Who doesn't love the Addams? Seriously, i dont know how big their actuall "fanbase" are, but i'll bet that if you were to go around asking random people "do you like the Addams family?", like eight out of ten would go "why, sure i do!".
Let's discuss the Addams in general and (it being a requirement to post this thread on this forum) their cartoon versions in particular.
As for me, i loved both the 70's and the 90's cartoon as a kid, although probably the latter a bit more than the other, mostly because i absolutely fell in love with it's version of Fester. Then of course there were the two big live action movies, which im sure the most people of my generation have some memory of and affection for, and im no exception. As usuall, Fester stole the show in these films, despite a noble effort by Wednesday to do just that.
And i for one belive it's time for the Addams family to make a triumphant return. And i think a new animated TV show would be the perfect medium for them, due to animation being able to easily portray any wacky, far-out antics the characters can think of. Of course, in this day and age, mixures of comedy and gothic darkness is nothing unusuall anymore, so the Addams family might seem a bit "just one in the crowd" to some viewers, but so what? The Addams pretty much invented that mixture way back in the 30's, so if anyone should be allowed to still make use of it despite it seeming a bit clich?d these days, its them! Of course, one character that could potentially be hit especially hard by the fact that her whole "thing" nowadays seem clich?d is Wednesday, since the "creepy and cyncial little girl who dresses in black and isn't nice like little girls are supposed to be!"-thing has absolutely been done to death (especially in the last decade or so). But whatever, it's the same deal here; that particular character archetype is pretty much ripped of from Wednesday Addams anyway, so she have every damn right to be who she is!
Your thoughts about the addams, about the idea of a new TV cartoon?
Let's discuss the Addams in general and (it being a requirement to post this thread on this forum) their cartoon versions in particular.
As for me, i loved both the 70's and the 90's cartoon as a kid, although probably the latter a bit more than the other, mostly because i absolutely fell in love with it's version of Fester. Then of course there were the two big live action movies, which im sure the most people of my generation have some memory of and affection for, and im no exception. As usuall, Fester stole the show in these films, despite a noble effort by Wednesday to do just that.
And i for one belive it's time for the Addams family to make a triumphant return. And i think a new animated TV show would be the perfect medium for them, due to animation being able to easily portray any wacky, far-out antics the characters can think of. Of course, in this day and age, mixures of comedy and gothic darkness is nothing unusuall anymore, so the Addams family might seem a bit "just one in the crowd" to some viewers, but so what? The Addams pretty much invented that mixture way back in the 30's, so if anyone should be allowed to still make use of it despite it seeming a bit clich?d these days, its them! Of course, one character that could potentially be hit especially hard by the fact that her whole "thing" nowadays seem clich?d is Wednesday, since the "creepy and cyncial little girl who dresses in black and isn't nice like little girls are supposed to be!"-thing has absolutely been done to death (especially in the last decade or so). But whatever, it's the same deal here; that particular character archetype is pretty much ripped of from Wednesday Addams anyway, so she have every damn right to be who she is!
Your thoughts about the addams, about the idea of a new TV cartoon?