Do you wanna be Robinson (or Not)?

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In honor of my Mom, I (Ethan Stranger) will be doing a post based around her favorite Disney film of all time…”Meet the Robinsons”. While I’ll admit, I’m not “a real big fan of this film” (not even sure if it’ll receive the live-action treatment, they were close to doing a sequel), it had its moments here & there (moments that only a person like mom can understand). So let’s get into reviewing this long-lost forgotten Disney Film, shall we?


Fun fact: you should know (including my Mom) is that “Meet the Robinsons” was based on a children’s book known as “A Day with Wilbur Robinson” (published 6 years before I was born), written by the Wonderful William Joyce (whom I was big fans of his other works from my childhood, including Rolie Polie Olie & (Especially) George Shrinks). The Book (A Day with Wilbur Robinson) is completely different from the Meet the Robinsons film (for various wacky elements from the book were altered/added into the expanded version of the 2007 film - which is a commonplace practice when adapting short books (in general) into a longer expanded film). Like Lewis (in the film) is an orphan, looking for answers about his real mom, plus visits the future (where he learns that Wilbur’s Family is his future family & that he’s Wilbur’s father in the future). Was William Joyce ok with these major changes (probably, right), I’d have to interview him, (I didn’t mind the big change on George Shrinks, but my love for that show is for another time).


To be honest with y’all, My Mom (Pictures, Top) ain’t really a big fan of Movies or Series, however on rare occasions, she’s mainly more into the family-friendly stuff (like Meet the Robinsons), that she can share with all of us.  

 

Especially since she adores the backstory of Lewis (for my Mom has worked with little kids before, even with these orphans back at this poorly-ran orphanage in Nepal). Another aspect of my Mom is that she somewhat sees a bit of Lewis in me (Ethan Stranger myself) for like Lewis (and the song) I’m just another Believer…that's very passionate about the things that I really love - just like Lewis, and many others out there, I’ll always try and be resilient when things get tough.

 




While I said earlier that this isn’t my all-time favorite, the film’s main villain (Michael "Goob" Yagoobian) is one that I find quite relatable, for he ever wanted was to win a simple baseball game (and on top of that) get adapted, but Lewis kept getting in the way by not letting him sleep (because he always stayed up late working with that invention of his), thus an older/alternate version of Goob travels back in time in an attempt to sell off Lewis’s invention as his own, check out the clip:



In a way, having watched this clip a lot of times over & over again, I can find myself in Goob shoes as well (always jealous of others living (what seems) to be the good life while I feel like I’m at rock bottom), nervous about how am I going to present myself or my ideas to anyone else. Heck, (Older) Goob is somewhat an amalgam of Butterscotch/Bojack Horseman - as he’s mainly blaming Lewis for everything (which is somewhat true), but why couldn’t he just use the time machine to correct his past in a more proactive way (instead of ruining Lewis’s future), well I heard that was part of a deleted scene (but then again, I don’t think the crew behind the film literally saw Goob as a villain, he was just lonely, misunderstood, the man who was manipulated by that evil bowler hat AI (Doris).


In conclusion, I find it strange that I was able to relatable to Meet the Robinsons Villain while my mom just enjoyed the film (in general), but I’m sure that she (in a way) found the film’s  heartwarming message truly inspiring & for that, I’ll play the films ending song (that was her favorite part):

-For My Mom (Love ya)...Ethan Stranger signs off


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