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Post by Two-Tone on Mar 26, 2019 20:02:46 GMT -5
ah those are cool Bab
wow, they put that in the wiki? That reminds me of the time they vandalized Patch's page and tried to make him look like a villain
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Post by babclayman on Mar 26, 2019 21:04:24 GMT -5
Ooooooooh, I was reading the article, I posted above, and it does seem to give a clue about potential U S Air Date.
The quote reads…
“101 Dalmatian Street” will launch across Europe, Middle East, and Africa through out Spring, and in the rest of the world later this year.
So, it does mean that they do intend to air the Show in the U S, but later in the year, most likely the Summer. We do not have an exact date, but we Know they do intend to air it, Eh?
What you think of this information, Pups!?
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Post by Stirfry on Mar 27, 2019 9:03:47 GMT -5
Okay, so I've had a chance to watch a couple more episodes and can actually say a bit more about the show. The show is still kind of hit and miss, actually in much of the same way the original series was. The strengths of the show remain the characters and the weakness remains the pacing. Some episodes, like dog's best friend and walkies on the wild side have really rushed pacing with the characters jumping into actions with very little or flimsy motivations. Dog's Best Friend was just a bunch of fluff, but Walkies On The Wild Side, felt like it was a story that should have been a full 22 minute episode crammed into an 11 minute slot. The story has literally 1 minute of setup before Dillon just decides to go along with Fergus' plan to be "wild", and what follows is just total plot whiplash when Dillon jumps right into event after event with no explanation or reasoning. I guess somehow rolling in flowers and barking at a sleeping human is "wild?" I dunno. It's not really the only epsiode where characters kind of just do stuff with little explanation. I think a few full length 22 minute episodes would do them good. Now, some episodes like Winter Funderland, Power To The Puppies, and May Contain Nuts where the pacing isn't a problem, are actually pretty good. You can understand the character's motivations in those episodes, even though the setup is equally as fast, because their actions fit with the personality we know for them. You don't need a ton of setup to explain why Dolly wants to learn from... Uh... that squirrel, or why Dillon and Dolly would want to compete for top dog. The animation and voice acting aren't AS bad as my first impression, now that I've seen a few more episodes. I've learned that Fergus actually is voiced by an Irish person, so my impression of him was wrong. But his accent still sounds like a half asleep American trying to do an Irish accent but not really trying, so it was an honest mistake. Heck for a lot of Walkies On The Wild Side, his accent just sounded pure American. Maybe that's a North Irish thing, I don't know. And with the British and American accents being mixed in with each other, you get used to it eventually. It still does, however, take you out of the London setting quite a bit. With so many American voices on the show, I often find myself going "Oh, that's right, they're in London." when something suddenly reminds me that they're in London. I would much prefer if ALL the voice actors were British. The animation still feels pretty cheap, which is consistent with Disney's overall trend for TV animation. They've been trending toward an ugly and cheap animation style lately, and they might try to pass it off as a stylistic choice, but I really think they're just cutting corners. There is a lot of close ups on character's faces, and shots where there is only one character and they're not moving much. And then there's moments like this. I just dismissed this as some sort of gag, the first time I saw it, but then they did it a second time. Okay, there should have been smoother movement there if they wanted to have the impact that this should have. It's supposed to look like he hit the drums too hard and shattered them, but without actual animation it just looks like he suddenly got the drum's HP down to 0 and they just died. =P Also the only thing they do to show the impact is shake the screen. That's it. The pup who hit them is barely affected by it and the dancing pups don't even react. They're still kind of just bouncing up and down like they were. It just looks like cheapness to me, but maybe I'm wrong. Okay, out of all the episodes I've seen so far, I would have to say, my least favorite is probably still Dog's Best Friend, and my favorite is Winter Funderland or Power To The Puppies. Those two probably had the best pacing and fewest problems out of all of them. We also got to meet new characters in each of them. In Power To The Puppies we meet Diesel who loves to dig and is quite lovably stupid. He's just got a cute personality. I even liked his "My tongue is stuck" line in Winter Funderland and then in Winter Funderland we see more of Dawkins. Dawkins is a bit more stereotypical, not quite adorkable, which is actually a word apparently, en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/adorkable but I still like him. Hopefully he gets developed more later. Speaking of development, we also learn that Dolly has a REALLY weird super power. WTF kind of power is this? She can melt ice by rubbing her paws together a couple of times and touching it? Yeah, that just came right the heck out of nowhere! Her name is Hot Paws now. Yeah, Shadow, she just took your name. She is now Hot Paws Dolly. Let the fanfictions commence! Okay, those are my thoughts. It's not a bad show really, whether it trends more toward good episodes or bad episodes remains to be seen though.
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Post by Dante on Mar 27, 2019 11:34:07 GMT -5
Hmm... interesting perspective Sandy. Personally, I do not watch the show wanting a great solid award winning storyline. I watch it mainly for kicks and giggles, which it gives me plenty of. With that in mind, I can ignore the minor mistakes (DJ and the drums, Dolly's heat hands...).
