Cartoon Corner- The Sword in the Stone

Let’s talk about Winnie the Pooh.

Cartoon Corner- Tangled

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

Something about the opening needs comment but I can't figure out what I want to say.  Having Flynn narrate it doesn't quite work for me, I think because they go in a slightly different direction with him in the movie itself where the melodrama feels a bit off I think.  Still, making the sun a prominent motif throughout the movie was a good move and helps keep things fairly cohesive in its way.

Cartoon Corner- The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

The Write-up of Disney's 34th Animated Feature.

Cartoon Corner- The Iron Giant

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

I feel like there's two movies here.  The core narrative of Hogarth and how he sparks the Giant's growth, and the story related by subtext and knowing the historical context of the setting (which is also the story of about 15 minutes of runtime riiight before the climax but anyways).  There's a lot of density here for this sort of film, but I'd probably blame that on Brad Bird.  But actually I feel like I missed huge chunks of the film the last time I went through it because there's a couple bits I don't actually remember.  Hogarth's rundown to Dean of his life in particular.  Sorta like "oh, they DO explain why the kid is so offbeat and likes hanging out with a beatnik, okay".

Cartoon Corner- Star Trek: The Animated Series

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

If I were being lazy I could probably just post this:

Cartoon Corner- Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

So the release of The Force Awakens has of course generated a lot of talk about Star Wars, and on comment I've run into, phrased differently in various places, is the prequels being basically the unchained id of George Lucas.  One dude made every creative decision and had full rights to do whatever the fuck he wanted, and it's fascinating to pick apart even the very very flawed products of that effort and see how he ticks.

The Good Dinosaur

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

Hey so this movie is not one where you just kinda know everything about it going in.  At least I didn't.  I knew something something there's dinosaurs and a little toddler thing and yeah that's what we got.

Cartoon Corner- Star Wars: Ewoks

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

With my last breath, I blame Grefter.

Cartoon Corner- Slayers Excellent

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

ED-E (Never Die)- Such a low key song.  It's bloody weird, because I strongly associate Slayers vocals with bombast as suited to Megami singing more or less in-character as Lina.  within that it's pretty enjoyable, but doesn't stand out at all.  Probably the weakest vocal so far.

Cartoon Corner- Slayers Special

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

Box calls this Slayers: The Book of Spells, but it's labelled as Special in the actual OVA.  'sides, any Slayers fan material I run across always, always uses the Japanese terms so.

Cartoon Corner- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (Season 1)

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

Let's knock this one out right away.

Cartoon Corner- Hercules

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

I've always had some love for this one, and I don't know why.  Let's see if we can figure it out by the time we're back from the songs!

Cartoon Corner- Star Driver

So this show was pitched to me as basically fusing Utena with Gurren Lagann.  Which is certainly true, it wears both of those influences on its sleeves.  Of course, those are both all-time classics that redefined their genres and one of them is probably my favorite show full stop, so I mean… I don’t want to pretend Star Driver lives up to those.

Cartoon Corner- Lilo & Stitch

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

Lilo & Stitch falls in a strange era of Disney, where the Renaissance was clearly over but they had no idea what to actually do yet.  So we got several fairly offbeat films.  They all are pretty different in tone and, what stood out on this watch-through, art styles.  In this case, everything feels very... round.  I think to some extent this might be a stylistic choice rather than a change in art style, because it means that Stitch looks extremely distinct from every other alien; he's pointy and dangerous, they're soft from years of bureaucracy.  Still, even the humans move in a very circular way, and of course the character designs themselves are a bit different from the norm since it's not a pack of white people.

Cartoon Corner- The Slayers

Originally posted at the DL December 2015

Actually, before anything else, we gotta do this.  It's Slayers man.

Cartoon Corner- Wreck-It Ralph

Originally posted at the DL November 2015

*squeeee* omygodohmygod PIXAR IS DOING SOMETHING THAT FEELS LIKE PIXAR AND NOT LOW RENT DISNEY

Cartoon Corner- The Incredibles

Originally posted at the DL November 2015

Or the Fantastic Four and Watchmen had a baby.

Spectacular Spider-Man (Season 1)

Originally posted at the DL November 2015

Cartoon Corner- The Little Mermaid

Originally posted at the DL November 2015

Oh this movie.  Let's just get to the songs first.