DISNEY'S THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG

Well since my last film review was a weird, bizarre and strange take on the Frog Prince that I grew up watching as a kid, I'm now going to take a look at thee famous Frog Prince film adaptation by Disney, which is...

 

Taking place in a Fairy Tale setting of New Orleans in the 1920s; a black waitress named Tiana works two jobs so she can save enough money to open up her own restaurant to fulfill her deceased Father's dream. Meanwhile, a Prince who has been cut from his riches by his parents because of his irresponsible behavior meets a Voodoo Witch Doctor, who turns him into a Frog, and can only be a human again if he's kissed by a Princess. The Prince mistakes Tiana for a Princess not knowing that Tiana is wearing a costume for a party, and after Tiana kisses him, she too becomes a Frog. Wanting to become human again, the couple go on an adventure to look for the voodoo priestess to become human again, while coming across colorful characters; fighting against the evil Witch Doctors demons; and slowly start falling in love. I must honestly say, I really love the films plot and setting (I'll talk about the New Orleans setting later); the only issue I have with the story really are the many loop holes that are thrown into the film to add more to the story than it already needs, which not only makes this simple Fairy Tale premise a bit complicated, but it actually does get kind of annoying at times and feel like these problems were thrown in at the last minute. With that said, I was still hooked to the story, as well as appreciating the out come of the things that were added in even if it felt a bit late; so I can't really fault the story too much.

 

The films two romantic leads have to be one of the greatest romantic couples that Disney has ever created. Tiana (Voiced by Anika Noni Rose) has to be one of my all time favorite Disney Princesses! She's not the type of Princess who just sits there wishing, singing, and forces to work out of her own free will, she's a doer, instead of a dreamer. Now I'm not saying that we haven't had other Disney Princesses who've went after their dream before, but with Tiana, you feel every bit of emotion and hard work that she puts into building her dream, even if it means shutting herself away from social activities to get what she wants. While working really hard to achieve a dream, I do love how the story and film executes the lesson she learns about love, which is done really effectively. As for her personality, she's likable, smart, up beat, determined, and is at times really funny. After all this time of waiting for Disney to finally create a black Princess, the wait really did pay-off and you can tell that a lot of thought and time went into this character, because Disney knew if they messed up their first attempt at creating a black Princess, controversy would probably be just as high as "Song Of The South".



Not only did Disney successfully create another great Princess character, but they surprisingly managed to create another great Prince character as well. While charming, the character's not for the majority all based on charm and looks, nor is he all that heroic either; he's actually a lazy carefree irresponsible character who wants to enjoy life and party, which sadly becomes a problem for him since he never had any responsibility in his life because of how he was raised when he was a kid. That's actually an interesting and fun concept and Disney does a great job working with that aspect to the character. As for his personality, he is in my opinion the funniest character in the movie. Every time I see him acting carefree, cocky, and use his smooth and full of himself charm to hit on the ladies (Especially, our Princess) I always find myself dyeing of laughter. As for the chemistry between our two leads, it's both very fun and engaging, especially since they're both the exact opposite of each others personality, while also living in an unfamiliar environment.


 

Now we move onto the villain, and I'm going to admit, while having a fun villainous personality (Not to mention that he's voiced by Keith David); having a cool design; being very persuasive; and hell, even killing off a comical character (Which Disney usually never does); I didn't think he was that great of a villain. I say this because, when you really get down to it, he's not really the films main villain; the real villains are actually the evil demons, who he actually works for, instead of being their master with some kind of power he posses; or secretly being a demon from hell. The demons assist him in his evil plans, but only if there's something in it for them. Again, he's not a bad villain or is one of Disney's weakest villains; I just find it disappointing that he's more of a pawn for the demons, instead of being some kind of leader for them like Baron Semedi in "Live And Let Die". Aside from his "Friends on the other side", his evil minion is the Prince's servant, which the Doctor used the Prince's blood in a voodoo trinket that can make the servant look like the Prince for his evil plan. As far as comical villainous henchman go, he's sadly nothing special, but I do like the comedy for whenever he's slowly turning back into his old self, even if the loss of the Prince's blood from the trinket is an out of nowhere loop hole in the villain's plan.

