The Daily Cartoonist

Ugh.

“Ugh” is right. The filmmakers barely even preserved Berkeley Breathed’s original designs for the aliens, let alone chucking out the human character designs he made in the book. I was kind of expecting for this movie to resemble “Monster House” (which at least had some stylized human character designs) rather than “The Polar Express”. I think Disney succeeded in actually make this look creepier than “Polar Express” (which was creepy enough to begin with what with that dead eye look.) I wonder if Berke had any creative control whatsoever in what the look would be.

I am disappointed that Breathed’s character designs aren’t a part of the film. I’d really like to see Berke’s characters preserved on the screen. Perhaps the television incarnation of Pete & Pickles will do just that.