Films Researched for this Episode: The Last Unicorn (1982), Fire and Ice (1983), and Prime Rose (1983).
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Episode 12: Disney's Damnation and Eighties Animation (Just Press Play)
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ThePoeticCritic (TPC) returns to the podcast for our most comprehensive and hence longest episode too date. If there was ever an episode for later members of Generation X (like TPC and I), this is the episode.
I mean, this is the episode about content instead of the disconnect between the woke generations. If your halfway through life, "Episode 7: Gen X and Scorsese V. Millenials and Marvel" would be the installment for you.
TPC guides us through a year-by-year breakdown of the most important/notable features of each year of the 1980s. This was a time where independent studios were looking to fill the void of a Disney company that was in the middle of restructuring. As a result, we go in depth about the rise and eventual fall of Don Bluth (An American Tail)that even bleeds into his 90's catalog. We discuss the evolution of adult animation pioneer Ralph Bakshi (Fire and Ice), the end of Rankin/Bass's forays in to cinema (The Last Unicorn), I throw in a little anime from the Streamline Pictures era, and we mention all of the blink and you missed their airings on Disney Channel and HBO features.
This all occurs before the Disney Renascence, and as a heads up, we do not show much attention to "The Little Mermaid". My guest attempts to reframe the rise of Disney back to commercial success while essentially poo-pooing on their mid-80's offerings as Eisner and Katzenberg lay the foundation for their most critically and financially successful decade. I decide to go Michael Jordan "The Last Dance" meme when it came to defending "The Black Cauldron" and "The Great Mouse Detective".
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