What A Cartoon! - Gargoyles "The Mirror"
Added 2018-12-10 06:00:00 +0000 UTCWe are gargoyles! And this week we're joined by comics pro and Gargoyles lover Kory Bing to discuss one of the most versatile and progressive shows Disney Afternoon ever saw. We'll go deep into how Goliath and his clan came to be, the shows amazing cast and animators, if there's any future for the show and so much more. Plus we dive into a watershed episode for the series, the Shakespearean tribute "The Mirror," and the first appearance of Puck! Bust out of your stone and listen here!
Comments
Great show, great episode. I love this show for basically all of the reasons I love BTAS and the X-Men animated series. It takes itself very seriously, it devotes a lot of resources to the lore building, and it has style (human Demona definitely woke something in me). Weisman is probably a little sensitive about the BTAS comparisons in part because Bruce Timm dubbed Gargoyles a rip-off or something, because he's that kind of guy. And because Bob requested/predicted it, BTAS had 7 two-parters in its first season of 65 episodes, so about one fifth of the season. There were a few other "sequel" episodes like the return of HARDAC and Clayface. Season two and three (The New Batman Adventures) did not feature any two-parters. I would probably credit X-Men though with the emphasis on continuity. Fox hated it for scheduling reasons, but they had that first season of 13 episodes which were all basically a continuation of the prior episode. And then season two interwove the Magneto/Professor X side-story through-out while it still had some over-arching themes like the Friends of Humanity and Morph stuff. X-Men wasn't the first cartoon to attempt such a thing (would you believe The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin utilized the same in the 80s?), but it's probably the most celebrated.
Joe Hodgson
2018-12-11 16:55:19 +0000 UTCI don't have too many memories of this show but I've been told that I was a huge fan of it as a kid. While I barely remember any of the episodes, one of my earliest memories is being hollered at for opening up an action figure of Hudson before we had paid for it at K-Mart. Other than that, I loved the passion for the show y'all had, everyone seemed really excited to talk about the show and I think it made for a great episode!
oldmetalpossum
2018-12-11 11:08:25 +0000 UTC
