A mature John Kricfalusi Discussion Thread

I wonder why he doesnt just make a bunch of direct to dvd cartoons. I mean thats a market thats pretty much untapped, but all ive seen is (potentially) horrible looking stuff like "Lil Pimp" and the disney cheapquels and the ripoff films. We need John K to improve direct-to-dvd animation, but he's more obsessed with getting his shows on tv instead, for some reason.
 
I raged...:mad:

Dont get me wrong, John K is something of true amazement and a good voice actor(VA'd for Ren in The Ren & Stimpy Show for example) but that would never EVER work.



I think he just wants to get his name out again, for the newer generation of kids.
 
Although I am good friends with John K and like some of the stuff he has done. I am rather mixed on what he said about some of the cartoons he had criticized on{Although I do like Family guy}. But he has to realize that everyone has their own opinion of a cartoon, if it sucks or not. Sure everyone is angry at him for what he said about Tiny Toons, Simpsons, family guy, and other stuff he had criticized but remember this. IT is his opinion. I mean I like classic animation as well as the next guy but however I dont want to say anything harsh about John.

But I am not surprised that he hates Don Bluth. But I can see why Bakshi became good friends with John. I wonder why they didnt do a movie.



I remember reading somewhere he wanted to make a DTV ren and stimpy episode called Life Sucks, but he said he would release it if the DVD sales were good. But if your referring to original stuff I also wondered why he didn't consider the idea of doing it.
 
Well, they did have one movie planned. Tri-Star expressed interest but in the end they decided not to go through with it (this was before Ren & Stimpy, btw)
 
THANK YOU.

As egotistical as John K infamously is, I adore his cartoon style and go to his blog every now and then for cartooning tips he has up. I'm sure he'd hate my art, but I wouldn't be lying if I said his advice has helped me greatly.

And I understand a lot of his opinions. I mean, I can see his points of why he may hate things that even I like, but I don't think it's an all-around reason to hate something. (Or that big of a complaint.) However, I do feel confused at how he manages to like King of the Hill but hate Tiny Toons. King of the Hill isn't the most consistent animation style IMO...

And I have said before, that yes, I do like Family Guy. Yes, I don't like any recent episodes, but I WANT it to improve. If I hated it, I wouldn't want it to even continue. I think John has some valid points about FG's animation style, but considering that nowadays we have animation like Johnny Test and the Esurance ads, I can't say I can complain too much about one of the few things remaining that ISN'T Flash. But yes, I do agree with his points of the eye size and how they don't help with portraying much emotion to the characters.


That's actually a reasonable opinion.
 
Actually R&S DID appear on the simpsons in the episode "Brother from the same planet" (bart and his bigger brother watch an episode of ren and stimpy). And in the R&S ep "jimminy lummox", stimpy is watching tv and you hear a soundbite of homer simpsons "i hate having two heads" line from Treehouse of Horror 2.
 
Of course, but when opinions contain double standards (like praising a classic cartoon that was full of cultural humor and bashing a later cartoon for having cultural humor), it is subject to criticism.
 
We don't know if they rejected it for sure. But Adult Swim isn't a network known for producing big budget animated fare which I would assume Kricfalusi would want for his series, unless he is taking his flash animation to television.
 
I'll admit, I lost a lot of respect for John. K after APC hit. But the man remains one of the most talented guys in animation. Nobody can do facial expressions like John. K. If he came out with a new cartoon, i'd watch it in an instant.

While I did enjoy Tiny Toons and (Some of) Animaniacs back in the day, I have to agree with the points Fone Bone has made. Animaniacs was VERY hit-and-miss. The show should have centered on just the Warners, and made all the secondary characters cameos in the background.

Tiny Toons was a good show, (Not excellent, but good.) but far too different in tone to exist within the same world of the Looney Tunes.

There's nothing wrong with the reviews John K posted about Tiny Toons and Animaniacs. He makes valid points. People here are just pissed off because Animaniacs and Tiny Toons are shows from their childhood and cannot tolerate anyone criticizing them. (Though him criticizing the writing on The Simpsons? I hope he was referring to the more recent episodes when he said that. The episodes from the early 90s were GOLD.)
 
Valid criticism is more than welcome. Hypocritical criticism isn't very becoming. He enjoys Looney Tunes which has quite a bit of cultural humor, but dismisses Animaniacs for having cultural humor.
 
Nope, he did criticize the writing back in the early 90's. Like I said earlier, the season four episode The Front has a joke that takes a stab at Ren And Stimpy and John K. because John had previously criticized the writing of the show. At least this is all according to the DVD commentary for the episode.

It also should be noted that Gabor Csupo also criticized the writing at one point as well.
 
No wonder Klasky-Csupo was replaced. I don't know what kind of nerve some people have openly complaining about a series they are currently starring in or working on. It's a good way to lose a job, even if he did go on to Rugrats.
 
I was surprised to find out he disliked The Simpsons when he allowed Ren and Stimpy to appear in a episode. I guess he did that not out of love for the show but possibly because he was offered a bucketload of cash.
 
If you mean the sequence in Brother From The Same Planet I believe that John K. had nothing to do with that, I think it was just between Nickelodeon and The Simpsons writers. I know that Nick wouldn't let them use actual footage from a Ren And Stimpy episode, so the footage was created specifically for the episode. Nick was also strict about what could be done with the characters, and as a result the writers were not able to make the sequence as savage as they wanted to.
 
From the article:

"All in all you?re quite pleased with the work they did?

I think it could be a lot better, but for people who?ve never had a chance to do anything before, I think it?s the best stuff they?ve ever done overseas, except for The Brave Little Toaster, which was heavily supervised by Americans."

This seems like a very un-John K type comment... John actually having something GOOD to say about an 80s feature? A DISNEY feature none-the-less? Incredible.
 
Was The Brave Little Toaster an actual film produced by Disney? I seem to recall it being a distribution only film that was produced by another company.
 
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