Animaniacs

*drgon78* · 05-17-2022, 03:33 PM

I am sure there are fans of this one on this site.

*CyberCubed* · 05-17-2022, 04:39 PM

I never watched any of the revival, was it any good?

*Prowler* · 05-17-2022, 05:06 PM

I didn't know there was a revival of Animaniacs. I only know the original show from back then. I liked it. Mostly because of the Freakazoid and Pinky and the Brain shorts. They would later become actual cartoon series.

*Autbot_Benz* · 05-17-2022, 05:19 PM

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I never watched any of the revival, was it any good?

no its forgettable. None of the secondary characters besides Pinky and The Brain show up and all the new characters suck.

superstaff · 05-17-2022, 05:25 PM

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no its forgettable. None of the secondary characters besides Pinky and The Brain show up and all the new characters suck.

Oh. Cool. Someone else actually agrees with me on that. Never thought I'd see that on the internet.

*Autbot_Benz* · 05-17-2022, 05:30 PM

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Oh. Cool. Someone else actually agrees with me on that. Never thought I'd see that on the internet.

I gave up after Season 1. I got all 4 seasons of the OG show on DVD that's all I need.

*Prowler* · 05-17-2022, 05:30 PM

I'm not surprised that there's two negative comments about the Animaniacs revival already. I mean, how many revivals and remakes have been good in the last several years?

The entertainment industry just seems to be running out of ideas and assumes that doing revivals of older properties will automatically work out well.

*Anarchistguy* · 05-17-2022, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Autbot_Benz

no its forgettable. None of the secondary characters besides Pinky and The Brain show up and all the new characters suck.

I also heard that Tom Ruegger offered to help and they turned him down. A shame because they REALLY need his help.

*Coola Yagami* · 05-17-2022, 08:40 PM

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I also heard that Tom Ruegger offered to help and they turned him down. A shame because they REALLY need his help.

Who was that again?

The reboot was alright (from what I seen from season 1) but it did need the other segments. After the second episode you notice 'heeeeeyyyy they really aren't bringing back the others, are they?' and to make it worse, the second season didn't either.

Also I did notice it feels a little 'girl power preachy'. Every other episode ended in some sort of Dot song or segment about how great women are through history and whatever else. Not bad on its own, but like, one time is enough, not every other episode. Or be fair and talk about great men in history too.

But eh, you know how things are nowadays. I wouldn't be surprised if either Dot's VA or whoever writes her dialogue wouldn't return unless they were allowed to put those segments in.

*Anarchistguy* · 05-17-2022, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

Who was that again?

He created the original show.

*Coola Yagami* · 05-17-2022, 08:46 PM

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He created the original show.

It sucks when you sell away the rights of your show and characters. Like by all means, it should be like, this reboot shouldn't even be possible unless Tom wanted to make it.... but that's how it goes I guess.

*Anarchistguy* · 05-17-2022, 08:58 PM

How painful it must be to watch your characters get massacred and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it even though you created them.

*Prowler* · 05-17-2022, 09:13 PM

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How painful it must be to watch your characters get massacred and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it even though you created them.

I guess that's why Peter Laird seems to avoid looking up anything about modern day TMNT. There's no way he'd be happy to know what they're doing to the Turtles.

*Anarchistguy* · 05-17-2022, 09:15 PM

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I guess that's why Peter Laird seems to avoid looking up anything about modern day TMNT. There's no way he'd be happy to know what they're doing to the Turtles.

Lol that's exactly what came to mind when I was writing my previous reply.

*drgon78* · 05-17-2022, 10:02 PM

Forgot about the revival, should of specified that I was talking about the original series, my bad.

*MrPliggins* · 05-17-2022, 10:03 PM

I only watched the first few episodes of the revival so far. I didn't realize how much the extra characters added to the original show. The revival isn't bad, but it definitely feels like something's missing.

*ZariusTwo* · 05-17-2022, 10:46 PM

Revival's fine, but it says nothing new. I liked the one episode where Chicken Boo is revealed as a villain though.

*Coola Yagami* · 05-17-2022, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Revival's fine, but it says nothing new. I liked the one episode where Chicken Boo is revealed as a villain though.

That one was as close as it got to bringing the cast back. Should have ended on that episode and then bring them all back in season 2. Like, at least make them have cameos or something. Anything.

Aaronardo · 05-17-2022, 11:29 PM

I fell in love with the original, it has so much charm and was very unique among its contemporaries, outclassing shows from 10 years after its cancellation in trying to grab my attention. The revival is about as inconsistent as the original show was imo. Even with that show it was always up in the air if you were going to get a funny segment, an unfunny segment, or a modern SNL "we came up with one joke that we will now repeat for five minutes" segment.

But yeah, when every episode is Warners -> Pinky & The Brain -> Warners, that's a lot less forgivable. With the original you could chalk up the shaky quality to it being a variety show. With the revival, it's like they're overusing the same characters ad nauseum. Plus, I always felt the original's high points were higher than the revival's, but the revival has a few great segments here and there.

