On a side note, i was pleased to see that The Brave Little Toaster Goes To Mars was comming on next. That lasted for about 10mins. Apon seeing the cheesy movie titles fonts i realized something was amiss. (Like David Newman.) But i thought i would bare with it.Instantly i was taken away by the Radio not having the same voice. the lamp was a little off as well. But it seemed the Vacuum and the Toaster and the Blanky had the same voices. But the toaster, sadly, had been "disney-fied" and was now over nice and unbelieving. They seem to have forgotten what the character was originally. Who else hated that ***damn rat?! It became too much and i had to turn it off after the stupid baby and the overloving Master.
And on yet another side note, for those who saw the origianl, don't you think the spare parts guy who recued them from the swamp looks like Ford? Just the slightest bit?

Now i hate songs in any form in movie, but i have to admitt the ones in this were catchy and i enjoyed them- to an extent. It was really David Newman's score that brought me through them.

And that one sad scene at the pond where the Toaster backs into a flower and turns around. The flower falls in love with it's reflection and the Toaster keeps trying to let it off easy, but makes a dash for it. IT stops and goes back peers through the grass and sees that the flower is dead and drooping down and a peltle or 2 falls off. Combined with Newman's score, i have to admitt that scene made me water up.
Anybody else want to speak up for it?

The best part of the movie, however, is undoubtedly David Newman's rapturous score. I think this may still be my favorite of all his works thus far. It's epic, emotional, and very powerful, and of course written in Newman's very distinctive 80's style. I'd buy an official release in less than a heartbeat, despite already having that-which-shall-not-be-named, but sadly I don't think that's going to happen unless Newman decides to put it out as a promo.

Regarding the voices in TBLT Goes to Mars (which is a travesty), Jon Lovitz was the voice of the Radio in the original, and since he's made something of a name for himself he probably didn't want to do something like this (though it didn't stop Wayne Knight, Farrah Fawcett, and DeForest Kelley from joining the cast). Despite thinking Lampy sounded a bit off, it was actually the same actor. The Toaster had the same voice, as did Kirby the Vaccuum (Thurl Ravenscroft, who is approaching his 90th year and is probably best known now as the voice of Tony the Tiger of Frosted Flakes commercials, though he has a long, long history at Disney). Blanky was a different actor, but as I believe he was actually played by a little kid in the first film (he has no other credits whatsoever at the IMDb), getting him back probably wouldn't have worked.

Nice observation about the spare parts guy (Mr. St. Peters) looking like Ford. Incidentally, he was voiced by Joe Ranft, an animator and writer who now shows up as a voice (as well as some other credit) in almost every Pixar film (most memorably, I think, as Heimlich the Caterpillar in A Bug's Life).

I second the recommendation for renting the original. You may very well find the movie insanely annoying, but Newman's score is not to be missed.

According the percepto.com, they are releasing The Brave Little Toaster in the near future. They have a picture of the cover up already.

BobaMike