Best/Worst of 2007 in terms of Cartoon Buffs

[CyberFox]

Best
NBC Universal's release of Woody Woodpecker on DVD (Vol.2 in the new year)
Alvin and The Chipmunks movie (inspite of the bad advertising prior to release)
Cool McCool on DVD
Warner and King Features conceded to release Popeye on DVD
Chowder
The Archie Show on DVD
Ratatouille
A slew of great classic cartoon/nostalgia DVDs

Worst
The Writers Guild Strike
Out of Jimmy's Head
Fried Dynamite
Disney's adaptation of "Underdog"
Betty Boop's video game debut
Shrek The Third
CBS cancelling "Creature Comforts" a tad bit early
Warner gave Droopy a D.V.N.R-laden DVD

[Speedy Boris]

Best: -Looney Tunes Golden Collection vol. 5
-Popeye vol. 1 (though I haven't picked it up yet...)
-Droopy Collection
-New Goofy short before National Treasure 2
-Tiny Toon Adventures announced for 2008
-Me discovering tons of free and legal (albeit streaming only) Looney Tunes shorts on AOL!

Worst: -Tom & Jerry vol. 3 cartoons missing
-DVNR on a few Droopy cartoons
-Ratatouille is one disc, following the downward trend set by Cars

More if I think of them.

[Bugsy-Kun]

Best:
Woody Woodpecker Classic Cartoons on DVD despite the DVNR
Teletoon Retro
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 5
Popeye the Sailor Volume 1
Bee Movie
The Disney's first Oswald DVD
Pinky and the Brain back on TV even in rerurns

Worst:
CW selling Kid's WB to 4Kids, the competition that comes in second or third to Kid's WB.
Boomerang removed Looney Tunes shorts
F'n Good Movie on Teletoon - Too many live-action movies
Tom & Jerry Vol. 3 for removing two cartoons even for a adult content
YTV fall 2007 schedule

[dandu]

BEST:
OSWALD THE RABBIT DVD!!!!!
Popeye on DVD too!
Woody Woodpecker and other lantz shorts on DVD
LTGC vol 5
Writers Strike (Who needs new crap...)
MEETING TOM STATHES (well for me)

Worst:
Creature comforts being cancelled.
On a non-cartoony front: DD entertainment going bankrupt so we wont see "Off the Dole" (1935 George Formby) on DVD, I have to stick to my beat up bootleg print :mad:

[Jack G.]

Best:
Popeye
Looney Tunes Golden Collection
Woody Woodpecker
Oswald
Thunderbean Releases

Worst:
Tom & Jerry
WHV not being interested in MGM shorts (particularly Avery's)

[UncleJunior]

Best:

Simpsons Movie.
South Park still kicking butt.
Looney Tunes Vol. 5.

Worst:
Cartoon Network's decision-making.
the glut of new animation in general.
Cartoon Network's decision-making.
The awful marketing campaign of Bee Movie.
Cartoon Network's decision-making.
The Alvin and the Chipmunks trailer.
Cartoon Network's decision-making.

[nickramer]

Best:
Jerry's 3 new books
The offical DVD debut of Woody and Popeye
Convincing Disney to continue the Walt Disney Treasures
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5
Harvey Comic Collections
Disney getting back to doing traditional animation
Meeting Jerry at Columbus
Ratatouille, The Simpsons Movie, and Enchanted

Worst:
Cartoon Network's decision making
Gemstone's recent Disney comics delay (not a good sign...)
Lack of Looney Tunes on Televison
Warner Brother's excuse on not putting the two Tom and Jerry shorts on the third volume
Delay of "Random Cartoons" on Nick

[J. J. Hunsecker]

BEST

Looney Tunes Golden Collection volume 5
Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
The Ant and the Ardvaark (Pink Panther Collection volume 5)
Woody Woodpecker and Friends
Ratatouille
Maybe the new Goofy short (I haven't seen it yet, so I can't say if it's any good. But I like the idea of making new hand drawn theatrical cartoons.)