Also, the point of the original was to be a sort of modern-day Looney Tunes and it has a standard to its animation making it feel authentic to that. The revival's visual style is just every tween-heavy animated show ever with maaaaaaybe a smear frame here and there. Not far removed from the new Looney Tunes stuff on HBO Max, but even that seems to have had more heart/budget/time put into it. So a lot of the "point" even disregarding the variety show aspect is lost in translation with the revival...

superstaff · 05-18-2022, 05:45 AM

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I fell in love with the original, it has so much charm and was very unique among its contemporaries, outclassing shows from 10 years after its cancellation in trying to grab my attention. The revival is about as inconsistent as the original show was imo. Even with that show it was always up in the air if you were going to get a funny segment, an unfunny segment, or a modern SNL "we came up with one joke that we will now repeat for five minutes" segment.

But yeah, when every episode is Warners -> Pinky & The Brain -> Warners, that's a lot less forgivable. With the original you could chalk up the shaky quality to it being a variety show. With the revival, it's like they're overusing the same characters ad nauseum. Plus, I always felt the original's high points were higher than the revival's, but the revival has a few great segments here and there.

Also, the point of the original was to be a sort of modern-day Looney Tunes and it has a standard to its animation making it feel authentic to that. The revival's visual style is just every tween-heavy animated show ever with maaaaaaybe a smear frame here and there. Not far removed from the new Looney Tunes stuff on HBO Max, but even that seems to have had more heart/budget/time put into it. So a lot of the "point" even disregarding the variety show aspect is lost in translation with the revival...

My thoughts exactly. Thank you.

05-17-2022, 03:33 PM	#1
drgon78 Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 2,409	Animaniacs I am sure there are fans of this one on this site.

05-17-2022, 08:58 PM	#12
Anarchistguy Mad Scientist Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Canada (This country is too peaceful, Something's up...) Posts: 2,137	How painful it must be to watch your characters get massacred and there's absolutely nothing you can do about it even though you created them. __________________ M.D.K. Maim! Destroy! Kill!!! "When my time comes, I wanna be buried face down, so those who don't like me can kiss my ass!"

05-17-2022, 10:46 PM	#17
ZariusTwo Overlord Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Britain, DINO THUNDER...POWER UP! Posts: 22,497	Revival's fine, but it says nothing new. I liked the one episode where Chicken Boo is revealed as a villain though. __________________ Spider-Man: The Rescue Spider-Man: The Galloping Cat Spider-Man: Scarlet Mirror Doctor Who: Child of the Daleks

05-17-2022, 11:29 PM	#19
Aaronardo Mad Scientist Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: :noitacoL Posts: 1,043	I fell in love with the original, it has so much charm and was very unique among its contemporaries, outclassing shows from 10 years after its cancellation in trying to grab my attention. The revival is about as inconsistent as the original show was imo. Even with that show it was always up in the air if you were going to get a funny segment, an unfunny segment, or a modern SNL "we came up with one joke that we will now repeat for five minutes" segment. But yeah, when every episode is Warners -> Pinky & The Brain -> Warners, that's a lot less forgivable. With the original you could chalk up the shaky quality to it being a variety show. With the revival, it's like they're overusing the same characters ad nauseum. Plus, I always felt the original's high points were higher than the revival's, but the revival has a few great segments here and there. Also, the point of the original was to be a sort of modern-day Looney Tunes and it has a standard to its animation making it feel authentic to that. The revival's visual style is just every tween-heavy animated show ever with maaaaaaybe a smear frame here and there. Not far removed from the new Looney Tunes stuff on HBO Max, but even that seems to have had more heart/budget/time put into it. So a lot of the "point" even disregarding the variety show aspect is lost in translation with the revival... __________________ "Shredder, you gotta listen to reason!" - Leonardo "Oh Turtles! Oh Turtles! Chew your gum properly." "If I miss this week's Kirby, heads are gonna roll." - Raphael "The Biosites have almost finished healing my flesh." - Shredder "Because we're takin' the heart and you're goin' to jail!" - Donatello

05-17-2022, 04:39 PM	#2
CyberCubed Overlord Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 43,881	I never watched any of the revival, was it any good?

05-17-2022, 05:06 PM	#3
Prowler Emperor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,999	I didn't know there was a revival of Animaniacs. I only know the original show from back then. I liked it. Mostly because of the Freakazoid and Pinky and the Brain shorts. They would later become actual cartoon series.

05-17-2022, 05:30 PM	#7
Prowler Emperor Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,999	I'm not surprised that there's two negative comments about the Animaniacs revival already. I mean, how many revivals and remakes have been good in the last several years? The entertainment industry just seems to be running out of ideas and assumes that doing revivals of older properties will automatically work out well.

05-17-2022, 10:02 PM	#15
drgon78 Mad Scientist Join Date: Apr 2013 Posts: 2,409	Forgot about the revival, should of specified that I was talking about the original series, my bad.

05-17-2022, 10:03 PM	#16
MrPliggins Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 3,051	I only watched the first few episodes of the revival so far. I didn't realize how much the extra characters added to the original show. The revival isn't bad, but it definitely feels like something's missing.