Posts tagged with ‘animation’

  • Moving Pictures
    11 min

    FernGully

    The jungle in film

    The jungle in film

    To grapple with Ted Turner's 24-hour cartoon network, you must address childhood, not because the classic cartoons on the channel are childish, but because beings a child is so cartoon. When you're a kid, you're tripping all the time. Objects warp, animals rule, and funny noises abound, while the speckled beasts of dream are always lurking under beds and popping out of closets. Though most of the classic animation kids imbibe from TV (Warner Bros., MGM) was initially developed for...
  • Moving Pictures

    Toon In, Turn On, Drop Out

    The Sacred Wisdom of Bugs the Elder

    The Sacred Wisdom of Bugs the Elder

    To grapple with Ted Turner's 24-hour cartoon network, you must address childhood, not because the classic cartoons on the channel are childish, but because beings a child is so cartoon. When you're a kid, you're tripping all the time. Objects warp, animals rule, and funny noises abound, while the speckled beasts of dream are always lurking under beds and popping out of closets. Though most of the classic animation kids imbibe from TV (Warner Bros., MGM) was initially developed for...