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Has anybody else seen 'Pocoyo' yet? I saw it by chance yesterday and...., erm, I loved it. I type that tentatively because, well, I'm supposed to be an adult and my cynical side is finding it hard to accept the affect Pocoyo and his friends had on me: I laughed and laughed and laughed, and said things out loud like, "Look at the way he walks....he's soooo cute" (and I was on my own at the time). Indeed, although computer generated, the writing and animation could (I think...) be up there with the likes of 'Pingu' and 'Morph'. i.e. the way the characters move, react, interract. etc.
My concern for my mental well-being, however, stems mainly from the fact that 'Pocoyo' is obviously targeted at "pre-schoolers", putting the program in the same bracket as the 'Teletubbies' and the 'Tweenies' -- two programs which in the past I've had to grit my teeth to watch when baby-sitting for friends' toddlers. My only comfort is the fact that Stephen Fry is the narrator, which can't be a bad sign...can it?
So, what do you think Barbelith? Is 'Pocoyo' as good as I think it may be, or am I losing my last remaining marbles? Help?
(For those who want to see what the hell I'm on about, either visit the CITV Pokoyo website, or go to the maker's web-site and click past the index page to the "Motioncrew" page, then check out the sample clip, Pocoyo: Shot 003, "Pocoyo looks at colour". It's very short, so nowhere near as good as the episode I saw yesterday, but it should be enough to give you a taster [hopefully]) |
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