# BBC to Remake Watership Down **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 15, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-to-remake-watership-down/717734 "2015-04-15T14:22:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-to-remake-watership-down/717734/1 "2015-04-15T14:22:01Z")
Allegedly, CGI-rendered rabbits will be an “improvement” on the much-loved (and, apparently, much-traumatizing 😉 ) 1970s film with hand-drawn animation. > **[Home](https://www.radiotimes.com/)** > > Your UK TV and radio guide to what's on TV and on demand plus all the latest entertainment, soap, film and drama news and reviews from Radio Times. Colour me skeptical. To my mind, the original movie holds up very well and did not require a modern ‘reboot’. ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-to-remake-watership-down/717734/2 "2015-04-15T14:31:20Z")
Yeeeeah. Because the animation style was what made that movie traumatizing, BBC. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-to-remake-watership-down/717734/3 "2015-04-15T16:50:45Z")
You’re late to the party ;). ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2015, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-to-remake-watership-down/717734/4 "2015-04-15T17:27:53Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > You’re late to the party ;). Heh, I even posted in that thread. I must be going tharn. 😃 Just to make up for that, here’s a vid of a Watership Down mixed to “Oh Death”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/AWYhlGdxmks/maxresdefault.jpg "Watership Down - O Death") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWYhlGdxmks) ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-to-remake-watership-down/717734/5 "2015-04-16T19:45:54Z")
A leaked image of the [CGI version of Hazel-rah](https://thegreatnodnarb.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/christmas-story-bunny-suit.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Malthus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/85f322/32.png) [@Malthus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malthus)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2015, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-to-remake-watership-down/717734/6 "2015-04-16T19:55:28Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > A leaked image of the [CGI version of Hazel-rah](https://thegreatnodnarb.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/christmas-story-bunny-suit.jpg). Well, at least it is realistic. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-to-remake-watership-down/717734/7 "2015-04-17T01:56:45Z")
> [@Sampiro](#): > > A leaked image of the [CGI version of Hazel-rah](https://thegreatnodnarb.files.wordpress.com/2013/12/christmas-story-bunny-suit.jpg). LOLed so hard I dropped me phone in the loo. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bbc-to-remake-watership-down/717734/8 "2015-04-17T03:52:55Z")
(n/m, meant to post in the other thread on this)