I personally really hate it when things from my childhood, which I absolutely adored, get changed. When my old elementary school got a face-lift I cringed at the sight of red and yellow dolphin and sailboats got displayed on the schoolyard.

Now, I have a twisted sick love of my old childhood cartoons. Don’t ask me why. Don’t ask me to justify it – because I can’t do so without making myself looks like a creepy freak, which has the imagination of a seven year old.

This summer I went to Disney World. There, I helped support the Disney economy with my trusty credit card and splurged on unnecessary merchandise. If there’s one thing I saw a lot in and around the Disney World theme park was a whole lot of Tinker Bell.

By the time I saw my ten millionth Tink t-shirt I started to ask myself, “When did Tinker Bell get so popular?”

Apparently my question was going to be answered a few months later when this story came out.

I recently watched Peter Pan and remembered how much I enjoyed it. I never realized before, but Tink was one of the only strong female characters in the Disney franchise. Even though she only speaks in her – ugh – fairy language, her actions portray her as a sassy, strong willed, independent woman. Her personality, I think, is a great departure from the typical Disney female character from the older films.

Now, Disney is trying to capitalize on Tink’s success by coming out with a whole new batch of merchandise dedicated to her. Including a movie, where she actually speaks (yes, no more jingle-jingle) and is reportedly to be voiced by Brittany Murphy.

I don’t know which scares me more, the fact that another straight to DVD movie is coming out clearly nowhere near the caliber or the old time Disney movies, or the fact that Brittany Murphy is going to be the voice. I can’t imagine Tink speaking English, much less Brittany Murphy’s voice coming. This has super-ubber weird written all over it.

I really wish Disney would stop trying to remake and mangle the old Disney films. Some things should really – really – really – be left alone.
—Eming Piansay