What do you think is actually worth an admirable if Enter was a good cartoon reviewer?

[Trombonista]

Vision Quest. That is all.

 

[Abethedemon]

What do you think he would think of Heavy Metal? Too much "unnecessary cruelty"? Too much fanservice? What?

 

[Konstantinos]

He ought to review cartoons that are obscure but also good. Hidden gems, you know? Weird cartoons that fit the aforementioned credentials would also be good candidates for an Admirable Review. Something that most people aren't aware of and would enjoy learning about.

We don't need a video explaining why an episode of Adventure Time or Edd, Edd n Eddy is good. Those shows being consistently good is a given.

 

[Orthodox Chrischanity]

"When the Wind Blows" Though that may drive him to suicide. No, I don't want that, seriously.

Anything by Satoshi Kon.

 

[Ho Mo for Women]

He ought to review cartoons that are obscure but also good. Hidden gems, you know? Weird cartoons that fit the aforementioned credentials would also be good candidates for an Admirable Review. Something that most people aren't aware of and would enjoy learning about.

We don't need a video explaining why an episode of Adventure Time or Edd, Edd n Eddy is good. Those shows being consistently good is a given.

Yeah, I'd like to see some of the obscure gems of the animation world brought to light. Enter has actually found some, but he can't seem to go a single review about one without talking about how much better it is than Spongebob.

 

[Piga Dgrifm]

Something that isn't overwrought with sap, as that seems to be his go-to thing when it comes to 'great episodes'.

 

[Reverend_Lovejoy]

I remember a cartoon from my childhood. The series finale ended with all of a mans friends abandoning him. The man ends up alone in a basement talking to a reoccurring character who is his imaginary friend, but he doesn't realize it

The man expressed his sadness over the loss of his friends and said "at least I still have you" to his imaginary friend.

The friend puts a comforting hand on the man's shoulder, looks into his eyes and says "You know I'm not real right?"

The episode and series ends with the man sobbing alone as he throws away his bottle of beer.

What a way to end a series.

 

[FK 635]

A Canadian cartoon, "To Be," by John Weldon. It's only 10 minutes, but it's brilliant. Highly recommended

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[chimpburgers]

Something edgy and filled with cringe humor.

 

[Toy_Bon-Bon]

Another good movie would be Arashi No Yoru Ni (AKA "One Stormy Night"). It's anime though. Plus there's no official English Dub, just a fan-dub. I still think it's Admirable Animation-worthy.

 

[Master Shake]

Actually, he said he wouldn't review Over the Garden Wall because it had already been praised enough and everybody knew how good it was.

Also, I'd call The Simpsons Guy and Harvey Beaks worthy of admirables. But alas, this is Enter we're talking about, and anything made by Family Guy or Nick is automatically worse than Hitler.

 

[NostalgiaJazzAdmirer]

But alas, this is Enter we're talking about, and anything made by Family Guy or Nick is automatically worse than Hitler.

Just what an Entersphere thread needs: Hitler comparisons!

 

[Trilby]

Thinking of Korgoth of Barbaria, how about Evan Dorkin's "Welcome To Eltingville" pilot? He might relate to that, but I don't know. I loved it the first time I watched it.

So he doesn't understand Over the Garden Wall, huh? I keep hearing good things about it, and let's be honest, anything that apparently has an extended homage to Max Fleischer's work with Cab Calloway ought to be good!

Maybe that's why he doesn't understand it.

Since those are 'in the past' to him.

In any case:

* Anything in Jerry Beck's 50 Greatest Cartoons book.

* "Stimpy's Invention" and "Space Madness," which are the two best episodes of the Ren and Stimpy Show; well-animated and well-written both. If he wanted to go for feels he could do "Son of Stimpy."

* Something, anything, that is not in his comfort zone.

Those fit my recommendation too!

Space Ghost Coast to Coast comes to mind, if only for it's importance in cartoon history and the almost prophetic way it seemed to predict YouTube Poop videos and many other things that we see on the Internet.

It really did. Namely the use of manipulating footage and other montage/clip art approaches.

Turbo Teen is the absolute best cartoon I've ever seen. Hammerman is in close second.

Any cartoon where a run cycle consists of two drawings back and forth is tops!

True, Cartoon Planet is a great show as well. The reason why I said Space Ghost instead of Cartoon Planet, or Sealab or Harvey Birdman or Brak Show is because it has a little history behind the cartoon and it had an influence on other cartoons. I'd like to see Enter talk about that aspect as well as the show.

The Critic is good too, the Simpsons connection is worth discussing I think. As well as the Siskel and Ebert connection.

Both shows made the mid 90's rather interesting to me (almost nearing graduation in high school).

"When the Wind Blows" Though that may drive him to suicide. No, I don't want that, seriously.

