Brandon Panther
06-06-2009, 05:22 PM
I recently obtained a copy of the DVD, and was finally able to re-watch this film again after so many years. It's probably been more than a decade since I've seen the entire film. Since then I've only seen snippets. I wanted o see if the movie really held up. As a kid I thought the movie wasn't bad, but... you know, how many times does that happen?
In the movie, Spacely makes George Jetson Vice president of one of his Sprocket companies, which is being mysteriously sabotaged by an unknown group of creatures (who look like Ewoks. Honestly in the opening scenes they really make no attempt to keep the identiy of these creatures a secret). George's family are at first not too on board with moving, but I think in two seconds George eventually convinces them all. Judy is the least interested because she has a date with rock star Cosmic Cosmo, but in her absence, the guy takes out one of Judy's friends instead (Waa-waa-waa-a-a-a-a). Judy is heartbroken and decides she will never trust another boy again (wow, harsh much?), until she meets Apollo Blue, and she falls back in love again. :confused:
Elroy is upset with his father because he missed his basketball game. But the matter seems settled out in about 4 seconds. Meh...
Elroy meets a robot who likes basketball, at first the two are rivals.. but they become friends.... in like 5 seconds (anyone sensing a pattern here?).
Anyway... George jetson tries to find ut who's sabotaging Spacely's company, but gets kidnapped by the Ewok-like animals. He is eventually saved by his family. They meet "The Grungies" [?!?], realize that Spacely's machinery is destroyin their home, and they try to convince Spacely that he should either shut down the plant, or figure out a way to keep the machinery from harming their home.
Also there's a scene where Mr. Spacely nearly kills Elroy wih the Sprocket machine. Oddly enough, George is unhumanly calm about this when he finally confronts Spacely near the end of the movie.
For reasons that just aren't made clear, The Jetsons have to go back home, and Judy has a hilariously heartfelt goodbye to Apollo Blue, even though they CLEARLY don't live that far apart. The equivalent of a boyfriend and girlfriend living 5 blocks away.
Um... so The Jetsons go back to earth... we get a really bad ear-piercing rap song.... end credits. Blah.
What do I think about this film? Well, the movie doesn't really have the environmental message as prominent as I remembered as a child (thank God), bu personally I think Spacely's sabatuers should have actually been.... really sabatuers, actual villains, you know to give the movie more conflict. Having them be cute, innocent Ewoks was.... well, it's just not good writing IMO. It feels like a real cop-out.
Everyone's subplots are just lame and uncreative. Judy is fairly too melodramatic over some rock star that (really understandably) snubbed her. And besides, wasn't this already done in The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones ?
Elroy eventually becoming friends with Teddy-2 (voiced by the late Dana Hill) was predictable.
Jane apparenty has some recycling club going on, but it's barely touched upon.
And again, I don't quite understand the ending. Everyone's sad that they have to leave, even though it's made clear they don't live that far away. It really makes the goodbye scene between Judy and Apollo more corny than it already is.
And what's the deal with Mr. Spacely? Sure he was always a jerk in the TV show, but he is SO evil in this film! To the point where he nearly (unknowingly) kills Elroy! And when confronted with this fact, he still acts like he doesn't give a crap. It's at this point where you just wish George would just punch Spacely. But, no that would teach kids that violence solves everything. :rolleyes:
The choice of music was foolhardy at best. I mean, I know this film was made in the late 80s (but not released until 1990), but for a film that's supposed to take place in the then-distant future, the 80s style music sounds horridly out of place. Sure rap music is also in this film, but let's face it, rap music is indeed still with us, and probably will never mercifully go away. 80s pop music is pretty much dead however. Did the people making this film think it would never die?
*SIGH* And now there's the whole issue with Tiffany voicing Judy Jetson. This seems to be a controversial topic at best. Looking at the film now, I can KINDA see why Janet Waldo replaced by Tiffany MIGHT have been a good idea. I'm not saying I supported it. Replacing Janet Waldo was really blasphemous to say the least, but let me just add my own feelings here.
Judy Jetson's personality was changed drastically for the movie. She's not quite the sweet, hyper, somewhat innocent Judy that we knew in the TV series. Here, they made her more melodramatic, and over-the-top sensual. I honestly can't picture Janet Waldo voicing a character with that personality. I'm not saying she couldn't, but I think it would have sounded a little ridiculous hearing Janet talk with a sexual tone throughout the film, to accomadate the new Judy personality that the writers made. Janet's voice can still be heard in the final film for one line, and it really doesn't match the new Judy at all. Tiffany's voice sounds more in-place. But it still sounds terrible.
Again, I'm not trying to defend the decision of having Tiffany voice Judy, I am just making an observation. It really was stupid that the studio felt Tiffany should be the voice of Judy (or Judy's agent had the idea. There are conflicting stories. Tiffany herself once claimed it was Universal's idea). But, above all, changing Judy's peronality to be just a stereotypical, moody girl just showed that some of the writers probably never really watched The Jetsons, or only saw a few episodes and just assumed that's how Judy should be. Had they left Judy alone, then maybe the idea of giving Tiffany the whole role would have never came to be. Remember, originally she was just hired to do the singing.
Above all, the whole movie is swing and a miss. A very weak storyline, bad music, cheap CGI animation (come on! Disney was doing better CGI during this time!), awful original characters, misuse of the main characters altogether, and Tiffany.
