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Animaniacs (2020) |OT| A Totally Insane-y Reboot
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Went up to the first part of episode 5.
I was all "WTF?!" when Chicken Boo emerged from his hunter disguise. Not Chicken Boo himself, but rather the disturbing way he emerged. And was nice seeing almost the rest of the Animaniacs cast.
Computer animation will never replace traditional animation but other than that the writing in this is perfect Episode 5 was spectacular.
I love how when the warners ask the hunter if he got EVERYONE in the original cast, he looked over at the candle display lol. Not sure why the mime was shown captured he appeared a few episodes prior in the reboot.
Holy shit I didn't even catch the "white washing" reference with her painting that fence. So good.
My kids are already familiar with the originals so they were especially excited for these, this actually made me realize how damn old I am, my kids are around the same age I was when the original show premiered.
This is the greatest reboot ever. It's like it never went off the air.
What did everyone think of
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What did everyone think of
Starbox and Cindy
I think it's very mixed, imo. The first episode did nothing for me. The episodes after that are better, and every once in a while there's a joke that gets a hearty laugh for me.
"No squatters until after the games are over ...that's when the urban decay sets in" lmao
"No squatters until after the games are over ...that's when the urban decay sets in" lmao
all of the new segments they introduced were unfortunately very miss for me so far. things that go bump in the night was an obvious space filler but starbox and cindy and the incredible gnome were both pretty flat concepts. i like the idea of starbox andcindy but like it didnt feel particularly standout, just borderline experimental (with having a young girl do this completely off-the-wall audio while an alien tries to escape her to get to a button) which isnt really enough to sell me on it being recurring if thats the plan. i do want to see them do new segment concepts but so far, like the original animaniacs theyre all pretty miss.
Glad I'm not the only one. I read a couple this morning that were borderline negative. Then I saw the reactions here were pretty positive. I watched the first episode and loved it. Now I just saw a pretty scathing review that called it mean and said that the original was "simplistic". It's like they found people who had zero understanding of the original to write these reviews.
I only watched the first two episodes, but Dot sounds really different, and her pitch in the opening is quite different, as well.
I thought Starbox was fine, but ADORED the screaming mouth gnome. Like I want him in every episode.
Yeah, this is pretty great, I gotta say.
I hope this opens the door for similar cartoon revivals of this quality!
I hope this opens the door for similar cartoon revivals of this quality!
I felt all of the Warner and Pinky and the Brain stuff was very strong, but the new segments were huge misses. I feel like a stronger use of the concept they were going for with Starbox and Cindy would have been to just animate whatever crazy incoherent shit the little girl said instead of just having it be white noise completely unrelated to the action on screen.
theyre 20 years older, they can only keep the voices so similar after decades of not voicing them
yeah i was kind of surprised to see so little of the original staff on board. a lot of the new guys are great though and i know a lot of them from their prior works
Starbox and Cindy seemed like a blend of Buttons and Mindy and Elmyra, with the negative qualities of Cindy and Elmyra strained out.
The Gnome was the Obama anger translator.
The Gnome was the Obama anger translator.
I'm guessing the "not zany enough" is due to the animation being computer based? It's not a fluid, bouncy and lively as the oldschool way.
honestly the animation was crazy good for tv animation? might be a unpopular opinion but i think it looks better than the original in terms of how it was animated for someone who has no nostalgia for the original
I haven't finished it but It's a Zit has to be the best musical number. There's no way they topped that, right?
It's just subtle things with framing their movements that effect the complete presentation, like when they pop their heads back into view in the intro. Notice in the original, the frames to capture the motions are more exaggerated compared to the modern version.
There are literally tonnes of references to older episodes. Don't skip the 90s seasons.
It's just subtle things with framing their movements that effect the complete presentation, like when they pop their heads back into view in the intro. Notice in the original, the frames to capture the motions are more exaggerated compared to the modern version.
If you literally go through the frames on the new one you'll find this.
If you literally go through the frames on the new one you'll find this.
Yeah nothing is gonna beat TMS' operating with WB's deep pockets for television animation in the 90s but this is completely fine work considering the budget this staff likely had to work with.
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Quick Question: Is the bunny rancher supposed to be based on someone? Because he looks like Stephen King, and last time I've checked, I can't recall him writing a horror story about killer rabbits.
Oh man! This guy had been getting a lot of roles lately!
And Wakko looks weird without his hat.
And Wakko looks weird without his hat.
they missed out, i think thats why tiny toons reboot is going on hbomax
The entire segment was about the head of the NRA Wayne LaPierre.
The "Bun Violence" should have been a dead giveaway.
I gotta say it totally flew over my head. But I've stayed far far away from NRA stuff so I don't feel too bad about it. I just finished episode 6 and I'm already planning a rewatch.
I just saw that but before I had to go to work. LOVED that bit!
