Unpopular Opinions You Hold About Animation

[Avaitor]

I don't HATE Timon & Pumbaa either, but they've always been my least favorite part of the movie. Even as a kid.

But I could never get behind their show at all. That was a Ren & Stimpy clone which was clearly inferior to the original. Strangely enough, I do think Lion King 1 1/2 is cute, though.

[talonmalon333]

They mostly bother me when they break a certain mood, their very first appearance. Not the best first impression to me.

I can't stomach The Lion King 1 1/2. To me, Timon and Pumba spent their lives in and grew up in that jungle.

[Avaitor]

You know there's no 'e' to Timon, right?

[talonmalon333]

You know there's no 'e' to Timon, right?

I can't blame that one on the auto correct.

[gunswordfist]

Wait, people hate them?

[LumRanmaYasha]

Of all the Disney direct to dvd movies, Lion King 1 1/2 is the only one I like, even though it's completely nonsensical and can't be canon to The Lion King in any capacity. As far as the characters themselves, I like them, in small doses, and don't see anything to hate about them. They have some great moments and lines in The Lion King, and I've always enjoyed them.

[Silverstar]

The characters of Timon and Pumbaa were/are OK, but I couldn't really get into their show. It always struck me as a poor man's Ren & Stimpy, but then I say the same thing about The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show and HB's 2 Stupid Dogs. Regarding stuff like Timon & Pumbaa and Shnookums & Meat, outside of Darkwing Duck and Goof Troop, it's always been weird to me whenever Disney tries to do zany humor a Looney Tunes and the like.

I've never seen The Lion King 1 1/2, so I can't comment on that.

[talonmalon333]

I think The Lion King II isn't bad. Sure, it's not canon. There's simply no way it possibly could be (but then again, I don't consider any of these DisneyToon sequels to be canon). But I like the music in it, mostly "He Lives in You" and "One of Us".

[Goldstar]

I think that 2 Stupid Dogs was a better Ren & Stimpy than Ren & Stimpy. The latter obviously inspired the former, but 2 Stupid Dogs had better writing and the humor was less forced and perverse.

[Avaitor]

I think that 2 Stupid Dogs was a better Ren & Stimpy than Ren & Stimpy. The latter obviously inspired the former, but 2 Stupid Dogs had better writing and the humor was less forced and perverse.

I agree with this. I like both shows, but 2 Stupid Dogs holds up more for me than R&S.

[Spark Of Spirit]

The only Disney sequels I really like are An Extremely Goofy Movie and The Rescuers Down Under. None of the others stack up to the originals.

I think that 2 Stupid Dogs was a better Ren & Stimpy than Ren & Stimpy. The latter obviously inspired the former, but 2 Stupid Dogs had better writing and the humor was less forced and perverse.

I agree with this. I like both shows, but 2 Stupid Dogs holds up more for me than R&S.

I also agree. I still find 2SD enjoyable.

[talonmalon333]

I typically don't think of Rescuers Down Under when I think of Disney sequels. It's worthy of being listed as a true Disney film.

[Avaitor]

I can see why you make that distinction, because unlike most of the sequels (hell, all of them besides Fantasia 2000 and Winnie the Pooh), Rescuers Down Under is a part of the Disney canon.

[Mr. Big]

You know, I'm noticing that people are downplaying "Ren & Stimpy" lately. Even when people aren't familiar with John K. or the Games takeover, people don't rate it as high. Shows like "Rocko's Modern Life" or "2 Stupid Dogs" gets better reception nowadays than the show that started the modern cartoon movement.

Not that I disagree, I like "Rocko" better than R&S, although the latter has better animation.

Speaking of which, while I like the "Stupid Dogs", I think the "Secret Squirrel" segments were better. I enjoy them more than the original 1960s cartoon it was based on.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I was actually in the minority when R&S was out that had no interest in seeing it, and when the market was flooded with gross-out clones also disliked those. 2 Stupid Dogs has always been an exception because of its similarities to old HB cartoons that I really liked as a kid. (I mean stuff like Huck or Top Cat, not the lame Scooby Doo ripoffs)

The thing with Rocko is people like the Nostalgia Critic who think it is merely a R&S rip-off when it isn't. The show was a satire of modern life and had a cast of very likeable characters getting in some very sticky situations. Whatever gross-out comedy there was had little to do with why I enjoyed the show as a kid and why I like it now. The crude jokes are there, yes, but they aren't why I watch the show. Never really have been.