# New Poppins Movie-Practically Perfect in Every Way? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 5, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063 "2018-03-05T17:01:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/1 "2018-03-05T17:01:43Z")
I just saw the [teaser trailer for _Mary Poppins Returns_](https://parade.com/651622/samuelmurrian/watch-the-mary-poppins-returns-teaser-is-practically-perfect-in-every-way/)…and I am cautiously optimistic. Emily Blunt looks good in the roll. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/2 "2018-03-05T17:38:11Z")
Practically perfect, indeed. I’m sure Emily Blunt would look very good on a roll. Now don’t dally, and go to bed, spit-spot! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/3 "2018-03-05T17:43:23Z")
Will she be doing push-ups in a hangar? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/4 "2018-03-05T17:45:50Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > Practically perfect, indeed. I’m sure Emily Blunt would look very good on a roll. I hate Mondays. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/5 "2018-03-05T20:02:22Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I hate Mondays. Not if they bring Emily Blunt on a roll. Can we make Tuesday be Margot Robbie on wheat toast? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/6 "2018-03-05T21:02:29Z")
We already had a Mary Poppins remake. It was called Princess Leia in Episode VIII. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/7 "2018-03-05T21:38:13Z")
Looks good. Cant be as good as the original. But yes, Emily Blunt will do a good job. I’ll watch it. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/8 "2018-03-05T21:59:43Z")
I know dick van dyke is it in because I think it was a talk show a while back he jokingly mentioned that in his original mp contrac is stated t that if there were sequels he was still playing burt or (what ever his name was ) and he couldn’t because he was too old they said so they gave him a extended cameo and a couple of the dance numbers so he didn’t sue the funny thing is hes probably better at 90 than who ever his replacement is ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/9 "2018-03-05T22:01:06Z")
And one has to think that Lin-Manuel will be much less cringe-worthy than Dick van Dyke. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/10 "2018-03-05T22:02:06Z")
> [@Quercus\_alba](#): > > And one has to think that Lin-Manuel will be much less cringe-worthy than Dick van Dyke. Dick va Dyke was perfect and his bad accent wasnt his fault. ---
**Author:** ![Penfeather](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penfeather/32/384_2.png) [@Penfeather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Penfeather)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/11 "2018-03-05T22:33:27Z")
Shoulda gone with [Michelle Gomez](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yoYgy88gKSA). I’d pay good cash money to see [Missy play Mary Poppins.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6vvHprobZs) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2018, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/12 "2018-03-05T22:49:33Z")
It’s probably not fair to her, but Emily Blunt just doesn’t seem quite right to me. I think it’s a sort of uncanny valley effect: She looks and sounds similar to Julie Andrews, but not exactly the same, and the differences are a bit jarring to me. Of course, nobody at all is a match for Julie Andrews. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/13 "2018-12-23T03:57:47Z")
Reviving this thread because the movie is now in theaters. I plan to go with my daughters this week. They’re home from college. We watched the original many times on DVD when they were growing up. The previews look really good. Here’s a behind the scenes promo. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/5IAPTlhfVck/maxresdefault.jpg "MARY POPPINS RETURNS Behind The Scenes Featurette") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IAPTlhfVck) ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/14 "2018-12-23T04:02:52Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Dick va Dyke was perfect and his bad accent wasnt his fault. Whose fault was it? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/15 "2018-12-23T04:19:31Z")
It’s so cool they made the effort to use hand drawn animation in this film. They had to find older artists that have the production experience. The animation style looks so similar to the original film. > **[Forget CGI: ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ uses hand-drawn cartoons](https://nypost.com/2018/12/20/forget-cgi-mary-poppins-returns-uses-hand-drawn-cartoons/)** > > You won’t find any dancing CGI penguins or horses in the new movie “Mary Poppins Returns.” For the long-awaited sequel to the 1964 classic Julie Andrews film, director Rob Marshall and his team dec… > [@](#): > > Sixty-four-year-old Keane, who was a character animator on 1977’s “Pete’s Dragon” and “The Rescuers,” among others, advised the “Mary Poppins Returns” team early in the process — especially on the look of the Royal Doulton bowl scene in the new film, with a pastoral carriage ride through green hills leading to a raucous kaleidoscope-colored dance hall. > > “We decided that if we were gonna do it, it had to feel in the same vibe,” says production designer Jeff Turley. “We did a lot of work — studying, nerding out, looking at all the old backgrounds.” ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/16 "2018-12-23T04:54:13Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > It’s so cool they made the effort to use hand drawn animation in this film… Hand drawn, but not hand _colored:_ > [@](#): > > About 85 percent of the final film was drawn on paper — by more than 160 animators — then scanned into a computer and colored. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/17 "2018-12-23T05:18:49Z")
I guess they had to save money where they could. I was hoping we could use On Demand and purchase a viewing at home on DirecTv. But, I don’t see any online streaming offered. A retro trip to a real movie theater will be interesting. It’s been five years since my last visit. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/18 "2018-12-23T06:31:54Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > I was hoping we could use On Demand and purchase a viewing at home on DirecTv. But, I don’t see any online streaming offered. Are movies _ever_ available for home viewing (at least legally) while they’re still in theaters? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/19 "2018-12-23T11:26:03Z")
I thought some movies were released on pay per view? The studio could make a lot of money that way. Think of how may people use pay for view for a boxing match that might abruptly end in the 3rd round. I rarely watch any movie when it’s first released. So I’m not sure what the studios do anymore. I will go to a theater to see Mary Poppins with my family. I haven’t been this excited about any new movie in a long time. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2018, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063/20 "2018-12-23T12:55:58Z")
IIRC There has been at least on movie released at the same time in the theatres and online. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs had a very limited theatre run before being on Netflix (Netflix paid for it, and it doesn’t say precisely but the reason it was in the theatres at all was IMHO to be eligible for film awards) > [@Joel Coen](#): > > the “hours and days and years you spend struggling over details” of a film “is appreciated in a different way on a big screen,” > **[The Ballad of Buster Scruggs](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ballad_of_Buster_Scruggs)** > > The Ballad of Buster Scruggs is a 2018 American Western anthology film written, directed, produced and edited by the Coen brothers. It stars Tim Blake Nelson, Tyne Daly, James Franco, Brendan Gleeson, Bill Heck, Grainger Hines, Zoe Kazan, Harry Melling, Liam Neeson, Jonjo O'Neill, Chelcie Ross, Saul Rubinek, and Tom Waits. It consists of six vignettes set on the American frontier. > The film premiered at the 75th Venice International Film Festival on August 31, 2018, where it won the Golden Ose... Brian [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-poppins-movie-practically-perfect-in-every-way/810063.md?page=2)