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Date: Sun, 10-Mar-85 15:50:26 EST
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I'd like to second the recommendation of The Mighty Orebots TV show -
there's a clear dedication to detail and imagination in purely depictive
and 3d effects (solid perspective and dynamic, convincing motion) and,
what's more, the characerizations aren't kinda fun.  In fact, I wish
they had longer than a half hour format, so that they could develop a
plot that would actually sustain the potential personality of the
characters.  Realistically, though, this is saturday morning
programming, an abyss of personality for almost as long as I can
remember (I just barely caught bullwinkle and rocky before they were
gone...  even new bugs bunny episodes are too empty looking (and
feeling) to watch...), and this show is not only generally bearable, but
is actually satisfying, at least in terms of its graphics.

By the way, it strikes me as somehow ironic to be submitting an article,
which I do not do frequently, on the topic of a saturday morning tv
program.  It's not what I would usually think of among issues of great
moment.  On second thought, though, I remember how important it was (and
still is) to find the substance of the genuine human content always
hinted at by (so rarely honest) traces in the media.  The potential seems
so high, if only for solid, gratifying escapism, and maybe, just maybe,
for a substantial contribution to our perspectives on the world.

Um, well, you know what I mean.  ?

Oh well...


Ken Manheimer		...!seismo!nbs-amrf!manheimer
			(Existence is influence.  Probably.)