The American Rabbit
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i watched this turkey all the way through once. for a movie with such an ultrageneric plot, it tries pretty hard not to make sense.
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The makers of that should have watched Watership Down for some tips on how to draw rabbits properly instead of those cross-eared abominations.
I've no doubt I would have hated this as a kid. I remember pricks like Rob, those who mastered every task they were given and were great at everything. Everyone hated those people.
How does the legacy work? How did Rob get the powers bestowed upon him? A planetary alignment? Loved this bit where the old man chucks a boulder at the family.
Fair enough his fur changes colour, some animals can change their pigmentation but how does he grow a pair of skates?
I see where Chris got the idea that it's perfectly acceptable to steal other people's ideas. I wonder if John Williams has heard the intro?
I've no doubt I would have hated this as a kid. I remember pricks like Rob, those who mastered every task they were given and were great at everything. Everyone hated those people.
How does the legacy work? How did Rob get the powers bestowed upon him? A planetary alignment? Loved this bit where the old man chucks a boulder at the family.
Fair enough his fur changes colour, some animals can change their pigmentation but how does he grow a pair of skates?
I see where Chris got the idea that it's perfectly acceptable to steal other people's ideas. I wonder if John Williams has heard the intro?
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Again, because one guy bothered to draw rabbits like that on purpose.
The whole thing pretty much follows the "No-Free-Will/Hero's Journey/Monomyth" trappings. Rob simply does so because it's told to him.
Plot convenience, that's all I could say, but as we've seen, he really doesn't need those damn things anyway if he could fly, it's like he's saving his legs from ever walking/running.
Many things tried to ape Williams' scores back then.
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That part is the inspiration for the 'anchuent' prophecy in which Sonichu, Chris-Chan and the rest get magical superpowers for absolutely no fucking reason whatsoever. I did watch it, but I honestly don't want to talk about just how stupid it is.
The only redeeming feature of the movie is the voice cast. You had Lorenzo Music as Ping Pong the Gorilla (he voiced Garfield the cat, and a ton of other characters in the 80s and 90s), and Barry Gordon, the voice behind Donatello in the original TMNT series.
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My guess for the rollerskates: They were 'in' at the time, so in a stroke of genius, they figured they could include them to make their Character more awesome.
Also god damnit, the design for the rabbit (with the red stripes and the star-spinkled blue ears) is fucking stupid.
Also god damnit, the design for the rabbit (with the red stripes and the star-spinkled blue ears) is fucking stupid.
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To be fair to Chris, I think it should be noted that he was really young when he liked this movie. When I look back at some of the movies, TV shows, and books I like as a kid, they really don't hold up.
Even if Pokemon and Sonic are 10 times better than American Rabbit, I judge Chris a lot more for liking these things as an adult than I judge him for liking a crappy movie as a little kid.
Even if Pokemon and Sonic are 10 times better than American Rabbit, I judge Chris a lot more for liking these things as an adult than I judge him for liking a crappy movie as a little kid.
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Also, he actually approaches the American Rabbit with the nostalgic fondness one has for things from childhood, rather than with the inappropriately childlike over-reverence he has for, to use a particularly recent example, Sonic.
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He even has Sonic-like feet when running. They go in that circle.
I remember having crappy VHS tapes as a kid. Sure I had all the good stuff like Disney, Pixar and Warner Bros movies. My mother is a firm believer in Classics but sometimes money is tight, and a younger aspie-er version of me needed to shut up for a while. Under five you will not know the difference. If a 99 cent tape will shit the kid up in a pinch. So be it. I've never been a parent before so I can't judge parents for doing so. At least you cam have a good laugh later when you did them up from storage.
I remember having crappy VHS tapes as a kid. Sure I had all the good stuff like Disney, Pixar and Warner Bros movies. My mother is a firm believer in Classics but sometimes money is tight, and a younger aspie-er version of me needed to shut up for a while. Under five you will not know the difference. If a 99 cent tape will shit the kid up in a pinch. So be it. I've never been a parent before so I can't judge parents for doing so. At least you cam have a good laugh later when you did them up from storage.
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I bet! You really do need to leave your brain at the door before entering this film.
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What does it say that I actually looked up this movie's release date in the hopes of making a "this movie killed Joseph Campbell" joke?
(Sadly [?], there's no joke to make. Campbell does nearly two years after the release.)
(Sadly [?], there's no joke to make. Campbell does nearly two years after the release.)
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True -- as I pointed out before, I liked "Small Wonder" when I was a kid. Kids don't always have very good taste. However, what cracks me up is that he considers the American Rabbit as his "hero". Why?
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Rob is a 'very special' boy from the time on he is born. He is the most handsome, smartest, most talented guy ever. And without doing anything but frolicing around, magical powers are bestowed upon him for no discernable reason.
A great (non-threatening) adventure just happens to fall into his lap, also O'hare poon.
And when you look at it like that from a grown-ups perspective, you just realize how fucked up those morals are. The movie tries to teach kids to be humble and I respect that but it fails spectacularly (mind you I am basing this mostly off of the first 30 minutes and Robs normal life and first Jackal-related adventure).
We never see Rob struggle to learn something, he's the best at sports and even when his mother interrupts his Piano-playing it's not cause he plays wrong or makes a mistake but rather cause he doesn't play "with his heart and soul". So even when he 'fails' it's just him being perfect in a different way.
And on a sidenote, I love how the Jackals thrash the Panda Monium and neither the Band nor the supposed hero give a fuck.
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Now there's a sentence that means something completely different today than it did in 1986.
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Weird considering the writer of this had worked on "The Point" back in the 70's (for anyone who recalls the message in that film).
The must expect Ronnie to come help them out of that mess, thank you America!
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For a cartoon Chris hadn't even thought about once since he learned how to talk, there sure is a lot of discussion in this thread about how intimately connected it is to the core of his psyche.
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It doesn't help that Chris latched onto his mother saying he was an "unplanned miracle" as opposed to "accidental pregnancy" and a fucking talking bear bestows upon him a new name by accident.
No, it's been brought up once or twice, since he did say at one point there should have been a "cartoon" for the series, and the cover of the first sonichu comic is taken straight from the film in what Sonichu is saying.
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