Review on here comes Peter Cottentail.

Hello, I'm storiesatrandom, i remember it, so you don't have too. Are you familier with Rankin Bass, or the very traditionaly sytile of animation known as, "Claymation"?

a quick education:

Clay animation or claymation is one of many forms of stop motion animation. Each animated piece, either character or background, is "deformable"—made of a malleable substance, usually Plasticine clay.
All traditional animation is produced in a similar fashion, whether done through cel animation or stop motion. Each frame, or still picture, is recorded on film or digital media and then played back in rapid succession. When played back at a frame rate greater than 10–12 frames per second, a fairly convincing illusion of continuous motion is achieved. While the playback feature creating an illusion is true of all moving images (from zoetrope to films to videogames), the techniques involved in creating CGI are generally removed from a frame-by-frame process.

for a full lesson, look at this Wikipedia page on the subject.
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in a nutshell, Clayanimation is like the early caveman of animation, and also the LONGEST to create! alcourse, that is not to say CGI and 2D designs take their fair share of weeks, even months, but Claymation takes fucking longer, cause your asentionaly taking photos of clay models, and need to take one ata time at a differnet, pose for it to work! the more famous of such things are old fastion horror movies that use claymation monsters like King Kong

the all-time famed Disney/Tim Burton hit "The Nightmare before chrismas"

Tim Burton's other, more, somewhat morbid film, "Corpse Bride"

the brittishly wonderful Wallace and Grombet shorts,

and finally, the works of Rankin Bass, mainly the claymation ones.

Before Pixar or other forms of more stronger and quicker to be made animation, kids back then used to go bananas for this kind of stuff! they were cutesi, easy for kids to swallow, and songs that'll NEVER leave your head! by all means, i do not think they're bad, in fact, i grew up with these things... there is this feeling that i somewhat outgrew these kind of things though. I know people say you can never be too old for something meant for kids, i mean, ask THE ENTIRE MLP:FIM fanbase! but i guess some of us have this mentally that usually prevent us to revisit kid-friendly stuff after we got ourselfs exposed to often NOT so kid friendly stuff being made these days, and that can be understandable sometimes, muturity can process us to think differnetly, like it effected a former editor of mine Exia. No, no NO! MUST NOT REMIND MYSELF! GOT TO MOVE ON!
Anyway, the majority of the Bass creations are mainly chrismas based. You know, like the famed "Rudolf the Rednosed Raindeer" stuff, man, the deer was a child icon. But it's one thing for these films to be based on an EXTREMELY popular holiday, but what about a holiday that's only, 50/50?

well, Easter is coming soon, and i feel like treating you all for an Easter review on a movie called, "Here comes peter cottentail.".

it's kinda like "The Thanksgiving that almost wasn't", it's somewhat obscured when compaired to the more heavy hitters like the Rudolf films, but it is an interesting (if though sadly ridden in predicable rabbit puns) take on the lore of the easter bunny or the very obscure nicknamed, Peter Cottentail. it's basicly a story on how he almost lost his job to an abominating jackass of a rabbit and how Easter was almost fucked forever. it's, an unusual idea to conbind safe guarding your top position with, a rabbit. exspiecally with a holiday about basicly worshipping rabbits, and eating un-born baby chickens (Is easter Pro-Abortions?) but hey, kids go nuts for this, so they don't care about all that Hirockey stuff. and you probuly had enough of my lecturing. So let's dive right into, Here Comes Peter Cottentail.

the film opens to a sign that saids the Bunny Trail when-

(Screaming is heard!)

What the hell?!

(the film shows a guy riding crazily down the road on a unicle!)

The fuck?!

Who is this surreal man you asked? Well, he introduses himself to be Seymour S. Sassafrass. Sassafrass? You mean a person can be named that? I wonder what his days in school was like.

anyway, he explains that's he's a peddler (that's like an old world traveling salesmen) and that he's also a magical one, he also sells moonbeams, and cheap color effects. Yeah, i think Windows Movie Maker offers brighter colors, Seymour.

He explains that he's here to supply this stuff to Peter Cottentail. He acts like your suppose to respond to him like "Who's Peter Cottentail" like something out of dumb educational nick jr. shows like Dora The Exploer.

He introduses to "April Valley", which is assenaly a rabbit filled world. appearntly, there's now MORE then ONE Easter bunny! a few rabbit puns and useless triva later, He talks about the chief, alcourse, our protagentest Peter Cottentail, as well as our antaginest, January Q. Irontail. Really? His name is Jan Irontail? and yet he's a guy? in fact, he's also bodly weird, i mean, he has an ACTUAL tail made of iron! did it had to be litteral!? for a kids villain, he is somewhat intimidating! i can't help to feel like he sounds like Ratigan from The Mouse Dectective.

