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Post about a cartoon you just finished Anonymous 02/28/2023 (Tue) 21:38:54 No. 32640

So, just finished off the BattleTech cartoon, and it was a decent show. The premise for the show is that, in the middle of the 31st century, humanity has been in a galactic civil war with itself for the past 300 years, with the favored weapons in this war being BattleMechs, gigantic bipedal machines that are essentially walking tanks. However, in the middle of this war, all of the galaxy is invaded by a new enemy called "the Clans", who aim to reunite the galaxy under their tribal rule. As a result of this Adam Steiner, as well as a ragtag band of mech pilots and technicians begin a self-declared crusade against these invaders, all the while reuniting the different factions across the galaxy so that they can fend off the Clans. Going into this series, you're not really required to be aware of any of the knowledge relevant to the greater BattleTech franchise, as it skims across the surface as much as it can. However, it does end up compromising a lot of details that does make the series lore so great and worth getting into. But, it's decent for what amounts to a childrens cartoon of a property who's sole focus is upon a galaxy at war with itself, fighting with giant robots. The animation for the series takes some getting used to. Saban decided to go with the novel idea of combining CGI with traditional animation, however I feel like it doesn't pull it together. Unlike with something far later like Code Lyoko, which the different styles are used for different worlds, the CGI in the series exists for the purposes of displaying a new "enhanced imagining" tech that's introduced and alters how a BattleMech pilot (A Mech Warrior) sees the battlefield. In practice, the transition comes across as a little jarring, especially when battles unfold using both the CGI and traditional animation rather than one or the other. And, as the series unfolds, the CGI actually does look for better for the purposes of the battles. As for the traditional animation. It's decent, but it comes across as a little stilted and off as well. Ignoring the scaling and perspective issues often present, it comes across like the series is trying to stay true to it's violent origins, but not TOO violent as to offend the station managers (This aired on Fox Kids during the same time as Spider-Man). In same ways, the best episode, when it comes to the animation is the last episode to the series, where it seems like much of the budget was spent. The audio I cannot really comment on because the only way to watch this series is through pisspoor VHS recordings, but it does have a lot of the same mech sound effects that you hear in the MechWarrior video games. Overall, it's an okay series, but it's a hard recommendation from me. Personally, I'd rather see the series remade, with either completely 2D or 3D animation. There is some great stories to be told in the BattleTech universe, but it just feels like there's so much else dragging this show down.

Anonymous 03/02/2023 (Thu) 21:31:05 No. 32666

Fun fact: The show itself is canon, it's Inner Sphere propaganda. I am NOT joking. From sarna.net: >The animated series as such is not considered Canon for the BattleTech universe. Instead, the show canonically exists in-universe as a work of fiction: It has been referred to in-universe as a "popular but poorly reviewed holovid series" by Tharkad Broadcast Company, said to be loosely based on the exploits of the "real" First Somerset Strikers;[1][2][3] it was even known among Clan sibkos on the Clan Homeworlds by the 3070s through Solaris broadcasts.[4] The overall storyline and characters have thus been canonized at least in broad strokes. In an attempt to reconcile as much content as possible from the show with the established canon of the BattleTech universe, FASA produced a fully canonical sourcebook that established the characters and (broadly) the events depicted in the show as real within the BattleTech universe. It introduced new technology and rules to account for items and events featured in the show, and addresses aspects of the show which appear to contradict established canon (including answering the question why Rhonda Snord was later attributed with having found Camelot Command first). Other conflicting information such as wrong uniforms, overly spacious vehicles and spaceships, and the odd selection of BattleMechs shown can be explained as inaccuracies of the show and artistic license. Regarding the timeline, Era Report: 3052 clarifies that Somerset was indeed briefly retaken by the Somerset Strikers, but finding its position untenable, the AFFC ordered Adam Steiner and the Strikers to fall back to FedCom space instead of securing the world; it remained undefended and was captured again in the fifth wave of Clan attacks. The deportation of the world's population did not really take place. It is also explained that many of the more heroic events depicted in the show were actually taken from a second Somerset Strikers mission, against second-line Clan forces on Barcelona in 3052 with a substantially larger formation based around the Somerset Strikers.[3]

Anonymous 03/04/2023 (Sat) 02:46:59 No. 32681

I re-watched Clerks for the fourth time, I'll never understand why Kevin Smith never tried another animated Clerks show. Would've been better than Clerks 3 or his MoTU adaption.

