Toons -- gets you everytime
Gacked from jordannamorgan:
The thefridayfive is all about cartoons, so I couldn't possibly resist this topic. I could expound at length at all the cartoons I've watched over the years -- the good and bad side effect of growing up during the 80s.
1.What was your favorite cartoon as a child?
My earliest memories are Saturday mornings watching Super Friends. But I continued watching stuff like Voltron and Transformers and JEM and GI Joe and Robotech. What can I say? I liked robots, fashion and music! (and superheroes) I was watching Batman: the Animated Series even when I was older.
2. Do you read comic books? Why or why not?
Yes! Oh god yes. I actually blame my comics reading habits on cartoons. Super Friends made me a lifelong DC fan. If Marvel had a Wonder Woman character, it might have been a different story. I read them because they're a wonderful medium - a blend of story and art. Comics can be literally any genre. If you can picture a story visually, it can be rendered as a comic.
3. Have you read a book and thought it should be turned into a movie? If so, which book?
So many of my favorites have already been turned into movies, so it's hard to say. The main series I can think of is Libba Bray's A Great & Terrible Beauty and its successive books. They'd be one part costume drama and one part fantasy. They'd be such a challenge to pull off in that sense.
4. Do you watch cartoons now if you are a teenager/adult?
I never really stopped watching cartoons honestly. They're just a comfort tv, the thing you curl up and watch on a rainy day or when you're home sick. I graduated to the Justice League series and all the DC animated movies.
5. What is your favorite quote from a television show?
Too many to count. My favorite exchange from a cartoon might be from Justice League "Starcrossed" - Superman says to Batman after nearly risking his life "Always have to play the hero" And Batman gives this half smile. "Right back at you."
The thefridayfive is all about cartoons, so I couldn't possibly resist this topic. I could expound at length at all the cartoons I've watched over the years -- the good and bad side effect of growing up during the 80s.
1.What was your favorite cartoon as a child?
My earliest memories are Saturday mornings watching Super Friends. But I continued watching stuff like Voltron and Transformers and JEM and GI Joe and Robotech. What can I say? I liked robots, fashion and music! (and superheroes) I was watching Batman: the Animated Series even when I was older.
2. Do you read comic books? Why or why not?
Yes! Oh god yes. I actually blame my comics reading habits on cartoons. Super Friends made me a lifelong DC fan. If Marvel had a Wonder Woman character, it might have been a different story. I read them because they're a wonderful medium - a blend of story and art. Comics can be literally any genre. If you can picture a story visually, it can be rendered as a comic.
3. Have you read a book and thought it should be turned into a movie? If so, which book?
So many of my favorites have already been turned into movies, so it's hard to say. The main series I can think of is Libba Bray's A Great & Terrible Beauty and its successive books. They'd be one part costume drama and one part fantasy. They'd be such a challenge to pull off in that sense.
4. Do you watch cartoons now if you are a teenager/adult?
I never really stopped watching cartoons honestly. They're just a comfort tv, the thing you curl up and watch on a rainy day or when you're home sick. I graduated to the Justice League series and all the DC animated movies.
5. What is your favorite quote from a television show?
Too many to count. My favorite exchange from a cartoon might be from Justice League "Starcrossed" - Superman says to Batman after nearly risking his life "Always have to play the hero" And Batman gives this half smile. "Right back at you."