The supporting characters in this film are all a lot of fun. First you have an alligator named Louis, who wants to become a Trumpet player, which is both a funny concept and a funny character that leads to some big laughs. There's a Cajun firefly named Ray, who's another funny character as well and has a cute subplot of being in love with a star, which is executed really well, instead of being stupid and forced. There's also Tiana's rich best friend Charlotte, and going into the movie, I thought she was going to be a full of herself character who's annoyingly bratty and spoiled to the point where she's flat out unlikable; but instead, she's not only just as funny as the previous characters I've mentioned, but she's surprisingly not a spoiled brat and actually does support her friend. The voodoo priestess voiced by Jenifer Lewis, I'm going to admit, while being a lot of fun, I felt like the film didn't show too much of her side of wisdom, or heck made her subtle at all. Rafiki in "The Lion King" for example, while having dozens of over the top moments, the film still gave the character enough room for him to be subtle and wise. Sadly we don’t get that from this character. As for the other characters like Tiana's parents; Charlotte's Father; and the those three hunters that just appear for comical and entertaining filler; while they don't show up too much in the story, they're still memorable and do leave an impression on you.



The songs in the film, are all written by Randy Newman, and while at times sounding very Randy Newmannish, and not being anything as memorable as most of the other famous Disney songs before this film, I still really enjoy them, as well as admiring at how well they fit with the films New Orleans atmosphere. The films opening song "Down In New Orleans" performed by Dr.John is one of those atmospheric songs that pulls you into the films world, which did indeed do a good job at doing so. I also really admire and thoroughly enjoy the different types of New Orleans music that this film covers. Louis's song "When We're Human" is in the style of jazz; Ray's song "Gonna Take You There" is in the style of Southern country and folk; and the Voodoo priestess' song "Dig A Little Deeper" is in the style of Gospel, and each of those three songs are so much fun to watch and to listen too, that I really found myself having a ball. There's also the villain's song "Friends On The Other Side", which is around the same field as Ursula's song "Poor Unfortunate Souls" from "The Little Mermaid", starting out smooth and creepy, to going all out insane when the song's near its end, and its definitely one of the best villain songs that I've ever heard. Tiana's "Want" song "Almost There", is another really fun and powerful song, and Anika Noni Rose does an outstanding job at singing and making you feel her determination of opening up her own restaurant. Is it as memorable as "Part Of Your World" or "Out There", no, but it's still really great. Finally there's Ray's love song "Ma Belle Evangeline", which is probably my least my favorite song in the movie, but its still a cute number, and one of the things that executes Ray's silly subplot really well.




Finally we move onto the animation, which is hand drawn and man after looking at this animation, while I do enjoy Computer Animation, hand drawn animation like this makes me wish that film animation studios would do a hand drawn film, every once in awhile. I mean, this is some of Disney's best work. The colors and background designs, along with the music really do a perfect job at bringing a Fairy Tale look and feel to 1920's New Orleans. When I first heard about the film being set in New Orleans, I started to feel extremely iffy about the idea of having Disney's first black Princess being in a modern Jazz filled environment at a time of racial prejudices, with Voodoo as the only source of magic in the film. I really felt like this film was going to be the new "Song Of The South" for Disney. However, I was actually amazed at how well Disney pulled it off by mixing a Modern setting to a fictionalized "Once Upon A Time" Fairy Tale environment. Are the ideas and characters stereotyped, yeah, but it's not as mean or insulting as I thought it was going to be. There are people out there who complain about the change of history because of the race relations, but for me personally, it's a Fairy Tale and it's not supposed to be a realistic depiction of New Orleans in the 1920s. "Song Of The South" on the other hand, downplayed its magical Fantasy aspect, and made their happy family friendly look on the African Americans happily still serving the white people after being slaves look realistic, which both confuses kids and misleads them into thinking that the era is as "Zip-A-Dee-Do-Dah" as it sounds and looks, which I don't think was Walt's true intentions. I think he wanted to make a film based on his nostalgia since he grew up with the Uncle Remus stories and show the friendship between another race as its theme, but had to sugar coat the bad historical stuff to make it family friendly, which backfired big time. This film makes sure you're no longer in the real world, nor the fact that you are witnessing actual history. Getting back to the animation, I also admire the many creative advantages it takes. Whenever we spend time with the villain and his friends, we get so much dark and surreal animation that Disney goes all out creative with it. When we see the Fireflies fly around and light the swamp, while also looking at a beautiful night sky, you can just feel the magic in the atmosphere that the animators are creating. I also really admire the Art Deco animation for Tiana's musical dream sequence of owning a restaurant, which is fun and sketchy, while also keeping that magical dreamlike feel. As for the animation for the slapstick and comical situations that our characters go through, the animation, writing, and timing is done perfectly. I literally found myself laughing and entertained at every single comical situation that the film through at me. With that said though, I must admit the film at times does get very obnoxious. What I mean by that is; the film hardly gives us anything subtle and atmospheric without having some sort of comedy or something over the top happening. The funeral scene for when one of the characters dies for example, while a sad scene, is still pretty silly and over the top, than being flat out sad, especially when comparing it to the deaths of many other Disney characters. There are some subtle moments, but the majority of the film is over the top.

