Watching Family Guy was a pretty odd experience tonight. Obviously from the
title, the bit that struck me in the show of multiverses was the "Disney
Animated" universe though it looks more Don Bluth-esque somewhat
over-the-top style kinda crossed with Bill Plympton. I almost wonder if this
bit was to serve as rebuttal to continuous criticism over the MacFarlane
style of simple animation. I wonder who was tasked with the character
designs, and the key frames for that bit. That said, the designs weren't
completely consistent. Aside from making Meg a half demon, they worked
hardest to draw Peter and Brian in the Disney style, but Lois was pretty
much done in MacFarlane style (save for her eyes). Only the immediate family
-- save Meg -- were drawn as humans. The others were anthropomorphic animals
or objects, a la Disney's "Beauty and the Beast".
However, overall this episode seems to bring into stark relief the issues I
have with the show... the joke construction is so rigid, I almost expect Mad
Libs to branch out into do-it-yourself Family Guy scripts. Jump to universe.
Stewie says "This is universe of [description]." Sight gag or wan joke about
universe. Which is generally how a Family Guy sight-gag joke works too
("Here comes a sight gag." Sight gag.). There are precious few times this
construction isn't used. (The real baby and dog universe is one -- they
actually let the sight gag sell itself. The Disney one actually tries to
sell you hardest on the joke with uncharacteristically expressive character
animation and musical number, which actually does conceal the true punchline
of the joke, which is one MacFarlane has made in an earlier episode at the
expense of Walt Disney, the person.)
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Wesley McGee
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