That being said, I do like the variety of personalities that the producers create amongst the Dalmatian siblings
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Post by Stirfry on Mar 27, 2019 12:00:48 GMT -5
I don't expect or require only the best plots either, I do, however require the bare basics of a plot from a proffessional studio. Some things are just below what I like from a proffesional studio.
I wouldn't mention the animation either if it weren't Disney. I know they can do better for their animation quality. They did so in the 90's and 2000's. And even still other networks produce higher quality animation. A literal toy company makes higher quality stuff than Disney's recent TV animation. Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon average higher quality too. It just shows Disney's decline, along with the constant pointless live action remakes.
Yeah, I love the characters though, which makes me want to see them in some longer and more fleshed out episodes.
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Post by Dante on Mar 27, 2019 12:53:52 GMT -5
I can see your point Sandy. When I first was introduced to the show, I too questioned the style and animation of the show. I've grown to like it. However, like you said, Disney has done better, and I can see where you are coming from.
I completely agree with you on the fact that Disney needs to stop doing all those live-action remakes(might I add all of the sequels also). It has been a while since a true Disney original has come out.
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Post by babclayman on Mar 27, 2019 16:14:49 GMT -5
I have notice some thing about Dylan, base on “Winter Funderland” and a coming Episode; “Crushed Out”. Dylan is in to Palaeontology. There is a clue about it in “Winter Funderland”, where Dolly claims she found a Dinosaur Bone, but it definately confirms Dylan has an intrigue in Palaeontology, when we see the Tree House is full of Dinosaur Fossils, and he has a Plushie Dinosaur, too! Dylan appears to be in to Video Games, too. It also seems that Dante shall get more Focus in “Crushed Out”, when he & Fergus try to do Dylan up to impress Portia the Poodle, who he has a crush on. I also notice, in the preview Video, when Dylan is wearing his helmet, he is making Darth Vader sounds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFs5hCirpQ4I also notice, the Poster he is in front of, at the start of this Video. Is that suppose to be David Bowie? What do you think of the Video, Pups!?
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Post by Two-Tone on Mar 27, 2019 19:22:51 GMT -5
And he also has a few old video game consoles such as the Gamecube and Xbox 360
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Post by Dante on Mar 27, 2019 20:35:10 GMT -5
Hmm... Should be quite the interesting episode. I have to say, the more I see of Dylan, the more I believe that I am like him...except for the pedantic control freak aspect.
I LOVE DANTE!!! He "crushed" his part again. Pun intended.
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Post by Wizzer on Mar 28, 2019 10:17:52 GMT -5
Every time Dante appears on screen, its like he keeps getting better and better! I loved his devious Grinch-like smile he did in the sneak peak.
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Post by Stirfry on Mar 28, 2019 15:03:48 GMT -5
Just from that preview, this looks like a good episode. It looks like a fun episode where we learn even more about Dillon. He does seem even more of a nerd now. Not just into paleontology, but astronomy, geology, and sci fi. Though his sci-fi interest was already well established, it hasn't had much focus aside from short scenes at the beginning of episodes.
The idea is pretty old and cliche, but it sort of feels like they're going to go a different direction with it than usual. It looks like it's going to be a fun episode that tells us more about Dillon. I think the best ending for this episode is he meets her and finds out she kind of sucks and changing himself to impress her was entirely not worth it and he goes back to being a nerd. That would be a great and entirely more realistic change from the usual way this plot goes where they find out the crush would just like them for who they are.
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Post by Belchic on Mar 28, 2019 15:58:10 GMT -5
Just saw “Walkies on the Wild Side”. The episodes seem to be coming up fast in England, but not fast enough online.
Also, before you say anything, bab, No, that certain “thing” that happened in the episode did not make me smile. I have my reasons.
To be honest, I really don’t see how this show can be classified as “brilliant”. To me, it’s just an over-the-top cartoony show with characters just running around yelling al the time. The 1997 series had brilliant writing and a lot of heart, but this is just a hot mess.
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Post by Stirfry on Mar 28, 2019 16:09:49 GMT -5
Just saw “Walkies on the Wild Side”. The episodes seem to be coming up fast in England, but not fast enough online. Also, before you say anything, bab, No, that certain “thing” that happened in the episode did not make me smile. I have my reasons. To be honest, I really don’t see how this show can be classified as “brilliant”. To me, it’s just an over-the-top cartoony show with characters just running around yelling al the time. The 1997 series had brilliant writing and a lot of heart, but this is just a hot mess. As I said, in my recent thoughts on the show, that episode was one of the ones that had pacing problems. That, much like Dog's Best Friend were the poorer episodes. I would suggest watching Winter Funderland, Power To The Puppies, or May Contain Nuts for a better experience.
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Post by Belchic on Mar 28, 2019 16:32:16 GMT -5
I did watch Power to the Puppies. That gives me an idea on how important both Dylan and Dolly are to their brothers and sisters, since they need both of them to have a well-balanced life.
I’ll watch the other episodes you mentioned as soon as I can find them online.
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Post by babclayman on Mar 29, 2019 10:19:50 GMT -5
Remember, some weeks ago, I posted about how there was a preview of "101 Dalmatian Street", at the B A F T A? We have a Video of that Event, where we get to meet some of the Voice Artists. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxWFTUHzDo0What you think of the Video, Pups?
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