Why have they 'un-aged' mumble!!!

i just came on here to say that! it's ridiculous! i get that mumble was a little bit slower than everybody else, it was what helped ostracize him aside from his lack of vocal ability and preference for dance, but that doesn't mean that he was a complete abnormality. he wasn't supposed to be a giant fluffy penguin. SO irritating when sequels just don't gel with their predecessors. then again, the first happy feet wasn't even that good of a movie. i wouldn't expect much from this one.

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Finally! I'm not the only person extremely bothered by this! He never matured.

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This makes no sense to me. I can understand if they didn't take any more of his down off but it drives me crazy that they put more on him.

I think the animators' excuse would be something along the lines of it being a challenge to make Mumble distinct when all adult penguins kinda look alike. (That or they think audiences are so slow they won't recognize Mumble if he doesn't look just like he did in the first one, ie that it's "character branding".) But I'm not buying that... they managed to make all the different penguins distinct in the first film, and I think having Mumble look like an overgrown chick when he's supposed to have chicks of his own is a bit creepy. I really hope this film isn't one of those sequels that just repeats the events of its predecessor with more celebrity voices. Also... I hope they explain how that puffin got so lost he ended up in the Antarctic. ;) I know this ain't exactly a nature documentary, but still...

I agree but don't care that much myself. I mean it's obvious why they would keep him the way he is (because the audience recognizes him that way), so it doesn't bother me. I mean they hit just about all the right notes on the first movie, so I'll go with it here.

In any case, the most plausible scientific explanation IMO would be that his biological development was affected when he was dropped by his dad while still in the egg. I would say that is plausible if not probable, but again who really cares.

What I am more concerned about is that the trailers overall have not grabbed me. I really liked the first one a lot, and was happy (ha!) to see George Miller on the sequel. I still have hopes that the trailers simply weren't done very well.

Saw the film last night. They have NOT un-aged him. The penguin in the posters is Mumble's son Eric. Mumble's is an adult in the film.

Executives, committees, focus groups, idiots.



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It's also annoying me (just rewatched it) that he's more fluff in the sequel. He shouldn't have any at all by now.
Make him a man and not a boy. He's a father now .

There are other ways to make visible differences.
Spots or other kind of marks.

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