Aside from the last minute loop holes; a villain really being a glorified henchman; songs that don't hit the same memorable note as previous Disney songs; and hardly ever giving us anything subtle and atmospheric that doesn't involve over the top comedy or tense situations, I actually do think this is one of Disney's best. The Fairy tale and New Orleans environment, while might leaving audiences mixed with the idea, in my opinion, is done really well; the story despite having last minute things added to it, is still a really great story; the hand drawn animation is really some of Disney's best work; our romantic leads are great, as well as being fun and relatable; the villain despite being a henchman for the real villains, is still a really dark and fun villain; the supporting characters are tons of fun; and the music, while not as memorable as most of Disney's other works, is still really great and fun to listen too. Close to getting my highest rating, but for the things that I did fault film for that do hold the film back a bit, it's going to have settle for my second best rating. However, I still think this film is one of Disney's best and if you haven't seen it yet, be sure to give it a look.

RATING 4/5

SUPERMAN THE 40S CARTOON (FAMOUS STUDIOS)

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Alright, a while ago I reviewed the 40s Superman cartoons when the Flesicher Brothers were in control, which was great despite our leads being bland and boring. Now I'm going to review the 40s cartoon when "Famous Studios" took over it, since Paramount took over the Flesicher's studio in Miami, which resulted the Fleischer Brothers to split and be replaced. Will the new Producers not only give the series the same amount of justice, but make the characters better? ON WITH THE REVIEW!



JAPOTEURS

Three Japanese men hijack a bombing plane with Lois on board and plan to bring it to Tokyo, Japan; "this looks like a job for Superman". When the Fleischer Brothers were in control, we had Mad Scientists; giant monsters; disasters; and robbers with high tech equipment, and what does "Famous Studios" start out with, World War 2 Propaganda on Japanese Americans really being spies for Japan. Literally the first image of the cartoon is the back of a business man looking at a picture of "The Statue Of Liberty" and changes the picture to a picture of the Japanese Flag, as we hear Japanese music and find out that the man looking at the picture is a racial stereotyped Japanese character with buck teeth; glasses; squinty eyes; speaks very bad English in an over the top accent; and will commit suicide if his plan fails. This cartoon is not just attacking the Japanese who attacked Pearl Harbor a year before this cartoon was made, but it's clearly supporting and promoting "The Internment Of Japanese Americans", which for me, makes the cartoon very hard to watch.

As for our characters not much has changed since we've last seen them. Clark still has an interesting and fun personality; Superman is very bland; and Lois is still an unlikable and swallow damsel in distress. As for the animation, considering that the cartoon is taken over by a different studio, they still manage to bring the look and feel of the previous cartoons, which is indeed saying something. As for the climax, it was very unexciting, and there was nothing suspenseful or kickass about it.

Despite that "Famous Studios" is picking up where the Fleischer’s left off really well, with the animation and characters, rather than making it look completely different; the cartoon is sadly racist and anti Japanese American with its story and racist villains, as well as not doing anything creative or kickass with Superman nor the situation.

RATING 1/5

SHOWDOWN


Before I start my review on this episode, I just want to quickly talk about the intro. Remember, how the second to last episode done by the Fleischers changed his ability to "Leap tall buildings in a single bound", to him flying higher then a Plane; well now, the writers change the entire introduction completely. Instead of being "Faster than a speeding bullet", he's "Faster than a streak of lightning!". Instead being "More powerful than a locomotive", he's "More powerful than the pounding surf!". Instead being "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound" or being "able to soar higher than any plane", he's "Mightier than a roaring hurricane!". Much like the change to the intro before this, it felt unnecessary and on top of it, it isn't as memorable or iconic as the original spoken intro. With another lame and unwanted change aside, how's the cartoon?


