Rugrats (2021) - paramount plus

[Dom Cruise]

Nickelodeon actually had a policy that no nicktoon could have a proper Finale at all. This was done so they could keep airing reruns of their shows while making kids think more episodes would be made if there was no definite episode that said the end it's over bye have a beautiful time

This makes sense given how constantly they would rerun the same episodes over and over again.

Being a kid and not really knowing how TV worked, you didn't know what the deal was, you would start to notice the same episodes airing over and over again but then sometimes you'd see one you hadn't seen before and wonder if it that was a "new" episode although that of course became rarer as time went on.

I just find it ironic to think that Rugrats was already "over with" before the 1997 revival during the time I would most remember watching it, just funny to think I was always watching reruns unbeknownst to me.

What did help though was that with every show there were always those episodes that they would air rarely, which helped keep it feeling fresh and not too stale.

Yep, and IIRC, Angry Beavers had a finale that addressed all of those issues, with Norb and Dag becoming aware they're cartoon characters stuck on an endless loop of reruns. Obviously, the Nick execs were not amused in the least and canned the episode.

Too bad as that would have been really funny.

 

[horrorfan89]

This makes sense given how constantly they would rerun the same episodes over and over again.

Being a kid and not really knowing how TV worked, you didn't know what the deal was, you would start to notice the same episodes airing over and over again but then sometimes you'd see one you hadn't seen before and wonder if it that was a "new" episode although that of course became rarer as time went on.

I just find it ironic to think that Rugrats was already "over with" before the 1997 revival during the time I would most remember watching it, just funny to think I was always watching reruns unbeknownst to me.

What did help though was that with every show there were always those episodes that they would air rarely, which helped keep it feeling fresh and not too stale.


Too bad as that would have been really funny.

the audio has survived and been uploaded honestly makes me wish someone would do reanimated collab to put animation to the audio and give us an idea what it would look like

 

[TopCat]

So this just dropped

 

[frozenrunner]

So this just dropped

Well, the dreadful CGI quality and the wrong-sounding characters aside (Phil and Lil sounded great tho), this doesn't look unfaithful to the spirit of the original show. A lot less adult comedy in those segments, but it wasn't terrible, just kind of dull.

 

[James Roancrest]

The voices aren't too off, but that CGI is giving me Foodfight vibes.

I guess this will be another example of why 2D animated shows should stick wtih 2D animation.

 

[Mr. ShadowCreek]

Well, if the show does have some of the came charm as the original series I can probably look past the CGI and see the goodness in it. After all, Hookwinked had bad CGI and I think it's a funny underrated movie. Tommy's voice seems off though this might be because Daily hasn't voiced him in over 15 years and she's aged. The parents throw me off though. I know some of the voice actors are dead but they couldn't have gotten anyone who at least tried to sound like them. The guy they got to replace Aku didn't sound exactly like Mako but he tried and did well.

Here are several of the models

The only picture for Drew and Charlotte I could find was the promo image. Drew seems to have ditched his sweater for a plain white shirt and Charlotte seems to be wearing pants. I've noticed Betty has a different symbol on her shirt now. I can't find anything for Howard. A voice actor hasn't even been listed for him yet. Susie's dad has a big change. He looks like an entirely different character. Who knows, maybe that isn't him.

I suppose my hopes for the show are bigger than they were before but I'm still holding my breath.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

The voices aren't too off, but that CGI is giving me Foodfight vibes.

I guess this will be another example of why 2D animated shows should stick wtih 2D animation.

It's got to do with the designs (which really don't translate well), and the bad texturing and dark lighting.

 

[XYZpdq]

Well, if the show does have some of the came charm as the original series I can probably look past the CGI and see the goodness in it. After all, Hookwinked had bad CGI and I think it's a funny underrated movie. Tommy's voice seems off though this might be because Daily hasn't voiced him in over 15 years and she's aged. The parents throw me off though. I know some of the voice actors are dead but they couldn't have gotten anyone who at least tried to sound like them. The guy they got to replace Aku didn't sound exactly like Mako but he tried and did well.

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The only picture for Drew and Charlotte I could find was the promo image. Drew seems to have ditched his sweater for a plain white shirt and Charlotte seems to be wearing pants. I've noticed Betty has a different symbol on her shirt now. I can't find anything for Howard. A voice actor hasn't even been listed for him yet. Susie's dad has a big change. He looks like an entirely different character. Who knows, maybe that isn't him.

I suppose my hopes for the show are bigger than they were before but I'm still holding my breath.

it's not good enough to answer the question of "why does anybody need this", but it could be a lot worse

 

[DDBCAE CBAADCBE]

Unpopular opinion: It actually looks better I think.