He'd probably do the same with "Plague Dogs" as well.

A Canadian cartoon, "To Be," by John Weldon. It's only 10 minutes, but it's brilliant. Highly recommended

.

The NFB's always done these kind of films for decades. Check out another of Weldon's films called Frank the Wrabbit".

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

@Trilby: If you can't enjoy a good Betty Boop cartoon, especially the ones with Cab Calloway, I don't know how you could live with yourself.

You gotta love how Hammerman features probably the cheapest animation in the history of Saturday morning; this is stuff that'd make Filmation drop their jaws in shock!

I can't believe I've found this many people who enjoy Cartoon Planet. Christ. I thought I was the only one.

Thinking of another great idea for an admirable animation... how about the "Wacky Delly" episode of Rocko's Modern Life? It has everything that's good about the show - its humor, its sense of satire, its great animation... But I don't know if he could appreciate that.

 

[Gazelle_Bro]

Another good movie would be Arashi No Yoru Ni (AKA "One Stormy Night"). It's anime though. Plus there's no official English Dub, just a fan-dub. I still think it's Admirable Animation-worthy.

That's a big no-no for Enter. First it's foreign and second it doesn't have an official dub. He's really closeminded.

 

[Toy_Bon-Bon]

That's a big no-no for Enter. First it's foreign and second it doesn't have an official dub. He's really closeminded.

Pity. Although I think it's a bit harsh to call him "closeminded". Going outside of one's comfort zone is rather scary sometimes.

 

[Trilby]

@Trilby: If you can't enjoy a good Betty Boop cartoon, especially the ones with Cab Calloway, I don't know how you could live with yourself.

Glad I'm not Mr. Enter then!

You gotta love how Hammerman features probably the cheapest animation in the history of Saturday morning; this is stuff that'd make Filmation drop their jaws in shock!

That was when I realized how much DiC sucked as a company and Andy Heyward was a talentless hack (Jean Chalopin should never have sold out his interest in that studio)!

I can't believe I've found this many people who enjoy Cartoon Planet. Christ. I thought I was the only one.

I wasn't too nutty on it personally.

Thinking of another great idea for an admirable animation... how about the "Wacky Delly" episode of Rocko's Modern Life? It has everything that's good about the show - its humor, its sense of satire, its great animation... But I don't know if he could appreciate that.

I'm sure he'd find ways to pick it apart.

That's a big no-no for Enter. First it's foreign and second it doesn't have an official dub. He's really closeminded.

Then I guess he wouldn't like "Felidae" (though that does have an English dub).

I think if Enter had grown up on cable TV in the 80's like I did, he wouldn't be as closeminded as he is now. Nick gave me a reason to see that Saturday morning sucked and what was coming out of Europe was fascinating.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

@Trilby: The stories I've heard about Andy Heyward... How he went on a "jihad" (his words, not mine) against Haim Saban by trying to sue him, for why I don't know, but Saban wound up with the foreign rights to DIC's shows.

If he had grown up on cable TV in the 80s he'd still be a closed minded nostalgic loser, just a different kind of closed minded nostalgic loser. He'd never have gotten over how the Nicktoons became a thing and ruined Nick forever, moving it away from the days when it ran acquisitions and imported anime/European toons.

 

[Trilby]

@Trilby: The stories I've heard about Andy Heyward... How he went on a "jihad" (his words, not mine) against Haim Saban by trying to sue him, for why I don't know, but Saban wound up with the foreign rights to DIC's shows.

Interesting how that happen. Of course much of what's left of DIC's library is now with Halifax-based DHX Media today. I just think DIC's finest years was still the 80's.

If he had grown up on cable TV in the 80s he'd still be a closed minded nostalgic loser, just a different kind of closed minded nostalgic loser. He'd never have gotten over how the Nicktoons became a thing and ruined Nick forever, moving it away from the days when it ran acquisitions and imported anime/European toons.

I suppose. I just miss when cable TV was like this red-headed stepchild that wasn't allowed to go play with the other kids and had to keep itself entertained anyway possible. It didn't use to seem mainstream at all back then, but was like something special and alternative to regular TV. I guess I was more a fan of this era than I am on Nicktoons since I was already out of my tween years when that happened.

 

[Steamboat_Bill]

@Trilby: They eventually made up, though. (It's a wonder how they went from Inspector Gadget to Hammerman in under a decade!)

If it makes you feel any better I'd probably take Nick's preschool programming from back then over what I had; I have much more fonder memories of watching the various Nicktoons.

Speaking of which, another admirable animation I could think of - on the same lines as "Wacky Delly" - is "Stimpy's Cartoon Show," probably one of the best episodes of the Games years of R&S. He'd probably hate Wilbur Cobb and the gags about his body parts falling off, though.