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Blood and Honey" (What Have We Learned from Pooh Bear after 100 years in the 100 Acre Woods)?"

If the past 100 years are an indication of where children’s entertainment has been, then the summer release of “Blood and Honey” in 2023 gave us a glimpse of where it’s going.  Beloved children’s classics, like Winnie the Pooh by AA Milne, after they age to 100 become public domain and Pooh turned 100 in the year 2024 and British filmmaker Rhys Frake-Waterfield had devilish plans for Pooh.  Adult filmmakers who only see profits with no regard for preserving children’s stories (or children’s minds) will turn beloved characters like Winnie the Pooh into fodder; and pervert something pure and innocent into something sinister and evil.   

When I saw “Blood and Honey” on the marquee at my local movie theatre in 2023, I did a double take before shock and horror set in.  Then I researched the film and found out that in fact Winnie the Pooh, along with Piglet and Eeyore had in fact been hijacked and Disney couldn’t stop it!   The House of Mouse had lived through this nightmare once before with Mickey Mouse and friends, but not to the extent of “Blood and Honey” which has as many films planned as there are characters once they turn 100.  Tigger is next on the ‘chopping block’ in 2028 when he turns 100.   The British filmmaker turned Pooh into a murderer and Piglet as his accomplice in the 100 Acre Wood with Eeyore as the victim.  One can only imagine what type of criminal and demonic version of our beloved Tigger will be revealed in the sequel of “Blood and Honey” 2.  I refuse to pay money to someone who lacks creativity on his own to develop original characters; and instead bastardizes the beautiful characters in the 100 Acre Wood (Pooh, Piglet, Tigger, Owl, Kanga and Roo).  If this person can make a million dollars off “Blood and Honey”, what’s stopping him from creating as many sequels as there are characters in the 100 Acre Wood.  As a trained journalist, I am fully aware of the Second Amendment in our US Constitution that protects freedom of speech and expression; and people do not have to pay money to see these movies in the theatres.  Furthermore, there should be laws to protect literary classics like A.A. Milne’s “Winnie the Pooh from being tarnished, much like the protected works in the Smithsonian.   It is probably safe to assume that the same people who burn Bibles are probably the same ones who would destroy children’s classics such as those by A.A. Milne, “When We Were Young” – a book about his young son, Christopher Robin.  The book gives its readers a glimpse into the mind of a child as he plays and creates a world of imaginary characters.

There’s something very endearing and yet melancholy about one’s childhood days gone by, if one were blessed enough to have a wonderful family.  I was very blessed to have had both – to have been a child in a loving, Christian family; and to have been a part of my sister’s family in the care and nurturing of my niece and nephew when they were young.   In fact, I did introduce them to the beloved characters of the 100 Acre Wood, as well as my own with Pookey Tiger.  In the Disney movie “Christopher Robin” which debuted in 2018, his imaginary friends have a party to say goodbye, and they express remorse and frustration in not knowing where he is going.  I can’t help but think at this Easter season about the Last Supper between Jesus and his disciples. He told them the same thing – that he was leaving (for heaven) and going to prepare a place for them (John 14:2-4).   Thomas, one of the Twelve Disciples of Jesus, remarked in verse 5 that he and the other disciples didn’t know where he was going and certainly didn’t know where to find him.  Jesus replied, “I am the way, the truth and the life, and no man comes to the Father but through me.” (John 14:6).   The disciple Peter, brash like Tigger, exclaims that he’s going too – wherever Jesus goes. But Jesus tells the disciples, “Where I am going, you cannot come.” It’s because he hasn’t gone to the cross yet. The cross was like a rite of passage for Jesus. 

He became sin for us, even after living a perfect and sin-free life.  The victory lies in what happened after the cross.  He had foretold his disciples that he would rise again 3 days later, but they just couldn’t understand the gravity and reality of what Jesus was saying.  He couldn’t go back to his childhood with Mother Mary and Father Joseph; and he couldn’t go back to his heavenly Father.   Jesus left his shekinah glory behind to come to earth as a baby and live on earth as a man.  He endured the cross with the sins of all humanity upon his shoulders.   Once Jesus died, his last and final miracle was to conquer the grave and death.  When Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth and the life …” he is making a declaration to any child or adult who puts their faith and trust in Him that they too will be with him one day in paradise.  When a person makes a profession of faith in Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord, they are asking for all their sins to be forgiven.  If we were to use Winnie the Pooh as an example, he would need to ask forgiveness from eating all the honey out of every friend’s cupboard in the 100 Acre Wood, since taking someone else’s honey without their permission is considered stealing.  When Jesus was baptized by John the Baptist, a dove descended from heaven and God declared from heaven, “this is my Son in whom I am well pleased.”  We are to follow Him in baptism when we make a profession of faith in Jesus Christ; and then in a similar way, follow Him in believer’s baptism.  The person goes under the water, representing death, and raises to new life in Christ.  This is the greatest story ever told in the history of the world!  And we, as believers and followers of Jesus Christ, should focus our lives and efforts on telling as many people as we can the ‘Good News’ about Jesus to every man, woman and child.  And as Winnie the Pooh would say: “forever and ever” is how long I will love you, Christopher Robin.