Superman has been stealing goods in the city and now every cop is after him. However, we quickly find out that the Superman causing crimes is a weak dumbass crook that's dressed up as Superman and with no suspense or tension at all, the real Superman goes after the phony and his crime boss. As you may have guessed, for a Superman imposter episode, there's no challenge, surprises, or anything at all to keep you on the edge of your seat. You obviously know that a dimwit and a scheming crime boss that re resembles Edward G. Robinson with no powerful weapons are no match against Superman. What is a match for Superman in this episode is, he has trouble opening a giant safe door. A Superhero with incredible strength, can't open a simple safe door, what were the writers thinking when they wrote this episode?

Negatives aside, there are a few good things in the episode, aside from the animation. Clark still remains likable and interesting; Lois doesn't get kidnapped at all during this episode; and Superman does have one or two kickass moments. Those moments are when he's silently scaring the two villains, which are done extremely well. It's almost like he's taking the Batman approach. As for the villains, as dimwitted and non-threatening as they are, are still very fun villains.

As a whole the episode and "Famous Studios" take on the series, is really not hitting the same nail than what the Fleischer’s did, and while this episode isn't as bad as the previous one since there are a few good things about it, it's still not up there with most of the episodes created by the Fleischer’s.

RATING 2/5

ELEVENTH HOUR


Clark and Lois somehow become war prisoners in Japan, and Superman decides to sabotage ships and any war equipment he can find from the Japanese. However, when the Japanese find out that it’s Superman, they threaten to kill Lois if Superman keeps it up. So we're back to where we started when "Famous Studios" first took over. This is another World War 2 Propaganda cartoon of Superman fighting against the Japanese, but instead of it being in America, it's in their home country. It sounds kickass and promising to see Superman fighting against the enemy on their own turf, but it's not.

The Japanese are just as racially stereotyped as the villains in the first episode, and in all honesty, they look worse in this episode, then the ones in the first one. The over-sized buck teeth; eyes that are even squintier; the horrible English; and speaking in stereotypical Japanese gibberish, is just racist as hell. I know we were fighting them at the time, but I'm sorry, this is just too uncomfortably racist to look at. Superman destroying and blowing up Japanese ships does sound cool, but the action is boring and unexciting; and seeing Superman killing people, when in all the other cartoons he doesn't, it seems out of character. You could make the argument that Superman has to kill these people for his country and can't bring the people that he killed to justice, since he's not in America; and while you may be right on that, I still can't help but see this cartoon as forced war time propaganda, that only put Superman behind the enemy lines, just so he can wipe out the enemy, instead of staying true to how the Fleischer’s developed this Superhero for the series. As for Lois, well, come on she's still bland, and is just there so Superman can save her.

Aside from the animation looking good, it's really just a forced war cartoon that forces this character who tries his hardest not to kill in the previous episodes, to constantly and willingly murdering thousands of racist looking soldiers, in a very anti-climatic way.

RATING 1/5

DESTRUCTION, INC


A bunch of criminals plan to bomb a weapon factory, along with Lois and its up to Superman to stop them. As simple as the plot is, I actually found myself confused after the first viewing, but after viewing it a bit more carefully, I began to fully understand it. So is it any good, well the set-up isn't really that exciting or creative compared to the other cartoons (Not counting the cartoons made by “Famous Studios”); Superman and Lois hasn't changed a bit; and the villains are very forgettable.

Despite all the bad stuff there were a few good things going on to make it worth while. I like that Clark disguises himself as a night watchmen, despite being very downplayed in the story. There's a cool escape scene with Lois trying to get away from the crooks. Of course, the best part is seeing Superman trying to save the factory from being bombed, which is cool, but at the same time, I kind of find hard to believe that Superman has trouble fighting one of the workers. I know he's big, but he's still a regular powerless human, while Superman is strong and powerful. As for the animation, it still remains to be incredible looking.

While "Famous Studios" still haven't reached the same high point as the Fleischer Brothers did, this one is really close to it. I just wish the plot was more interesting and that they didn't make Superman such a wimp when he's fighting regular criminals. With that aside, the action scenes with Superman are nearly as kickass as the Fleischer's run of the series, and while not really holding me on the edge of my seat, it was still entertaining.

