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July 31, 2015 at 7:27 pm
(This post was last modified: July 31, 2015 at 7:31 pm by Tiberius.)
I watched the "Wogglebug's Adventure in New York" movie trailer. I'm not sure it works as a trailer because it seems to have most aspects of the movie in it, and doesn't really leave much to the film. Ignoring that, here are some issues I found with it:
1) The animation is poor. Not only are the backgrounds of the scenes all pretty much static, most of the characters are too. Other than the dance scene, the characters all seem to be stuck in one pose, and the only thing that moves is their mouths, and occasionally their heads. The dance scene itself is actually worse though, as the Wogglebug's pants often render through his coat when he turns, and at one point he walks *through* the microphone. That's just really bad and I'm surprised it wasn't fixed in editing. At another point, the Wogglebug is crouching (hiding from the police) and his socks come through his knees.
2) The voice acting is terrible. The Wogglebug's voice is weird, but if that's what you are going for, fine. The other voices, especially the children's voices were quiet and I found them to be distinctly monotone, rather than displaying any kind of emotion. The song that the Wogglebug sings has a horrible repetitive part that just sounds like you've copied the audio and pasted it multiple times in a row, rather than doing it naturally.
3) The story is not really designed for kids. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but the story seems to be that the Wogglebug arrives on Earth, in New York, scares some people (a heart attack is mentioned, which isn't really family friendly), makes friends with a couple of young kids, and the police then arrest him for being around the kids. It's just...creepy. Fine, the police release him at the end because he was sad in jail, but it seems to me that a show aimed at children, presumably around the age of 5-7, should not really have undertones of pedophilia.
1) The animation is poor. Not only are the backgrounds of the scenes all pretty much static, most of the characters are too. Other than the dance scene, the characters all seem to be stuck in one pose, and the only thing that moves is their mouths, and occasionally their heads. The dance scene itself is actually worse though, as the Wogglebug's pants often render through his coat when he turns, and at one point he walks *through* the microphone. That's just really bad and I'm surprised it wasn't fixed in editing. At another point, the Wogglebug is crouching (hiding from the police) and his socks come through his knees.
2) The voice acting is terrible. The Wogglebug's voice is weird, but if that's what you are going for, fine. The other voices, especially the children's voices were quiet and I found them to be distinctly monotone, rather than displaying any kind of emotion. The song that the Wogglebug sings has a horrible repetitive part that just sounds like you've copied the audio and pasted it multiple times in a row, rather than doing it naturally.
3) The story is not really designed for kids. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but the story seems to be that the Wogglebug arrives on Earth, in New York, scares some people (a heart attack is mentioned, which isn't really family friendly), makes friends with a couple of young kids, and the police then arrest him for being around the kids. It's just...creepy. Fine, the police release him at the end because he was sad in jail, but it seems to me that a show aimed at children, presumably around the age of 5-7, should not really have undertones of pedophilia.
