(Originally posted on MySpace)
Walt Disney did.
Disney is a company that wrecks any classic it gets its claws into.
Let me elaborate.
Take, for instance, the 'classic' Disney film Alice in Wonderland.
I don't care that Tweedlydum and Tweedlydee appear in it, when technically they should not be in this film, because they are in Through the Mirror. I do care that the entire feel of the film is dumbed-down and sickly sweet. All the confusing and slightly scary stuff was taken out. The original book is full of things that children will probably not understand, but that makes it more interesting, even to children. If you understand all of it, what's left to wonder about?

And then there's Winnie the Pooh. Another childhood favourite of mine; in the original version (translated, though) of course.
Disney took out the poetry and replaced it by cheezy sentimentality. And the drawings are just ugly.
It's awful that a lot of people now think those drawings 'are' Winnie the Pooh, because they've never seen the real thing.
Look what they did to poor Christopher Robin! The way they changed his hair alone is enough to make him a totally different kid. They probably thought he looked too much like a girl.

Anything in which Pooh wears a red sweater is suspect! I will never, ever buy any Disneyfied Pooh stuff, because I like the original too much.

Let's face it: Disney slaughtered Pooh. Disney violated Alice. And no, the Lion King is NOT making up for it.

For a classic, to be Disneyfied generally means to be FUBAR. All girls look the same, as do all the handsome princes. All of the voices sound the same, too. And if the reality just isn't pretty enough, they pretty it up. Just one word: Pocahontas. 'Nuff said.

Disney is killing off the classics, one by one. Don't let them get away with it! Don't buy anything that depicts Pooh with a red sweater!