I dunno, Wesley. I think Lois looked kinda late-period Disney musical princess-y. And I was entertained by the whole thing, despite its piecemeal joke attack and occasional cribs from some Simpsons "Treehouse of Horror" segments. But I do think that Seth and company will never come close to approximating the joys of their first F.G. musical ep, "Road to Rhode Island." To this day, it still tickles and charms me (two words that usually don't come up when discussing the MacFarlane oeuvre).
On Sep 27, 7:56 pm, Wesley McGee <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.) > > -- > Wesley McGeehttp://www.ambivi.comhttp://sterlingnorth.vox.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
