Rainbow Brite movie?

[athena]

Question to anyone whose memory is less faded than mine... was there a Rainbow Brite theatrical release? Similar to something like the "My Little Pony" movie?

I came across "Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealers"--now newly released on DVD--and I'm trying to figure out if it should be filed in Feature Films, Direct-to-Video or possibly under the TV series itself... if it was like a special to open the series or something.


anyone happen to remember?

[lupercal]

Question to anyone whose memory is less faded than mine... was there a Rainbow Brite theatrical release? Similar to something like the "My Little Pony" movie?

I came across "Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealers"--now newly released on DVD--and I'm trying to figure out if it should be filed in Feature Films, Direct-to-Video or possibly under the TV series itself... if it was like a special to open the series or something.


Actually I think it should be filed under "Reagan-era feature-length toy commercials" - which would be a surprisingly hefty category - but yeah, this was actually a theatrical release, playing at over 1,000 theatres at one stage and making about $5 M. It looks like it came about a year after the series.

Loop

[P.C. Unfunny]

Actually I think it should be filed under "Reagan-era feature-length toy commercials" - which would be a surprisingly hefty category - but yeah, this was actually a theatrical release, playing at over 1,000 theatres at one stage and making about $5 M. It looks like it came about a year after the series.

Loop

C'mon now, the movie was actually good. Unlike the Tv series.

[lupercal]

C'mon now, the movie was actually good. Unlike the Tv series.

Ok, I'll take your word - I haven't seen it. But how does that not make it a feature length Reagan era toy commercial?

I mean, you could say 'Robotech' was a toy commercial too, even though they didn't come up with the toy part of it till after they'd bought the shows and re-scripted them - but it was still good.

That does put it in a small minority, though. Smurfs, Care Bears, My Little Pony, Transformers, Thundercats, Masters of the Universe, She-Ra, Pound Puppies, G.I. Joe - God, I need some Thorazine.

Loop

Loop

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Ok, I'll take your word - I haven't seen it. But how does that not make it a feature length Reagan era toy commercial?

I never said it wasn't, but I give the movie it's credit.

[Toonboy]

The Rainbow Brite movie was so pathetically abysmal that it bored even me when I watched it. And I was a young toddler who would watch anything. I even liked the Care Bears movies. It's hard to imagine that the same person who directed the masterfully done cartoon Mysterious Cities of Gold also worked on Rainbow Brite. Ah well.

[P.C. Unfunny]

The Rainbow Brite movie was so pathetically abysmal that it bored even me when I watched it. And I was a young toddler who would watch anything. I even liked the Care Bears movies. It's hard to imagine that the same person who directed the masterfully done cartoon Mysterious Cities of Gold also worked on Rainbow Brite. Ah well.

Then again, I actually used to think that the Super Mario Bros. Super Show was good when I was a little. But what I remember of the Rainbow Brite movie wasn't all bad.