Grumpy RPG Reviews: Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon, Part 1

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It's tough to do reviews and take something on its own terms and as a product of its times.

Thank you for your comments. I know it can be tricky to study something out of context, but a lot modern analysis does on like this, looking at something through modern eyes. While there is a maturation in animation titles, this show has aged fairly well because it avoided trapping of them contemporary America. There has been a shift in how characters are used - compare and contract Eric from the D&D Cartoon to Saka from Avatar:tLAB, for example. The only part which really bugged me was the sexualizing of 14 year old girls.

 

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Episode 35 - Villains of the Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon

• What do the villains say about Hollywood Land thinking in 1980?
• The Orcs (and bullywugs and lizard men by extension)
• Nightwalker (which I mistakenly call Nightstalker)
• Kelek
• Acererak says he and Kelek were on the same bowling team.
• Warduke
• Acererak says Warduke spent most of money on body oil to make his muscles shinny.
• Shadow Demon
• Kareena, Venger's Sister
• Venger
• Venger and the Evil Overlord List.
• The Dungeon Master (yes, he is on the villains list)
• An answer to the question, "What do the villains say about Hollywood Land thinking in 1980?"

Two episodes to go and this series of video reviews wraps up.

I am not normally one for fan fic, but I began wondering about a team up between Venger, Megatron, Cobra Commander and possibly Skelitor. The cheese, it would be glorious.

 

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Episode 35 - Villains of the Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon

A small fix needed -- while the description/text says episode 35, the video that plays is episode 34 (the protagonist one)

 

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Blast. Thanks. And I do not know what happened, except it I was distracted during the posting.

Edit: Well, I believe I have corrected the error.

Grumpy RPG Reviews; D&D Cartoon Pt. 3 - Villains