Considering that shorts from the Hanna-Barbera era are the best ones it seems strange that they are still trying to make a full feature movie despite the commercial failure of the previous ones
shareActually they have just made a couple;
https://www.rotoscopers.com/2021/02/21/new-tom-and-jerry-shorts-are-streaming-on-hbo-max/
I haven't seen them yet, but they look like a decent effort at least.
Only 9 votes on Imdb, so nobody knows about it! https://moviechat.org/tt14095452
shareYeah, these have been strangely under the radar. My guess is these were supposed to be for the 80th Anniversary last year but got delayed.
shareWhy do people praise Hanna-Barbera? They were the WORST animators of the time, down there with the Filmation cheapskates (He-Man). So many re-used frames, backgrounds, and so little budget that it all looks LAZY.
People will see those and think they're decent, until they see Anime like Akira or Miyazaki's work and are BLOWN AWAY.
If you're talking about the stuff produced by the Hanna-Barbera company for TV in the 50s, 60s, 80s and especially the 70s? Yeah, that's all true. Personally I like the first five or so years of that stuff for the writing, appealing designs and well executed poses. But I can't deny they had re-used frames and cut corners, and the writing quality quickly diminished too. A lot of their 70s stuff is like watching painting dry.
But the stuff they made as Directors for MGM in the 40s and 50s? Absolutely not. The Tom & Jerry shorts had rich, full and expertly timed and scored animation; some of the finest ever made in America; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcopvkSgBgc
But the stuff they made as Directors for MGM in the 40s and 50s? Absolutely not. The Tom & Jerry shorts had rich, full and expertly timed and scored animation; some of the finest ever made in America; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcopvkSgBgc
Yeah, they're often attributed to Fred Quimby because his name appeared last on the credits, but he was just a producer (also on Tex Avery's cartoons) and by all accounts not a very involved one.
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