family fun movie - I loved the original characters on TV back in '59-'60s

MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Peabody_%26_Sherman)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMl2tTVwsZA

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hy6oD7BZw50

Published on Jan 15, 2014

MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN - OFFICIAL TRAILER

Website: http://www.mrpeabodyandsherman.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MrPeabodyandSherman.

Twitter: #MrPeabody

Mr. Peabody (voiced by Ty Burrell) is a business titan, inventor, scientist, Nobel Laureate, gourmand, two-time Olympic medalist, and genius... who also happens to be a dog. Using his most ingenious invention, the WABAC machine, Mr. Peabody and his adopted boy Sherman (Max Charles) hurtle back in time to experience world-changing events first-hand and interact with some of the greatest characters of all time.  But when Sherman breaks the rules of time travel, our two heroes find themselves in a race to repair history and save the future, while Mr. Peabody may face his biggest challenge yet - being a parent.

US Release: March 7, 2014

Starring: Ty Burrell, Max Charles, Ariel Winter, Stephen Colbert, Leslie Mann, Patrick Warburton, Stanley Tucci, Allison Janney, Mel Brooks, Lake Bell, Zach Callison, Dennis Haysbert

Director: Rob Minkoff

• Mr. Peabody & Sherman Stays True to Original

  MOVIE GENERALLY PLEASES, IS CHARMING WITH FUNNY BITS: REVIEWS

  

  By Arden Dier, Newser Staff
  
   Posted Mar 7, 2014
  http://www.newser.com/story/183449/mr-peabody-sherman-stays-true-to-original.html?utm_source=part&utm_medium=united&utm_campaign=rss_entertainment

A trailer for the flick.  (YouTube)

(NEWSER) 

– Critics and audiences alike seem pleased with Mr. Peabody & Sherman, a remake of Jay Ward's classic cartoon—made famous on the Rocky & Bullwinkle Show — about a smart talking dog, his adopted human son, and their travels through history via their WABAC (think way-back) machine.  What reviewers are saying:

• Mr. Peabody & Sherman "is such a pleasant, mostly faithful surprise," Stephen Whitty writes for the Star-Ledger.  It has "the original show's spirit, and some of its old-fashioned charm," which should give kids and parents alike "almost just as much giggly fun," even if it does leave the audience just a bit exhausted.
• Colin Covert at the Minneapolis Star Tribuneadmits he had his doubts about a movie version of the 1960s show, but says, "I needn't have worried."  The visuals have stepped up "to sleek 21st-century standards," and "the essential charm of the series survives more or less intact."  Plus, "some of the archaic jokes are absolute crack-ups."
• Betsy Sharkey agrees that "there's a smattering of harmless scatological sight gags likely to make everyone giggle," but says "the film may actually be too smart for its own good," she writes at the Los Angeles Times.  "Many of Mr. Peabody's 'teaching moments' will sail right over the heads of kids while requiring adults to pay attention."  Still, Ty Burrell's voicing of Mr. Peabody was "a genius choice."
• Steven Rea agrees on Burrell, whom he calls "just right."  The film is "a smart, snappy CG-animated adaptation" that is "true to the spirit of the original series," he writes at the Philadelphia Inquirer.  And as a bonus, "the filmmakers inject a whooshy, propulsive sense of fun into the proceedings, too."

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       Hat Tip, kudos, and thanks to "The Internet Archives" for preserving web pages that have been abandoned, are defunct, removed from the Web for being "politically incorrect" or disappeared under the 'boot' of revisionist history's censorship à la Fahrenheit 451 and 10 Mai 1933!
       The "Internet Archives", the Internet's "Waybackachine M" is at: http://archive.org and http://archive.org/web/web.php
  -- rfh
  The 'WABAC Machine' or 'Wayback Machine' refers to a fictional machine from the cartoon 

  

  segment Peabody's Improbable History, a recurring feature of the 1960s cartoon series The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show's [Fractured Fairy Tales].  The WABAC Machine is a plot device used to transport the characters Mr. Peabody and Sherman back in time to visit important events in human history.   Mr. Peabody's Improbable History (1959 ~ '70s)
  

  (source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WABAC_machine, photo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Waybackmachine3.png)
  e.g. A list of Rocky & Bullwinkle's Fractured Fairy Tales:  e.g. King Midas, an explanation of how government works. (video 5m32s)
  1. Two Examples:
     
     
     Fractured Fairy Tales -- King Midas - YouTube
     
     
     

     ► 5:32► 5:32

     www.youtube..com/watch?v=yGqAcrMkFJ0

     Sep 3, 2012 - Uploaded by darienkd

     Rocky and His Friends explain to us how government really works.
     
     

     A fractured fairy tale on the power of "cause and effect".

  Fractured Fairy Tales - Son of King Midas - YouTube
  

  ► 5:25► 5:25

  www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I0cDd_LO4A

  Dec 13, 2011 - Uploaded by bullwinklecanada

  The story about the son of King Midas and how he inherits his father's ability of turning ...
  
  

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