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Pickle Inspector said:
Just saw this new documentary on the BBC about Disney and thought some here might like it:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08605f7/ad/walt-disney-episode-1

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0872yqs/walt-disney-episode-2
(Part 2 just got taken down on YouTube but hopefully will get reuploaded)
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I could be wrong but I think this was the documentary PBS aired last year (they just replaced the narrator with a British one).
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/walt-disney/

The 9 lives of Fritz the cat is fun too!
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It has its moments. Some people would see it as inferior to the first simply because of the obvious cash grab on the success of the original (by this point, I'm sure Crumb already killed off Fritz in his comics in response to the first film). The director of this one ended up on a lot of Disney Afternoon shows to come!
 
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Speaking of Disney, here's one documentary most who didn't quite enjoy the two-part PBS documentary really enjoyed a lot more....
 
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I came across this new show called, Magisword, that Cartoon Network is going to air. Although the designs for the two main characters made me cringe, I decided to check out a preview.

YHE Says: The animation needs work, a number of the Magiswords are lame, the announcing of every sword and it's abilities and the current location is bound to get annoying after a few episodes, the brother's voice annoys me (if the voice actor slowed down, it would help) and the pacing feels off.

Maybe a full episode in a longer format will help, but this show isn't leaving a good impression.
 
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One of the things I love is obscure animation. One of my favorite lesser known little movies is called "The Adventures of Mark Twain". It was made in 1985 and is a stop-motion movie that has Mark Twain take a group of children on a guided journey through his stories. My favorite segment is "The Mysterious Stranger" which is based on a novel that Twain never finished.

You can buy the movie on DVD on Amazon for fairly cheap if you want to see the film in its entirety, but this right here is the best part of the movie

 
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Galvatron said:
One of the things I love is obscure animation. One of my favorite lesser known little movies is called "The Adventures of Mark Twain". It was made in 1985 and is a stop-motion movie that has Mark Twain take a group of children on a guided journey through his stories. My favorite segment is "The Mysterious Stranger" which is based on a novel that Twain never finished.

You can buy the movie on DVD on Amazon for fairly cheap if you want to see the film in its entirety, but this right here is the best part of the movie

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I have often wondered why, when making a film about Mark Twain, did the filmmakers decide to focus on his late religious themed work?

Given how entertaining the end product is, however, I'll believe anything.
 
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I've seen that movie during one of our movie nights. It was quite interesting I'll say that much.
 
Steamboat_Bill said:
I have often wondered why, when making a film about Mark Twain, did the filmmakers decide to focus on his late religious themed work?

Given how entertaining the end product is, however, I'll believe anything.
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Will Vinton seemed to like dabbling in these themes now and then.

Speaking of which, now is the perfect time to waste over 90 minutes of your life on this!
 
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I chose this week to go back and rewatch the 2003 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon since I hadn't seen all of the episodes. I finished the first season today, and I have to say the nostalgia's there, but it's definitely better than I remembered. Almost crazy that this was produced by 4KIDS of all companies, it definitely shone a light on what they could've been if they weren't so restricted by the network and/or themselves.

Best part about it for me, however, are the regular 4KIDS voice actors I recognize and practically adore. I almost had a laughing fit when I realized that was Darren Dunstan (Maximillion Pegasus) as Splinter, but holy cow can he pull him off.
 
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The_Doctor said:
Zootopia sweeped the Annie's as expected and is the top contender for the Academy Award
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I'm hoping they'd do one of those things were they have Nick and Judy come over to present the Best Animated Short Film category if they have time to animate them popping up on stage, perhaps do a silly bit where they're too short to read the podium so someone had to come out and have them stand right on his back! I always like it when they pull off stunts like that for the Oscar category.

Noticed one of these ads popped up today, YouTubers are already comparing it to Norm of the North.
 
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Steamboat_Bill said:
Does he mention the huge success of Pokemon and the networks pretty much becoming nothing but action shows and anime as a result?
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In another video, I do believe he mentioned (live) action shows being why a particular network fell apart. For this one, he brought up four things that contributed to the downfall Saturday morning cartoons:

1) Rise of technology
2) Cable networks
3) Angry parents (A.C.T.)
4) FCC regulations (from 1990)

Although I wouldn't doubt that lack of diversity in cartoons may have also helped.
 
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In another video, I do believe he mentioned (live) action shows being why a particular network fell apart. For this one, he brought up four things that contributed to the downfall Saturday morning cartoons:

1) Rise of technology
2) Cable networks
3) Angry parents (A.C.T.)
4) FCC regulations

Although I wouldn't doubt that lack of diversity in cartoons may have also helped.
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Not to get too anal about this, but there's been a lot of bluster over the effects of the E/I act, which was, in the immediate term, not very effective.

It took out the lesser networks on Saturday morning, like NBC and CBS, neither of whom were really giving a damn at this point. But One Saturday Morning on ABC had an entire lineup of nominally E/I shows (which was mostly because they were in school) and it was very, very successful. Similarly, Fox Kids and Kids' WB both had weekday lineups, so it was pretty easy to deal with E/I content - a half-hour a day would be the minimum 3 hours required.

As for cable, they did take a chunk of Saturday morning's profits out at the time, but the networks could hold their own. Look at the huge success of Pokemon back then (and before you say "it was because of the games," I remember that the games really only became popular after the show - I really do).
 
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