From: ed@cwis.unomaha.edu (Ed Stastny)
Subject: Re: Review of LTV show 2: 3
Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 16:43:33 GMT

bkeener@cs.ulowell.edu (Brian E. Keener) writes:

>	I guess it was just too kinda "out there".  There was no Aeon Flux,
>although there had been the two weeks previous.  That was weird.

It bothered me, too.  I felt somehow...empty.        
 
>	I can't stand Nordo and the House, or whatever that is.  "Dogboy",
>well... you know how I feel about that skit...

"Thomas and Nardo", I agree, is so incredibly loseable.  "Dog Boy", I do
like...it's grown on me (like "Invisible Hands" did last season).

>	The film "Meggamorphasis", which I had been looking forward to, was
>okay, but the ending was a bit lame-ish.  The "Bobby and Billy" skit I can't
>stand... I guess it just hits me wrong.

"Meggamorphosis" (the snake and the egg) was beautiful!  I liked the
ending, myself.  Did you notice Tim Curry (RHPS) did the voice of the
snake and Annie Potts (who sounds familiar, but I can't place it) did
the egg?

"Bobby and Billy" is funny enough.  I think it relies too much on shock
value...the animation is pretty bad.  I'm surprised at what they're
getting away with on this show.

> "The Killing of an Egg" was okay, but
>it should've been cut long before it was... there was no need to run through
>the entire sequence again.

Yep...too long...but the repeat was essential to the story.

>	The skit about the dog (can't remember the name) was okay, but a bit
                               ^^^^"What up, dog?"
>tedious.  Once again, Was (not was)'s music is set to animation. (remember
>"Hello, Dad... I'm in jail"?)

I find that kind of "tracing" (roto-scope?) animation annoying anyway.
I did like the music and the look of some of the sequences.

>	All in all, the third show was a bit of a letdown, especially after
>the quality of the second one.

I agree.  Let's hope it's just fluxuating and not "bottoming out".

>	One final note... "Joe Normal" was good, but I didn't like it, for
>whatever reason.  Also, I absolutely LOVED the excerpt from "The Concert".

"Joe Normal" was okay...but the joke wore off about 1/3 of the way
through it.  I don't really see the appeal of "The Concert" save for
it's bizarreness.

>	Next week is not looking too interesting, but... who knows?

Yeah, WINTER STEELE...bleah!
We can always pray to our ceilings.

Don't forget...

"Speedbump: The Roadkill Possum".  It LOOKED great, lotta potential there.
Annoying sounding, hard to understand....really short!

"Doktor Zum Explores and Explains The Forbidden Secrets of the Unknown
and Forbidden"....this reminded me of a gorey Jay Ward cartoon.  I liked
it.

"Stick Figure Theatre: Shakespeares Henry V"...as always, SFT is a
terrific staple.  I love these things!  Sweetness.

"Specialists: episode 3"...yet another addition.  I find it amusing.
The artwork is cool...not getting old like I thought it would.

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