Peter Rabbit

Don't get me wrong, I adore the character Peter Rabbit. However, I can't understand why adaptations like to depict Peter being barefoot when he wears shoes in the original story. Whatever the reason these adaptations (including the theatrical film) makes Peter this way, I think it's absurd.

Reading the reviews and the number of people that mention shoes. What about the fact they created a whole new character?!?

It's a good little series with energy and some very annoying songs and sayings that will likely haunt me long after my little one has grown up.

I have two issues with this. Firstly, generally speaking the show seems to glamourise thievery, vandalism and antisocial behaviour. We are supposed to cheer Peter and chums for stealing and harassing the older members of his community.

Secondly I'm irritated at the low quality of the animation. On first look it seems good almost photorealistic but the more you look at it the more you realise the textures are two-dimensional, low resolution and the movement of the characters is often disconnected from the scenery. It is like a cut scene from a video game from 20 years ago. Considering this is the BBC I would expect a more polished product.

On the whole, not good.

I've been knowing Peter Rabbit for 19 years. However, my interest in the character regained only a few years earlier. When I learned that Nick Jr. has a series featuring Peter and other characters from Beatrix Potter's books, I went on the web to know more. But when I saw an ad of the series online, I was a bit surprised that Peter is missing shoes. Why is Peter missing shoes? Could this indicate that whoever made the series read Potter's books in such a fast pace and didn't look at the illustrations hard enough. If I was the one supervising the creation of the series, I'd make sure Peter will have some dainty footwear. Peter wears shoes in the original books as well as in other adaptations that are more faithful. Portrayiing a character wearing something shouldn't be too difficult. Anyway, despite the discrepancy, I do enjoy the show a bit. I just can't say that I'm impressed.

I love Peter Rabbit. When I was a child, my parents read it to me and it captivated me. However when I read these reviews, it's clearly from adults who take life far too seriously!

My 1 year old son is entranced by this series and has the biggest smile when he hears the theme tune.

The stories are fun, educational and above all, young children love them - including my 1 year old son.

If adults don't like it, they should probably watch TV for their age and grow up a little.