(fwd) Re: Episode "Letter Grades".. (fwd)

From: Andy Hill <chance_at_unix.infoserve.net>
Date: Sun, 2 Jul 1995 13:30:46 -0700 (PDT)

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Date: Sun, 2 Jul 1995 13:01:09 -0700
From: Andy Hill <chance_at_unix.infoserve.net>
To: chance_at_unix.infoserve.net
Subject: (fwd) Re: Episode "Letter Grades"..

Newsgroups: alt.tv.swatkats

Andy Hill (chance_at_unix.infoserve.net) wrote:
: There's 24 'Kats eps altogether, and here's the "letter grades" that
: the "Animato!" article author, Mark Lungo, saw fit to assign each ep.
: Before you read 'em, be aware that Mark has strong opinions on
: "gratuitious" violence, and that may influence the grading in some
: instances. Lemme know what you think.

: 2) The Giant Bacteria: D+ (Glenn Leopold)

: Second Season:

: 22) a) Volcanus Erupts: C (Glenn Leopold, concept Christian/Yvon Tremblay)
: b) The Origin of Dr. Viper: A- (Glenn Leopold)
: 23) The Dark Side of the SwatKats: B- (Jim Katz)
: 24) Unlikely Alloys: A (Lance Falk)

     Oddly, the "Giant Bacteria" seems to be the one that's almost
universally labelled as the least favourite - yet elements of it actually
helped sell the show in the first place; a version of "Bacteria" is
depicted on a very early SK poster looming in the background about to
devour a very prototypical TurboKat. Mark's given it a "D" primarily
based on the "gratuitious" violence depicted in the subway scene where
Bacteria-ized Morbulus apparently devours an entire railway car full of
innocent between-meal snacks. I usually find such scenes underscore the
fact that "this entity is _not_ Mother Theresa..."

     The second lowest rating goes to "Volcanus Erupts", which I didn't
much like partly because it was one of the 11 minute eps, and partly
because the story didn't really "go" anywhere. The _only_ thing I really
like about this ep is that you get to see Razor in shorts - _very_ useful
when trying to draw the guy (the only other time, I think, is in "Ghost
Pilot", when they're both doing the workout thing, and Jake's on the
treadmill).

     If I had to "fail" any ep and send it to Summer-school, it'd have to
be the "Katseye News Special Report". If you look at the Doc-Kat GIF,
you'll notice that the production number is actually 002 - indicating
that "Mutation City" was supposed to be the _second_ episode of season
two, not the first. No prizes for guessing what ep was originally
supposed to air in the top slot. "Katseye" is only good for the new
Jake&Chance dialogue during the "name that villian" sequence - everything
else is compiled of clips in such a way that they're not only mostly out
of context with their original scenarios, but they actively detract from
whatever meaning the actual _composition_ of the scenes was meant to
convey ("Metal Urgency" conclusion is the best example).

    I'm still working on my "A" list...

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  - George Lucas on the cancellation of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles",
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     "...$%#!!_at_!!, does EVERYTHING have to occur at the speed of MTV?!"
  - George Lucas on the cancellation of "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles",
    after hearing that viewers expected constant action, rather than a 
                        "gentle history lesson"
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