", as if "my day" was that long ago. It's insane, it really is. It's probably obvious that I agree with you about the first three films because I'm probably the biggest Nutcracker fan here (although I do like Mariposa, I have to say. She's no Elina, but I like her).
I hadn't realised until I read this just how much Mattel had ruined fairies for me. I used to think fairies were cool. When I was a little kid, I had a bunch of Polly Pocket fairies. I loved miniature things (still do, actually). Don't forget the fairies in "Nutcracker", too; they could freeze an ocean and turn a barren valley into an orchard. That was pretty impressive, and it worked because fairies (in mythology) did have powers. Nowadays, however, Mattel just make them fashion-orientated and look like those ugly mutant things they put in every line.