The live-action Peter, played by Jeremy Sumpter, is similar on the surface, but he’s more wild, and more blood-thirsty when seeking to fight Captain Hook. The animated Peter, voiced by Bobby Driscoll, is a cocky carefree boy who is simply out to have fun. Gone is the Robin Hood tunic, replaced with a garment made of leaves and thatch. Pan and all the Lost Boys appear more feral in the live-action version, but it’s Peter who seems the most changed. When Peter and Wendy argue (and cross swords), one of them even complains that “Mother and Father are fighting again”, as children sometimes do when their actual parents argue. In Hogan’s, the request seems to come as a need these are boys who have lost their parents, and though they can fend for themselves in Neverland, they’re desperate for the care of a parent. They’re happy to have adventures in both versions, and ask Wendy to be their “mother” in both versions but in Disney’s version it seems more like a bit of play, a game of house. In Disney’s version, the Lost Boys are a lot more Boys than Lost. The most obvious difference between the two films - well, besides one being animated and the other live-action - is in the portrayal of the children, particularly Peter and the Lost Boys. But while there are inevitable similarities, due to the same source material, these are still two very different films. Plus, it’s clear that while Hogan was trying to be a bit truer to the book, he also paid homage to the Disney version in some ways, indicating a degree of respect for the earlier film. Darker and edgier than Disney’s version still leaves plenty of room to be light and fluffy. I remember that when Hogan’s film was being advertised, there was a perception among several people that it was going to be a “darker and edgier” take on the story this is certainly true, but it’s not particularly meaningful. Though I’ll grant I haven’t re-watched the cartoon version recently, it was one of many Disney features that were watched multiple times in my childhood, and sticks in the memory fairly well (and I have seen it as an adult at least once). Hogan, and I decided to watch it and see not just how good it was, but how it compared to the 1953 Disney animated feature. Starz Kids & Family is currently showing the 2003 live-action version of Peter Pan, directed by P.J.