In fact, i would find not so surprising if Ratigan's song goes great with this guy!

the one thing i have a problem is he has a pretty predicable villianious assusiation with a bat he named Montresor, it's just, kinda steriotpical for villains to be familiered with bats! i mean, Ratigan had Fidget

and vampires are populary assuiated with bats, but aside from them, bats being an evil henchmen to villains is kinda familier and done before.

he then shows us a magic egg where we are introduse to our hero, Peter Cottentail, and the credits. Oh, Vincent Prince is in this, he did Ratigan. so no wonder the simularity isn't off.

Seymour explains that the last boss, Colonel Wellington B. Bunny (Bugs Bunny?) is retiring and needs a replacement. He picks our protaginest (Obviously cause of the main title ALONE) a rabbit that i assume is his adviser warns him that peter tends to glout, irrespondsable, and lies.

The colonel insists while Peter is an inconsistent asshole, he has spank and engenewity (i think that means he's clever or something) but morely it reminds him of himself when he was younger. our protagnest is alcourse, thrilled, that he never dreamed of being the chief, but, in a gimmic that rips off Pennoco, his ear flops down when he lies, and it goes back up when he is honest.

the Colonal asks Peter to stop that shit now if he's gonna be the new boss, as he..... sings.

oh gees, already the painfully catchy musicals, GAHH!

after the song, we cut to our badguy, Irontail. he explains to The colonal's adviser that he MUST be the new boss and doesn't want Peter to be the new boss! it's because sometime ago, a punk kid ran over his tail, and is stuck with that abominating irontail ever since. the adviser tried to say it was an accsident, but man he doesn't give a fuck about that, and basicly hates kids now. He wants to be boss so he can get payback. Once he takes over April Valley, they'll never be bothered by kids again. Oh boy, potainal genisidest much?

at the chief's office, the colonal gives Peter his first time with the baskit, and makes him the new leader but then, Irontail stops it!

He litteraly hops on one foot to the duo, to remind the original boss of the consintution of April valley, that the new boss can only be choosen after he beats the other by dilivering the most eggs, and also rediclues Peter. i don't blame him for that, it's naterrol for people with vast exspearience to hate the new guy. He challnages peter to diliver the most eggs, reguardless of being warned by the colonal!

The Colonal announeces that a contest will decide who the new boss will be. So after some words of "You gotta win or we're fucked" advice from the Colonal,
Peter was asked to be up bright and early, but instead...... he parties the night away.

gees, what do party bunny waitresses are like.

......

on second thought, for the sake of avoiding rated "R" terratory, i am not gonna do a "Playboy" Bunny reference!

he does went to bed LATE?! oh yeah, like this will not backfire in anyway-

(a few minutes into the movie later after ANOTHER DAMN SONG?! and predictable villain savitage.)

Oh nice, Peter lost as a tecnecally to Irontail cause he AT LEAST SHOWED UP!

Aw nuts, another song?! normally, Vincent's singing voice is great, but here, well, it mind-numbingly catchy in a problematic level!

finally, after another song, Peter discovers this, and runs away in hopes to be able to make amends for his mistake.

we then see he physically callapsed! the sun brings him back to a better state!

Oh yeah, Glory to Celestia!

Celestia, Easter's savior.

and then now, the narrater is now IN THIS STORY?!

Gee, imadgene if the powerpuff girls narrator is in any episode of the powerpuff girl?

the 2 have a chat, and appearently, they already know eachother. makes sense, the guy supplies this place with color effects, so clearly he's known around here. We're appearently NOW in his garden. What kind of garden? a spiecal color garden where he makes his colors, from vegiables.

Kinda like the sad irony of the creation of chocolate.

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he explains that he has amricanised cabbages, purple corn (what holiday is assuiated with purple?) and striped tomatos and red string beans.

Peter asks why it is called "The garden of surprises" and he answers it why not?

he saids he can't prodict when said surprises come up and-

HE CHANGED YELLOW TO BLUE?!

