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I just can't let this cartoon go...

posted 11 years ago by DreTam2000
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I've suggested this before, but I really wish there was a way an animated feature film based on this cartoon could be made today.

It would be an awesome business decision on the one hand, and it'd be a great artistic revisit on the other. Because it's never been done before, it'd be a great excuse to tackle this cartoon yet again; just one movie so as to avoid the burden of having to replicate an entire ongoing series. Everybody wins.

Lots of cartoons... The Simpsons, Family Guy, even Aqua Teen Hunger Force got the movie treatment. Television shows: Power Rangers, Sex in the City got the feature-film treatment. South Park, etc...

It wouldn't have to be exactly like the 90s cartoon (which would be impossible anyway... as times have changed, and the production crew has since dispersed). The magic wouldn't be fully recaptured. But something along the lines of the tone and flow (and visual scheme) of this cartoon in a feature-film would be a great revisit. Some of the same Producers and Writers, and maybe some new ones to smooth it out. I'd give anything to see it happen.

Oh well... until then, I'll just have to pretend and treat the 4-part "Beyond Good and Evil" saga as an 80-minute X-MEN movie.

I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way

[–] Kris_AB 11 years ago

I'd like something like this for a number of my favorite animated series from the past (and even a few live action shows that didn't get proper conclusions/got canceled prematurely). I thought that, after they made an "ultimate" Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie a few years back (it was the 2003 turtles meeting the original 1989 animated turtles in some sorta reality/time-warp development--haven't seen it), that if it sold well enough (or got great ratings, if it was televised), maybe other studios would notice and follow suit. You'd think there'd be big money in this, rather than always rebooting franchises (I mean, they can reboot too, but throw fans of the past incarnations a bone).

'Cause let's face it, this series still had some loose ends and could've gotten a better ending. Did they ever even fully adress that Cable is Jean & Scott's son ? (I'm just in the midst of a series re-watch, plus I might've not seen every episode originally, not sure yet) Jean saw a flash of it in Season 2/sensed it telepathically when she read Cable's mind, but never divulged what she discovered to anyone (which is about as ridiculous as her unexplained decision to not tell Scott that Corsair was his father when she found out during "The Phoenix Saga". Was there anything in the comics explaining that?).

[–] hubcap18 8 years ago

Most reboots/remakes do throw fans of the past incarnations a bone by having cast members from those past incarnations make small appearances.

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[–] chris-wulfers 11 years ago

have you seen Pryde of the xmen?

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098137/

I think this was actually the original pilot. I remember seeing toys for this as a kid, but never knew what it was from until a couple years ago when I downloaded it.

[–] DreTam2000 11 years ago

Yeah, I saw "Pryde of the X-MEN" back in the 90s as a kid. I didn't know what it was either. I thought it was an episode from a whole other X-MEN series that predated the 90s one. It wasn't until years later I would find out that it's only a standalone episode.

After doing some thinking, I'm happy with the 77 episodes we've got. I just wish more kids from the '96-2000s era knew about it or would take the time to watch it. So many people are missing out on this amazing series. It was a hit back in the 90s, but it was one of those humble hits that somehow hasn't left its mark as largely as it could/should have. Vastly inferior cartoons have since come and gone, with no such degree of dynamic that this cartoon had.

I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way

[–] KCJ506 11 years ago

It was a hit back in the 90s, but it was one of those humble hits that somehow hasn't left its mark as largely as it could/should have

It has actually. Along with shows like Batman TAS and Justice League/Unlimited. One of the reasons shows like these left such a legacy behind is they were not only watched by kids, but teens and adults as well.

Sick of threads "Megan Fox should play this!"

[–] DreTam2000 11 years ago

We might be referring to two different sorts of legacies and marks then. By leaving its mark on the world, I mean in a more mainstream way. I bump into too many folks today who either have never watched this cartoon, or they simply remember this series but not as warmly as they should. This cartoon deserves to be a classic in the limelight as much as any other. We're mostly hardcore fans here, but casual viewers would love this cartoon just as much as us if they'd bother to recall it and give it another go.

This cartoon is still quite underappreciated considering how much thought and heart went into it, and how brilliant it is.

I guess that's simply the nature of an underrated gem.

I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way

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[–] GreenGoblinsOckVenom86 8 years ago

I remember seeing that years ago as a kid on a VHS tape. I myself thought it was an older X-Men cartoon. I don't remember much about it except that Juggernaut was the villain.

Green Goblin is great! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1L4ZuaVvaw

[–] hungriheart-724-232540 10 years ago

My favourite cartoon

[–] Hobgobby8821 10 years ago

This show got me into Marvel Comics!

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[–] SydneyIz 10 years ago

Honestly, I never liked the film series...most of the characters are neutered and under-written. X-2, the First Class, and DPoF remain good films, but they lack a certain charm and richness to them. People go nuts over Marvel flicks, but most of them are rather forgettable movies. There are exceptions, like Spider Man 2, Iron Man/The Avengers, Blade, and GotG, even those films rated a bit too high on IMDB.

I always preferred the cartoon series better for some reason, because it seems as if the creators actually did homework on the series and rarely wander aimlessly at times, while making spectacular characters into pitifully disposable cardboards. It actually created purposeful dialogue; inspired antagonists; and most of all...dealt things in subtlety.

Why is it that we hear better dialogue in shows made for children versus $200 million budget motion picture? I've seen people diss cartoons as stupid yet praise Friday the 13th movies and watch Duck Dynasty and other ridiculous reality shows. Some shows, like Adventure Time which runs miles around most non-animated TV Shows.

The old Transformers cartoon from the 80s has better dialogue and emotional content than any TF movie of Michael Bay.

[–] DreTam2000 10 years ago

The X-MEN movies are painful to watch. I agree. No characterization, no loveable characters, heartfelt moments, charming dialogue. The cartoon was expertly crafted in converse.

As for your other sediment, yes, I think voiceover work for cartoon is easier than having to act a full-on performance in realtime. That may be why one finds a better performance in an animation than in an actual film. Voice is the actor or actress's only duty.

I'm not a control freak, I just like things my way

[–] PreachCaleb 9 years ago

As for your other sediment, yes, I think voiceover work for cartoon is easier than having to act a full-on performance in realtime.

Sentiment. Sediment is rocks.

And no, it's actually, not much easier. Watch "I Know That Voice" on Netflix to see just how difficult it actually is.

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[–] WeirdRaptor 9 years ago

The answer is that the blokes making the cartoon gave more of a toss than anyone on the set of the films.

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