tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838281116940856351.post2776347545317037432..comments2023-10-24T10:47:06.743+02:00Comments on Movie Critic: Journey to the Beginning of TimeMarin Mandirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17535059667967149300noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838281116940856351.post-59098693684002418862014-07-17T19:53:28.607+02:002014-07-17T19:53:28.607+02:00I was.
On one hand, there are those that would co...I was.<br /><br />On one hand, there are those that would compliment Mr. Ladd for what he did to start any interest in Japanese cartoons around here, yet there are the sneers at what he did to ruin classic American cartoons of the black & white era with the redrawn identicals that were a mainstay on TV stations for years simply because of the unproven fact that kids would not watch a 'boring' program that was in black & white. A whole generation pretty much thought all early American animation looked that way on purpose when it wasn't.<br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kdnyS8Ai6k<br />Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838281116940856351.post-90663734496795431282014-07-17T13:19:34.420+02:002014-07-17T13:19:34.420+02:00"Perhaps not one of Fred Ladd's finest bu..."Perhaps not one of Fred Ladd's finest but at least he tried here (a few years later he would bring over a Japanese cartoon that fared a little better despite whatever demands the American company had over the content that it's original creator didn't have in mind (but then I suppose you know that story too)."<br /><br />Actually, I am not familiar with that story, but I guess you are talking about Astro Boy and its introduction to the US audience.Marin Mandirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535059667967149300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838281116940856351.post-2787093658252118732014-07-15T22:28:21.226+02:002014-07-15T22:28:21.226+02:00I agree. The US version used an unnecessary intro ...<i>I agree. The US version used an unnecessary intro in order to have a happy ending where the kids return safe and sound back home, because the original ending was too vague for them.</i><br /><br />No doubt someone needed closure or else confused viewers would start writing in angry letters to the station. In some way, I remind myself of Haim Saban and the Power Rangers series in the 90's. Merely taking the original concept and footage and placing the American characters and stories in place and hope nobody notices the difference.<br /><br />Perhaps not one of Fred Ladd's finest but at least he tried here (a few years later he would bring over a Japanese cartoon that fared a little better despite whatever demands the American company had over the content that it's original creator didn't have in mind (but then I suppose you know that story too).Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838281116940856351.post-75789396355017654692014-07-15T12:21:18.192+02:002014-07-15T12:21:18.192+02:00I agree. The US version used an unnecessary intro ...I agree. The US version used an unnecessary intro in order to have a happy ending where the kids return safe and sound back home, because the original ending was too vague for them. Anyway, it is a charming and rare dinosaur film outside the English language world.Marin Mandirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17535059667967149300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2838281116940856351.post-8204840710431524772014-07-14T22:24:38.838+02:002014-07-14T22:24:38.838+02:00At least you watched the original it seems. This ...At least you watched the original it seems. This was one of those that showed up in the US as well on TV though it had a new footage produced showing those four kids as Americans in New York who go through a cave in a park pond where they travel through time (while wearing hats they bought by a guy who we're only told at the beginning in narration), if only to try to stay consistence with the original film except for the cave itself appearing like a background out of The Flintstones.<br />Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.com