I'm going to (try to) post a classic theatrical cartoon each day. Feel free to watch along, or just check in from time to time to catch up on several at once.
In honor of January 1st, I'll first focus on newcomers to the Public Domain.
Today's picture is the first cartoon to come out of the Terrytoons studio, Caviar (1930). If you enjoy rats acting Russian and getting into various winter hi-jinks, this might be the cartoon for you.
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Warner Bros - Merrie Melodies - Elmer's Candid Camera (1940) https://archive.org/details/elmers-candid-camera-1940-restored
The first appearance of 'modern' Elmer Fudd, fully differentiated from his precursor Egghead. I kinda like the idea of Elmer having a character arc of just starting off as a normal guy wanting to pick up a hobby - photographing wildlife - and the asshole animals driving him to the point of needing to kill da wabbit
Famous Studios - Superman - Jungle Drums (1943) https://archive.org/download/fleischer-superman/Max%20Fleischer%27s%20Superman%EF%BC%9A%20Jungle%20Drums%20%281943%3B%20HD%29.mp4
Lois Lane is captured deep in the heart of Africa while trying to carry messages for the Allies. Would you rather get sacrificed by a bunch of savages, or snuffed out by a bunch of Nazis? Well Ms. Lane is in luck, this jungle is big enough for both of them
>>486562 I have no beef with Rodimus per se, though him being a flawed leader trying to live up to his predecessor is something that Season 3 should have leaned into a lot more than it did. Instead, all we get are some brief scenes of introspection, like in "The Return of Optimus Prime" (picrel)... which is very much an eleventh-hour moment for Rodimus to become self-reflective.
As matters stand, it was left to the Marvel UK comics to do all the heavy lifting necessary to turn him into a worthwhile character, to say nothing of giving us a solid run of post-movie stories that're genuinely worth revisiting.
>>486564 This feels like it's in the same notional ballpark as "fictional people must be made to atone for their fictional actions", whch simply isn't an interesting approach to storytelling (though Annie Wilkes would certainly disagree).
>>486534 The problem isn't laziness, no. The problem is something that's been prevalent across industries ever since the last big economic downturn and the start of austerity measures. That something is stinginess. The people at the top want to make as much money from these shows as they can while also spending as little money on them on they can possibly get away with, and animators have to work within those assigned budgets (and, often as not, take the fall when a show only looks as good as the amount of cash that went into it).
>>486534 >>486537 Like the other anon said, the problem is the lack of money. It's why Hanna-Barbera pioneered their "limited animation" techniques as well (the one where every character has a collar so they can animate only the head and keep the rest of the body the same): they had fuck all budget.
As for Invincible, they actually do have the budget, but they blew like 90% of it in celebrity voice actors and licensed music.
>>486532 Insane how they can barely manage to draw a biceps on any of the characters, even the hulking huge ones, but Fem Jacket has a super detailed body suit.
Its time we had a Mango thread on plus4chan. If for no other reason so that other people can experience a classic moment of content creation in the future.
I've seen this meme crop up on a number of different boards I've browsed, why did it end up so widespread for something that was just mocking a dumb superhero comic page?