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Post by chronotigger65 on Apr 6, 2018 20:27:53 GMT -5
I'm going for The Legend of Prince Valiant on the then called Family Channel in the day. Lasted only two seasons but had a pretty decent story. One read that Pat Robinson of the 700 Club was somehow responsible for its cancellation.
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Post by jorpho on Apr 7, 2018 19:00:52 GMT -5
Say, has anyone here ever watched the Valerian cartoon series? It never really came up when the movie was being hyped. And I for one rather liked the movie.
And speaking of things that were cancelled by religious folks, I do remember catching the first few episodes of God, The Devil, and Bob. I happened to fish the DVD out of the bargain bin not so long ago; I should watch it at some point. I did get around to the first season of Rick and Morty recently, and now that I think about it, there are some curious parallels.
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Post by kaoru on Apr 7, 2018 19:45:28 GMT -5
Can we include movies? Because there is this little cat detective one, which absolutely blew my 13(ish) year old mind when I caught it on TV back in the 90s. But it is in a weird spot of not being for kids, teens and adults not giving a cartoon with talking cats a second look, and I don't think the book series it is based on is all that well known to begin with.
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Post by edmonddantes on Apr 8, 2018 2:19:52 GMT -5
I do remember the actual Attack of the Killer Tomatoes. With that catchy intro song, and the cute girl who was... a tomato?! That would be Tara, a character introduced in Return of the Killer Tomatoes (actually, the cartoon is more based on Return than the original Attack--characters like Fuzzy Tomato, Chad, and Professor Gangrene were introduced in Return). Gangrene was played by John Astin, and is the best mad scientist ever. I think Astin actually did his voice in the cartoon too. Some of the details changed from movie to cartoon, obviously, and being a massive nerd I know all this stuff... Gangrene's first name was Mortimer in the movies, Putrid T. in the cartoon (I can only assume the T stands for Tomato). Tara and Chad were in their early 20s and Tara's behavior makes it clear that she was made as something of a combination maid/sex doll (for some reason she has an obsession with toast too) though Gangrene also had a plan to use tomatoes to create an army of rambo-looking soldiers. Movie!Tara transforms when hearing certain music, as opposed to salt and pepper being responsible. Apparently the cartoon had a second season where the tomatoes took over and Gangrene was working with the good guys, sort of in a weird tomatoey version of Sonic SatAM. This especially makes me wish for a DVD release because I've never seen these episodes. I saw the Rambo cartoon recently (after seeing the movies and reading the original novel) and... well, color me shocked that it didn't bother me all that much, in fact it was kinda fun.
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Post by Maciej Miszczyk on Apr 9, 2018 11:28:37 GMT -5
Can we include movies? Because there is this little cat detective one, which absolutely blew my 13(ish) year old mind when I caught it on TV back in the 90s. But it is in a weird spot of not being for kids, teens and adults not giving a cartoon with talking cats a second look, and I don't think the book series it is based on is all that well known to begin with. I remember that one. IIRC it used to be more well-known (at least in Europe, and also partially because it was a violent film noir starring talking cats), but it fell into obscurity as time went on
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Post by kaoru on Apr 13, 2018 6:35:38 GMT -5
I remember that one. IIRC it used to be more well-known (at least in Europe, and also partially because it was a violent film noir starring talking cats), but it fell into obscurity as time went on Must have missed that time then, since I'm even from the film's origin country.
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Post by Woody Alien on Apr 23, 2018 5:32:43 GMT -5
On the topic of underappreciated cartoon movies, I'd include "Monster House" (2006). It seems to have been forgotten, but it's a pretty great throwback to those horror movies with/for kids that were being made in the 80s and that aren't being made anymore. (e.g. The Monster Squad, The Gate, etc.) Plus it's not afraid of being dark and disturbing at times, while still remaining kid-friendly throughout.
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Post by KGRAMR on Apr 23, 2018 9:51:25 GMT -5
Can we include movies? Because there is this little cat detective one, which absolutely blew my 13(ish) year old mind when I caught it on TV back in the 90s. But it is in a weird spot of not being for kids, teens and adults not giving a cartoon with talking cats a second look, and I don't think the book series it is based on is all that well known to begin with. I remember that one. IIRC it used to be more well-known (at least in Europe, and also partially because it was a violent film noir starring talking cats), but it fell into obscurity as time went on Felidae is one thing but The Plague Dogs is something you couldn't even re-release today. It's screwed up beyond belief, moreso than Watership Down.
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Post by edmonddantes on Apr 23, 2018 20:39:22 GMT -5
I thought Plague Dogs DID get re-released some time ago? I never bought the DVD but probably should have (I love the animated Watership Down)
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Post by Maciej Miszczyk on Apr 24, 2018 0:14:42 GMT -5
Plague Dogs was really good though. so was Watership Down. IIRC they were made by the same people, I wonder what they did after that
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Post by KGRAMR on Apr 24, 2018 13:36:58 GMT -5
I thought Plague Dogs DID get re-released some time ago? I never bought the DVD but probably should have (I love the animated Watership Down) I would be amazed if it somehow did get a re-release.
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Post by kaoru on Apr 24, 2018 13:47:39 GMT -5
Plague Dogs was put on DVD in several European countries in the mid to late 2000s. The British one should still be readily available for cheap.
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Post by KGRAMR on Apr 24, 2018 18:48:55 GMT -5
Plague Dogs was put on DVD in several European countries in the mid to late 2000s. The British one should still be readily available for cheap. Even so, nothing like this would be created again. This is something from a long gone era now, where you could show really fucked up stuff to the audience...and they rocked for doing so!
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Post by steven on May 20, 2018 11:10:40 GMT -5
Mighty Max is easily my favorite ‘90s cartoon. Still waiting for an official dvd set. Show was so damn fun and versatile.
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Post by eatersthemanfool on May 20, 2018 21:46:34 GMT -5
I have strong feelings towards old feature length fucked up animations like Plague Dogs, Watership Down, Wizards, American Pop, Fritz the Cat, that sort of thing.
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