#uncle drosselmeyer

[presidentpoppy]

rendering practice with Herr Drosselmeyer <3

[hereissomething]

Christopher Lee as Uncle Drosselmeyer in a live action Nutcracker Fantasy! Thank you @oneinathousand!🕰️

[ghostlyghosti]

Got this fellas ref going for portfolio sake, good ol' Graeskar house of Drosselmeyer, your name is a mouthful. Still on that Nutcracker kick, always an idea I come back to, just feel like their designs are so strong in this universe.

[mygoogledrivescaresme]

Uncle Drosselmeyer

continuing the nutcracker saga. I really like this guy. I think I'm gonna make some for myself

[peach-artblog]

uncle drosselmeyer and his pet owl named cuckoo

[twistedtummies2]

Christopher Lee: A Sinister Centenary - Number 31

Welcome to Christopher Lee: A Sinister Centenary! Over the course of May, I will be counting down My Top 31 Favorite Performances by possibly my favorite actor, the late, great Sir Christopher Lee, in honor of his 100th Birthday. Although this fine actor left us a few years ago, his legacy endures, and this countdown is a tribute to said legacy! Today, we start our countdown off with our Number 31 pick! Kicking us off is one of Lee’s more obscure motion pictures: A Nutcracker Fantasy!

The classic Christmastime fairy-tale of “The Nutcracker and the Mouse King” is, in my opinion, one of the hardest stories out there to properly adapt. We all know the popular ballet, and honestly, I think that the ballet is probably the best version of it to exist. Different productions do a better or worse job with the material, naturally, but the ballet is helped by its medium: it runs on rules of emotion and spectacle more than complex storytelling and character development, using visuals, not words, to get across so much of its subtleties and impressive qualities. Movie and TV versions of the Nutcracker story, however, tend to fall pretty flat, in my opinion, ranging from “Dull as Dishwater” to “What the Heck Is This Rubbish?” If there’s one non-ballet adaptation of the Nutcracker I recommend, it would probably be the 1979 animated picture “Nutcracker Fantasy.” Now, if the style of this stop-motion feature’s animation looks familiar, it should: the movie was made by the same people who did the animation for many of the classic Rankin/Bass TV specials. Rankin/Bass, of course, were the ones who made such timeless Yuletide pieces as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” “Frosty the Snowman,” and “The Year Without a Santa Claus.” While the film has no actual affiliation with Rankin/Bass, you can basically call this a Rankin/Bass Nutcracker, because – especially in the English release – the movie feels a LOT like a production of that company. It covers a classic Christmas/Fantasy piece, the style is obviously highly reminiscent, and even the voice casting feels in the vein of what that company would do. On that note, this cast is chock-full of celebrities: Roddy McDowall plays the Nutcracker Prince, himself, while Jo Anne Whorley plays the main antagonist, an evil two-headed Mouse QUEEN called Morphia. Other voice talents involved include Melissa Gilbert, Lurene Tuttle, Dick Van Patten, Jack Angel, Eva Gabor…and, of course, Christopher Lee. Lee actually plays several roles in the film, the most prominent being the mysterious and eccentric Uncle Drosselmeyer, who give the main character, Clara, her precious Nutcracker, setting off the events of the story. Throughout the picture, Clara encounters other characters who are equally enigmatic, and all voiced by Lee, including the zany Puppeteer, the shadowy Street Singer, and the gentle-hearted Watchmaker. The movie is a very strange, dreamlike fantasy picture, which has gained a cult following over the years for its surreal and colorful visual landscape, as well as its faithfulness to the original source material. For me, though, it was honestly Lee’s presence in the film (as well as Roddy McDowall’s, I should say) that got me interested in looking it up. While it’s a bit slow-moving, it’s still quite a marvel to behold, and honestly the only non-dance version of the Nutcracker I can earnestly and honestly recommend. Any film that casts Christopher Lee in four different roles, ensuring you’ll hear his illustrious voice PLENTY throughout the picture? Well, clearly they are doing something right, and deserve to be noticed. Tomorrow the countdown continues with My Number 30 Choice!

[tippytopdays]

Some more Nutcracker nonsense to tide y'all off for a while.

Prince's uncle is a large, boisterous man with a lot of energy for his age. Despite his slight habit of carrying his nephew like a scruffed cat he means well and wants him to grow up with a good influence while being so far away from his parents. Although, given that he has tossed said nephew's friends out of the windows into snow drifts his definition of 'good influence' may be a bit skewed. He does, however, love his nephew greatly, and would do anything if it meant his safety.

Though sometimes, Prince might want him to just leave it be.

[hntrgurl13]

Sometimes fathers are quirky uncles.

Happy Father’s Day!