Did I waste my money on the DVD? Yeah, pretty much. I plan on doing a video review for YouTube, but after that, I will probably get rid of the DVD. Maybe giuve it to some (un)lucky soul here at GAC that might want it, and doesn't want to spend a dime on this film, and only wants to see it for morbid curiousity.
In the movie, Spacely makes George Jetson Vice president of one of his Sprocket companies, which is being mysteriously sabotaged by an unknown group of creatures (who look like Ewoks. Honestly in the opening scenes they really make no attempt to keep the identiy of these creatures a secret). George's family are at first not too on board with moving, but I think in two seconds George eventually convinces them all. Judy is the least interested because she has a date with rock star Cosmic Cosmo, but in her absence, the guy takes out one of Judy's friends instead (Waa-waa-waa-a-a-a-a). Judy is heartbroken and decides she will never trust another boy again (wow, harsh much?), until she meets Apollo Blue, and she falls back in love again. :confused:
Elroy is upset with his father because he missed his basketball game. But the matter seems settled out in about 4 seconds. Meh...
Elroy meets a robot who likes basketball, at first the two are rivals.. but they become friends.... in like 5 seconds (anyone sensing a pattern here?).
Anyway... George jetson tries to find ut who's sabotaging Spacely's company, but gets kidnapped by the Ewok-like animals. He is eventually saved by his family. They meet "The Grungies" [?!?], realize that Spacely's machinery is destroyin their home, and they try to convince Spacely that he should either shut down the plant, or figure out a way to keep the machinery from harming their home.
Also there's a scene where Mr. Spacely nearly kills Elroy wih the Sprocket machine. Oddly enough, George is unhumanly calm about this when he finally confronts Spacely near the end of the movie.
For reasons that just aren't made clear, The Jetsons have to go back home, and Judy has a hilariously heartfelt goodbye to Apollo Blue, even though they CLEARLY don't live that far apart. The equivalent of a boyfriend and girlfriend living 5 blocks away.
Um... so The Jetsons go back to earth... we get a really bad ear-piercing rap song.... end credits. Blah.
What do I think about this film? Well, the movie doesn't really have the environmental message as prominent as I remembered as a child (thank God), bu personally I think Spacely's sabatuers should have actually been.... really sabatuers, actual villains, you know to give the movie more conflict. Having them be cute, innocent Ewoks was.... well, it's just not good writing IMO. It feels like a real cop-out.
Everyone's subplots are just lame and uncreative. Judy is fairly too melodramatic over some rock star that (really understandably) snubbed her. And besides, wasn't this already done in The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones ?
Elroy eventually becoming friends with Teddy-2 (voiced by the late Dana Hill) was predictable.
Jane apparenty has some recycling club going on, but it's barely touched upon.
And again, I don't quite understand the ending. Everyone's sad that they have to leave, even though it's made clear they don't live that far away. It really makes the goodbye scene between Judy and Apollo more corny than it already is.
And what's the deal with Mr. Spacely? Sure he was always a jerk in the TV show, but he is SO evil in this film! To the point where he nearly (unknowingly) kills Elroy! And when confronted with this fact, he still acts like he doesn't give a crap. It's at this point where you just wish George would just punch Spacely. But, no that would teach kids that violence solves everything. :rolleyes:
The choice of music was foolhardy at best. I mean, I know this film was made in the late 80s (but not released until 1990), but for a film that's supposed to take place in the then-distant future, the 80s style music sounds horridly out of place. Sure rap music is also in this film, but let's face it, rap music is indeed still with us, and probably will never mercifully go away. 80s pop music is pretty much dead however. Did the people making this film think it would never die?
*SIGH* And now there's the whole issue with Tiffany voicing Judy Jetson. This seems to be a controversial topic at best. Looking at the film now, I can KINDA see why Janet Waldo replaced by Tiffany MIGHT have been a good idea. I'm not saying I supported it. Replacing Janet Waldo was really blasphemous to say the least, but let me just add my own feelings here.
Judy Jetson's personality was changed drastically for the movie. She's not quite the sweet, hyper, somewhat innocent Judy that we knew in the TV series. Here, they made her more melodramatic, and over-the-top sensual. I honestly can't picture Janet Waldo voicing a character with that personality. I'm not saying she couldn't, but I think it would have sounded a little ridiculous hearing Janet talk with a sexual tone throughout the film, to accomadate the new Judy personality that the writers made. Janet's voice can still be heard in the final film for one line, and it really doesn't match the new Judy at all. Tiffany's voice sounds more in-place. But it still sounds terrible.
Again, I'm not trying to defend the decision of having Tiffany voice Judy, I am just making an observation. It really was stupid that the studio felt Tiffany should be the voice of Judy (or Judy's agent had the idea. There are conflicting stories. Tiffany herself once claimed it was Universal's idea). But, above all, changing Judy's peronality to be just a stereotypical, moody girl just showed that some of the writers probably never really watched The Jetsons, or only saw a few episodes and just assumed that's how Judy should be. Had they left Judy alone, then maybe the idea of giving Tiffany the whole role would have never came to be. Remember, originally she was just hired to do the singing.
Above all, the whole movie is swing and a miss. A very weak storyline, bad music, cheap CGI animation (come on! Disney was doing better CGI during this time!), awful original characters, misuse of the main characters altogether, and Tiffany.
Did I waste my money on the DVD? Yeah, pretty much. I plan on doing a video review for YouTube, but after that, I will probably get rid of the DVD. Maybe giuve it to some (un)lucky soul here at GAC that might want it, and doesn't want to spend a dime on this film, and only wants to see it for morbid curiousity.