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Seems like a fair topic to discuss the upcoming reboot of Animaniacs. 13 new episodes coming to Hulu starting Friday. Bringing back the same voice actors from the original series and seems they actually have passion for the project and are not doing it just for the money... No reason to drag this OP down with words, here is some trailers... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZxU_YnduY4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeOrUvOPfgg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh_vASjvYQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtgmWtaCPM0
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Nov 18, 2020 12:39
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And as for why Dot is topless and Wacko is Pantsless, who knows...
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Nov 18, 2020 12:45
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Wow, only two days away? How time flies... I like what I see so far - it seems they'll be doing a good job with the transition to 21st century society.
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Nov 18, 2020 22:35
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Seems it shouldn't be too much of a surprise, but the entire original series is on Hulu as well if you want to get reacquainted with the show... Also a random educational song from the original show... teach your kids how to multiply  "You have 10 cookies, someone takes half of them, what will they have?" "A broken hand" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fan6ggvh4U
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Nov 19, 2020 04:03
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I'm sad they won't be able to do any more Prince jokes. But assuming the primary writers/producers are the same (and not just the VAs), I wholly expect them to continue dunking on Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh. Or maybe replace them with Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson. 
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Nov 19, 2020 22:51
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Well... It's time for Animaniacs friends.
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Nov 20, 2020 06:09
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its alright
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Nov 20, 2020 08:51
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx36GRy8axQ
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Nov 20, 2020 12:58
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Frankly I'd rather have the polar bears.
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Nov 20, 2020 13:50
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So, we have Clinton, AOC, Warren, Kagan, Sotomayor, and I don't recognize the other three.
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Nov 20, 2020 17:24
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So did it end up being bad?
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Nov 20, 2020 17:26
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I’ve only watched the first episode but I liked it. It’s very faithful to the original. If you can still enjoy the old Warner and PatB shorts you’ll probably like it just fine. If not there’s nothing here for you.
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Nov 20, 2020 17:42
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If Good Idea Bad Idea doesn't come back this whole thing is a failure.
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Nov 20, 2020 17:51
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That first song really sounded like the bureaucrat song from Futurama, but this overall feels right. I don't like all the side characters being gone, though.
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Nov 20, 2020 18:13
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I don't have Hulu access right now, so I've only seen a few clips on youtube, but losing Slappy Squirrel has got to be the biggest blow. She was kind of lynchpin that connected the rest of show to its vaudeville/looney toons roots. And she had the best one-liners, especially when dealing with the absurdities of '90s Hollywood. She would've been supercharged in today's environment. That said, they brought back the songs, but my real question is did they bring back the educational stuff. Or is it all just political and SoCal commentary now?
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Nov 20, 2020 18:45
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Watching the first ep and you can tell it’s for the parents, not the kids.
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Nov 20, 2020 18:52
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Oh god the Cyclops in the Odyssey sketch in the second episode.
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Nov 20, 2020 19:21
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I'm basing this off of only the first three episodes, but first off, I think if you haven't actually watched the original in years and are going off your nostalgic memory of it, you might be taken aback slightly by this. Everyone remembers the sarcastic wit, meta humor, and satire, but it seems people tend to forget that it was very much a wacky, obnoxious 90's edgy cartoon. Second, I think they nailed the way the show should feel perfectly. The writing is tighter and snappier than in the original and doesn't feel nerfed for kids programming. By that, I mean, if you go back and watch most of your childhood favorites now, the slower pacing and repetition can make them difficult to sit through. Thinking back to the Rocko's Modern Life one-off reboot, overall you could tell very much that they anticipated kids watching it. That doesn't seem to be the case here, kids aren't going to watch this and the show seems to know, so it's very much playing to the millennials who watched it as kids. I'd say it even feels more like how you remember the original show vs how the original show actually was. Agreed that the missing secondary character segments are a bit of disappointment, but I'm sure it was probably pretty hard to get all the voice talent back.
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Nov 20, 2020 19:25
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MichiganCubbie posted:Oh god the Cyclops in the Odyssey sketch in the second episode. I will say that part was relatively well done. It didn’t touch on anything political that would date it and instead focused on the inherent hilarity of a senile, lying, egotistical, overgrown bottle of tanning oil. Don’t get me wrong, I love giving Trump poo poo on a political level, but I think that approach is more in scope with the overall sketch.
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Nov 20, 2020 19:27
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Pollyanna posted:I will say that part was relatively well done. It didn’t touch on anything political that would date it and instead focused on the inherent hilarity of a senile, lying, egotistical, overgrown bottle of tanning oil. Don’t get me wrong, I love giving Trump poo poo on a political level, but I think that approach is more in scope with the overall sketch. I agree. I liked the way they did it. It felt very much in line with Elmyra or the Abominable Snowman, just grosser. It felt kinda Ren and Stimpyish but it felt like a natural progression from WB cartoons going back 80 years.
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Nov 20, 2020 19:32
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I just said that I liked how they tried not to date the show too much with that and then in a later Ep2 segment they pulled out a Leroy Jenkins joke.  EDIT: EP3: Okay, the pegasus payoff got me. Pollyanna fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Nov 20, 2020 |
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Nov 20, 2020 19:52
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Ahahaha, I've seen clips of it online, but that one segment in ep 4 is still amazing. 
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Nov 20, 2020 21:01
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Pollyanna posted:EDIT: EP3: Okay, the pegasus payoff got me. I didn't realize that everything and everyone were going to go full Lisa Frank. VVV I was expecting it because of the trailer, but I figured it'd be right at the beginning VVV MichiganCubbie fucked around with this message at 22:09 on Nov 20, 2020 |
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Nov 20, 2020 21:59
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MichiganCubbie posted:I didn't realize that everything and everyone were going to go full Lisa Frank. My favorite part was the weird tone of the pegasus's speech afterwards, it's like it was written completely in the dark about the scene's context and somehow that makes it hilarious.
