Thinking about it, close to the lion's share of series that will make it on here can trace themselves back to this board.
But yeah, the mice are great and worth talking about, huh?
Man, I'm so glad that this series didn't get spin-off and teamed up with an annoying character from another Silver Age cartoon show. That show would have sucked more than putting the Looney Tunes in a futuristic setting and making them superheroes.
IMO, 20x better than Animaniacs. There, I said.
Better characters (I'm sorry, but Pinky and The Brain are just far more likeable to me than the Warner siblings ever were; even a megalomaniac like Brain shows that he has a heart), better writing, didn't go the whole "Cast of Thousands" route that A! went (with entire episodes centering around forgettable burnouts like Minerva Mink and the Hip Hippos)... and unlike A!, there was never a steep decline in quality towards the end of its run. The late-run adventures of Pinky & The Brain are just as much fun as the early ones.
Just a better show all around, and one of the few instances in television history that the student (spin-off) surpasses the master (original). Don't get me wrong, I like Animaniacs... but for me,
this was the superior series.
Quote from: Daxdiv on July 04, 2011, 09:07:27 PM
Man, I'm so glad that this series didn't get spin-off and teamed up with an annoying character from another Silver Age cartoon show. That show would have sucked more than putting the Looney Tunes in a futuristic setting and making them superheroes.
o u :happytime:
I agree with you, I though P&TB was far more consistent on the whole and had a lot more highs than Animaniacs did.
That said, with Maurice Lamarche and Rob Paulsen as your main characters, you can't go wrong.
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Yep.
Oh yeah. You know, I'm not sure I've ever actually seen any of this.
lol
Aw hell nah.
Well hey... on the bright side, maybe this means Histeria will get a set one of these days.
They could do worse.
They apparently are doing worse.
Just wait until they get to Waynehead. :blush:
I'm just annoyed that Warner's getting to THIS before finishing off EEnE, Dexter, Johnny, Courage, Billy & Mandy, Foster's, etc.
I'm sure there are people who want to complete their P&TB collection, but does Warner seriously think this will sell better than any of what I listed?
I don't really get why all of a sudden the WB stuff is back in the picture after years of being forgotten about. What they hadn't gotten to yet wasn't really all that much in demand anyway (at least from my perspective); the later seasons of TTA are okay, but I could give a fuck less about PE&tB or that last volume of Animaniacs.
...and yeah, I'd take full sets of the CN library any day of the week. Given the lack of later seasons on both DVD and Netflix, and combine that with almost no rerun presence on the channel itself, it's been hard to enjoy the golden years of EEnE. I mean, yeah, some of the episodes are on Youtube with varying degrees of quality, but it's just not the same.
Well, there was a demand for the rest of Animaniacs and TTA, mostly by completists. I never saw any such demand for PE&TB, however.
I do think it's cool that they're getting into some of Warner's other animated stuff, like Taz-Mania and Duck Dodgers (I still need to get those sets, btw), but it sucks that it seems like the Cartoon Network stuff isn't even in the question right now.
The two most diametrically opposite characters in WB history.
Pinky was an imbecile. Brain wanted to rule the world, but would he really want to?
And what exactly is meant by "Narf", anyway?
Quote from: hobbyfan on October 05, 2013, 03:41:19 PMWhat exactly is meant by "Narf", anyway?
"Narf" was apparently something animation director Eddie Fitzgerald (whom Pinky was largely modeled after) liked to say that was incorporated into the character.
Eh, I liked the mice well enough on
Animaniacs, but I never thought they needed their own show. When placed front and center, the limitations and repetition of the "try to take over the world" premise became all too obvious. After the network began meddling with the show and trying to turn it into the next
Simpsons, it just got worse. Slappy was the one who deserved the spinoff, IMHO.
As for
Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain, I couldn't stand to watch more than a few minutes of that when it was on TV, so I don't see myself buying a DVD of it. There's only so much I can take of Elmyra being her usual annoying self.
Quote from: Kiddington on July 11, 2011, 02:28:46 PM
IMO, 20x better than Animaniacs. There, I said.
Better characters (I'm sorry, but Pinky and The Brain are just far more likeable to me than the Warner siblings ever were; even a megalomaniac like Brain shows that he has a heart), better writing, didn't go the whole "Cast of Thousands" route that A! went (with entire episodes centering around forgettable burnouts like Minerva Mink and the Hip Hippos)... and unlike A!, there was never a steep decline in quality towards the end of its run. The late-run adventures of Pinky & The Brain are just as much fun as the early ones.
Just a better show all around, and one of the few instances in television history that the student (spin-off) surpasses the master (original). Don't get me wrong, I like Animaniacs... but for me, this was the superior series.
This...well except Animaniacs bores me.
For a show with such a predictable storyline, P&TB got a lot of mileage out of its run.
I don't think I'm going to end up being one of those people who will gravitate more to P&TB than Animaniacs though, although it's hard to argue that P&TB was stronger by the end of its run. Animaniacs has a lot of filler, but I'll always love the show when it's really good, and I even like the Warners when they aren't massive dicks. Still, I get why a lot of people prefer Brain and Pinky on their own show.
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Yep.
Seriously?!
Well, Disney is finally finishing off some of their Disney Afternoon shows on DVD, so stranger things have happened. I love Pinky and the Brain, but the chances of me buying this are about the same as the chances of me buying "The Goliath Chronicles".
Hey Darth, random question, but is "Tokyo Grows" one of your favorite episodes of the show?
Because it's certainly one of mine! You can't top the Raymond Burr appearances.
Quote from: Avaitor on November 11, 2013, 09:10:07 PM
Because it's certainly one of mine! You can't top the Raymond Burr appearances.
Yes. Yes, I see.
About a month back I saw some videos of Maurice Lamarche and Rob Paulsen voicing the characters in real life then watched some episodes with one of my friends. You know, the show holds up great.
But why is it that this formula works for me where Scooby Doo's doesn't?
I think it might be that P&TB's whole enjoyment comes from what wacky plan Brain will come up with and how it will fall apart. We want to see what he'll do, but we also want him to fail both due to his hubris and that we want to see them try again.
Scooby Doo is played as a mystery where literally every solution is pulled out of thin air with usually a pretty obvious answer. The reason I like a few of the movies (Zombie Island and such), Pup, and Mystery Incorporated, is that they either go all out with the comedy, actually use the mystery elements, or turn the stale old formula on its head. Scooby Doo is not the best HB show or franchise, but at least it has had some good entries in the franchise.
It's too bad WB and Spielberg have to sign off on everything regarding the Silver Age stuff, but I really wish they would. Tiny Toons, A!, P&TB, Freakazoid, and others, really do deserve a new chance at popularity. The Jonny Quest and Darkwing Duck comics make me think one for Freakazoid would be perfect.