The Clone Wars

[Zeta]

A Goofy Movie made me cry because I saw it after my parents got divorced and my dad ran off. : (

[Rob-Bert]

I like it because of the message it stresses. See, my mom is kind of an overprotective, never-wants-her-kid-to-grow-up type, so.... yeah.

[gr4yJ4Y]

Ritz, about 6 months ago a few of my friends went through something similar, but not as extreme. At least one of them still has the soundtrack on his iPod. It's probably one of the only soundtracks to a musical (A Goofy Movie is a musical in a sense) I like.

[Crazy Penguin]

A Goofy Movie was great stuff, far superior to the Goof Troop TV show. Max being a teenager made the whole awkward and embarrassing father/son relationship concept so much more potent.

[Dr. Watson]

A goofy Movie is probably the most underappreciated animated Disney film of all, and this because of two reasons. First of all, althogh it is a great Disney movie, it was released amidst an array of damn near perfect Disney movies, and thus got overshadowed upon its original release. If it had ben released either a decade earlier or a decade later it would probably have ben considered better than most contemporary Disney films.

Second of all, it was not produced by Disneys prestigious main animation unit, at that time known as Disney Feature Animation, but instead by the second rate Disney Toon studio, that is mostly known as the maker of craptacular direct to video sequels to the main studios films. As such, it does not have the "Disney Classic" stamp, nor a place in the "Disney Animated Features Canon", which means it does not get the promotion that other Disney films get, like new releases in the form of double DVDs with hours of extra material.

[Dash]

A Goofy Movie may have been unappreciated by the studio, but by the public? Everyone I know adores it, even those friends who normally hate Disney movies. It makes me a little upset they can't release a DVD with a widescreen ratio.

I've seen it more times than just about all the other Disney classics. I love the thing. To give you an idea, a friend and I break into the duet of "Nobody Else But You" on occasion.

The Goofy/Max character combo just seems to entertain me more than the grand storylines of the normal Disney features. I'm not sure I could relate fully, since my dad passed away when I was young, but the single parent aspect really resonates since my mom is much the same way(i.e. Extremely loving, Non-disciplinary, trusts me to an extent that's scary). It was also kind of a good movie to see if you needed to work through some crush anxiety.

And the "You need a biiiiiig hug from Lester!" bit will always make me fall over laughing. It's just brilliant.

[DackAttac]

I remember the thought of Max getting the electric chair terrified me since I was about nine at the time.

[Crazy Penguin]

How many feature length cinematic release animated films set in the Mickey Mouse world have there even been?

[Tsuyoshi-kun]

Saludos Amigos, Three Caballeros, and A Goofy Movie. The Three Musketeers was played in theaters in some countries, and Fun and Fancy Free has Mickey and the Beanstalk (though the movie isn't all about Mickey and company).

[Cuckooguy]

If you count shorts where the main focus was the music, there's also The Sorcerer's Apprentice from Fantasia, Blame It On the Samba from Melody Time, and Pomp and Circumstance - Marches 1, 2, 3 and 4 from Fantasia 2000.

I remember when I first watched Mickey and the Beanstalk when they changed the narrator to that one guy who did Winnie the Pooh's voice and they removed all the live action scenes, I was disappointed at the cop-out ending (it ends while the giant is falling and we don't really get a proper ending), but after watching the original I finally see why it was such a cop-out ending: because the live action segments weren't done yet which continued to narrate (and continue) the story.

[Dr. Watson]

I think the ducktales movie would have to count too. But of all these mentioned films, only A Goofy Movie and the Ducktales movie are actual feature length stories, the rest are just a bunch of unrelated short stories.

And while we are at the topic, i just have to share my thoughts on these new Mickey Mouse universe direct to DVD films, like that computer animated one with several short christmas stories. Cause whenever i watch them i cant help but wonder how the hell these movies are even suposed to be entertaining. The classic Mickey, Donald and Goofy shorts had fun slapstick and other inventive visual comedy, Ducktales had (just like the comics it was based on) interesting stories, Goof Troop had somewhat funny sitcomish humor, and A Goofy Movie had both an interseing story as well as moments that were able to genuinly emotionally involve its audience. But that CGI direct to DVD garbage has nothing of this. The stories in these movies are always so simple that only a person under 7 could find it exciting, they are not emotionelly involving, and they hardly have any slapstick or other sight gags at all. So, once again, WHAT kind of entertainment am i suposed to get out of a film thats neither exciting, funny, emotinal or has any artistic merits at all?

