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[–] 3 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

"You're wrong! You are dead wrong! Our ancestors flew! They gave us wings when we can't fly?! I mean, I mean whose idea of a cruel joke is this?"

(Bonus points if you recognize the quote)

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  • [–] [S] 3 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

    Didn't recognize it, but looking up the source and seeing it's a quote from a movie by Don Bluth -- it's going on my list of things to go find a copy of...!

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

    The Pebble and the Penguin is kind of a weird movie, but I had it on VHS as a kid and watched it a lot. It taught me about rockhopper penguins. I have no idea if it holds up, I got the impression much later that it's really disjointed but that was from a kind of iffy source so idunno anymore.

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    It took me a few days to get ahold of a copy -- but I did, and I've seen it now!

    The story is pretty weak, and there's some leaps that made me go "wait... what?" a few times while watching. e.g. How did Hubie even end up on the ship? Why are he and Rocko then tangled up on the beach? It feels like I missed a scene or two that should've been there but weren't. There's also some visually jarring cuts where the colors are really noticably inconsistent. I wonder if some of those oddities are from the supposed executive meddling... 🤔️

    On the plus side, there are some rather interesting color choices in some scenes, and I can probably learn a lot from studying them. I liked the dramatic red sky and black sea with purple during the killer whale chase scene, for example:

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    It seems to be regarded as one of Bluth's weaker movies (and may have gotten fucked over by business meddling if I'm following the wiki article on it right...) but I'm on an 80s/90s animation binge lately, so it's right up my alley!

    Will let you know what I think once I've actually seen it.

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