Unpopular Opinions About Western Animation

Jewelsmakerguy said:
Shows like TTA and Animaniacs were extremely obvious in how they shows off which studio did which episode (or segment). It's a wonder how or even why they would hire a studio like Kennedy's, AKOM or Freelance Animators New Zealand.
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I dunno...

AKOM did fine with Goodfeathers and Pinky and the Brain, especially when it had its own show.

And Freelance is okay with Warners. I like the bouncy design. Plus they animated Survey Ladies. That's an automatic plus for me.
 
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The Pink Panther said:
I dunno...

AKOM did fine with Goodfeathers and Pinky and the Brain, especially when it had its own show.

And Freelance is okay with Warners....
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I disagree, after watching Chalkboard Bungle, I'd say Freelance was absolutely horrible with the Warners. And were only just "passable" when they were trying with them.

Also, is it wrong to think that I felt that TMS's work would look over-animated/trying too hard in spots?
 
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Jewelsmakerguy said:
I disagree, after watching Chalkboard Bungle, I'd say Freelance was absolutely horrible with the Warners. And were only just "passable" when they were trying with them.
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Thats my unpopular opinion then. The only character I think they fucked up on was Plotz.

Jewelsmakerguy said:
Also, is it wrong to think that I felt that TMS's work would look over-animated/trying too hard in spots?
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Trying too hard? Basic output. If you wanna see below average TMS animation that is toned down, Roll Over Beethoven is for you. TMS is peak Animaniacs, as well as Startoons.
 
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Jewelsmakerguy said:
I disagree, after watching Chalkboard Bungle, I'd say Freelance was absolutely horrible with the Warners. And were only just "passable" when they were trying with them.
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Probably didn't help that Freelance was technically a school than a full-fledged studio.

Also, is it wrong to think that I felt that TMS's work would look over-animated/trying too hard in spots?
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You're not alone in that opinion. Some have noticed how TMS tend to do that a lot in their episodes.
 
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Jewelsmakerguy said:
Shows like TTA and Animaniacs were extremely obvious in how they shows off which studio did which episode (or segment). It's a wonder how or even why they would hire a studio like Kennedy's, AKOM or Freelance Animators New Zealand.
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When you're producing 65 episodes a season it's hard to discriminate.
 
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1. Darkwing Duck not only aged the best between it, Ducktales, and Goof Troop (seriously, I'm sure GT only gets talked about on the 'net from all the porn with Pete's wife) but was the one that most deserved a reboot. Speaking of reboots, I've been underwhelmed by the tone of Ducktales 2017 (in a nutshell, the characters come off as not really taking what they do seriously).

2. Star vs. The Forces of Evil should have either never tried to be anything other than wacky shenanigans or the showrunners should have planned out a show bible with the world, politics, characters etc. ahead of time (if only to make the dindunuffin characterization they pulled with monsters more credible rather than at odds with all the mustache twirling supervillainy we see). Even then, the show never got any better than Toffee's (who with Ludo made a nice villain team, much better than later villians) big scene and sendoff. I can go more into problems with the plot and/or setting but this isn't the thread for that I'm sure.

3. The production version of Frozen was more interesting than what we got.

4. The Loud House is just a meme cartoon that became a meme from the girls.
 
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Sayon said:
2. Star vs. The Forces of Evil should have never tried to be anything other than wacky shenanigans that were actually funny (they're not - it's mostly weeb/fanfiction-level BS) and this show is only good for what Ludo and Toffee did together.

4. The Loud House is just a rather mediocre-to-unfortunately-crappy cartoon that's only watched for the girls and not much else.
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I'm sure you'll disagree, but - FTFY.
 
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1. Darkwing Duck not only aged the best between it, Ducktales, and Goof Troop (seriously, I'm sure GT only gets talked about on the 'net from all the porn with Pete's wife) but was the one that most deserved a reboot. Speaking of reboots, I've been underwhelmed by the tone of Ducktales 2017 (in a nutshell, the characters come off as not really taking what they do seriously).

2. Star vs. The Forces of Evil should have either never tried to be anything other than wacky shenanigans or the showrunners should have planned out a show bible with the world, politics, characters etc. ahead of time (if only to make the dindunuffin characterization they pulled with monsters more credible rather than at odds with all the mustache twirling supervillainy we see). Even then, the show never got any better than Toffee's (who with Ludo made a nice villain team, much better than later villians) big scene and sendoff. I can go more into problems with the plot and/or setting but this isn't the thread for that I'm sure.

3. The production version of Frozen was more interesting than what we got.

4. The Loud House is just a meme cartoon that became a meme from the girls.
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Loud House looks ugly as shit.
 
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The Larry Scwartz directed shows from Nicktoons are underrated and over looked. They were pretty inventive for their time, but unfortunately couldn’t quite hit the mark due to early Flash animation.
Three Delivery is pretty good and had a unique enough art style to set it apart from other Nick shows. It could very easily be a cult classic if the animation was better done and if the show had more circulation.
Speed Racer: The Next Generation was essentially marketing for the film, yet made it’s own thing of it. If you grew up with the original anime like me, you can tell it was made by people who actually cared.
Kappa Mikey is worth at least looking at for the buttfuck insanity of it’s premise. A dude from America, voiced by Dean Venture, goes to Japan to star in Anime. He looks like a western flash cartoon, everyone else looks like a old school(ish) anime character. It makes fun of anime a lot, or at least tries to. Keep in mind, this is when a good amount of western TV shows were starting to take serious influence from anime. As a show, it’s alright if you like that kind of stuff, but as an experience it’s very unique for a western cartoon.
I don’t really know much about the other handful of shows Larry did, but I know one more thing.
Kappa Mikey and Three Delivery, to my knowledge, never got full DVD releases. This means that ever since the studio went under and the copyright expired, the only way to see them now is through piracy. Not very important, but I think it’s interesting that the only way to view some art is through crime.
 
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