Retro Comics Cartoons Discussion

bamfbamf

Do you guys remember this gem?!?! This is the pilot for an X-Men animated series, that was cut short by Marvel Entertainment Groups financial problems. This was animated by Toei Animation, the amazing studio that gave us GI Joe, Transformers, Inspector Gadget, My Little Pony, Real Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles etc...

In my opinion, this animation is 100x better than the X-Men animated series that everyone is familiar with that premiered in 1991. It was animated by a Korean animation studio.

X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men Cartoon (1989 Pilot) in HD
https://youtu.be/3WPgQkQrfhI

X-Men TAS - S1 E1 - Night of the Sentinels
https://youtu.be/ohg52XNzygE

Interestingly enough, both series was spearheaded by the same person:
"In 1991, Margaret Loesch became head of Fox Children's Network. Having championed the Pryde of the X-Men pilot in 1989, she was quick to set up an order for 13 episodes of X-Men.[4] X-Men was originally to premiere over the Labor Day weekend in September; due to production delays, it was pushed to the end of October. "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_Pryde_of_the_X-Men
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men_(TV_series)

rebis

I thought we we're going to discuss retro cartoons?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeUUe6gSpxU
;)

rebis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BqHZkCOoTpA

bamfbamf

i guess retro or classic depends on how old a person is... can we call anything pre-2000 retro?

=)

bamfbamf

was Aquaman that big of a star in 1967, that he deserved to be co-headliner with Superman?

WOW! Batman was not even in that cartoon?? Are you telling me that there was a point in time when Aquaman was more popular than Batman?!?!

"Plans were cancelled when CBS secured the animation rights to Batman in the wake of ABC's recent success with the Batman live action television series.[4]

Subsequently in 1968, the series became The Batman/Superman Hour, with new Superman/Superboy and Batman segments.[4]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Superman/Aquaman_Hour_of_Adventure

nweathington

bamfbamf said:

was Aquaman that big of a star in 1967, that he deserved to be co-headliner with Superman?

WOW! Batman was not even in that cartoon?? Are you telling me that there was a point in time when Aquaman was more popular than Batman?!?!

"Plans were cancelled when CBS secured the animation rights to Batman in the wake of ABC's recent success with the Batman live action television series.[4]

Subsequently in 1968, the series became The Batman/Superman Hour, with new Superman/Superboy and Batman segments.[4]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Superman/Aquaman_Hour_of_Adventure

According to Lou Scheimer—and he ought to know—DC actually asked Filmation to do the Aquaman cartoon. Scheimer wasn't sure the networks would go for it, so they did a pilot episode on spec, and it was unique enough looking to get picked up. It had nothing to do with Aquaman’s level of popularity. Filmation was given the rights to do the Batman cartoon once the Batman live action series was wrapped up.

Mr_Cosmic

rebis said:

I thought we we're going to discuss retro cartoons?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeUUe6gSpxU
;)

Yeah, it's odd when the stuff that was on TV when I was in Jr High and High School is called retro. It's almost as bad as realizing songs that were new during that same time are now being played on classic radio stations.

bralinator

Galactus has no pants!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eue8XngYdzM