RIP Lou Scheimer
 

Awww, noooo....! :o:(:cry:

I've spent a crazy amount of my life enjoying Filmation cartoons, from Ghostbusters to Superman and Batman and especially He-Man. As Lou often mentioned, at a time when much of the television animation industry was outsourcing overseas, Filmation was helping keep animation jobs in America. Sure, they cut a few corners through use of stock footage, but to me that was always part of their charm. The Rotoscoped, hand-drawn characters in He-Man still move more in more natural, lifelike fashion than any expensive CGI creation today, even if they DID use the same few movements every time.

Cheers, Lou. Thanks for everything. :cry:

He'll definitely be missed. He was part of my childhood because of Fat Albert, He-Man, and She-Ra. I also remembered that he's even responsible for the Archie animated series from way back when.

Also, here's a good article about him.
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators....html#comments

Oh, this........this is heartbreaking. I actually enjoyed watching He Man and I love the MOTU Classics line. You will be greatly missed Mr. Schiemer.

Wow. Really sad. I used to watch He-Man, She-Ra, and Fat Albert, too. He'll be greatly missed.

I wish there were some fabulous secret magic drugs that can make my sadness go away...:(

Come on guys, the best Filmation series was Star Trek... :P

I did like the Star Trek show, I forget about it sometimes because I only saw it, briefly, on Nickelodeon back in the day. But it was good.

Bravestarr was good too but I was always bitter they cancelled He-Man for it. So I never gave it a fair chance.

My bro loved Bravestarr and so did I. We used to watch it all of the time. Good times.

The local Retro TV channel airs Filmation cartoons on Saturday mornings. Starting at 8:00 they run Fat Albert followed by Ghostbusters, United States of Archie, Bravestarr, She-ra, and He-man.