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  • They open this up like its going to be some pleasant fun movie like Lady and the tramp. XD

  • O.K. :|

  • -throws up everywhere-

  • Good lord, they took such a great animated film and spewed horrible kiddiness and cuteness all over it! Look at the faces at 0:50! Retarded rabbits!! >:0

  • When that one gray rabbit, (never watched the show don't know his name), says, "He's on to us" I just imagine Price saying "GO LOUD! TAKE THEM OUT!"

  • awww, man, I watched the seasons in the wrong order!!

  • this is such a relife from watching Felicea or what ever.

  • ew... this is... probably the worst movie I have ever seen. It's a disgrace to watership down. and blackberry dont go lady gaga on me!... the original was wayyy better!

  • PAINFULL!!! Watership Down is my favorite book of all time and I LOVED the original movie! This is horrid!!!! Too cutesy and the voice actors are horrible!

  • I watched it when I was a kid and only watched the movie a few years later down the road.

    I loved and still do love this series a lot more, the series is way longer way more detailed and interesting than the movie, obviously pace is way slower, but despite the bright colors the animation is far superior to the movie, the characters become very easy to relate to with time and have great development, none of this in the movie.

    consider it a remake, watch the entire thing, you'll like it.

  • Poor voice acting, pitiful animation, less than satisfying plotline, sickening character design, stop it.

  • This design is WAY too bright and cutesy. The original movie captured the dark tone of the book better. Bright colors and being cutesy =/= Better.

  • Why in god's name does BigWig sound like Captain Pryce from Modern Warfare!?

  • Though I do appreciate the character designs being varied, I feel like the studio behind this is trying to make everything too cutesy and bright when the story is anything but either of those things. If I watched the entire season of this series, something tells me every episode would just be a water-down version of Watership Down.

  • My journey ended 2 minutes in. This is dog shit.

  • I never watched this when it came out as I love the movie version, I've given it a chance and I guess for a childrens TV show it's fine, it isn't awful but it's no where near as good as the movie and isn't as faithful to the book either. I can't get used to how the animation looks (it looks a lot cheaper - again good for kids tv I guess) or the rabbits voices or even the dialouge. The rabbits are still cute I guess and the story is there sort of.

  • Is this a sequel, a prequel, a remake or... you know what, forget it.

  • journey huh

  • i like the 78 version better.

    

  • N.C. should reveiw this pile of crap.

  • so is this the first movie? or the second?

  • which one is hickory?

  • jack bauer is in this

  • Personally, my kid is watching the original. Hell I watched Jeepers Creepers when I was 8.. I'm fine guys, completely fine.

  • *saw and thought* jfkdhfjkshfjks

  • This more child based. However, I liked the use of the Rottweiler even though he was shittely animated. In the first film.. I say the rough collie and though..that makes no sense..those dogs don't kill small creatures LOL. I own both breeds. My Collie and my Rott wouldn't hurt a fly. They love small animals as I do. Vincent (200lb Rott) loves Rabbits.

  • This is such shit compared to the original film. PEOPLE PLEASE DIRECT YOURSELVES TO THE ORIGINAL, YOU DIDN'T SEE THIS.. JUST STOP IT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. It'll ruin your chance to see the best animated film of all time, and the animation is far superior.

  • @dubstepwolf In the scene of the first Watership Down movie, when Hazal first meets the doe rabbits in the farm and the cat is spotted, he must leave, promising to return later. But a closer look at his running away shows that he is running on/in mid-air above the hay. This is an obvious error in placement of the cels. many error like that exist Plot was phenomenal, but animation had many moments when it was decades behind.

  • Wow...this is a hundred times better then the moive! The animation is far superior in every way! And making black berry a girl instead of a guy...Genius! And is it just me or does Bigwig look even cooler with that stylish mane.!

  • @GeniusAtWorkZzz Matter of opinion. This is obviously a remake for kids while the original was like made for older audiences, personally I liked the original better.

  • @fifa405 lol i was being sarcastic

  • @GeniusAtWorkZzz Oh lol my bad.

