Jellystone!

‘Jellystone!’: C. H. Greenblatt Re-introduces Thoroughly Modern Hanna-Barbera Toons

Hey, hey, hey! This week, Yogi and many of his pals from the Golden Age of Hanna-Barbera cartoons are poised to win over a new generation of fans on HBO Max. The green tie-wearing brown bear with a healthy appetite is only one of the stars of the lively new Warner Bros. Animation series Jellystone!, premiering Thursday, July 29. He is joined by the likes of Boo Boo, Snagglepuss, Huckleberry Hound, Jabberjaw, Magilla Gorilla, Augie Doggie and Top Cat, all of which have been popular with animation fans for more than seven decades.
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More here: https://www.animationmagazine.net/s...oduces-thoroughly-modern-hanna-barbera-toons/
 
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The interview explains the reasons for gender bending:

“We felt that the original shows were missing main female characters,” points out Greenblatt. “Even as side characters, they didn’t get to be funny or much fun. That wasn’t cool, and all of us felt that we had to fix that. So we changed some of the characters in cases that made sense, for example Augie Doggie is now a helicopter dad who loves his daughter very much. Jabberjaw and Squiddly Diddly are girls and Baba Looey is now Bobbie Louise. We felt like our world is more balanced now.”

(Kali) Fontecchio says she especially enjoyed gender swapping many of the characters to add more strong female characters. “I loved coming up with attitudes and outfits that would define these newly female characters. Fashion can say so much about a character, I gave Cindy Bear a motorcycle jacket for her off-duty look since she’s a bit cooler than Yogi, whereas Squiddly Diddly now has a ’90s teenage look which can influence how to draw special poses and inform her personality.”

At least the Top Cat movie that came out in 2011 didn't have any of this stuff.
 
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The Token Ethnic said:
We felt like our world is more balanced now.
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That comes across more sinister than he probably intended.

The Token Ethnic said:
(Kali) Fontecchio says she especially enjoyed gender swapping many of the characters to add more strong female characters. “I loved coming up with attitudes and outfits that would define these newly female characters.
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What odds she has a tumblr account filled with troubling fanart?
 
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The Token Ethnic said:
The interview explains the reasons for gender bending:

“We felt that the original shows were missing main female characters,” points out Greenblatt. “Even as side characters, they didn’t get to be funny or much fun. That wasn’t cool, and all of us felt that we had to fix that. So we changed some of the characters in cases that made sense, for example Augie Doggie is now a helicopter dad who loves his daughter very much. Jabberjaw and Squiddly Diddly are girls and Baba Looey is now Bobbie Louise. We felt like our world is more balanced now.”

(Kali) Fontecchio says she especially enjoyed gender swapping many of the characters to add more strong female characters. “I loved coming up with attitudes and outfits that would define these newly female characters. Fashion can say so much about a character, I gave Cindy Bear a motorcycle jacket for her off-duty look since she’s a bit cooler than Yogi, whereas Squiddly Diddly now has a ’90s teenage look which can influence how to draw special poses and inform her personality.”

At least the Top Cat movie that came out in 2011 didn't have any of this stuff.
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why not make new characters?, oh laziness and lack ability to think up anything original that's why
 
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Choo Choo is a weaboo now.

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Yukari Yakumo said:
Rule of thumb states that no matter how shitty a show is, no matter what, SOMEBODY on Twitter will defend it by calling you whatever -ist or -phobe there is. Trust me, it's gonna fucking happen.
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Those people are never worth listening to. Trust me, been a part of fandoms with enough of them in my time to know better.
 
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Fat Tub of Lard said:
Yeah, that's what I wanted to see. Cartoon characters made before MLK got shot professing their love of modern day anime girls.
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Ughhh ch Greenblatt?... You do know what weebs do with those pillows right?

But yeah this show is kinda meh it's like an even more desperate version of space jam 2 trying to say "howdy do fellow kids." With a bunch of characters who audience that watched it on Saturday mornins are now old enough to be in that AARP and collect social security checks
 
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This is the furthest thing from the classic old school Hanna-Barbera cartoons. Gone are the simple and charming character designs and one liners and replaced with "ironic" meme humor and grade school level sketchbook designs. For the better part of twenty years Warner Bros was sitting on the HB characters (except for Scooby Doo) and this is what you do with them? Just watching that clip above and seeing no inbetween animation frames for Yogi opening the door, and all I thought was wow, just wow. Not only that but there is some really bad flash animation in this show. Its sad that a Quicken Loans commercial gets Yogi Bear right but the new show just misses completely. Also why is Greenblatt doing Boo-Boos's voice? Its sounds so out of place.
 
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Bread Fetishist said:
Why is it that any time I have some hope for a modern day western cartoon, that hope almost always turns out to be misplaced? The same thing happened with the Animaniacs reboot. It makes me very concerned for The Cuphead Show.
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I've said before on this forum: have no hope, believe no hype. Take the announcement of any new current year show or film as a flat, dispassionate 'this is a thing that is going to happen' fact, unless it is plainly obvious from the start that it's going to be wokeshit or a Calarts monstrosity. Whatever the hell semantics you want to argue about the definition of the Calarts style If you must have hope, then hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
 
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Newman's Lovechild said:
I've said before on this forum: have no hope, believe no hype. Take the announcement of any new current year show or film as a flat, dispassionate 'this is a thing that is going to happen' fact, unless it is plainly obvious from the start that it's going to be wokeshit or a Calarts monstrosity. Whatever the hell semantics you want to argue about the definition of the Calarts style If you must have hope, then hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.
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Don't forget to add videogames to the "no hype" rule.

That being said, I also think this rule should extend to new seasons, spin-offs, and sequels. Never give in to hype, otherwise you'll just be disappointed.
 
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There was no way on Earth the Hanna Barbera classic characters could be handled well in today's day and age.

Creators in Western animation today only know cynicism, fetishism, child-like silliness, and ugly designs.

The classic characters were simple, cute, and charming one line spewing machines and way too innocent for today's writers and animators. They just don't fit in with what the industry produces today.

James Roancrest said:
Never give in to hype, otherwise you'll just be disappointed.
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No lie, that 1st teaser for the new Masters of the Universe on Netflix was one of the coolest things I've seen in a good while....to say the show didn't live up to that at all (to the point that I feel like I can accuse it of false advertising) is an understatement.

So yeah, I agree. NEVER give in to the hype.
 
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