What We Want From The Bluey Movie

It's been a very long time since a children's TV show announcing a feature length film has made adults excited to see it. But here we are, the Bluey movie has been announced, and everyone's favorite Blue Heeler is going to come to the big screen. So what do adult Bluey fans want from this monumental film? 

Bandit-The World's Dad

As funny as all the characters are, Bandit Heeler has become the poster boy for healthy masculinity and positive fathering. Bandit is always down to play whatever nonsense his kids come up with, eager to jump in to help Chili whenever she needs a hand, and is never too macho to show wear his heart on his sleeve. We definitely need more Bandit in our world, showing us all what a positive male role model looks like. 

Something New

Bluey has given us so many iconic moments, from the Grannies to everything that Muffin is. It would be easy for the movie to rehash old gags and inside jokes, but I think we all know the writers can do better. We want to see something that's brand new to the Bluey canon-a new gag, a new game, new characters, something new for us to fall in love with. I have absolutely no doubt that whatever the writers come up with will be absolute fire, I just hope they aren't restrained to rehash an old product. 

Same Animation

There's some weird tendency in animation that tries to tell us that digital 3D rendering is somehow better than 2D animation, as though the idea of older fashioned animation isn't worthy of the big screen. The animation in Bluey is simple but beautiful in its execution, giving us all the detail we need and the expression we want. If we have to see another weirdly 3D animated atrocity like what they did to Muppet Babies and Garfield I think we're going to skip. Keep Bluey looking like Bluey! 

Musical Number

This is probably the DisGeek inside me but I would give anything for this movie to be a musical. Big dance numbers with the characters, ear worms that I can sing while waiting in line at the pharmacy, and maybe a big emotional ballad a la Let It Go. I'd be disappointed if it was a jukebox musical Trolls style, I want something original, big and flashy. 

In fact, that's what I want for the whole movie. 

-JOE