R.R. Bigman
Coolest Guy
I'm glad no one else made a general cartoon thread while I was absent.
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Drawing Lots and Lots of Little Pictures- A Cartoon Thread
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I really hope Rise of the TMNT gets renewed for another season. Haven't reached the end of Season 2 yet, but I'm hearing good things, and I've really enjoyed the ride thus far.
Mr. Sensible
Pitch and Putt Duffer
I watched Aladdin (1992) on Blu-ray this week. Still one of the best-looking 2D Disney feature films IMO. I know Return of Jafar was animated by Disney's Australian studio, but I'm curious about how that one (and the third movie, I guess) holds up.
jpfriction
(He, Him)
Yeah it’s pretty good, especially when it drives the narrative forward a bit. Both of Anne’s high school friends add a lot to the show. I can take or leave Hop-Hop et al most of the time, though. I liked the Gravity Falls throwback episode.
My daughter actually likes it better than owl house. She’s 5 so I’ll forgive her for now.
I wish Owl House were on D+, but it ain’t so here I sit, not watching it.
But on the subject of D+ shows I am sitting here and watching, I started Big City Greens, as Caldwell Tanner keeps pushing it, and I’ve grown to like the cut of that guys gib over the course of the summer.
S’good! Got more than a few genuine chuckles out of me per episode
But on the subject of D+ shows I am sitting here and watching, I started Big City Greens, as Caldwell Tanner keeps pushing it, and I’ve grown to like the cut of that guys gib over the course of the summer.
S’good! Got more than a few genuine chuckles out of me per episode
R.R. Bigman
Coolest Guy
I finished watching Extreme Ghostbusters. It's a bummer there was only one season. Much like with Reboot, I wish I had given it a chance as a kid.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Since I suspect a lot of the original cartoon wouldn't hold up for me, I'm not super excited but its nice that the pleasant old actors get to hang out with each other. Also, Jess Harnell looks like he's Weird Al's stunt double.
As the Spookems Season is nigh, I’ve resumed watching the various Ghostbusters’ cartoons.
Last night as Extreme Ghostbusters, with an episode which was a homage to Goosebumps and Hellraiser as a beloved children’s horror writer finds that the excessively terrifying Cenobite esque Monsters he was writing about have Become Real, given him the power to make whatever he writes become real, and strapped him to a weird flesh prison and force him to write stories about them kidnapping and mutilating innocent people into more cenobites.
It was quite a lot to put into a cartoon for 8-10year olds
Last night as Extreme Ghostbusters, with an episode which was a homage to Goosebumps and Hellraiser as a beloved children’s horror writer finds that the excessively terrifying Cenobite esque Monsters he was writing about have Become Real, given him the power to make whatever he writes become real, and strapped him to a weird flesh prison and force him to write stories about them kidnapping and mutilating innocent people into more cenobites.
It was quite a lot to put into a cartoon for 8-10year olds
R.R. Bigman
Coolest Guy
Primal comes back tonight. Or should I say it came back in April since episode six premiered then with no warning and I had no idea until last night!? I looked on Sling, Adult Swim's site and iTunes and you can't watch that episode anywhere! (sad caveman noise)
jpfriction
(He, Him)
According to wikipedia that was actually episode 7 and was aired as an april fool’s prank? Should show up again in this set.
Between watching this and trying to get caught up on NADDPOD, I’m forced to wonder how much of the one leaked into the other; it’s basically Crick Elves: The Animated Series
jpfriction
(He, Him)
Who had “weird Beetlejuice cameo on teen titans go” on the old 2020 bingo card?
Holy shit. That is awesome.
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
Apple TV + has exclusive rights to the Peanuts holiday specials now.
R.R. Bigman
Coolest Guy
That last Primal was a real surprise!
That a much more advanced people and civilization with language, cooking, religions, boats, etc, exists alongside crazy Monster World is something I was not expecting. Spear even spoke a word!
I recently gained access to this show, and it is indeed really good! Thanks for the recommendation, Tegan!