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  • Oh. This sadly does not match up to the movie, at all. I guess it's alright and ok for a kids show, which it is obviously supposed to be, more so than the (partially very blunt and brutal) movie.

    However in my opinion that doesn't mean that they had to cut down on the quality in literally every regard, be it the drawings and animation, the characters, the plot or anything else. It's easier to say what has not been toned down compared to the original: nothing. :-/

  • WHAT! 

  • I love how everyone is freaking out on how it's such an insult to the book: I loved the movie, the book is my second favorite: you all have to take the series with a grain of salt. Sure, it's not perfect, but neither was the movie. TL;DR: Calm Down.

  • I never saw the movie, but I do remember this show, Thought I never like it, always got lost in the plot.

  • What is this? Never seen it.

  • Ah yes, water, a dogs only natural enemy. NOT!

    lol

  • What is this crap! Why does Bigwig have a lions mane? When did Blackberry have a sex change?!?! The rabbits are almost as big as that dog! Kehaar was not yet introduced until after he was wounded!! This is a slap in the face to the Book, Watership Down.

  • @CaptainDiddlez what are you talking about?blackberry was a girl in the original aswell.

  • @CaptainDiddlez And since when was pipkin a kid

  • The original scared the crap otta me.

  • the original moovie was wayyy too scared!

  • Of course Bigwig is badass... but I can't get over how big he is compared to the rest in the opening.

  • Get over it people, as much as the original movie was good this series was made for children...

  • @Kaly101 Yes. I'm particularly fond of A Clockwork Orange: Alex's Adventures in the Land of Roses.

  • I think it's been said enough already that Blackberry should be male. But it seriously does kind of upset the whole story.

    Original: We're doing very well for ourselves, but we don't have any does.

    This: We're doing very well for ourselves, but we don't have any does, except Blackberry.

  • Gosh this is awefull!! What cheesey voices/acting and totally unoriginal script!!! And the animation is not at all realistic, like the film!! And it's "Beeg VATER" not "Beeg WATER".

  • i thought this was a christian cartoon the first time i seen it ...hahhahahahhah

  • ...nevermind that last comment...

  • and the dog cant swim?

  • i really was more inpressed with the original...):

  • i dont think this could equal the original movie. the watercolor backgrounds, realistic depiction, and the voice cast (john hurt, and zero mostell for example)will never be outdone. Plus this isnt really the story anyway it's just loosely based on the events, and kehaars voice in this makes me cringe

  • Bigwig is badass even in Disney version.

  • @ bellsandbones yeah lol but in the book she dies before they get to watership :/ that's the problem w this one- n why start after they left saddleford? Blehhhh original was better but the book is a whole experience on it's own.

  • It gives me the feeling of it being one of those cheap Chinese movies...

    Sure the original was made by a company with a more limited budget...but the realistic charm of the book that was pretty well depicted in the 1978 movie is lost.

  • I saw the designs for the five main bunnies and cringed.

    Also, if Blackberry is female, doesn't it make their trip to find female rabbits completely pointless?

  • @BellsandBones

    1. according to wikipidea in the original books the group was only male rabbits which is why they needed to raid and more importantly...

    2. how would you like to be the ONLY female in a group of horny males? given how rabbits breed the whole warren would be inbred in a year or two. assuming blackberry has girls from her first litter.

  • To be honest, I remember watching this show and enjoying it. I just watched the movie a few days ago, and I think for small children, you should introduce them to the show first, and then as they grow more mature have them read the book/watch the movie. (Of course, maturity doesn't necessarily come with age.) Because I would think that the book would be too in depth for an immature child, and the movie could give them nightmares.

  • @SecretlySabrina exactly. i think Disney could make (almost) any movie appropreate for younger children. The movie gave ME nightmares when I was younger. ( I walked in when my mom was watching it. Every know and then they come back. *shudders*)

  • it looks so new o.o ~~ i like the other one better~~~~ -_- why couldnt of just left this movie alone

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  • The original BigWig was such a badass...this one...whoa.

