Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
You really hit the nail on the head there.
Not to mention that the live-action adaptations sometimes get incredibly boneheaded... So Underdog is not an anthropomorphic dog, he's a normal dog, and he's not Shoeshine Boy, and Sweet Polly Purebred is not a canine reporter?... I call bullshit! How can you make an Underdog film if the character is entirely changed?
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
Movie and TV Goddess
I do wonder about this also. Like, when I saw the live action version of Rocky and Bullwinkle, it was like they were trying so hard to make it so modern, that they sort of lost sight of what the original cartoon series was really about and it felt like I was watching a completely different version of Rocky and Bullwinkle at that point.
I love animation, TV, movies, YOU NAME IT!
Pretty much. Animated versions tend to be made by the ones who genuinely love the genre, and we all know that you can know all the tropes in the verse, but you try to make a story you don't love, it'll crumple up on you like a paper crane out in the rain.
Also related to why the Marvel Cinematic Universe was much better than most of the other Marvel-based movies.
Professional Moldy Fig/Curmudgeon
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I actually disagree. The Rocky And Bullwinkle film was actually a decent attempt at the show's style of humor. It didn't all succeed but you could tell they tried.
Besides, the original series parodied a lot of things in the 60s. Who's to say they shouldn't try modern stuff too?
"They say I'm old fashioned, and live in the past, but sometimes I think progress progresses too fast."
THE DISGRACE STILL LINGERS UPON ME
To answer the OP... Simple. Love, care, respect for the animated medium involved, as well as those who were and still are fans of that great piece of work today. And that's putting it in the simplest way possible!
Even if I had different face, I AM STILL DISGRACED.
What if the live-action adaptation stays on TV?
Still just awesome like that
AND has the writers from the show.
Mad Scientist Wannabe
It depends on who the writers are.
And I don't mean this as yet another slam on Butch Hartman.
Of course, don't you know anything about ALCHEMY?!- Twin clones of Ivan the Great
I actually disagree with the notion...I think if the animated ones fail, it just gets noticed less because most animated movies are made for TV or have only a limited release while Live Action ones are supposed to become big blockbuster. Though I do think that an animated one has better chances of success, especially if the original staff is still working on it. But if it is done years after the series ended...do I need to remind anyone of the Tom and Jerry movie?
Main Character
edited 7th Jun '14 1:18:29 PM by Grounder
...while live action ones are bad?
I think that it's because the animated ones usually have the original writers so they know how the characters are supposed to act, while the live-action ones try to act "cool" to younger audiences.
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