On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:56 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 I'm impressed I got this part right. Cartoon Brew posted about the episode last Monday <http://www.cartoonbrew.com/disney/family-guy-goes-disney.html>and revealed that Darlie Brewster was one of the main animators for the sequence. She's a veteran of Don Bluth's studio. (Of course she was also a veteran of Disney, which is not surprising given that Bluth was a breakaway talent from Disney.) Note, Cartoon Brew's editorial policy on Family Guy is "No sir, I don't like it <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0-oJZ4GbvY>." I'm sure the show's character design actually causes Amid Amidi physical pain. But my criticism isn't his (which argues largely that the good design is paramount and cartoons can't be written by script, the latter I disagree with strongly, the former I disagree with partially). I probably didn't explain it well last week -- I thought the season premiere was a better episode than the usual, or more accurately, there were better scenes mixed in with the generally typical scenes. Also, why the ep felt so odd to me was that they found a way to use the staple of FG -- "the manatee joke" -- as the plot. Each multiverse is in essence a manatee joke -- and the ones that worked actually fleshed out the joke in some way "Disney/Bluthverse" or was brief enough that they didn't have time to over explain it in dialog "the real life universe". Still, Family Guy's big weakness to me is that it is a confuses references for comedy. It's not unlike a Jason Friedberg/Aaron Seltzer movie. Comparing last week's episode with last night's episode it felt like night vs day in terms of quality. I feel like I'm rambling now, since it's 4:30am. I could probably make a better argument if I got some sleep, and think about it more when I wake up. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
