(fwd) Re: OPINION POLL: flames guaranteed

From: Andy Hill <chance_at_unix.infoserve.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 1995 07:02:12 -0700

From: chance_at_unix.infoserve.net (Andy Hill)
Newsgroups: alt.tv.swatkats,rec.arts.animation
Subject: Re: OPINION POLL: flames guaranteed

     This "I liked Exo better because Exo had humans" is usually the
reason given when people say they don't like "SwatKats". Disney
expressed a similar sentiment when the concept was shopped around to
them before H-B got hold of it - saying something to the effect "it won't
work unless there are humans in it". Disney, I suppose, conveniently
forgot their own "Tale Spin" and "Rescue Rangers", but presumably were
strictly referring to ac/adv - hence their own "Gargoyles" project.

     "SwatKats" works _because_ it's all cat-characters - there's no
writing "easy out" by making most of the eps focus on human/mutant
angst, and the writers are forced to look for other things to give the
audience.


Enrique Conty writes: "I hate furries"

     "I hate furries" is a bit extreme - you're cutting yourself off from
a whole means of storytelling, not just one show. You personally may not
be able to "relate" to a cast composed entirely of anthropomorphic cats,
but does that mean you also disliked any of the Disney feature efforts
with sentient animal critters?

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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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Received on Thu Jun 29 1995 - 10:12:22 PDT