Urgh, I think this looks bad to be honest. Something about that rubbery animation style doesn't worked transposed to clean digital graphics. And I'm not sure I could tolerate a show consisting entirely smug meta-gags these days.
I've seen some OG Animaniacs recently and it didn't hold up particularly well for me, I found it quite obnoxious and not all that funny. I think some individual segments might hold up better than the main Warners stuff though (like Pinky & The brain)
OTOH I watched the Tiny Toons Halloween Special "Night Ghoulery" on a stream a couple of weeks ago and it was actually great, some surprisingly sharp parodies and they really went all out with the animation, it looks fantastic. Comparable with the better Treehouse Of Horrors.
R.R. Bigman
Coolest Guy
According to some vague sources, Season 2 of Thundercats 2011 would have had
I've been watching the original 1985 Thundercats, and I think I like it more than the 2011 series. It's very silly, and no one can punch anybody, but I think it's charming. '85 Panthro is one million times cooler than '11 Panthro.
a ten year time skip at some point, with Lion-O getting trapped in the Book of Omens and emerging to find Mummra had all but taken over. Then he would hook up with a now grown Wilykit, so maybe it's for the best the show ended where it did.
I've been watching the original 1985 Thundercats, and I think I like it more than the 2011 series. It's very silly, and no one can punch anybody, but I think it's charming. '85 Panthro is one million times cooler than '11 Panthro.
That sounds a lot like the comic from... was it Wildstorm?
My gut says Dreamwave, Wildstorm, to my knowledge, didn’t work with adaptations so much
Consider my gut *schooled*
Johnny Unusual
(He/Him)
I was unhappy when the Peanuts Holiday Specials became Apple+ exclusives but the good news is they are now also going to air on PBS.
R.R. Bigman
Coolest Guy
I am relieved that those plot ideas I’d heard were just from some Really Bizarre comic I never want to think about ever again.
jpfriction
(He, Him)
Adventure Time Distant Lands ep 2 is out on Hbo Max and super cute.
Violentvixen
(She/Her)
I loved the original show so I am 100% in for this reboot. I don't have Hulu but there's probably a free trial or something. Glad all the new episodes come out at once, sounds like a good thing to watch over the long Thanksgiving weekend!
TOMORRRROOOOOOOOOOW
I'm ultra-maximum hyped for Onyx Equinox. It has a chingo of Latinx talent (particularly Mex talent, natch) and it oozes care and attention to the myths and legends. Yeah, it appears to be "Avatar, but Mesoamerican", at least on the surface, but even if it were exactly that to the core I'd still have zero complaints with such a concept.
I have no idea if Crunchy will drop the whole thing tomorrow, or if it'll be weekly episodes, but man, if it's the former, it'll be hard not to binge it in one go.
I'm ultra-maximum hyped for Onyx Equinox. It has a chingo of Latinx talent (particularly Mex talent, natch) and it oozes care and attention to the myths and legends. Yeah, it appears to be "Avatar, but Mesoamerican", at least on the surface, but even if it were exactly that to the core I'd still have zero complaints with such a concept.
I have no idea if Crunchy will drop the whole thing tomorrow, or if it'll be weekly episodes, but man, if it's the former, it'll be hard not to binge it in one go.
R.R. Bigman
Coolest Guy
King of the Hill is quite good. It may even be very good! All those youtube clips I've seen over the years were on to something!
I just watched an episode about Nascar and fans wanting crashes, with Special Guest Dale Earnhardt. It was an early one so Sr., not Jr. It was uncomfortable. Not quite as uniquely uncomfortable as the scene in Mighty Ducks when Emilio Estevez is teaching the kids, including a young Jussie Smollet, how to fake being hurt, but it's something.
I just watched an episode about Nascar and fans wanting crashes, with Special Guest Dale Earnhardt. It was an early one so Sr., not Jr. It was uncomfortable. Not quite as uniquely uncomfortable as the scene in Mighty Ducks when Emilio Estevez is teaching the kids, including a young Jussie Smollet, how to fake being hurt, but it's something.
Okay, now you've got me curious.