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Drawing Lots and Lots of Little Pictures- A Cartoon Thread

jpfriction

(He, Him)
The 2017 one appears to have spider gwen as a regular character so that’s a plus. Maybe I’ll check it out.

Ultimate apparently had a dedicated fan base but I couldn’t get into it at all. I remember a lot of team ups and a lot of cutaway gags.

Spectacular is certainly the pinnacle. Just listened to the theme song and was grinning ear to ear, need to rewatch that show.
 

Octopus Prime

Mysterious Contraption
(He/Him)
I remember watching Ultimate and thinking it averaged out to being Watchable, being hot on the heels of Spectacular was it was, however, did it no favors.
 

FelixSH

(He/Him)
I watched the first few of the Marvels 2017 show, and it is fine. Not spectacular (yes, I'm very proud of myself), but fun enough. There is a good amount of Peter juggling too much stuff at once, and I don't think it was ever that hard, seeing his and Harrys friendship slowly breaking under the pressure. Also, actually hard to watch for me, stuff like this always makes me sad.

Elsewise, it's hard to describe what it is, exactly, that doesn't work as well as in Spectacular. All I can come up with is, that it has less soul, which is extremely unhelpful. Dunno, it feels more artificial, I guess, with less funny quips that feel more forced and written, I guess. The whole thing feels less real.

Anyway, it's fun enough. Does scratch the itch for me.
 

FelixSH

(He/Him)
just let it die
Agreed. That said, I'm not the biggest fan of the show anyway (except for the first season, that I like a lot, plus a handful of absolutely beautiful episodes) - like it well enough, but it's not something I would seek out. And the few seasons, that were created after a break of a few years, were pretty weak, I thought.

But I hope it will be well made and fun for the people who want to watch it.
 

ArugulaZ

Fearful asymmetry
I like Futurama, but reviving it again after it was neatly wrapped up with a time loop (both science-fictiony, and it explains all the reruns!) just feels unnecessary. Show a little respect for the series and its fans... don't turn Futurama into another Zombie Simpsons.
 

madhair60

Video games
the movies and comedy central episodes were so godawful that I don't trust this to be anything worthwhile but still, maybe they'll absolutely nail the scripts

they won't, though. They'll do covid jokes
 

lincolnic

can stop, will stop
(he/him)
the movies and comedy central episodes were so godawful that I don't trust this to be anything worthwhile but still, maybe they'll absolutely nail the scripts

they won't, though. They'll do covid jokes
Ah fuck, I was ready to be mildly excited about this until I read your post, because you're right.
 

jpfriction

(He, Him)
the movies and comedy central episodes were so godawful that I don't trust this to be anything worthwhile but still, maybe they'll absolutely nail the scripts

they won't, though. They'll do covid jokes
There were two or so good episodes and you damn well know it. With that kind of hit rate we can’t lose.
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
I guess I don't have the energy for "Futurama? Aw fuck. " takes and don't get why it is such a bummer for people. I mean, I was fine leaving as is as there's lots of other great things to watch but I'm also not actively bothered because there are other great things to watch.

Of course, I did enjoy a lot of Comedy Central seasons (and when I remember the bad takes jokes the later Simpsons are known for, my mind mostly goes to the Fox era, though I have no doubt both eras are full of bad ideas). The Late Phillip J. Fry is an all-time favourite and I remember really enjoying Meanwhile.

To me, the problem is the conspicuous absence of John DiMaggio and I feel like once again Fox is trying to spook voice actors for cheaper pay or some bullshit like they did with the first Futurama revival or that time they tried to low ball Harry Shearer.
 

ArugulaZ

Fearful asymmetry
Law and Oracle had some pretty great moments, too. Original concept (albeit one building on previous franchises like Police Academy and Minority Report) and of course, some of those jokes hit the bullseye and make the whole damn target explode.

"Do you have any idea WHAT it's like to know the punchline to every joke hours in advance?"
"Like watching Leno!"

Madhair is right, though... this series set a thousand years from now is once again going to be weirdly topical, like the Comedy Central episodes about gay marriage and iPhones and social media and racing both fast and furious and Barack Obama and 3D printing. (Those were the worst episodes of post-FOX Futurama, by the way, and there were so many of them. You're not South Park, for pity's sake.)
 

jpfriction

(He, Him)
If it ends up at least as good as Disenchanment (not a high bar to clear) I’ll apparently watch at least three seasons of it, so I’m an easy mark.

The Dimaggio stuff feels a bit like a publicity stunt, especially since he is still actively in the Groening ecosystem. Get people talking about it before they inevitably strike a deal at the last minute.
 

Johnny Unusual

(He/Him)
The Dimaggio stuff feels a bit like a publicity stunt, especially since he is still actively in the Groening ecosystem. Get people talking about it before they inevitably strike a deal at the last minute.
Mostly, I don't like the producers fucking around with the talent, which is what I think is happening. It isn't the first time. He's definitely coming back but I think we don't need the song and dance.
 

madhair60

Video games
nah its fake as fuck to get attention, he'll be back making their ROVID-19 jokes (a version of covid that affects robots)
 

madhair60

Video games
Oh and it's expelled through the ass so it becomes about wearing ass-ks and then you get anti-asskers or something. Idk.
 

ArugulaZ

Fearful asymmetry
If they wanted to have fun with the absence of Bender, the writers would have a running joke about Planet Express auditioning a new robot every week to replace him. One episode has the Bea Arthur bot from Amazon Women in the Mood (recast, obviously), another has the Crushinator, etc. These segments would likely comprise a small portion of the running time, maybe a few minutes at most.

Bonus points if they actually got John DiMaggio to voice all of these substitute robots, but not Bender, who doesn't return.
 

ArugulaZ

Fearful asymmetry

I never even liked the old Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers series, and I still think this doesn't do it justice. The trailer for this film spends so much time winking at the audience (ie a Where Are They Now? opener, Dale going in for a CGI facelift, etc.) that I'm tempted to hand it a bottle of eyedrops.
 

Sprite

(He/Him/His)
Thanks I hate it

I get the feeling this is the salvaged remains of the Roger Rabbit sequel that got scrapped a while back. Making one of them CG and the other one not is extremely cursed.
Cross-posting from the trailer thread.
 

Exposition Owl

more posts about buildings and food
(he/him/his)
This is a little piece called “Pass the Ball.” The idea is that each participant did three seconds of animation involving a ball, and then chose another animator living in a different country to do the next three seconds. Enjoy!

 

jpfriction

(He, Him)
New Cuphead show on netflix seems promising after the first episode. Certainly has the right look.

Cuphead and Mugman themselves are kind of annoying as hell, but they are the stars of a kid’s show so I was expecting that.
 
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