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2 Fat 2 Fluffy

Funnily enough, I was pondering the day before yesterday if they were gonna release a Happy Feet 2 trailer soon and whether it would be similar to the first one’s rather spectacular teaser.

Well, it’s just been released over on Apple Trailers, and yes, it’s pretty similar to the first movie’s teaser. It has lost the mystery and appeal of the first movie’s teaser, which took the world by storm because it was so unexpected and most people were unaware of the movie was even in-production (I certainly didn’t know of Animal Logic before 2006). But hey, it’s still cute as hell.

Now instead of one lone penguin, we got a double-team of little stompers in a face-off. And at the end, we have what looks like the protagonist and possibly her godfather or guardian. If any of you have seen the end of the first movie, you’d probably have an idea who she is, judging from her bow-tie mark.

Can’t say I’m over-the-moon as excited for this as I am for Kung Fu Panda 2 or Brave, but Animal Logic has never disappointed me before, so I’m hopeful.

The only things I’m annoyed with is that they repeated the first movie’s tagline (“Novemburr”… wow, it’s even the same release month as the first!) and that they could’ve used less recent music. When I was pondering about the trailer, I actually imagined they would use this song to a huge Bollywood-style dance number, but sadly we get a cheesy ‘Step Up’ showdown instead.

Oh well, can’t wait for the full-length trailer! I wonder where they’re gonna take the story so it doesn’t become a repetition of the first’s themes.

Apple Trailer