The city of Townsville...
...was revisited tonight in the new "Powerpuff Girls Rule" special. Does anyone have any comments on that? I thought it was okay -- a little off at times since it's been a few years since the people involved made it, and it had a different look because it was digitally animated. Also it got a bit self-referential, with the Girls basically giving exposition about their personalities and those of the other characters (like pointing out the mayor's stupidity and Mojo Jojo's tendency to repeat himself, a repetitive behavior which Bubbles saw fit to point out so that we in the audience would know that Mojo Jojo has a tendency to repeat and paraphrase things he just said moments ago but to say them in a different way, which is very infectious). And I really wasn't expecting a musical episode.
Still, it was kind of fun. The "key to the world" idea was bizarre, but I liked the revelation of what Mojo would do if he ruled the world -- though I thought it was a bit of a copout that they went back to the status quo at the end.
And it was great to have the whole cast back again, especially Tara Strong. She's brilliant in everything she does, but Bubbles was probably the height of her brilliance (as well as the height of her vocal range -- how did she get up there?). Still, it's been a few years, and she didn't give us any new greatest moments for Bubbles. (Indeed, there were moments where Bubbles' delivery had a trace of Timmy Turner from Fairly Oddparents coming through.) But that's largely because writer/director Craig McCracken didn't really give Bubbles any moments of epic cuteness for Strong to live up to. Also, Tom Kenny's narrator voice wasn't quite the same at first, though it seemed to settle back toward the end (or at least I got used to the change).
Of course, the most momentous event is that we actually got to see Ms. Bellum's face for, like, two frames! Well, half her face.
Did anyone TiVo or DVR this? I'm still stuck in the days of videotape, so I didn't have the resolution to make out the text on the back of the "Curses!" sign that Mojo held up Wile E. Coyote-style before falling. I assume the fine print was an elaboration upon the "Curses!" motif in Mojo's inimitable speaking style, which is not in fact inimitable as I am imitating it right now, which demonstrates that it is in fact highly imitable, encouraging others to imitate it as I am doing right now.
Okay, okay. I think I've got it out of my system now. (For the moment....) Anyway, the most important thing is that once again the day was saved, thanks to... the Powerpuff Girls! (I always wanted to say that...)
...was revisited tonight in the new "Powerpuff Girls Rule" special. Does anyone have any comments on that? I thought it was okay -- a little off at times since it's been a few years since the people involved made it, and it had a different look because it was digitally animated. Also it got a bit self-referential, with the Girls basically giving exposition about their personalities and those of the other characters (like pointing out the mayor's stupidity and Mojo Jojo's tendency to repeat himself, a repetitive behavior which Bubbles saw fit to point out so that we in the audience would know that Mojo Jojo has a tendency to repeat and paraphrase things he just said moments ago but to say them in a different way, which is very infectious). And I really wasn't expecting a musical episode.
Still, it was kind of fun. The "key to the world" idea was bizarre, but I liked the revelation of what Mojo would do if he ruled the world -- though I thought it was a bit of a copout that they went back to the status quo at the end.
And it was great to have the whole cast back again, especially Tara Strong. She's brilliant in everything she does, but Bubbles was probably the height of her brilliance (as well as the height of her vocal range -- how did she get up there?). Still, it's been a few years, and she didn't give us any new greatest moments for Bubbles. (Indeed, there were moments where Bubbles' delivery had a trace of Timmy Turner from Fairly Oddparents coming through.) But that's largely because writer/director Craig McCracken didn't really give Bubbles any moments of epic cuteness for Strong to live up to. Also, Tom Kenny's narrator voice wasn't quite the same at first, though it seemed to settle back toward the end (or at least I got used to the change).
Of course, the most momentous event is that we actually got to see Ms. Bellum's face for, like, two frames! Well, half her face.
Did anyone TiVo or DVR this? I'm still stuck in the days of videotape, so I didn't have the resolution to make out the text on the back of the "Curses!" sign that Mojo held up Wile E. Coyote-style before falling. I assume the fine print was an elaboration upon the "Curses!" motif in Mojo's inimitable speaking style, which is not in fact inimitable as I am imitating it right now, which demonstrates that it is in fact highly imitable, encouraging others to imitate it as I am doing right now.
Okay, okay. I think I've got it out of my system now. (For the moment....) Anyway, the most important thing is that once again the day was saved, thanks to... the Powerpuff Girls! (I always wanted to say that...)
