Ok, just been really into watching the extended Bluey dances with more pups and the version with Mickey and pals. I do have a higher preference for the non crossover version, but there’s stuff I like and dislike with the Mickey+ short.
The Positives
- Confused Bandit. His confused noises are cute and he remained confused the longest. But he did like seeing Goofy.
- The babies being excited to see the mouse.
- Donald looking miffed when he loses.
- The Fab Five having their own ways of vibing when out of the game that isn’t just having arms at the side.
- THE DADS HIGH FIVE. Need more Bandit and Goofy interactions. (Bring Max in too.)
The Dislikes
- Mickey does not call out the family’s names. Personally I feel it wouldn’t hurt to have his VA to call out their names since the song is already changed and he’s already there.
- The music does not stop, they just call the characters’ names at certain points of this particular remix. Gets to the point where I feel the fab five didn’t “lose” properly, but I think I’m nitpicking on that point. It’s a short.
- Mickey basically copying Bluey’s dance moves quite often, or reflecting her. It’s cute but also like, dude has decades of dance moves under his belt. Though I think it is a bit of a copy of Rusty reflecting Bluey in the other extended version. But Rusty mostly does his own thing, with I think the times he does similar moves to Bluey is a callback to them having similar designs.
The ????
- Mickey, you lost, why are you still dancing after being called out? Joining Bluey in the victory dance? …oh wait that is the case.
- People did remark it’s weird that the Heelers didn’t have a crisis over seeing Pluto run in on all fours, but, considering the family recognizes the mouse and pals, it’s reasonable to assume they already know Pluto’s behavior. Plus it’s a silly short, they’re not gonna be “realistic”, especially in a drama sense here. Also people remember (and some prefer) Socks being puppy puppy more over her now being up on two legs and talking. The Heelers could assume Pluto is similar.
- Reused name exit animation styles, though admittedly only Snickers’ got the really cute unique animation of his name being chomped out so I can’t fault the teams for not coming up with new ones. But, could’ve been cool if like, Donald’s acts like it was washed out by waves, Goofy’s emulated his clumsiness, and Daisy got a flower petals in wind sorta vibe, but as I’m not an animation expert, I can’t say or draw how it would precisely go….at least not yet.
- Mickey and friends do not get converted into the Bluey style. But I do find it fun when styles clash, and it has brought on a fun meme trend thing. (The vibes of “who invited this blud?” or “dude thinks they’re part of the team”)
- How did his friends get there? Were they in Bluey’s void before Mickey fell in…???
I’m attributing the factors I dislike to Disney being cheap. Wished they at least added pauses to the music to emulate the proper gameplay and have Mickey actually say the Heelers’ names. But the short is fun, and I do love crossovers! So yeah…Thanks for listening to me ramble…!