I wouldn't say that
Some of us like the cartoon
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I dunno with me, I watch special features only once or twice, they have never been the selling point for me. Maybe because at heart I still like my VHSs just as much...
Well, it depends on what the special features are. I mean, I have an Incredibles DVD, and I have yet to watch the actual movie without commentary. They crammed so much stuff into the second disk, It's usually the one I put in the player.
Plus, i just LOVE to see cast interviews. Still disappointed Disney didn't get Jim Cummings to come in and interview for the Darkwing Duck set. (Jim is right up there with Rob as my favorite voice actors)
It wasn't meant to be a replacement for the originial it was just a recreation in animation like a lot of other fameous programs or celebs they always had an animated spot somewhere. This was quite poplure in the 60's 70's but it fazed out in the 80's. You wernt concidered a someone 'till someoen made you a toon.
Well, i can't so much say it fizzled out in the 80's, but it just wasn't as common. And if it was, 10 to one odds that it was DIC animation that did that sort of thing.
But yeah, we had those cartoons listed, plus various sitcoms like Laverne and Shirley, Happy Days, and ALF (who had 2 cartoons). Little Muppet Monsters was pretty much that idea too, but Jim wasn't comfortable with it (I liked it, but I could see what he had a problem with).
I always felt that Fraggle Rock the animated series was good for what it was, and since the original was on cable, I made due with that. And I felt it did as good a job as possible in taking the essense of the show. Sure, it could have done with better writing, and some better voice casting (at least in the part of Junior Gorg, who sounded completely off), but it was still a pretty good show.