My (then) three and two year olds didn’t even stay awake thru it.
Pretty sure the narrator, Dudley Moore, was drunk off his ass when he did the voiceovers.
I did see the movie. I don’t believe it was meant for children THAT young however, especially since it showed a mother cat actually giving birth to kittens.
I did watch “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”…for five minutes. The title character was so hyperactive and irritating and I couldn’t even understand what he said he was talking so fast. No wonder he was a flash in the pan a la Vanilla Ice.
As someone who grew up with pregnant pets during childhood, I beg to differ. While it might be shocking for some people to see an animal in constant pain while giving birth (besides blood), if a parent explains to their child the basic stuff about pregnancy (and sex) earlier it’ll be less likely for them to get traumatized by it.
Roger was actually meant to be a modern vehicle for classic style cartoons, and there were a number of shorts planned, and he was even heavily included in ads for, and meant to be the primary character of, Disney’s MGM Studios when it was built, but after a bit of public backlash (Read: blackface in caricature) the character was put on the back burner.
There are still attempts to revive the character and bring him back into the public eye.
Also, of note: Roger was supposed to have a TV show, but after the backlash, he was retooled into Bonkers.
I never thought of Roger Rabbit as “black”; I just found him plain obnoxious and unfunny.
There was a cartoon called “Calvin And The Colonel”, which was a funny animal version of Amos And Andy. And Jar Jar Binks was called a “black” stereotype, whether legitimately or not I cannot say.
And attempts to revive cartoon characters from the past typically fail. Happened with Pogo, the Pink Panther, Johnny Quest, Terry and the Pirates, and others.
I never got the “Jar-Jar Binks is black” thing.. I mean, the actor, Ahmed Best, was given his own head to establish much of Jar-Jar’s personality… and Best is Jamaican by decent AFAIK (Born in Brooklyn). How the heck is it racist if a Black Jamaican actor bases his character on Black Jamaicans? In any event, this is what he said: [on his Jar Jar Binks character representing a black slave stereotype] “You know what? You have got to check your head and examine your own beliefs. Jar Jar is an orange frog. Heads need to relax. That shit is… Read more »
Until you realize you’re actually watching a dozen pugs and cats brutally murdered(falling down the waterfall and mauled by a bear), once you start noticing the new dogs and cats, you can figure out where they died.
Kids’ entertainment reflects the eras they were created in. Superheroes and regular heroes were created in times when people wanted heroes to rescue them, entertainment in the 1960’s was crazier, if you note the Pink Panther cartoons, Banana Splits, Scooby-Doo, and such.
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Sometimes things are just too stupid even for little kids.
Try watching “The Adventures of Milo and Otis”.
My (then) three and two year olds didn’t even stay awake thru it.
Pretty sure the narrator, Dudley Moore, was drunk off his ass when he did the voiceovers.
I did see the movie. I don’t believe it was meant for children THAT young however, especially since it showed a mother cat actually giving birth to kittens.
I did watch “Who Framed Roger Rabbit”…for five minutes. The title character was so hyperactive and irritating and I couldn’t even understand what he said he was talking so fast. No wonder he was a flash in the pan a la Vanilla Ice.
As someone who grew up with pregnant pets during childhood, I beg to differ. While it might be shocking for some people to see an animal in constant pain while giving birth (besides blood), if a parent explains to their child the basic stuff about pregnancy (and sex) earlier it’ll be less likely for them to get traumatized by it.
Roger Rabbit was actually popular though
For a short time though. Not over the long term like Bugs Bunny or Donald Duck.
Roger was actually meant to be a modern vehicle for classic style cartoons, and there were a number of shorts planned, and he was even heavily included in ads for, and meant to be the primary character of, Disney’s MGM Studios when it was built, but after a bit of public backlash (Read: blackface in caricature) the character was put on the back burner.
There are still attempts to revive the character and bring him back into the public eye.
Also, of note: Roger was supposed to have a TV show, but after the backlash, he was retooled into Bonkers.
I never thought of Roger Rabbit as “black”; I just found him plain obnoxious and unfunny.
There was a cartoon called “Calvin And The Colonel”, which was a funny animal version of Amos And Andy. And Jar Jar Binks was called a “black” stereotype, whether legitimately or not I cannot say.
And attempts to revive cartoon characters from the past typically fail. Happened with Pogo, the Pink Panther, Johnny Quest, Terry and the Pirates, and others.
I never got the “Jar-Jar Binks is black” thing.. I mean, the actor, Ahmed Best, was given his own head to establish much of Jar-Jar’s personality… and Best is Jamaican by decent AFAIK (Born in Brooklyn). How the heck is it racist if a Black Jamaican actor bases his character on Black Jamaicans? In any event, this is what he said: [on his Jar Jar Binks character representing a black slave stereotype] “You know what? You have got to check your head and examine your own beliefs. Jar Jar is an orange frog. Heads need to relax. That shit is… Read more »
Until you realize you’re actually watching a dozen pugs and cats brutally murdered(falling down the waterfall and mauled by a bear), once you start noticing the new dogs and cats, you can figure out where they died.
Do you somehow think a three year old notices that?
https://web.archive.org/web/20010531234131/http://www.ahafilm.org/oldmovies1/theadventures/
You didn’t answer the question.
You’re calling out to the wrong person. (My avatar is similar to S.L’s, but I’m not them.)
You made them sit through the original SUPER CARROT BROS. MOVIE?! What is wrong with you!?!?! What did they ever DO to you!?!?!
Where’s Tanya’s Bandage?
Already removed because it was no longer necessary.
Kids’ entertainment reflects the eras they were created in. Superheroes and regular heroes were created in times when people wanted heroes to rescue them, entertainment in the 1960’s was crazier, if you note the Pink Panther cartoons, Banana Splits, Scooby-Doo, and such.