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Author: zippdementia
Posted: May 15, 2012 (01:47 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
I never knew Pirates of Dark Water, though I know it was a favorite of many of my contemporaries and even more so of the generation one step older than me. I imagine that latter love came from parents who were forced to sit through asinine cartoons with their children and were ecstatic to find one with some depth. I think my parents felt the same way about Gargoyles. I know I felt that way about Hey Arnold, with my younger sister.
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Author: overdrive (Mod)
Posted: May 16, 2012 (12:50 PM) Actions: Register for a free user account to post on the forums... |
My memories of the cartoon: It really sucks when something gets taken off the air LONG before any sort of closure can remotely happen. They did a good job making something a bit darker than the average cartoon. Bloth was pretty intimidating (even if most of his lackeys were more comic relief and somewhat less than loyal) and the Dark Water itself was Stephen King material. While you had obnoxious comic relief with Nibbler, the three-man hero band was more well-written than usual and you couldn't always trust the two sidekicks and their loyalty, either.
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