The immersive, mesmerizing and intricately detailed stop-motion world is enough of a reason alone to watch Rudolph's Shiny New Year. But that's certainly not where the qualities end. There are some great tunes in this one - both fun and upbeat and also some introspective ones with reflective lyrics that fit a perfectly appropriate theme for a New Years Eve special. The passing of time is an ever-present undercurrent throughout the otherwise fun and colorful special.
Baby New Year, with the big ears that everyone laughs at, has run away and taken off traveling through an archipelago of little Islands where each passed year rests and stays forever the same. Father Time sends Rudolph after him and we meet a wonderful array of unique and very different characters along the way! One of the coolest additions being an island where all the fairy tales live, affording us the wonderful opportunity to see many of the classic storybook characters through R/B's puppet-animated lens!
This, like most of the R/B holidays specials, is a yearly viewing in my house and I never grow tired of taking the trip through the Archipelago of Last Years with Rudolph.
Baby New Year, with the big ears that everyone laughs at, has run away and taken off traveling through an archipelago of little Islands where each passed year rests and stays forever the same. Father Time sends Rudolph after him and we meet a wonderful array of unique and very different characters along the way! One of the coolest additions being an island where all the fairy tales live, affording us the wonderful opportunity to see many of the classic storybook characters through R/B's puppet-animated lens!
This, like most of the R/B holidays specials, is a yearly viewing in my house and I never grow tired of taking the trip through the Archipelago of Last Years with Rudolph.