Peter discredits himself in light of his screw-up. Seymour cheers him up.
Peter continues to be a downer, but Seymour is just a ray of sunshine!
Seymour invites him to his.... flying machine, of some sort, as they now intent to use it to travel through time or, in logic that copies Nightmare before chrismas, time is not revelivent to their world, as holidays are connected worlds here. So, Seymour is the dilivery man of holiday colors. i just love the surreal logic of the Raskin Bass projects.

he then shows us Entron, a guy- A catapiller?! a french catapiller.

anyway, Peter, Seymour, and Entron, after a demonstraition how the fucking thing works, they use the thing to go through the other holiday worlds and call for a rematch! Peter and Entron go on their own as Seymour desides he wants to be the narrarater again as the 2 begin their adventure. aw gees, another song? even the season 3 finale of MLP-FIM didn't had that many songs! in fact, IT DIDN'T HAD THAT MANY SONGS!

after yet another song, Irontail is aware of what Peter is trying to pull off, and alcourse fucking hates it! he puts a Spider on a rocket and fires at them!
the spider trashes the device as they crash land! they ended up in Mother's day world instead.

as adbertised, it's about kids giving tributes to their mothers. well yeah, they're the reason the brats exsit!

and man, they were jerks to him! i know he screwed up royaly, but because an irontail abominable rabbit gummed his rooster, it wasn't his COMPLETE fault he ALSO was parting and possably score rabbit pussy!

(again, won't touch the playboy reference!)

they found out that they're all jerks to him for screwing up. it's not just mothers day. (i am gonna get to the point and skip the song from Entron) 4th of July world tried to blew them up, and tried to mug him for the eggs after he lied about them being fireworks, only to be jerks when the con is reveiled, Halloween world basicly tormented him, though they sucked at it, and when they were about to get eggs, that bat to destroy them, but alcourse that was prevented, Thanksgiving world told him to fuck off, chrismas world wasn't in disireable conditions, but at least Santa was jolly, but he didn't thrive well in the chrismas egg business. dealt with a sad hat, had to trade them to a bitchy storeclerk, but Irontail stolen them, (oh wait, we're stoping in Chrismas world? Ok then.)

Irontail steals the eggs, and was about to get away, and threatens to hid the eggs where they can never be found again, and now Peter and Entron seeks to chase him!

Welcome home, mindfuck.

Fucking Santa interveins Irontail, gave the egg baskit back to Peter, but he can't figure out how to use the think cause he FORGOT THE PILOT!

bigger fail, there was a stop button!

AND THE AWARD FOR THE DUMBEST BUNNY EVER IN A SIMPLE KID'S CARTOON GOES TOO, PETER COTTEN TAIL! WITH THE LAME FAT RABBIT FROM KUNG FU RABBIT, A VERY BAD RIP-OFF TO KUNG FU PANDA AS A CLOSE SECOND! CONGRATULATIONS! YOUR BOTH FUCKING TWATS!

he tries the button, and ends up in valentimes day, the time of romance. he even ends up meeting a cute rabbit girl, that is not his love interest cause this is a kid's movie so she's not impourent to the plot. at least she's the one comferting person here in this wild adventure. they even end up... skating togather.

AW GOD, ANOTHER SONG?!

those videos are based of what i should do right now, but i won't. they are here to be funny.

But finally Irontail comes to soil the fun, and is going to steal the eggs again! he pulls out a book of dark magic, and turns them green.

Oh, like that won't fall short what so ever-
(a ruined relationship later, and failed attempts later)

ok, i thought it was gonna go south somehow and profted well in St Patrick's day when green is the holy color, but they didn't even took advantage of that!

aw god another song.

Peter then realises that all he has to do is be honest and respondsable and not be a glorifived moron and- THEY DID TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE ST-PATRICKS THING?!

Wow did that evil plan fuck-uped.

The Cornal makes Peter the new easter bunny boss, and everyone cheers for the rightful boss! but what happened to Irontail? i mean, we see Peter making amends to everyone he screwed over, even to Entron, (who is a butterfly now) and-
Oh that's what happened.
Irontail was sentence to community service.

and that's the movie.

it was, cute. charming, truely a childhood masterpeice. and alcourse since it was meant for kids it wouldn't be very satisfying for adults, i mean, it is about a rabbit, the famed Easter Bunny no less. but still, it was cute, charming, and i recimend you give it a try of you don't mentally think your too old for this. while i did give it some postitive points, i did point out some negitives like how moronic the hero was, how Irontail screwed himself over like that, and most of the other characters were not studied well. but again, it's merely a kid's film, and it was meant for them, adults would normally understand little about this. still, it's worth a watch if you remember seeing this film. and since Easter is coming, it's most likely it'll be on ABC family for easter since they have a hapit to run the chrismas movies in december. I'm Storiesatrandom, i remember it, and i hope you have a pleasent easter coming soon.