Tink gets a voice
 

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Brittany Murphy has been announced as the voice of Tinkerbell in an upcoming straight-to-video release based on the Fairies line of merchandise. It's the first time Disney will be doing anything that gives Tink a voice.

Great idea. I mean, look what it did for Hook!

How successful is the Fairies line? I remember the big launch, but haven't seen/heard much from it since. Having said that, my nieces are too young (7 months and 1 year old) to have been infected by the mania. Though the 1 year old is really into Dumbo.

I think it's done pretty well. I still see the merchandise in the park.

Next up, Pluto and Dumbo talk!

Then it's the DTV release of "My Dinner With Dopey"

I read a bit of the first fairies book and it seemed fine to me. It's written by a wonderful author (she wrote Ella Enchanted, a fantastic fairy tale). As it's about fairies interacting, they'll obviously have to talk to each other.

That said - spinoffs are sad testaments to the unpopularity of risk-taking.

Um... Tink already got a voice in the form of Julia Roberts.

Ahem...

Is there an unobservant echo in here? :evil: :p

I have you on ignore :evil:

Yeah, after the big fanfare of the merch line (which was wonderfully and perversely derided by most of us with glee), I have not seen so much as a knick-knack.
ahem, what's that sig line again??

Tink with a voice?

I'm speechless.

The best part about the Tinkerbell character in the film 'Peter Pan' was that she didn't talk. The animators had to convey what she was thinking or feeling through their drawings without the aid of her saying something. I always found that to be a brilliant element in the film itself.

Now Luann from 'King of the Hill' is going to be her voice. I just don't know. It may work, but I'm thinking it most likely won't. Maybe Murphy could revisit her character from 'Clueless' for inspiration for the voice. :D

"Cher, I don't want to do this anymore. And my buns: they don't feel nothin' like steel."

Yes, but this way you can save on expensive artists costs and just explain emotions instead of display them

Totally.

Why not give the carpet from 'Aladdin', Dumbo, Dopey and Pluto voices as well? Dumbo voiced by Harvey Fierstein, Pluto should sound like Tom Bodett, Ben Stein as the carpet and Dopey should be voiced by Keanu.
:D

Tink talker, shocka.
Two in the Tink, singular
stink...sweet silence lost.

So, now she can be "PERFECT", "SPOILED", "SASSY" and have "ATTITUDE" using words as well as actions?

Picture Tink, as voiced by Phil Hartman, saying SASSY!

Or better yet, Tink voiced by Lou Hirsch (Baby Herman) :D

I liked Julia's portrayal of Tink in Hook. But it was a completly different character IMHO. The book that this film is based on did fairly well, but if they thought the film would do great it wouldn't be coming out on video. Therefore my guess is it's aimed at the toddlers, and won't be much value to the adults. Good for them, not much more than internet fodder for us. Oh well......

And in the House of Mouse Christmas special where the whole group of every Disney Character ever drawn sings at the end...... There it is..... yes it's..... DOPEY!! singing along!!! Sure, he could be lip sinking. But why would he??? Or purhaps in Snow White he only played dumb (In the House of Mouse they all play actors enjoying a meal together and a show). I'm not sure if it was justifyed by the artists that way, or a mistake. But it seems wrong in many ways. Just like a cartoon Tink talking.

~Bob