  • Just becuase it's animated it HAS to be Disney? That seems rather biased of everyone who's bitching about it not being like the first movie. It's not supposed to be It's meant more for the new age kids, the more sensitive parent want's to be able to show this to their kid(s). Isn't this also a TV SHOW?! Not a movie?! Of course it's going to be different...

  • @lindagal2864 I think this is better version then like movie.

  • Seriously quit winning you guys. this has been made for a new generation of viewers. if you don't like it don't watch it and let them enjoy it like we did when we were younger.

  • ok for those ppl who think this ruined watership down are wrong! grow up and come to your logic if they did it the same way as the movie in this cartoon it wouldnt be up and running as a series it was for a non-copyright. am i the only one who thought of this?

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  • i loved this :D this came on tv when i was 13 - recorded nearly every episode of this

  • W.....T.....F! What have they done! Pipkin wasn't a kitten in the movie, blackberry wasnt female (that female character looks more like violet) and why does hazel look like blackberry from the movie. Why can't people leave things alone? If it's not broken, don't fix it!

  • What the...

  • Gee don't start whining.

    If you don't like it don't watch it. It's a good movie for kids

  • That dog dosent look right

  • really? the original wasn't good enough?

  • Yes, because two rabbits weighing what, 4 pounds each (?) are going to roll a log weighing at least 5 times their weight with a dog weighing 20 pounds inside of it. Morons

  • keehar wasnt retarded and they did not met him this early in the story!!

  • Thumbs up if you agree that the creators of this shit should be shot or burned for doing this to a great book and and a great movie.

  • ...wtf?

  • :T this version of the movie is umm... great...?

  • I saw the bird and was instantly offended...

  • @nicketynosh yep me too. It was a major Face Palm moment

  • I remember this load of... rubbish when it first came out. Didn't like it then, don't like it now.

  • Screw everything about this. 

  • Yeah gotta admit that having Blackberry be a female ruins it. The whole point is that Violet was the only doe who went with them and she dies! so having another female destroys the drama of them having to go find other, like the ones on the farm.

  • @lunarookami Violet is actually a movie-only character, but yeah making Blackberry female kind of ruins it.

  • watership down was NOT a childrens movie, and shouldnt be. just because many of us saw it as kids, doesnt mean there should be a crappy remake for kids. at least for those of us who saw it as kids, besides being a bit disturbed in the end, we saw a work of art that made us think what the hell just happened. terrible voice actors, they jump right into the story, and the animations are childish and reminds me of some kids easter movie.

  • @BlackVolchitsa ever seen happy tree friends? xD

  • I love the book, love the movie, but this series in my eyes is a disgrace and a slap in the face to the book and the movie.

  • K'Haff (spelling) is totally out of character... he would never admit he was lost... that instantly killed it for me

  • Annnnnnd Buckthorn is a girl sense, when?

  • What the hell is this? The voice actors are terrible. Compared to the movie they've been completely butchered.

  • wtf is this? 

  • Wait... why isn't Violet dead, Bigwig caught in a trap, and that creepy-ass flashback of all the rabbits being gassed to death in the burrows missing? What is this, I don't even...

  • WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FIELD OF BLOOD?

  • i watched this before and i dont remember it being like this >:(

  • I, for one, like this series. I feel it was more loyal to the book than the film was and it was nice to have more characterization to the characters that had barely one line in the film. Also, to the two commenters who made the top comments and whoever thumbed them up, visit IMDB every once in a while and you'll find this was made by Alltime Entertainment, NOT Disney. The company name is actually present at the beginning of every goddamn episode. -_-

  • 1. It´´s not Disney.

    2. I loved the film but that doesn´´t mean this serie is shit.

    It was great for younger ones, because the movie was really cruel.

  • ..... i don't know what you guys are talking about, with it being done by disney. i don't remember it airing on the disney channel when i was little. i remember this version airing on CBS or something else. but never disney -_-"

  • 52 people don't like rabbits...

