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From: mwtilden@watmath.UUCP (M.W. Tilden, Hardware)
Newsgroups: net.tv
Subject: Re: Popeye & Max Fleicher
Message-ID: <1413@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 27-Feb-86 12:45:01 EST
Article-I.D.: watmath.1413
Posted: Thu Feb 27 12:45:01 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 28-Feb-86 22:04:34 EST
References: <11936@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: mwtilden@watmath.UUCP (M.W. Tilden, Hardware)
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
Lines: 42
Keywords: more anime videos, japanimation
Summary: 

In article <11936@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> m128a3aw@brahms.UUCP (Sean "Yoda" Rouse) writes:
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>Now for a comment: Wouldn't it be nice if they had video tapes of good old
>uncut classic cartoons. We're talking Max Fleicher, MGM, Warner Bros., and
>other real oldies.
>

Hear,hear! It has always astonished me that really big video stores carry
junk like 'The adventures of Archie' while missing out on all the *real*
stuff. Maybe we could form a petition?

Other things I wish they'd put in Video stores are the range of Japanimation
sci-fi epics that seem to be so popular over there but not here alas. Shows
like Star Blazers, Robotech and Captian (somebody) and the Jewel of 1000 stars.
Robotech is my favorite because it's the only one playing around here just
now and also the only one I've seen.
It follows the Marvel Comics genre' pretty closely, high action, 
reasonable storylines, character development and *no* cutesy robots. I'm
actually quite impressed with an animated series that kills off major 
characters occasionally and also does things that make major changes in
the storyline.

For example, one episode the commander of an immense fleet
of space warships threatens at the beginning to destroy the Earth. Big deal,
happens on 10 other shows daily and in comics at least 20 times a month.
Only in this case he actually does it! Razes the entire planet and graphically
too! Mankind as a civilization wiped off 95% of the map!

Great stuff!

Compare this to everything-must-be-the-same-way-we-left-it cartoons like
He-man, Thundercats or even Tom and Jerry. This type of animation has been
a long time coming and I for one would see more of it! Anybody know if there's
something new on the way?

Anyway, that's my two cents worth...

Mark 

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