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From: sas@leadsv.UUCP (Scott Stewart)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: Flanamation 3D
Message-ID: <668@leadsv.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 11:44:31 EST
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Posted: Thu Oct 31 11:44:31 1985
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Organization: LMSC-LEADS, Sunnyvale, Ca.
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In article <447@carina.noao.UUCP>, parks@noao.UUCP (Jay Parks) writes:
> 
> Marvel Super Heroes--  I've found the bottom of the scale folks.  I 
> thought Saturday morning animation was bad!  This is the worst stuff 
> I've ever seen called animation.  Marvel Super Heroes takes stories 
> from their comic books and turns them into animated stories.  Doesn't 
> sound bad does it?  It wouldn't be if they had bothered to use the 
> comic books only for inspiration and then drawn new pictures.  But 
> Noooo.  They took the pictures from the comic books themselves, draw 
> in new mouths to make them move, then photograph the result.  It is 
> the least work I've ever seen to make a moving picture.  In one 
> episode the villain brings his hand down to a table in one great 
> karate chop splits the table in two.  As it built up to the scene I 
> was filled with suspense.  "Would they actually show the arm move?"  
> And the answer is...NO!  They switched scenes to show the follow 
> through as in any regular comic.  Don't let me fool you!  They do show 
> hands moving!  Once I saw a hand move in a Pythonesk fashion across 
> the screen.  Another time I saw one clench!  This is major animation 
> problems for someone folks.  Usually you see mouths moving while the 
> main characters are standing in unnatural positions.

Is Marvel Super Heros a new animated feature? I seem to remember seeing
this type of animation with stories featuring the Hulk and Captain America.
It was being shown on an independant station about 8 years ago. I also seem
to remember it from the 60's. I find it hard to believe that Marvel would
putting out this drival when they also have _Spiderman and His Amazing
Friends_ (Mainly Iceman and Firestar) showing on Saturdays, too.

						Scott A. Stewart
						LMSC - Sunnyvale