WORST

DVNR on the Droopy DVD and some of the Woody Woodpecker cartoons.
John K's constant kvetching against Ratatouille on various blogs
Shrek the Third
Bee Movie

[Thad]

BEST
Looney Tunes Vol. 5
Woody Woodpecker Vol. 1
Popeye the Sailor Vol. 1
Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Michael Barrier's "The Animated Man"
Ratatouille

WORST
B.O. Wolf (thank you, Mark Mayerson)
Shrek the Third
Bee Movie
John K is still on the streets.

[kaseykockroach]

BEST:
Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Vol. 5
Popeye, Vol.1
Woody Woodpecker and Friends, Vol.1
Adventures of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit
Ratatouille

WORST:
Shrek the Third
Bee Movie
Beowulf (aka B.O wolf) :D. Thanks Thad for reminding me of that.

[Fibber Fox]

BEST
Popeye DVD (though I won't be buying it until next year)
Woody DVD
Golden Collection No. 5

Hon. mention goes to various bloggers with interesting commentary and video of cartoons not in wide circulation. Thanks.

WORST
Quick Draw DVD vanishes into the abyss
Deaths of MGM animators (Southworth and Zander)
Too many ***** fights around here

DON'T CARE
Writers Strike

F. Fox

[Tom Stathes]

Being the optimist I am, I'll dedicate some time to the BEST happenings of 2007.
Of course, the Oswald DVD was a major accomplishment. :rabbit:
Meeting Mike Matei, a dedicated and supportive fan.
Meeting Dandu (thanks for the mention! :D ) Dandu will probably be the world's most knowledgeable aficionado on colorized film some day.
Meeting Jerry Beck in person and attending his hilarious Worst Cartoons screening a few months back.
Geezil and I got the ball rolling with P.U.P.Toons!
And so many more things that I probably don't remember right now, but do appreciate...
Oh, and 2007 has been my best 16mm-collecting year yet. Let's hope 2008 blows this year out of the water! :felix:

May you all have a happy and healthy New Year, and may the forces of the universe bring us all peace and prosper.

[Mr. Semaj]

Best

new Looney Tunes DVD
new Woody Woodpecker DVD
new Popeye DVD
new Droopy DVD
new Oswald DVD
new Harveytoons DVD
new Tom & Jerry DVD
new Pink Panther DVD
Disney destroying their sequel factory
Ratatouille
The Simpsons Movie
Enchanted
Meet the Robinsons
Nicktoon Thanksgiving Marathon (best in years)
SpongeBob SquarePants
King of the Hill (got good again) :)
YouTube showing archive cartoon and commercial clips
John K. offers cool animation and color theories

Worst

new Charles Schulz bio
WGA Strike
Shrek III
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Family Guy (how the mighty have fallen)
Cartoon Network
Nickelodeon
Boomerang takes away good stuff
Nicktoons TV takes away good stuff
YouTube caving in to Viacom threats
John K. (and diehard followers) and Jim Hill messing with Pixar :(

[CyberFox]

Worst
Alvin and the Chipmunks

Dude, Have you ever saw the film?

If you didn't then you sir have jumped to conclusions

[Tom Stathes]

Just seeing the trailer is a major turn off, IMHO. Some things are best left to the annals of time.

[CyberFox]

Just seeing the trailer is a major turn off, IMHO. Some things are best left to the annals of time.

I was turned off by the teaser trailer as well, but after seeing the film i forgave the film's bad advertising

Give the film a chance
Forget the bad advertising and enjoy it!

[Bugsy-Kun]

Worst

new Charles Schulz bio


Is it a new book or a TV bio? I know having a 1995's documentary about him taped in 2000.

[Mr. Semaj]

It was the book that came out in October.

[Tom Stathes]

I was turned off by the teaser trailer as well, but after seeing the film i forgave the film's bad advertising

Give the film a chance
Forget the bad advertising and enjoy it!
I'm sure the film has its good points, possibly some entertainment value, but just looking at the characters makes me gag a little. I never liked the idea of making cartoon character appear to be realistic. :(

[Matt the Y]

GOOD

The Simpsons Movie
Woody Woodpecker Vol. 1 DVD
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol. 5 DVD
Disney terminating their "Cheapquels"

WORST

Charles Schulz biography
The Simpsons and Family Guy being renewed (YET AGAIN!!!!!) for another lackluster season (although there is both tension and friction between Fox and Seth MacFarlane over Family Guy continuing without MacFarlane over the writers' strike so perhaps this could eventually lead to FG's downfall.....)

