A Rescue Rangers Movie?

For those who don't know, I am a big fan of Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers (and Chip n Dale generally), so it's no surprise that when I read various articles about a pitch to Disney wanting to bring these guys back in a new movie I was ecstatic. Then I read those words 'Live-Action/CGI' and I slapped my head.

Ok, while I thought the Alvin and the Chipmunks trilogy was alright (although number two was bad in my opinion), I really cannot forgive the disappointment that was the Smurfs (they live in a fantasy setting, was it really that hard to keep them there?). I admit, bad ideas and horrible writing was the ultimate downfall for the franchises that used the live-action/CGI elements. While the Rescue Rangers have little communication between humans (except regular villains like Professor Nimnul), I fear this will be one of those movies with too much human interaction. something I find tends to take away from the actual stars of the show. It's alright to throw a few police and villain scenes(humans aren't too intelligent in this show), but keep it focused on the animals as they're the focal point of view for the show. We know the story will be an origin story of how the Rangers came to be, though how it will differ from the 4-part cartoon version will be interesting (the 4 part was also the set up for two of their recurring villains, Fat Cat and Professor Nimnul).

I also agree that trying to take an animated character and turning them into a more realistic 3D CGI also has it's problems (why was Garfield the only CGI animal, just looked weird), so I'm also worried how these characters will look like. Will Zipper keep his familiar look or will they make him look more fly like......NO, do NOT make him look more fly like. Whether they can pull off the look I won't know until they start releasing images and it'll probably be a year or two before we see anything.

With that said, I will throw my full support behind this project. As a fan I'm still overjoyed at the thought of the return of the Rescue Rangers.

Also, -1 to it for lack of Foxglove, even though it is an origin story and she only appeared in one episode in season two. She is very popular amongst the fandom, and would return in stories by fans and even in BOOM Studios short comic revival (sadly only 8 issues, but I still enjoyed them). Hopefully if this does go ahead and they ever make a sequel, they’ll bring her back.





.....wonder if they could bring back Disney's Gummi Bears this way? So long as they kept them in their fantasy setting and not say..modern time (to hell with you Smurf movies).