RATING 3/5

THE MUMMY STRIKES


An Egyptologist is found to be murdered at a museum and the police suspect that his assistant murdered him. However, Clark is sent to go to the museum by a professor to find out the case, which catches Lois's interest. As Clark and the Professor learn about the history of King Tush to link to the murder of the Egyptologist to prove the innocence of his assistant; the tomb of King Tush's is opened and Mummies come alive, which is up to Superman to defeat them. Finally we're having Superman take on some kind of supernatural enemy, but sadly we get one huge of a let down because Superman just knocks them out, that's it. There's no supernatural power that Superman has to fight against, they're just regular Mummies with swords! The whole episode itself is just a dialogue heavy murder mystery with little to no action at all, and on top of it, we get like a minute and a half of Superman.

The only good thing that this episode has offer is the animation, and I have to admit the animation here is very creative with its Egyptian look. The background; the dark and grim look; seeing the hieroglyphics of the story of King Tush (Who's by the way, is a clever knock off on King Tut); and those scary designs for the Mummy's are really cool to look at. As for the main characters, they get really nothing to do. In fact, the Professor is more of the hero then any of the characters, since he solves the mystery. Putting Mummy's in, was just an excuse for Superman to show up and fight them, there really seemed to be no need for Superman at all in this episode.

When we finally get something that sounds like something challenging and creative for Superman to fight, the pay off is poor; the episode has way too much dialogue that will indeed bore kids; and Superman and Lois just in general don't fit in the story that the episode is telling, nor do they feel needed. The animation for ancient Egypt, however, is really cool and creative to look at, and that's THE ONLY reason why it’s worth a look.

RATING 2/5

JUNGLE DRUMS


So a Native Tribe in the jungle (Who are surprisingly not black face stereotypes) are for some odd and weird reason led by a Nazi, who dresses up as a cloaked leader; and has a secret military base in an ancient temple...uh, what the hell? The Nazis shoot down a plane with Lois inside it, and she survives, but gets captured by the Native Nazi tribe (If that’s what you call them) and is about to be burned at the stake. Luckily, Clark is flying above the Native Nazi camp, and has to save her and defeat the Nazis along with their Tribe. Animation aside, this episode sucks.

The concept is so stupid and boring, that it’s really one of the weakest episodes made when "Famous Studios" took over. Mixing Nazis and a Native Tribe together is stupid and makes little to no sense, and there are a lot of things in the episode that either need to be explained, or just doesn't add up in general. Lois of course, is just as stupid and bland as she is in all the episodes in the series; Superman is just as weak at fighting humans and opening locked doors as he was in "Destruction INC" and "Showdown"; and Clark is back to square 1. If you just had Lois being captured by this Tribe, and have them have some kind of monster, or had a supernatural power that challenges Superman, if done right, it could be an interesting episode. However, we instead have forced World War 2 propaganda with Nazis, War Planes, and a cameo of Hitler at the end (Who is sadly, not made to be over the top silly and evil, like in most cartoons at the time).

What more can I say? The episode is stupid and doesn't make much sense; the action is boring; the World War 2 propaganda doesn't feel needed; and the characters are boring.

RATING 1/5

THE UNDERGROUND WORLD


Lois and Clark are sent to go out on an exhibition with a Professor inside a cave and all of a sudden, Lois and the Professor are captured by a tribe of Hawk people (What?) and it is up to Superman to...YOU KNOW THE DRILL BY NOW! While, I'm glad that this episode has no forced World War 2 propaganda in it, as well as having good animation, it's sadly just as bad, as the majority of episodes made during this era.

While Clark and Lois are boring, the Professor is worse. Almost every line he says puts me to sleep. The Hawk tribe, while having creative designs, the episode has no build up to them what so ever, and just show up to kidnap Lois and the Professor as we learn really nothing about them at all. Of course, this would be fine, if we had some decent action between them and Superman, and at first it started out decent, as we see Superman try to fight off these creatures. However, lets just say how he defeats them is very anti-climatic. In fact, he doesn't use any of his Super powers to defeat them.

The episodes concept is lame, instead of being creative and cool; the characters are again really boring; and the action between Superman and the Hawk tribe is very unexciting.