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Nov 20, 2020 22:07
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I kinda doubt that kids would care for this but I'm exactly the target demographic so to hell with 'em I'm laughing though I do have to ask if the original had such a focus on lovingly drawn nipples Pollyanna posted:My favorite part was the weird tone of the pegasus's speech afterwards, it's like it was written completely in the dark about the scene's context and somehow that makes it hilarious. that is of course noted star of the silver screen Jon Bailey, aka Epic Voice Guy
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Nov 20, 2020 22:10
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I knew this already, but the cyclops segment cemented Maurice Lamarche's hella good range, goddamn.
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Nov 20, 2020 22:38
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World War Mammories posted:I kinda doubt that kids would care for this but I'm exactly the target demographic so to hell with 'em I'm laughing Man, I did not find expect to find out Kirby Morrow died from clicking that link.
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Nov 20, 2020 23:44
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I've only gotten through the 1st 4 episodes so far and very much enjoying the new series. Hopefully they can manage to get Slappy and the Good Feathers into season 2 though.
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Nov 20, 2020 23:50
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When the trailers first came out, I was bummed to learn that the majority of the secondary characters would be left out of the reboot. But then as I watched and thoroughly enjoyed the absolute hell out some of the new eps today, I remembered that kid-me actually didn't care for most of the other characters very much, if at all. When I was a kid, I mainly watched the show because I really only liked the Warner siblings, Pinky and the Brain, and Slappy Squirrel. Everyone else just kinda felt like filler until a short starring any of the abovementioned three came back on. And some were just outright torture. God, the Hip Hippos loving sucked. So, in the meantime, I'm pretty content with the slimmed-down cast. But - SLICK GOKU BABY posted:
Definitely wouldn't mind an appearance from the former, though still iffy on the latter. They never worked for me as a "both kids and adults can enjoy this!" thing. IBroughttheFunk fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Nov 21, 2020 |
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Nov 21, 2020 00:00
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I've been enjoying it so far, but Its hard not to notice the slimmed down cast. I guess it all depends on how much you love Pinky and the Brain. I wasn't a huge fan beyond just Maurice doing the voice. I wish there was more variety, but its still a fun time.
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Nov 21, 2020 01:03
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I wish they had brought back some of those little bumper moments like Good Idea, Bad Idea. I think that would have made it feel more complete.
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Nov 21, 2020 01:38
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IBroughttheFunk posted:When the trailers first came out, I was bummed to learn that the majority of the secondary characters would be left out of the reboot. But then as I watched and thoroughly enjoyed the absolute hell out some of the new eps today, I remembered that kid-me actually didn't care for most of the other characters very much, if at all When I was a kid, I mainly watched the show because I really only liked the Warner siblings, Pinky and the Brain, and Slappy Squirrel. Everyone else just kinda felt like filler until a short starring any of the abovementioned three came back on. The off-handed line they gave re: Hello Nurse was pretty legit. But yeah. The only side characters I liked (who weren't immediate Warner-adjacent) were Slappy and the Good Feathers. (Honorable mention to Rita + Runt because Bernadette Peters voice and they kind of hit it out of the park with the WWII and Les Mis episodes). The side bits like Good Idea/Bad Idea and Randy Beaman kid were also A-class.
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Nov 21, 2020 01:46
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The animaniacs prediction of 2020 ends up not being as crazy as the actual 2020.
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Nov 21, 2020 01:46
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I was only able to watch one episode, but I liked it a lot. These voice actors are as sharp as ever and the Reboot it song is catchy as hell.
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Nov 21, 2020 01:51
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The joke about that weird rear end superhero looney tunes spinoff from the 2000s in episode 2 was made for me specifically. Reboot is pretty good so far even if I'm really missing Slappy and also the smaller segments. I hope there's at least one Wheel of Morality bit, even if most of the smaller things are out.
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Nov 21, 2020 02:13
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Why...why is the animation of this so loving good? Did they get the guys from Trigger to guest animate this? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4_xF3W2N4s AlternateNu fucked around with this message at 03:21 on Nov 21, 2020 |
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Nov 21, 2020 03:16
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Honestly this is...not bad. The animation is a little too clean and sterile but the tone is pretty spot on from how I remember the show. I don't miss most of the side characters but I'd like to see more little odds and ends like the Wheel of Morality or Good Idea Bad Idea. I'm usually pretty cynical about stuff like this but so far, so good!
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Nov 21, 2020 03:46
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robot roll call posted:Honestly this is...not bad. The animation is a little too clean and sterile but the tone is pretty spot on from how I remember the show. I don't miss most of the side characters but I'd like to see more little odds and ends like the Wheel of Morality or Good Idea Bad Idea. I'm usually pretty cynical about stuff like this but so far, so good! Yeah the writing is carrying it. The backgrounds and music are nice but something about the actual motion of the animation is a little too... 2000s Flash-y. A little too smooth I guess? This is probably just my reaction from comparing digital animation to cell animation but still.
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Nov 21, 2020 04:10
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AlternateNu posted:Why...why is the animation of this so loving good? Did they get the guys from Trigger to guest animate this? It was this studio. Looks like they also did the animation in front of Sonic Mania which was pretty rad. https://twitter.com/StudioYotta/status/1329890349674803201
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AlternateNu posted:Why...why is the animation of this so loving good? Did they get the guys from Trigger to guest animate this? its def inspired primarily by KLK
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