It does. I avoided Nickelodeon like the plague as a child because the Rugrats looked scary to me.

 

[Cardenio]

So this just dropped

Why are they talking so much? I thought the video was going at 1.5× playback because it was just the babies blabbering back and forth.

A major advantage to cartooning is how you can visually express the characters feelings and actions just by visually showing them. I hadn't seen this scene where Cowboy Tommy defeats a bully since elementary school, but my hazy memory of it was 90% the visuals expressed rather than the dialog.

CGI wasn't as bad as expected but it's just rather bland to look at. But I'd be whining if it looked like almost every Toon Boom Animation produced cartoon so there's no winning there. Even then Netflix's Hilda shows you can still animate in a more 90s/2000s traditional style with modern production.

 

[starborn427614]

Why are they talking so much? I thought the video was going at 1.5× playback because it was just the babies blabbering back and forth.

A major advantage to cartooning is how you can visually express the characters feelings and actions just by visually showing them. I hadn't seen this scene where Cowboy Tommy defeats a bully since elementary school, but my hazy memory of it was 90% the visuals expressed rather than the dialog.

CGI wasn't as bad as expected but it's just rather bland to look at. But I'd be whining if it looked like almost every Toon Boom Animation produced cartoon so there's no winning there. Even then Netflix's Hilda shows you can still animate in a more 90s/2000s traditional style with modern production.

Hilda is so good. Not sure if it's getting a third season, but a movie based on the latest book is most likely happening. On topic, this sadly looks like a pass for me.

 

[horrorfan89]

See if this was a one off special meant to commemorate the nicktoons 30th anniversary (Judas priest do I feel old) the way hey Arnold the jungle movie, static cling or enter the florpus was. Then maybe I could understand it being made. Nick expects a show exclusive to their own streaming service to tide people over for a whole season. Those specials aren't perfect but at least they had reasons to exist, jungle movie was something the creator had wanted to do for years, enter the Florpus ....maybe but with Vasquez you never know. He's flip flopped back and forth between hating zim and the rep he's gotten from it to loving it.

The only possible exception is static cling since that special at times feels like Joe Murray is directly telling the target audience "the 90s are over, accept it. Me bringing back a show I worked on 20 years ago isn't gonna make everything 1995 again. "

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

They turned Lou into an old Tommy Tooter style faggot. Chaz is now a hipster. Betty is full on lesbian. They canned the original VAs for the adult characters. I'm sure grandma Minka and grandpa Boris are out of the picture. Yeah, I'm surprised they didn't turn Spike into a dog of transgender experience.

Here's the new opening, which completely turned Suzie into a token character.

 

[Cardenio]

They turned Lou into an old Tommy Tooter style faggot. Chaz is now a hipster. Betty is full on lesbian. They canned the original VAs for the adult characters. I'm sure grandma Minka and grandpa Boris are out of the picture. Yeah, I'm surprised they didn't turn Spike into a dog of transgender experience.

Here's the new opening, which completely turned Suzie into a token character.

So, no one's going to ask what happened to Dill? Tragic case of Sudden Infant Death syndrome?

 

[Mariposa Electrique]

So, no one's going to ask what happened to Dill? Tragic case of Sudden Infant Death syndrome?

It looks like they're starting from the beginning, but if that were true, Suzie wouldn't be in the season 1 opening.

 

[General Tug Boat]

Half the charm of the original beyond the comedy was the animation. All this would be doing at this stage is making the Rugrats just gay and boring like everything else in the current year. This will die with in a season or two at most. The characters don't sound half bad, but the entire charm of it is missing. Like do they have the same focus group coming up with these reboots? I really would like to know at this stage, because it feels like hospital equipment, sterile, and creepy.

 

[Mr. ShadowCreek]

I made a comparison if anyone wants to see.

 

[MysticMisty]

I made a comparison if anyone wants to see.

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed it's a remake of one of the earliest episodes. But the side-by-side comparison really hammers home how beat for beat it is. Which is weird because the rest of the promotional material thus far doesn't seem to include any other remade episodes.

Not feeling the change with Grandpa Lou. I liked him better as just a regular old man that slept constantly instead of being quirky grandpa.

 

[Kari Kamiya]

I made a comparison if anyone wants to see.

Oh God, they look like they're trying the squash-and-stretch, but it looks so weird in CGI just because of how lumpy the characters' heads are. It almost looks sloppy.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

As long as they don't cram woke in it, meh.

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

Hand-drawn animation seems to be a lost art in the West.