News for classic animation fans

[eric_hinkle]

The original Black & White Popeye cartoons have been released today in a DVD collection containing sixty of them. All uncut, unedited, presented exactly as they were first seen back in the 1930's

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[jordangreywolf]

Everything's got to be "edgy" it seems, when it comes to stuff on Cartoon Network - stuff that isn't simply an import from Japan, or recycled stuff from decades ago, anyway. I wish more of it were like Samurai Jack. That was a bit trippy, but in an inspired way.

When I watch cartoons anymore, it's for a certain element of aesthetic appeal. I don't get the appeal when I see cartoons where the characters are drawn in deliberately grotesque ways ... and when their speech and actions are deliberately grotesque as well.

Er ... curvy wolfess ... featured in a Popeye cartoon? Say what?! I guess there's a story behind this one?

[eric_hinkle]

I wish more of it were like Samurai Jack. That was a bit trippy, but in an inspired way.

I liked Samurai Jack. Very cool and weird in a good way. So of course it seemed like the CN execs had to do everything in their power to kill it (much like Justice League, but that's a whole other rant). Heck, they didn't even show the last episode in this country!

Er ... curvy wolfess ... featured in a Popeye cartoon? Say what?! I guess there's a story behind this one?Well, 'featured' might be a bit of an exaggeration

[stokerbramwell]

Wait, are you saying there WAS a conclusion to Samurai Jack that we never got??

[eric_hinkle]

That's what I've been made to understand.

[jairus_greywolf]

"...the junk that the Cartoon Network shows as 'animation'..."

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that! Seems like animation these days targets either teenage males who think sexual innuendo is funny or little kids. None of the stuff being produced today will ever be considered classic.