BTW, I've noticed a lot of people included "Bee Movie" as among this year's worst. How come? I wouldn't have ranked it as among the year's "best" but I didn't think the movie was that bad (Is it possibly because Jerry Seinfeld and animation just don't "mix" if you will?).

[CyberFox]

I'm sure the film has its good points, possibly some entertainment value, but just looking at the characters makes me gag a little. I never liked the idea of making cartoon character appear to be realistic. :(

The new/"realistic" version of Chipmunks might be questionable, If your a purist
The important thing is They act like the Chipmunks we know and love inspite of their new revamped look

Where as Underdog, It's a total S.L.o.F
Underdog nor Shoeshine act like their cartoon counterparts

[CueBallCat79]

The new/"realistic" version of Chipmunks might be questionable, If your a purist


Here's the thing...weren't the characters original concieved as looking like and being the same size as real chipmunks? I know I've seen that in several of the oldest album covers. Yeah, I'd rather have the more cartoony designs myself but these "new" feature designs aren't as out there as one would think.

[Cartman]

I have not yet seen Bee Movie, so I cannot say anything about it.

Anyway...

BEST

Oswald the Rabbit coming to DVD
Woody Woodpecker
Popeye the Sailor
Looney Tunes GC Vol 5
The Simpsons movie


WORST

Any of the live-action movies made out of cartoons

[frizfrelengfan]

BEST:
LTGC 5
Popeye on DVD
Woody Woodpecker on DVD
Getting to see DFE, Columbia, and UPA cartoons on Animania
Ratatouille (another winner from Pixar)
Bee Movie (Yes, I enjoyed it - As Dreamworks movies go, better than Shark Tale but not as good as the first Shrek)

WORST:
Too much anime on TV
Nickelodeon has become "All SpongeBob, All the Time"
The DFE, Columbia, and UPA cartoons on Animania are cropped
Still no Betty Boop DVD (video rights held by the worst studio, Lionsgate)

[Jack G.]

Worst
new Charles Schulz bioI forgot that one.
Yes add that one to my list.:(

[Jeffitarian]

Best:

I'm not up on all the animated films, but I did enjoy Ratatouille and Shrek The Third (even though it's not as good as the first two). The Simpsons movie was somewhere between "best" and "okay" but definately not in the "worst" category.

All the golden age cartoon releases on DVD this year. Everyone has mentioned them a million times already so I'll forbear. Every time a golden age collection sells well, it's another nudge to the suits to release more good classic animation. Yeah!

Cartoon Dump episodes on cartoonbrew.com. Good stuff.

Worst:

The continuing hack job being inflicted upon the Tom and Jerry DVD collections. For shame!

Unless it happened in 2006, Fox's decision to not release any more King of the Hill DVD sets.

Sort of related to this thread...Blu ray and HD DVD format wars. Enough of this already!

[cpdavison]

BEST:

POPEYE, V1 on DVD! (A major release done right.)

DROOPY DVD Set (All the Droopys for $24? I'M THERE!)

WOODY WOODPECKER & FRIENDS (Better than I dared hope!)

DVDs put out BY fans, FOR fans, e.g.:




THUNDERBEAN ANIMATED COMMERCIALS, V1
THUNDERBEAN 30s CHARACTERS, V2
THUNDERBEAN COMPLETE LITTLE KING
TOM STATHES BONZO
TOM STATHES AESOP'S SOUND FABLES
CARTOON NETOWRK JAPAN TAPES from C. BRUBAKER (Treasure trove of silent & B/W goodies!)

UBER-RARE LANTZ, COLUMBIA, FAMOUS & PARAMOUNT CARTOONS ACQUIRED IN TRADE

CONTINUED VIRTUAL FELLOWSHIP WITH MY GAC PALS!

Happy 2008, everyone!

Craig D.