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<blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 1292836" data-attributes="member: 505"><p>We shouldn't forget that we're talking about non-realistic designs ("cartoony", if you will), so we shouldn't look for anatomical accuracy. And Jaffar really isn't any different than any other Disney villain. Does Cruella DeVille represent the British? Or Ursula purple-skinned octopus people? </p><p></p><p>In fact, the only Disney villain I can think of off-hand that were attractive were the Wicked Queen in Snow White and the hunter (whatever his name was) in Beauty & The Beast. And they were only good looking because that was the hook of their stories. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Oh, it's true, alright. I never bothered to watch it as it was pretty boring (they took out all the magic and watered down the action), so I never found out if the black knight was really supposed to be The Black Knight. I'm serious, would anyone be surprised if he was actually called that? </p><p></p><p>I'm still stunned that they took out the magic. It's a cartoon! You could do some great stuff with magic! The reason they axed it was because the producers said they wanted to stress realism...so they included a black guy...in <em>King Aurther's</em> court. Look out for all that realism! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" data-smilie="11"data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /> </p><p></p><p>Oh, I almost forgot, in an episode I actually saw, a huge lizard attacked Valiant in Norway (or someplace like that). Did they have dinosaurs in Norway in the middle ages?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm reminded of an episode of The Family Guy where Peter goes on stage and says that Christmas is the time of year when the ghost of Jesus stalks the land searching for blood and people sing carols to lull him back to sleep (or something like that). Someone in the audience gets angry, but, when his friend tells him there nothing he can do, he says, "Huh, I guess I'll just have to develop a sense of humor then."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Villano, post: 1292836, member: 505"] We shouldn't forget that we're talking about non-realistic designs ("cartoony", if you will), so we shouldn't look for anatomical accuracy. And Jaffar really isn't any different than any other Disney villain. Does Cruella DeVille represent the British? Or Ursula purple-skinned octopus people? In fact, the only Disney villain I can think of off-hand that were attractive were the Wicked Queen in Snow White and the hunter (whatever his name was) in Beauty & The Beast. And they were only good looking because that was the hook of their stories. Oh, it's true, alright. I never bothered to watch it as it was pretty boring (they took out all the magic and watered down the action), so I never found out if the black knight was really supposed to be The Black Knight. I'm serious, would anyone be surprised if he was actually called that? I'm still stunned that they took out the magic. It's a cartoon! You could do some great stuff with magic! The reason they axed it was because the producers said they wanted to stress realism...so they included a black guy...in [I]King Aurther's[/I] court. Look out for all that realism! :rolleyes: Oh, I almost forgot, in an episode I actually saw, a huge lizard attacked Valiant in Norway (or someplace like that). Did they have dinosaurs in Norway in the middle ages? I'm reminded of an episode of The Family Guy where Peter goes on stage and says that Christmas is the time of year when the ghost of Jesus stalks the land searching for blood and people sing carols to lull him back to sleep (or something like that). Someone in the audience gets angry, but, when his friend tells him there nothing he can do, he says, "Huh, I guess I'll just have to develop a sense of humor then." [/QUOTE]
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