> On Apr 20, 2:42 pm, Derek Janssen comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Terrence Briggs wrote:

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>>> You don't advance the art form by spitting on ANY attempt to be
>>> unconventional, serious, or unconventionally serious. And, to wit,
>>> you don't advance the art form by dismissing conventionally told grade-
>>> schooler-friendly stories that are at least well-crafted (i.e., Toy
>>> Story, Incredibles, Finding Nemo).

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>> And yet we do anyway, like any country that shows them on TV:
>> We may make fun of people who want to buy "Thundercats" on DVD because
>> they remembered it as kids, but that's nothing compared to most working
>> employed Japanese making of fans who still watch Sailor Moon or
>> Doraemon, or who gush over what a classic that darn Urusei Yatsura is,
>> coming back for a twenty-five year revival...But, of course, the
>> Japanese would've thought a Powerpuff Girls Movie would've been a big deal. ...