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CliffClaven	Jun 17 2009, 05:54 PM
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 231 Group: Members Member #712 Joined: March 30, 2009	It wasn't a disgrace by any means. The problem was that the originals were aggressively flat and cheaply animated, which made the cartoons feel as quick and ad-libbed as the dialogue. The 3-dimensional Rocky and Bullwinkle moving through a real world were like silent comedians suddenly made bland by sound. And it's one thing for Boris and Natasha to mess with airplanes and build giant towers in a cartoon; it's something else to see quick sight gags made expensively real -- and slowed down so we can see the money was spent. I'll say it was as good as any big Bullwinkle could be. Like any blockbuster, there was probably a lot of pressure to make it look and feel like whatever else was hot, so it's surprising that the tone was so right so much of the time. Also, fear of outdatedness and controversy must have ruled out most really topical jokes -- in fact, a lot of best jokes would have worked just as well back in the 60's cartoon. But I wonder what would have happened if they slashed the budget and schedule, kept the two stars as flat, jerky cartoon characters without worrying about fooling anyone, and let some reckless satirists devise a what-the-hell script that echoed the TV show. It could easily have been a wretched mess, but it just might have been brilliant.


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