A Look Back at Live-Action Cartoon Adaptations (Part 2)

I look at the history of film versions of popular animated series, from the few gems to the really awful ones.

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[Serdikhan]

You forgot Josey and the Pussycats, which is odd considering Melody is on the cover. And why's the giant baby chicken on the cover? What live-action cartoon adaptation did he appear in?

It looks like everyone in the audience liked their live-action adaptations...except Fred Flinstone. No surprise.

[ThatFellowCoat]

@Serdikhan I haven't seen Josie and the Pussycats. The chicken is called Baby Huey and apparently he appeared in a direct-to-video live-action feature about ten years ago.

[Serdikhan]

@ThatFellowCoat In what non-Walt Disney animation lookback videos do you talk about Don Bluth's career in animation?

[ThatFellowCoat]

@Serdikhan None. To be honest, I'm not a particularly big Don Bluth fan. However, AniMat (aka ElectricDragon505), who also does animation lookbacks (and was actually partly inspired by my own) is planning one on Don Bluth in the near future.

[GPischke]

You forgot Fat Albert, Richie Rich, Josie and the Pussycats, and Dungeons and Dragons.

[ThatFellowCoat]

@GPischke Well, if you watch Part 1, I mention that I only chose to discuss the ones I've seen.

[JosephMartinezize]

I've never heard you sound this angry since your character profile on Alvin and the Chipmunks.

Nice lookback, though I don't think "The Jetsons" nor "Wacky Races" can translate into live-action. The only cartoon I think can translate well into live-action is "Peanuts". But that's just me.

[speedhedgehog455]

I like the Smurfs movie better XD i

[jm7940]

I dont know if you watch the blockbuster buster's videos but recently he bashed the live action thunderbirds a few weeks ago. Just thought you should know that.

[DeathKnight5100]

@ThatFellowCoat You know what's weird? Horrible cartoon adaptations like Alvin and the Chipmunks and Transformers gross a BUNCH of money but good cartoon adaptations like Speed Racer, Inspector Gadget fail at the Box Office. Another thing I don't get in every Transformer movie is when I saw them in theaters everyone laughed at what the parents said when it was unfunny lame humor.

[slashermaster28]

Like some viewers of your sight, I'm getting the impression your views on DB may come from the fact that you were either exposed to the wrong series first. Yeah, I wouldn't recommend judging the whole thing off of DBZ. The original Dragon Ball with Goku as a kid is much easier to get into and doesn't have overly-stretched-out plot lines.

[TheTriumphgurl]

I heard that the actors who played Chi-chi and Piccolo were fans of series, The director who was doing the film watched a few Dragonball episodes with his kids and the guy who played Goku read the manga on set. Couple of years ago, I've read in a motorcycle newspaper that Akira was going to be remade into live action but heard that it got scraped months later. I also heard that Cowboy Bebop and Bleach were going to be made in live action films.

[nickdunlevy321]

great review but your missing jack frost and space jam if it counts

[Nsanity96]

@WCM102 DON'T GIVE EM' IDEAS, MAN!

[FutureDJHero]

dude i know how u feel about thunderbirds, after watchin' it i go for the good classic