Rugrats (2021) - paramount plus

[From The Uncanny Valley]

I can't wait for Susie to still be my least favorite character.

 

[Max Doof]

Unless I'm misremembering and I have my pointless reboots confused, I originally heard that this reboot was going to be live action. So I'm breathing a sigh of relief that it's still animated! But it looses so much of what was fun in the original art style where there was a wonkiness and occasional grossness.

I was just about to say this before I noticed you post come up, I think Klasky Csupo basically fell apart after the couple who headed the studio got divorced. That's probably a reason that they went in a different art direction, but the overly-rendered look doesn't really work with the feel of the show.

EDIT: Actually, a quick Googling shows that Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo are involved in the new production. (According to this site) I guess they're just going with the 3D to fit what everyone else is doing.

They're apparently still going forward with the live action movie...

 

[UnKillShredDur]

They'll make Phil non-binary because of that one episode where he wore Lil's bow and looked like her.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Whoa there... Susie is awfully close to the foreground for a B-character.

She's come more into the foreground through direct-to-video specials and marketing. Recall they tried to make a spin-off show centering around her and Angelica, and far as I can tell, that one didn't last long.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

Remember when people used to boast how cheaper streaming was than cable?

This is why you should pirate everything.
These companies/studios have made it clear that they hate the general public anyway.

 

[LolRaccoon]

It looks alright, I guess

 

[Madam Nekromantik]

many of the characters should sound the same — Tommy Pickles, Chuckie Finster

Didn't the original voice actress for Chuckie die? Not that it matters really.

 

[Prophetic Spirit]

Meh, Kim isn't there.
Anyone here actually liked that 2000 movie?

 

[starborn427614]

Didn't the original voice actress for Chuckie die? Not that it matters really.

She did. Also the voice of Dexter IIRC.

 

[All Cops Are Based]

I'm not attached enough to my childhood to be upset, but is this CGI lifeless doll aesthetic ever going to end? Or is this just the endpoint of animation from here to eternity?

 

[Honka Honka Burning Love]

How many episodes till they talk about NAZIS

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Meh, Kim isn't there.
Anyone here actually liked that 2000 movie?

*raises hand*

I think it has its merits. It was weird to have it be a Chuckie movie, but he already had a Mother's Day special dedicated to him, so it felt natural to have a movie be about him getting a new mother as his single father was lonely but recognized he had Chuckie to think about in finding the right woman. I mean, sucks we followed the kids too much, but I think the message still made it through.

Coco LaBouche was a pretty interesting choice for a Rugrats villain, all things considered.

 

[XYZpdq]

only things I ever liked out of Rugrats was them mixing up Sasquatch with Satchmo and that time the Fonz guy had a comb and the ugly little shit main character had the comb
really I basically hate everything that ugly shithouse Kuspo Klaspy ever made outside of early Simpsons
they were the Calarts Beanmouth of the 90s

so I don't hate that any more than I hate the rest of Rugrats

 

[Angry Shoes]

Things look so 'soulless' when they go from hand-drawn 2D to 3D.

I'm not attached enough to my childhood to be upset, but is this CGI lifeless doll aesthetic ever going to end? Or is this just the endpoint of animation from here to eternity?

Until someone finds a cheaper way to animate, probably.

 

[and 420 others]

Get ready for articles like "Why Grandpa Pickles is problematic" and "The Dr. Lipschitz character is an anti-semetic dogwistle and here's why."

 

[MysticMisty]

Meh, Kim isn't there.
Anyone here actually liked that 2000 movie?

It was better than the first one, actually. Like, I never would've believed that back in the 90's when the first 3 seasons were in their first run since I thought Chuckie was the most boring character (after Susie since she was so bland), but Dil sucked so fucking hard. Adding a real baby that just lays there and does nothing (and practically says nothing) just defeated the point of the show. It doesn't matter that he was still a newborn, he still completely defeated the point of a show where the plot is babies talk and do things they don't normally do.

There also was a lot more direction for the second movie. The first one was pretty aimless beyond "we add a new character (that really fucking sucks) and nobody likes him". It was pretty obvious they had no idea how to write something longer than a full half-hour episode and that they had nothing going on besides adding Dil, so they just threw a bunch of random (really random) shit at the wall to see what stuck. But the other movie actually had a clear and concise plot that worked for it's size. They knew what the plot was, where the setting was, and had enough to actually make it work.

It wasn't enough for me to keep watching the show, though. I didn't bother with the third movie because the crossover idea just seemed so bizarre in the TV spots. It looked like they regressed back to throwing a bunch of random shit at the wall to see what stuck. Also I'd stopped watching the show for good by then.

 

[I Love Beef]

Get ready for articles like "Why Grandpa Pickles is problematic" and "The Dr. Lipschitz character is an anti-semetic dogwistle and here's why."

Grandpa Pickles can do any damn thing he wants, and Dr. Lipschitz still has his expert pregnancy care hospital, fuck those writers.

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

only things I ever liked out of Rugrats was them mixing up Sasquatch with Satchmo and that time the Fonz guy had a comb and the ugly little shit main character had the comb
really I basically hate everything that ugly shithouse Kuspo Klaspy ever made outside of early Simpsons
they were the Calarts Beanmouth of the 90s

so I don't hate that any more than I hate the rest of Rugrats

There were some episodes that made me and my brother laugh our asses off (especially the "Mr Fiend" episode), but I stopped caring well before they made the movies.

 

[Daisymae]

i want ren and stimpy

 

[NOT Sword Fighter Super]

i want ren and stimpy

Doubtful since John is suck a fucking freak pedo sexpest.