tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post2543385350613145138..comments2024-03-27T01:19:56.698-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: Who Needs Paint Anyways?Yowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-84853856717017813682012-04-11T05:47:35.271-07:002012-04-11T05:47:35.271-07:00James and Chris, yeah, I think that's the inte...James and Chris, yeah, I think that's the intention, though I don't like reading too much into cartoons. The sequence shows Gerald is not only different than the rest of the crowd, but he's more colourful.<br />Joe, to me it's not a question of style, but what one does with it. The problem with the UPA cartoons, for me, is they became nothing *but* style, like looking at wallpaper. There was nothing amusing or whimsical; it was simply artists screaming "We're different." Of course, they weren't different at all; TV ads used stylised drawings and the animation was real clever at times.Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-38784232868699169892012-04-11T05:03:21.106-07:002012-04-11T05:03:21.106-07:00Heresy, perhaps… but, when compared to the best of...Heresy, perhaps… but, when compared to the best of Looney Tunes and MGM– much less Disney, why was this bizarre, sketchy style so revered and considered so innovative? <br /><br />To me, it just looks low-budget, in a way even Hanna-Barbera would not be until the seventies. It’s magazine cartooning, not theatrical animation. <br /><br />I know I’m the one who is out-of-step here – and I’ll confess to having little to no background in UPA cartoons – but this is something I just “don’t get”! <br /><br />Perhaps someone here can help me out...Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-8286762428300344822012-04-10T17:00:28.355-07:002012-04-10T17:00:28.355-07:00I say it was at least an effective way to have Ger...I say it was at least an effective way to have Gerald stand out like that the way it was handled.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-91054862962467855772012-04-10T09:56:59.686-07:002012-04-10T09:56:59.686-07:00I've always loved this little sequence. To me,...I've always loved this little sequence. To me, its to illustrate how the extraordinary Gerald stands out from the run-of-the-mill crowd.<br /><br />Terrytoon's "Tom Terrific" segments also eschewed the use of opaque, although that was more of a budgetary rather than aesthetic measure.top_cat_jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06365510398800837335noreply@blogger.com