'Sonic The Hedgehog' & 'The Super Mario Bros. Super Show'... Both came from historically relevant video games, neither cartoon did well at all![/caption]You know what? One of the great things about my job of writing for Hellinspace is that I get to translate the cartoons or video games to the rest of the world of horror and science fiction and show how they are completely applicable even to modern day horror and science fiction!
And I will admit that I have chosen a few duds (I am not proud to say... But unfortunately that is one of the blander side effects of reviewing anything, is that to be truly objective, you have to be objective about the stuff that you do like and review that, and you have to be objective and some times review the garbage you really can't stand... (A great example of this as far as cartoons go, is, 'Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated'.)
But there are two that I will be absolutely honest with you guys and say that I genuinely thought would have done better then I thought they did... And that is, 'Sonic The Hedgehog' and, 'Super Mario Bros.'!
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Neither, 'The Adventures Of Sonic The Hedgehog' or, 'The Super Mario Bros. Super Show' were very great...[/caption]The truth is, is I don't want to give to much away, (I suspect at some point I will be going to review both of them at great length), never the less, you would think that with a video game that is 2 parts animated series to start off with, and 2 parts video game, that they would do well... Right?
Well here is the biggest issue that I have with the 1993 version of, 'Sonic The Hedgehog'... First of all I agree with the slightly more slapstick nature of the Chilidog loving hero, but there was a lot of this mentality of, 'No seriousness', when there really needed to be at least some!
I also have to admit that I was not a huge fan of how they depicted, 'Dr. Robotnik'... As more of a demented, 'Imp' and less of a, 'mad scientist'...
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Not my fav...[/caption]Other then that, the characters were pretty well drawn... It is just sad to see a show that I enjoyed as a kid, one that did not translate well in to adulthood!
Really the main problem that I had with the, 'Super Mario Bros. Super Show' (The Super Mario Bros. TV Program that first aired in 1989), is the format... Don't get me wrong, the animation side of the show was great, but I just was unhappy with how they tried to combine animation along with live action... In the end it just didn't jell well with me!
In the end though, the truth is, is the greatest sign of any TV show is how well it translates for men and women of all ages... Where as I think both shows would be good enough for kids, I also don't think either of them translate very well for adults!
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