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This is Bluebell, my favorite character from the novel "Watership Down," who was left out of both the 1978 film version and the 1999 TV series. Here, Bluebell is telling a joke while he nibbles on some grass.
Here's an excerpt from a post I recently did on my animation facebook group, which involves Bluebell:
"My paperback of the book was 900+ pages long, and the movie is just around 90 minutes. It's probably a good thing that they picked a dark tone and ran with it. There isn't time for anything else. The main comic relief comes from Keehar the gull, voiced by a perfectly cast Zero Mostel. In the novel, there's a lot more humor. For example: in both the book and the movie, the main role of Captain Holly is to experience the worst horrors in the story, and then tell the other characters about them. In the book, he arrives accompanied by another rabbit named Bluebell, who is described as his 'jester.' Bluebell is constantly telling jokes, and Holly credits this 'blue tit's chatter'(yes, that's the description he uses,) with helping him keep his sanity so he could reach Watership Down. In the film, Holly arrives alone. What I'm wondering is, if Bluebell had been included in the movie, would people have assumed that such a comic relief character was added for the 'cartoon?'"
Here's an excerpt from a post I recently did on my animation facebook group, which involves Bluebell:
"My paperback of the book was 900+ pages long, and the movie is just around 90 minutes. It's probably a good thing that they picked a dark tone and ran with it. There isn't time for anything else. The main comic relief comes from Keehar the gull, voiced by a perfectly cast Zero Mostel. In the novel, there's a lot more humor. For example: in both the book and the movie, the main role of Captain Holly is to experience the worst horrors in the story, and then tell the other characters about them. In the book, he arrives accompanied by another rabbit named Bluebell, who is described as his 'jester.' Bluebell is constantly telling jokes, and Holly credits this 'blue tit's chatter'(yes, that's the description he uses,) with helping him keep his sanity so he could reach Watership Down. In the film, Holly arrives alone. What I'm wondering is, if Bluebell had been included in the movie, would people have assumed that such a comic relief character was added for the 'cartoon?'"
Category Artwork (Digital) / Fanart
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File Size 299.2 kB
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Honestly for a long time I didn't know there was a book. I saw the animated movie (which was a real experience for me) and wondered about the tone shift in the TV Series really confused me.
The excerpt is also very good, because it shows something how in the book the comic relief is acknowledged as one in the book and recieved positivly. I would really need to think of any other book/movie/anything else where something like that happens and where the comic relief is not seen as annoying or accepted by others because of other good characteristics aside from him being funny.
Aside from that, I like the picture
The excerpt is also very good, because it shows something how in the book the comic relief is acknowledged as one in the book and recieved positivly. I would really need to think of any other book/movie/anything else where something like that happens and where the comic relief is not seen as annoying or accepted by others because of other good characteristics aside from him being funny.
Aside from that, I like the picture
Thanks!
I read the book first, and I was initially very disappointed in the movie, but I've since warmed up to it.
There were a couple of times in the book where Bluebell annoyed Hazel and Bigwig with his jokes. Once, Holly had to protect him from Bigwig. But overall, he seems to be accepted for who he is.
I read the book first, and I was initially very disappointed in the movie, but I've since warmed up to it.
There were a couple of times in the book where Bluebell annoyed Hazel and Bigwig with his jokes. Once, Holly had to protect him from Bigwig. But overall, he seems to be accepted for who he is.
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