Come to think of it, that kinda places them in the same category as the original Ninja Turtles show...

[G.Silver]

You had to be seven for that one too.

Well, I was 8 or 9, I think.

Watching the old Ninja Turtles show now is even better than it was when I was a kid! I can only watch it in a state of baffled amazement, how was it possible for writing to be so nonsensical? How could ADULTS write this stuff? I still think the first several episodes (the introduction to the characters) is pretty impressive, especially for a kids show from that time, and there's so much amazing stupidity (Would you eat the "sushi" offered to you by a giant rat in the sewer?) that it's really entertaining on a whole new level for me now.

You don't know what it's like! Living in a place where everyone wants to do you in... just for the crime of being young! *weeps*

[cjmcray]

But that CGI direct to DVD garbage has nothing of this. The stories in these movies are always so simple that only a person under 7 could find it exciting,

Aren't people under 7 the target audience for those kind of things?

[Cuckooguy]

I never really liked the TMNT cartoon as a kid and I watched it again when the newer TMNT cartoon sparked my interest and the cartoon is really, really bad. Like it makes me wonder how old the person who wrote them was. The story quality managed to become better in that last seasons when they dropped Krang and Shredder, though I still think it was rather forgettable. There was only one moment in the whole cartoon that I remember made me laugh, when Shredder went "Don't you fools mess this up!" and Bebop or Rocksteady was all like, "Of course, boss, how stupid do you think we look?", and then Shredder went, "...no, it's too easy!". It doesn't really sound funny on paper but for some reason it made me laugh and it's the only fond memory I have of the cartoon.

[Arcade]

The new TNMT was good until they made the whole “Sent the characters 100 years into the future bit”.

Time traveling or sending the characters to the space sucks unless done right. And done right means a few episodes, not a whole new season. Time traveling or sending the characters to the space can work with new characters and making it the main focus on the show, but not taking a character out of it environment using a cliche for a whole season.

[cjmcray]

I caught a few minutes of TMNT: Fast forward and it struck me as a Ninja Turtle version of Sonic X. The turtles were far from home, and they now lived with an annoying kid and his butler. (Chris and Chuck?)

[Alexrd]

Guess what! The Clone Wars TV series turned out to be pretty good. It's already on it's second season and has received very good reviews on IGN and such.

[Neo]

IGN

You tease, you left it in the air all the way until the end!

[Alexrd]

IGN

You tease, you left it in the air all the way until the end!

... and such. Not just IGN. But see for yourself. It's really good.

[Wombatwarlord777]

I saw it one time. It looked and sounded like crap.

So, Alexrd, I take it you personally liked it?

[Alexrd]

I saw it one time. It looked and sounded like crap.

So, Alexrd, I take it you personally liked it?

So it seems... Since it has many stand alone episodes, I could say that you caught a bad episode. But everyone has it's own tastes, so I respect your opinion. Some reviewers praised the "Star Wars feel" to be presented more than on the prequel films, which I agree.

Some pics of one of the latest episodes:

[CM August]

I hate those character designs so much.

[Radrappy]

Here's a fun bit of trivia for you :

to give the director more control, all the boarding for this show is done straight into maya(or w/e 3d software they use), effectively eliminating drawing and pesky story artists from the equation! wow!

[Crowbar]

That sounds deeply impractical.

[G.Silver]

I rented the movie recently (I skipped it before) and could only bear to watch it with the sound off. Every piece of dialog seemed designed to creep discretely into my brain and pluck at my nerves, tweak some glands, and turn me into a snarling monster made purely of hate. I bumped up the frame-skip and watched it at about double speed, and the experience became more pleasant. I don't know why I didn't just stop watching the movie altogether, I guess I just thought something cool would happen. If it did, I don't even remember it.