Cartoon Era Point of Views?
One thing I've learnt recently is to not delve into videos that talk about 'weird' cartoon series from a particular era. I recently watched one talking about shows from the 80's, yet apart from a couple, I wouldn't call most of them weird compared to other shows from that time. Heck, they even ignored Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, yet put Denver the Last Dinosaur on the list. Then it sort of occurred to me why. See, these people making the list clearly were younger then me and were more familiar with shows from the 2000's then anything else. By this time TNMT was considered a normal, popular franchise and that influence may have lead to the feeling of the show not being considered weird. As someone more familiar with 80's cartoons, I certainly would have placed TNMT on the list as compared to Denver, there are a number of the Turtles' episodes that were more weird then the Denver show itself.
I didn't comment on such videos as I find that it is difficult to have a discussion on such matters, mostly cause I don't know how people will react and if a civilized discussion about animation and cartoons can even be a thing in the current state of the community. I just felt like making a note here so I may one day expand on this thought in a more informed article.
Cross-overs:
Just a quick one here. A few years back I tweeted wondering why we never had a cross over between The Tick and Freakazoid and thinking about it recently, I wondered what other characters I'd love to see a cross over with. While there are plenty, a recent post I'm working on gave me another two I'd like to see together in a cross over: Dr Drakken from Kim Possible and Dr Doofenshmirtz from Phineas & Ferb. Both a the evil scientist stereotype and both are comedic in what they do. That said, I would have them start off trying to out do each other before they are put into a position where they are forced to team up against a greater evil to save the world. Seems like it could work as a one off piece anyway, just a thought.
Scooby-Doo and the Curse of the 13th Ghost:
As someone who saw the 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo, this was one of the few Scooby related material that I did want to check out and having now watched it, I thought it was good. I liked it at least. It tried to remain faithful to the original while still going for the modern style that always seems the way they go with the franchise.
And there lies they problem, it 'tried', but still fell somewhat flat. Sure they brought back Flim-Flam, but they didn't bring back Scrappy, Weerd and Bogel. I know Scrappy has a bit of a reputation, but I feel the main problem with that character is that no one knows how to redeem or make him likable and this was a failed opportunity (also, they brought back this plotline yet have Fred and Velma not know who Scrappy is? Are they just picking and choosing what they want to acknowledge in this franchise at this point). Then we have the two ghosts of Weerd and Bogel, who were the catalyst for the events of the show and were always trying to get the heroes. The fact that they never appear in this feels like they were trying to make it more serious, yet a lot of the humour in this movie was still reminiscent of the original Scooby cartoons, so this one makes no sense to me. Also, the Chest backstory is also confusing. Like there are two running parts with Vince and Mortifer finding the Chest for the first time in Egypt, yet the second is that the 13th Ghost is actually Vincent's ancestor? Even the ancestor is dressed similar to Vincent in the flashback, so how did he end up in the Chest and sealed away in an Ancient Egypt vault? Confusing.
As I said, I liked it (Van Ghoul in particular, voiced by the great Maurice LaMarche), but this was another attempt to use something from the past for classic fans and then missing important points for some strange reason. Check it out if you're a Scooby fan or if you're just general interested to see what it's like.
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