How DID the world forget about a cartoon with production values this high and a detailed, all-original fantasy setting this ambitious? @revretch and I just watched it all beginning to end this week, and it was one of my favorites when I was a kid, but I didn’t appreciate back then just how unique it really was. People barely even talk about it in review videos, just endless videos about the boring Sega Genesis game.
The plot, characters and setting were actually original ideas by Hannah Barbera’s CEO at the time, who also created The Pagemaster, an American Tail, and…produced the “Child’s Play” movies as well as helped design Chucky’s look, apparently? Chucky’s dad made this??
The last few episodes start to get darker and the stakes higher, but then the series just sort of “stops,” and not even on any noteworthy cliffhanger. It just ends halfway through the main quest and was never continued in any official form, anywhere. There were comics that only re-told the TV episodes, and the video game just has some quick tacked on ending of its own.
I’m working on a review of its creature designs, there’s a LOT.
I don’t even know what to say. Whenever I see a notification that RDJ has a new social post, I expect joyous news about his new ventures, upcoming projects, and celebrations of his family. Never did I expect to read the shocking and terrible news that Jimmy is no longer with us.
Jimmy Rich was a constant in the fandom. He was a friendly face that made this community what it is today. Jimmy’s kindness and openness gave us unparalleled access to Robert’s work and life that we never would have expected otherwise. He was always the first to share the love we as a fandom had for him, for Robert, and for each other, to the world. The work he did allowed us to feel like we were part of the team, as if even through a screen, we were with Robert, Jimmy, Davy and Jeanne every step of the way on each press tour and each media opportunity that was happening across the other side of the world. Without him, we wouldn’t be the same.
It goes without saying that I had always hoped to meet RDJ in person and have a conversation with him. But on top of that, I had always wanted to meet Jimmy, to thank him in person, for being a brother to Robert, and for being a friend to us. I’m thankful that he was always a patient and positive presence, grateful for every interaction I had with him on Instagram, where he was always generous with his time, his responses, and his likes.
He was a beautiful soul, a genuinely loving person. I appreciate everything he has done for us, and my thoughts go out to his family. Though he is gone way, way, way too soon, I hope he’s found peace and reunited with his brother, Prometheus.
