frogboy4
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(I wrote much of this in another thread, but planned on making a seperate thread for this topic after I saw a Veggie Tales tape for the first time this Christmas. It was the Viking one.)
The writing and humor of these is amazing. I cracked up. Any fan of Muppets should enjoy this stuff because that is obviously where they have taken their cue. Brilliant stuff - and I don't say that lightly.
Yes, the tapes have overt Christian values, but it really doesn't offend me. I don't subscribe to the entire theology, but I do share many of its values and it is handled in a classy way and you can expect that from the packaging info and title.
The animation is not top-notch. There is exposed geometry and virtually no texture. However, it is smooth 24-frame animation so it easily surpasses the quality of all television animation I have seen. It is more than enough for a direct to video kids' release, and I am incredibly picky. The characters have life, wit and personality.
There are some great songs too. I actually may become a collector of this series. I was planning to post about this, but totally forgot until you brought it up. I watched a tape with my niece and nephew on Christmas day and was blown away. Laughed out loud so hard I almost cried at one point. This is one of the best projects to come along in children’s' entertainment in a very long time. Would probably make my top ten list.
I don’t much like preachy projects of propaganda, but this really isn’t one of them. Totally and A project for what it is. Fun and funny project with good values and eye-popping college grade animation. It also made my niece and nephew,who were crying in stereo, pipe down for nearly an hour without me having to install an off button on them. For some reason, people frown on that.
The writing and humor of these is amazing. I cracked up. Any fan of Muppets should enjoy this stuff because that is obviously where they have taken their cue. Brilliant stuff - and I don't say that lightly.
Yes, the tapes have overt Christian values, but it really doesn't offend me. I don't subscribe to the entire theology, but I do share many of its values and it is handled in a classy way and you can expect that from the packaging info and title.
The animation is not top-notch. There is exposed geometry and virtually no texture. However, it is smooth 24-frame animation so it easily surpasses the quality of all television animation I have seen. It is more than enough for a direct to video kids' release, and I am incredibly picky. The characters have life, wit and personality.
There are some great songs too. I actually may become a collector of this series. I was planning to post about this, but totally forgot until you brought it up. I watched a tape with my niece and nephew on Christmas day and was blown away. Laughed out loud so hard I almost cried at one point. This is one of the best projects to come along in children’s' entertainment in a very long time. Would probably make my top ten list.
I don’t much like preachy projects of propaganda, but this really isn’t one of them. Totally and A project for what it is. Fun and funny project with good values and eye-popping college grade animation. It also made my niece and nephew,who were crying in stereo, pipe down for nearly an hour without me having to install an off button on them. For some reason, people frown on that.