  • @adeliciakaya 52 PEOPLE DON'T LIKE DISNEY

  • Aaaand here you all fall to All Animation is Disney. This doesn't look like Disney... And why did they make Blackberry a girl and start in the middle of the book!?

  • @mumble9 well the original story is a little gruesome for kids but at the end of the day it is a story about little bunnies. Also blackberry is a girl to make up for the lack of female characters and to appeal to both genders.

  • i think that this version is good as it is more suitable for kids and then when they are adults and know the story then they can watch the original which has a lot of blood and sad/scary scenes in it which may not be suitable for young kids........

  • Ya. Gull. from seaaa. :P idiotic bird...

  • Disney actually did good with this. I don't think it's totally ruined. I like both versions. Thumbs up if you agree with me.

  • @CatMario100 not disney. 

  • It's not Disney, but obviously inspired by it in the worst ways possible. Sorta lazy, it looks like. No coloring on the dog's nose. Hell, they barely gave the rabbits noses.

  • @Beevs I also noticed the dog's nose! happy, that someone else mentions it.. it looks kinda ill...

  • don't be mean to Disney

  • umm....... THEY DONT LOOK ANYTHING LIKE RABBITS!!!and when the hell did they leave from their home! WE NEED TO KNOW MOVIE YOU CANT JUST DROP US OFF AT A RANDO- how the fuck is that a dog?!

  • Why is everyone blaming Disney? xD it's Decode Entertainment and Alltime Entertainment that did this. Disney had nothing to do with it.

  • i personally like the older version more as well, but actually i wouldn't compare them with each other in the first place.

    i liked both versions as a child, and this one is just a softer disneyfied version, BUT neither is it cheesy nor don't i really see a reason to hate it. it's drawn nicely and it's a pretty series (series!) in its way as well.

    there is a lot of series out there that are worse, yet less critisized since they aren't based on a book that already had another famous movie for it.

  • Im gonna have nightmares :/

  • This version sucks!!!

    This is why you should stick to originals.

  • Well, Matthias, let me be nicer than these ol' Lady Bucks.. I see nothing on this video saying anything of Disneys involment in the making of it... If I may ask, was this aniamted by the makers of Red Wall?

  • This was actually my childhood :)

  • I like the older violenter original version:\

    But it's not as epic as the book:DDD

  • Some things are different and it does dummy down the tale a bit, but It's a good way to introduce the younger kids to the book/movie. I think this is an okay idea.

  • ok even though this is a Disney-fied version of an epic tail, I have to say is that it's pretty good. Even though some parts are way off

  • I kinda like Bigwig's mane, but that's it.

  • Oh. Nope. Last time I checked, the field at the beginning was covered with blood.

  • Thumbs up if LOST brought you here :)

  • I want Woundword to start mauling these fucks, not some gummy bear shit.

  • I'm good on this version for real. I like the originals animation better, but its cool that they have a kid-friendly version of a good story :)

  • this is a film for kids if you whant to watch the original horror film go and watch it but dont hate disney im 12 and i like this one better

  • no where near as good as the film tbh.. <3

  • The Author who came up with Watership Down also came up with many other stories about the rabbits. Other than the re-creation of the story, I have no problem with it. I do, however, kind of wished they'd picked up the tales AFTER the movie had ended, but before Hazen died.

  • Wow a dog with huge whiskers...Why???

  • I like both movies :3

    but I like the older one the best

  • You people remind me of my grandpa; he gets mad and yells/complains and never lets it rest until it's changed.

    As someone who has seen both this and the original 1978 movie, I don't see how these petty little complaints matter.

  • I used to watch this one as a kid :')

  • After watching the first movie for the first time just a few minutes ago I was so happy with the ending. But then I come across this.... -bawls-

  • This is all wrong.

    1. Fiver's not crazy.

    2. Blackberry's a girl.

    3. Pipkin's a little kid.

    4. Bigwig's not a lion.

    Thumbs up if you agree XD

  • Pipkin's a little kid? Blackberry is A GIRL??? WHAT IS THIS???

