Nit-pickers the world over will agree that we really don't need another film version of Treasure Island, we really don't need a futuristic version, either, and we really, really don't need an animated futuristic version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic novel.
So here it is. Treasure Planet is a visual extravaganza that embellishes the thrilling events of the original tale with futuristic creatures and machines. This is a wild, hyperactive adventure story, populated with wonderfully imaginative alien hybrids -- cycloptic, squishy, misshapen pirates, a cat-like sea captain, a dog-like professor, a pink blob of a house pet who can morph into anything. There's even a robot who speaks with Martin Short's voice.
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