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Old 07-11-2010, 07:05 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by Jeritron View Post
I haven't seen the series but I feel like the greatest American contribution to animation would probably be Steamboat Mickey, or Snow White, Toy Story, or something like The Simpsons.
Yeah, but they're not Animu style so Kal won't fap over them.

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Originally Posted by Jeritron View Post
I say that just based on influence on animation and importance, not really taste or quality (although they're all awesome.)

But anyways, everyone seems to love the cartoon of this so much though that I'd like to see it. I can't believe it's a "Nicktoon"
The cartoon's pretty damn good, I must say. I started watching it recently, whcih had less to do with the movie and more to do with it being near the top of my Netflix Instant Queue now. As it is, I'm only seeing the movie in theaters if I can go with friends.

But they did good with this. It's cute, sometimes overly so, but it's got well developed characters, an engaging story, depth and heart. And while I'm not going to go all "fanboy" on the movie, it took me all of four episodes to figure out that there was no way they could do a solid translation of each "book" of the series in a 1:1 format.

One of the big complaints about the movie is the characters were largely left on the cutting room floor. Their personalities, their backstories, their motivations. And while the faux kung fu is cool, without the characterization of the show, it's not going to be all that charming.

Granted, I'll probably rent it for the HD Kung Fu factor. I just can't see it being good because most of the things that make it good won't happen in a 90 minute movie. The episodic nature of the cartoon works pretty well for it, as opposed to benig a Simpsons-esque "The Status Quo Is God" deal (not to pick on the Simpsons, since they parody, you know, every sitcom ever).

That being said, There was bound to be nerdrage over a believed cartoon, even if the movie was good and M Nuit Sherbert wasn't attached to it. It's a common problem with translations, period. It's just that it looks like they may have missed the mark here entirely.
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