Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for discussion of the July 30th Toon Talk review of Tarzan & Jane and the release in general at <a href="News-ID114560.asp" target="_blank">http://LaughingPlace.com/News-ID114560.asp</a>.
Originally Posted By peeaanuut well i liked the cartoon very much, so when this arrives today, I should like it very much.
Originally Posted By three_a_production well i have decided to not buy the movie- even as infactuated with tarzan as i am-- the movie just looks cheap--- great review though toon kirby -em
Originally Posted By peeaanuut i think that we need to review this movie in the light that it is.....it is not a major production so of course its not gonna compare to a feature film. But its also not being billed as a feature animated film or even heavily advertised. It is just a simple video release (like hundreds of other films a year). I mean, do we get mad when we watch recess cause the episodes are short? No. So if we would stop looking at these films as FEATURE releases than im sure we can enjoy them more. Even disney doesnt count them in their animated feature listings....
Originally Posted By ParrotHead I understand your logic, but I personally just can't bring myself to lower my standards. I'm not willing to expect less of a Disney project simply because it was cheaply-made. I just keep having the nagging thought in the back of my mind that they can do better than this kind of thing...
Originally Posted By BuzzLightyear84 If you enjoy the Ledgends of Tarzan TV show (like me) and would like to own 3 great episodes of the show, this one's for you. The episodes that make up the film represent are among of the series' best in both story and animation, but as a "full-length movie", as Disney describes it, it leaves something to be desired. I think Disney's advetizing is a little off on this one. For people who don't know any better, the comercials make it sound as if this is actually a sequel. Personally, I would probebly be just as happy if Disney just released this as just a collection of episodes and didn't try to tie them together with some loose storyline. However, I still enjoyed it for what it is, and am glad that I bought it.
Originally Posted By Santa Monica Have you guys seen the little first look pics of Tarzan II? The backgrounds look wonderful, but then when you see the characters, they look like they are from the TV show. At least that's what it looked like to me. <a href="http://members.lycos.co.uk/robster16/animationnation/" target="_blank">http://members.lycos.co.uk/rob ster16/animationnation/</a>
Originally Posted By ParrotHead The same misleading tactic was used market Cinderella II, which wasn't actually a movie, either. It was the sams sort of thing... Several made-for-TV episodes strung together.
Originally Posted By Dlmusic How could you possibly give this a higher rating than Spirit? I mean I know you didn't like the storyline, but Spirit had about 100,000 times better animation than Tarzan and Jane.
Originally Posted By fabdisbabe I think (leans over and kisses DLMusic) that it was the TV group who did the video; it would, therefore, look like the TV show. Fab
Originally Posted By ParrotHead Ditto for pretty much all of the direct-to-video sequels. They feel like Saturday morning cartoons because they're animated by the Saturday morning cartoon teams.
Originally Posted By Dlmusic I understand that. But it surprised me somebody could like TV animation over a world class effort. I guess there's no reward for trying hard, it's better to be lazy with your animation. ;-)
Originally Posted By peeaanuut <<I understand that. But it surprised me somebody could like TV animation over a world class effort. I guess there's no reward for trying hard, it's better to be lazy with your animation. ;-)>> I liked the new movie. I dont like it better than a theatrical release but the story is very cute and was done very well for a direct to video. I still like Tarzan alot better, but I still like this one.
Originally Posted By u k fan I would imagine that TK's rating takes the product as a whole into account, not just the animation. I haven't seen either so I'm not going to drawn into a discussion about one over the other, but I'd rather watch the American Gladiators TV show than the movie Gladiator. I'm sure that Gladiator will be well remembered and is a much better product than the other one, but I'd rate it lower on the UK fan enjoyment scale. Am I wrong? No, because it's my opinion of the two. Does Gladiator have higher production values than American Gladiators? Certainly, but thats not what we're discussing, it's opinions!!!
Originally Posted By ToonKirby "Tarzan and Jane" was reviewed on its own merits, and was not compared to any other movies save for the original film that it was based on. And even then, I gave it the benefit of the doubt. As for "Spirit", that's a dead horse I'm not going to beat anymore.
Originally Posted By Nightflyer OK, Have you guys seen this? I have. I've also seen the TV show. From the look of the movie it contains three episodes so bad that even the networks weren't willing to show them. How can Disney so easily destroy their good name to make a few extra bucks!? BTW don't even get me started on Cinderella 2. The only semi decent thing to come from Disney lately is the fairly impressive "Return to Neverland".
Originally Posted By ParrotHead Funny you should mention that... For her birthday, my mom asked for Return to Neverland. I refused to buy it for her, but bought her the original Peter Pan. So the other day she rented Return, and watched it right after watching the original. She said she was really disappointed, and was glad I hadn't bought Return for her. Of course, watching one of these cheap sequels (and Return was cheap, though better than most others) right after watching the original is almost unfair. They're always going to pale in comparison.