Anonymous 06/15/2023 (Thu) 20:42:43 No. 34747

Finished off a couple of series that I haven't posted about. The first up is Earthworm Jim. The show is your basic villain of the week shenanigans between Jim and Peter fighting against one of the enemies Jim has. It's actually a rather enjoyable show, with some great animation (Especially in season two), with jokes and humor that do still hold up rather well. The second is Avatar: TLA. Not sure what to really say about this because it is a great show, if you haven't heard, so you should watch it if you're interested.

Anonymous 06/22/2023 (Thu) 19:19:54 No. 34872

>>32681 There's an animated Jay and Silent Bob movie. It's basically an adaptation of the Bluntman and Chronic comic, only it's horrible. And if you thought the comic was horrible, then the cartoon is still even worse.

Anonymous 06/30/2023 (Fri) 09:55:10 No. 35026

>>32640 Superior AND related

Anonymous 06/20/2024 (Thu) 03:47:37 No. 40243

I've seen Mission Hill mentioned here couple times a few months back. I never saw it so I decided to give it a watch. The show is definitely of its time. It has a strong 90s, gen-x feel that is always preset in every aspect of Mission Hill. It made the show more interesting as it's almost a time capsule for the 90s. It does manage to be more interesting than an average cartoon. For a change, it's not anoter animation about a family or about highschoolers. Most characters are adults in their 20s and 30s. Show's protagonist is not an idiot as was typical for adult cartoons from that era. Instead, he's an unlucky slacker who is trying to get his life together and hopefully make a living as a cartoonist one day. There are two gay neighbors but compared to media in the current year, they are almost quaint. Half of the time they are used for jokes. Another set of neighbors are lefty activist mother with her Latino husband who are raiding their baby of unknown gender without any cultural or gender norms. They exist mainly to make jokes at the expense of liberals and hipsters. Animation and art style are great. They resemble indie comics and budget is used well. Some parts are very well animated, like the fluid movements in the intro. They also do a silly but neat thing with character's reactions plying heavily into the old comics and cartons. If someone falls in love for example, heats will appear over that person's head. Palette is different than most too, and it deliberately avoids colors like black and gray. Character designs are good too and the show uses a lines of varying thickness, a rarity in animation. It looks far better than most cartoons aimed at adults, back then and today. It's worth a watch, especially since it's only 13 episodes.

Anonymous 06/23/2024 (Sun) 05:58:02 No. 40293

>>40243 You could tell its parallel from the rival network is Mtv's Downtown, but at least that one got its only season finished. Is there more of these interesting but failed cartoons you can binge watch on Jewtube? They're so neglected to the point of just dumping there without any fear of C&D notices.

Anonymous 06/23/2024 (Sun) 07:54:26 No. 40296

>>32640 I recently checked out My Life as a Teenage Robot since it never aired in my corner of the world and I'm honestly pretty amazed by it. The style is very unique and there's an insane amount of adult humor despite the show never being too upfront about it. Despite all the tricks the animators used to make the whole process cheaper, any time Jenny transforms or uses her powers the attention to detail is pretty damn impressive. My only problem with the show to be honest is the voice acting, it's mostly fine but some of the impressions sound a bit grating at times, Tuck is the worst offender but not the only one. I'm also astounded by just how much "progressive" stuff was inserted in a cartoon from the 00s and yet tumblrites and twittards conveniently ignore it. A whole episode dedicated to not being a vapid bitch and gender roles not needing to be set in stone. Literally Nora is a STEM single mom and I think there's also a couple of gay and non white characters, all while still respecting beauty standards. It's also quite bold that there's an episode that is almost entirely in Japanese but the writers didn't cheapen it by adding subtitles. >>40243 >There are two gay neighbors but compared to media in the current year, they are almost quaint. Old media had the virtue of respecting the intellect of the viewer, regardless of their age. It was made by people who gave a shit and/or had fun with it, not just mindless propaganda. Granted, it's not like there wasn't any, they just deemed the final product more important than just its message. I can't see a modern cartoon make a parallel to Trump or green energy or Covid without dating themselves.

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