From: collins_w@cubldr.colorado.edu
Subject: Re: Saban's The Little Mermaid
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 12:04:01 GMT

In article <1992Nov1.041328.1@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>, ij59@vaxb.acs.unt.edu writes:
> OK, long post here, skip it if your eyes are tired...:)
   You have to be kidding, I don't want to miss anything! :-)


> Ok, well, I knew there was an anime-styled mermaid movie on videotape available
> from STarmaker (I've been wanting to see it, I now have the tape borrowed from
> a friend and will probably see it in the next few days (I have to borrow a
> VCR)).  I assume it is the same one, otherwise this is a THIRD mermaid movie!
> I have heard it is very good.
   More & more keep popping up! :-)

 
> I was a bit harsh, but I must admit I found most of it to be unoriginal and
> repetitive.  But there were a couple that I thought were good.  It had potential
> but didnt really go anywhere.  And the typical stupid bumbling villain's
> assistant (Dudhlee in this show) I can definetly do without.
   Which episodes did you think were good? I actually like Dudhlee (I
think they did a good job matching the voice actor also).


> I have only seen a couple of the Disney ones but have decided it wasn't for me. 
> (Hmm.  I watched all of Saban's version.  I wonder if this means anything?) The
> Disney one seems rather dull.
   The Disney series seems to be improving. It may be just that I am
getting used to it? It is too bad that Disney didn't include the
Seawitch - it would allow more interesting story lines.

   I wonder how many other people are still sticking with Disney's series?


> Hmm.  Yes, to some degree.  (I like lover stories, personally, so any scene
> with just Justin and Marina together I generally liked.)
   They could have added a little more romance to the series though.


> >    Since you have watched all of the episodes, it sounds like you gave
> > Saban's series a fair try (and you did watch all 26 episodes without
> > giving up).
> I think I missed one or two, and I missed the end of one in which Marina and
> Justin were trapped in a fire because my station decied to show weather
> reports in the middle of it.  (P.S.  What happened in the last 8 min of that
> one?)
   Sounds like "A Day In The Country". I will post that entry from my
episode guide.


> I think I watched the whole thing for two reasons: I was expecting an ending,
> and I likes the anime-styled characters.
   Interesting, I want just the opposite - for the series not to end.
I don't know if Saban is planning future seasons.


> Dreams (not very good), Saban's Gulliver's Travels.
   I did notice that a lot of the background music for "Saban's Gulliver's
Travels" (that double possessive sounds awkward) was stolen from
"Saban's Adventures of The Little Mermaid".

> Those last 4 are fairly recent.  Saban is a distributor as well as a creator,
> and also a composer: Haim Saban and Shuki Levy wrote a lot of music for various
> shows.  Also, the above list is very incomplete...I just can't remember all the
> titles.
   Saban says that their following nine series are being broadcast
in the USA this fall: "Camp Candy", "Saban's Around the World in 80
Dreams", "Saban's Gulliver's Travels", "Noozles", "The Litt'L Bits",
"Grimm's Fairy Tale Classics", "Pinocchio", "Maya the Bee", and "X-Men".


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