  • Such a shame. :(

  • 00:46 the look on that face!!!

  • This really isin't that bad guys...And its not by Disney

  • uhg :| im gonna watch the old version *snorts*

  • Wow they destroyed this version

  • oh good lord! why does bigwig look like a effen lion! he had fur on the top of his head not a mane. also blackbarry was a boy not a girl

  • oh good lord! why does bigwig look like a effen lion! he had fur on the top of his head not a mane.

  • can somebody infor me what is this was book before is this cartoon from canada

    in my country there are some pirates station and one of them i receive the singlan in my tv and some times i watsch it

  • @MrThePsychologist basically the rabbit Fiver had a bad vision about their original warren. so he and some others left it. after many adventures they make it to the Watership Downs. there they become friends w/ the gull and realize there are no females. so after more adventures they get does (females) but only after they nearly die

  • why? why cant they leave a good thing alone? DIIIIIISSSNEEEEY!! YOU RUIN EVERYTHING I EVER LOOOOVVVVEEEDDDDD!!! * rip watership down an epic movie, killed by disney * thumbs up if you agree...

  • @liznix14 Disney didn't make this.

  • @liznix14 not disney, genius.

  • @liznix14 ... ... This isn't Disney... ...

  • @liznix14

    This is not Disney. Read the credits, guys !

  • @liznix14 how did disney kill it exactly?

  • What a pretty Rotti

  • How could the light that burns so brightly, suddenly burn so pale? Disney, that's how!

    Why must they make watered down, crappy versions of the classics. The book was amazing, the movie was also great (great score). There is no way anyone who saw the movie would like this!

  • XD when i was little i literally pissed myself laughing at the fact they named one of the rabbits bigwig

  • Jesus, Bigwig had a good amount of fur on his head in the book, but a fucking mullet? That's just wrong. And what the hell? They made one of the characters a doe? That eliminates the entire second half of the ENTIRE FUCKING STORY. Good god, some people...

  • Russian sea gull? What have we come to?

  • My Movie! MY BOOK! RUINED BY A FUCKING SHITTY CORPERATION WE CALL DISNEY! FFFFFUUUUUU~!

  • Oh my god, Kehaar, what did they do to you D:

  • Rik Mayall as Keehar? Then it's gotta be good :D

  • what the heck is everyone posting these shity comments i mean really if u dont like then dont watch it and put these shity comments

  • Just awful.

  • why the heck is blackberry gray and female??? I liked him the way he was!

  • Meh. The original was better.

  • I have to say, I TRIED to watch this, I really did! Don't blame me if I DO actually like BLOOD and the AWESOME story in the beginning of the old one...

  • dogs dont have whiskers...wtf

  • Despite negative comments anyway, thanks for putting this up.

    I have seen some of the old one. I like them both to be honest, even theough the old one having more meaning.

    Thanks! :D

  • The older one is actully pretty scary!!

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  • I mean, I kinda imagined Blackberry as being female. Like, once, because of his intelligence. But still, NO. Blackberry was fine being a male.

  • wtf

    a doe?

    srsly?

  • Cheerful music and they are labeling shit. Definite dislike. Give me the real stuff any day!

  • Bigwig sounds like Simon Cowell.

  • BLACKBERRIE WAS A GUY FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Aww...a Disney-fied version of an epic tale. I think I want to hang myself with barbed wire. Thumbs up if you agree.

  • @CagedMonster i was going to thumb you up but then i read the last part and gave you thumbs down instead

  • @naamhier Stick it to the man!!

  • Not keehar, kehaw. :)

  • I can't stand Kehaar in this version. In the book and film, he is a tough, streetwise fighter.

    In this version he is an annoying tit.

  • wow this sucks ass. The original one was 10 times better, 10 times bloodier, and 10 times more badass than this shit. DISLIKE!

  • wow this sucks ass. The original one was 10 times better, 10 times bloodier, and 10 times more badass than this shit. DISLIKE!