RATING 1/5

SECRET AGENT


In our final episode of the 40s cartoon; a secret agent who is carrying top secret information against the Nazis, are now after her and plan to kill her before she ever makes it to Washington D.C.. Clark gets in the middle of a pursuit with the Nazis and the Agent, and is captured, but of course, will eventually and easily escape their clutches and defeat them as Superman.

The Film-Noire look from the earlier episodes when the Fleischer Brothers ran it, is back and even though the animation in all the other episodes during this run was just as good, it didn't hit the same note as this cartoon did, mainly because of the stupid plots and anti-climatic action. Now I'm not going to say that the climax with Superman in this episode redeemed the anti-climatic action in the other episodes made during this era, because it doesn’t. There's no challenge for Superman to fight against, and I swear that the leading lady in this cartoon would have been killed before Superman can save her. I know it’s a cartoon, and time differs, but the execution was really hard for me to suspend my disbelief, or fall under the illusion. With all that said, the episode does have some really good action, such as a few car chases, and a brutal gun fight between the Nazis and the Cops. I also love the final image of Superman flying over Washington D.C. and flies past the American Flag, that was a good finale for the series.

As far as story goes involving Nazis, since most of the other episodes were forced World War 2 Propaganda episodes, while not as bad, forced, and insulting as the other World War 2 related episodes, it wasn't that good. Mainly because the Nazis don't pose as a threat to Superman at all, much like every other villain during this era. As you may have guessed, Lois is not in this episode at all, instead its the secret agent woman, and while being mostly a damsel in distress, I don't know, I can't put my finger on why, but she's seems much more interesting and likable, then Lois. As for Clark in this episode, he still sadly remains just as boring and bland as he was in the last couple of episodes.

While, I'm glad to see the good old Film-Noire style back, along with some cool action, and a nice conclusion to the series; the episode sadly fails just as much as the rest. Superman gets little to no action scenes; the Nazis are just typical War propaganda villains, that don't pose so much as a threat to our hero; and our damsel, while not as bad or swallow as Lois, is still forgettable.

RATING 2/5

OVERALL ON "FAMOUS STUDIOS'" TAKE ON SUPERMAN



While, its good seeing that "Famous Studio" kept the same animation style as the previous Superman cartoons did, which is quite good at times, I still feel like the Fleischer’s and Paramount should have just pulled the plug on the series, rather then give it to another animation studio. The characters are not only as bland as they were during the Fleischer’s run, but they had the guts of making Superman a wimp, and slowly taking steps backwards after when Clark started to have a personality. The action is not as awesome, epic, or kickass as the Fleischer’s cartoons, and is in fact very boring and anti-climatic. All the challenging obstacles and creative writing went completely down the drain, when "Famous Studios" took over by mostly giving us World War 2 Propaganda, and while a product of the time that was carried out by many other studios, it just feels forced and unnecessary here. The animation maybe good, but personally I'll just stick to the Fleischer’s Superman cartoons, since they were creative, energizing, action packed, and awesome, as well as having great animation, which I'm pretty certain that the majority of the influential stuff, came from that series, instead of this bland, boring, and unexciting take on "The Man Of Steel".


RATING FOR  "FAMOUS STUDIOS'" TAKE ON SUPERMAN 1/5

OVERALL ON THE WHOLE 40S SUPERMAN CARTOON
 

Well, as a whole it’s a bit of a mixed bag. The Fleischer’s run of the series for the majority of their run was creative and had plenty of epic action when it came to Superman saving the city, due to having Mad Scientists; giant Monsters; Crooks with high-tech equipment; and Natural Disasters. When "Famous Studios" took over it all became boring and unexciting, with the World War 2 stuff; dimwitted crooks; and half-assed super natural elements, which none of those things posed as a threat, or lead to anything awesome at all. I think the biggest issue that I have with the shows full run are the characters, who are once again boring, bland, and very uninteresting. Even when one of the characters does start becoming interesting, a few episodes later, that character is back to being boring and bland. What the 40s cartoon does however knowwhat to always bring that's great, is the animation, because no matter what episode you see, even if its the "Famous Studios" cartoons, the animation always manages to look amazing! So in its long run, it’s a mixed bag, but the great stuff, even though the majority of it came from the Fleischer's, is still great! However, and as I said, when I gave you my overall on "Famous Studios" run, its best just to watch the first 9 cartoons of the series created by the Fleischer’s.

RATING FOR THE WHOLE SERIES 3/5