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Post by mtw12055 on Jul 21, 2013 21:30:55 GMT -5
The Brave Little Toaster is a fine motion picture, and has been an all-time favorite of mine for most of my life. I have the same view of the sequels that you seem to have, though. I wouldn't make an especially strong effort to obtain a copy of The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars if I were you, but instead you might want to read the book by Thomas M. Disch on which The Brave Little Toaster was based: www.goodreads.com/book/show/938625.The_Brave_Little_Toaster?ac=1 I'm actually watching it right now. I think it's just barely better than "Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue". Not that that's saying much. It at least has one or two decent lines. But overall, I'm not getting into it. I see that it has a lot of the same problems that the other sequel has. Thanks for the link to the book! I'll have to check that out.
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Post by rascalstooge on Jul 22, 2013 13:36:14 GMT -5
Rocky and Bullwinkle, Fleischer-era Popeye, South Park, Family Guy, Heckle and Jeckle, Rugrats-the early years. Those are the only ones I can think of for now.
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Post by john16 on Dec 10, 2013 22:52:25 GMT -5
Here are mine.
Looney Tunes Disney Woody Woodpecker Tom & Jerry Droopy Popeye Pink Panther Casper Felix The Cat Hermen & Katnip Little Lulu Betty Boop The Flintstones Yogi Bear Huckleberry Hound Scooby Doo The Archies The Simpsons Ren & Stimpy Beavis & Butthead South Park Family Guy The Oddball Couple Baggy Pants & The Nitwits Peanuts BC The Family Circus Garfield Dennis The Menace Rocky & Bullwinkle Captain Caveman Top Cat The Perils of Penelope Pitstop The SuperFriends Spider Man Fat Albert & The Cosby Kids
Does anyone remember The Oddball Couple or Baggy Pants & The Nitwits? Both shows came out in the 1970s.
The Oddball Couple was a take off of The Odd Couple,starring a chubby dog named Fleabag,and,a skinny blue cat named Spiffy,who was voiced by Frank Nelson.
The first half of Baggy Pants & The Nitwits,starred a mute cat named Baggy Pants,who looked remarkabley like Spiffy,and was a take off of Charlie Chaplin.He was regularly bullied and chased by a large heavy bulldog like character. The second half starred talking characters Tyrone and Gladys,who were crime fighters.Tyrone was supposed to be a super hero.But it appeared the real super hero was Gladys,who often came to Tyrone's rescue by beating the villians with her handbag.
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Post by mtw12055 on Dec 11, 2013 3:37:15 GMT -5
Disney - Be it the classic Mickey Mouse and co. shorts or the well-known feature films. Disney almost always managed to use all of the aspects of a good story - great characters, humor that appeals to everyone (and doesn't involve bad jokes), etc. Most of the Disney features include at least one obligatory tear-jerk moment. Not to mention the stellar animation.
Pixar - Has pretty much the same aspects of the Disney films, except animated by computers - and occasionally an all-star celebrity voice cast. Pixar films are much better than Dreamworks films, IMO (though I consider "Shrek 2" a classic).
Don Bluth - At least his 1980's films. These also have much of the same aspects of Disney works, but often with a darker tone.
Warner Brothers (Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies), as well as similar TV series ("Tiny Toon Adventures", "Animaniacs") - Mixes the off-the-wall humor of the Marx Bros. with animation.
Hanna-Barbera - More specifically the 1950's/1960's TV series ("Huckleberry Hound", "Yogi Bear and Boo Boo", "Quick Draw McGraw", "Flintstones", "Top Cat", etc.). Despite having limited animation and bad jokes, these cartoons did have genuinely appealing characters characters. Not to mention the voice talents of Daws Butler and Don Messick.
Nickelodeon cartoons (from the 1990's and very early 2000's). Watched several of these growing up, so they certainly stand out.
Family Guy - Prior to its 2002 cancellation, anyway. Afterwards, the humor was more hit-and-miss. Maybe not a favorite, but I thought I'd mention it.
South Park - Despite its unlikable character and occasional overboard humor, this series always manages to nail satire. Again, not a favorite, but worth mentioning.
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Post by Buppster on Feb 27, 2018 8:05:01 GMT -5
As a small boy I was a huge admirer of Bamm Bamm Rubble in The Flintstones. I went through a period of hitting everything within reach with a piece of wood that I carried around with me everywhere that I went, (who says that TV doesn't influence kids?). Then Hanna Barbera spoiled things for me with the appalling and misguided Pebbles And Bamm Bamm Show, in which Bamm Bamm had morphed into a hulking idiot. I think that soured my pleasure in cartoons and I've never really watched many of them since.
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Post by Buppster on Mar 12, 2018 7:58:15 GMT -5
Quite by accident, a couple of days ago, I stumbled across a pretty strange cartoon series called Fat Dog Mendoza, which I'd previously never heard of. If you live in the USA you probbaly won't have heard of it either as it was apparently never aired there. Wikipedia: Fat Dog MendozaI've watched four episodes of it so far (it ran for two seasons, 26 episodes in total). I'm not sure whether I like it a lot or not, it certainly has a quality about it that has encouraged me to watch more episodes but, I don't know it's hard to define, except to say it's surreal and different. According to the list on Wikipedia this is the first episode but there's no attempt to introduce the characters or give the viewer any backstory about them at all.
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Post by imnotallenhoskins on Mar 12, 2018 17:53:26 GMT -5
In addition to the perennial favorites already mentioned I am a big fan of stop motion animation: the special effects work of Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen, George Pal's Puppetoons and Art Clokey's Gumby. CGI can't match the otherworldly weirdness of stop-motion. While certain defects are inherent to stop-motion the bland mechanical perfection of CGI is no improvement.
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Post by Buppster on Mar 12, 2018 19:07:28 GMT -5
Frank Zappa's music video for City Of Tiny Lights out me off 'Claymation' for life.
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Post by Buppster on Mar 13, 2018 10:25:22 GMT -5
An hallucinogenic nightmare in clay.
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Post by Buppster on Mar 13, 2018 10:30:38 GMT -5
Not nightmarish enough for you? I really don't like claymation.
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