Twice Upon a Time

[The Count]

*Reads cast listing and plot for the movie. *Prolonged spit take. That's what that movie was? ! ?

Dude! I remember watching this on CN's Cartoon Theater when they would air other movies like Flight of Dragons and add little trivia scroll questions at the commercial brakes. And I remember being so confused as to what the heck was I watching? Glad to finally know what's what around here, eh what.

Cause I'm the mad bomber what likes to plant nightmare bombs at midnight, yeah baby, yeah!

 

[LittleJerry92]

Thread bump (yes, I'm sure you expected that from me. )

Anyway.....

Being a big fan of live action and animation crossovers (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, some Sesame Street skits, the episode "Buzz, Buzz" from Thomas and Friends, etc), along with just loving Mr. Korty's animation, I was really curious to see this movie after hearing about it from @D'Snowth and my friend Drew.

I really love the way his animation looks in movie print, along with how it looks against real life photos and footage. The two heros Ralph and Mum are just silly characters in their own unique ways, and Scuzz Bopper is such a goofy and dastardly villan.

I also really love Rod Rescueman for how much of a goofball jock he is and the Fairy Godmother for her snarky attitude.

What I love most about this movie though is how it doesn't take itself seriously. You got this opening narration that gives a hint it might just be another fairytale.... Then you got this bad*** 80's pop song by Bruce Hornsby as an opening song (and I'm hoping the full movie version of the song, not the shortened down version you hear in the music video, gets a release someday; yes, I know there's a longer cut on the internet, but that's an edited version with the last chorus being the middle one put in again, along with a clean version of the two Maureen McDonald songs that we don't have yet) as the characters are introduced, and even more 80's pop songs that play throughout the movie.

And just the way how the movie has three different worlds that somehow link to each other makes it even more funny!

But anyway, I actually think I remember seeing a small portion of this movie on TV by accident, or maybe at my mom's old job literally right next to a daycare center I went to; my mom hated that place. I think it eventually closed down, but anyway, she would bring me with her to her job sometimes and pretty much took me to the daycare area where other kids were (and me being me, I'd wander off and try to look for my mom), and I SWEAR that movie was playing on the TV, because some characters looked familiar (namely Greensleeves and Ralph). None the less, checking it out much later, it's become a favorite.

I bought the DVD off Walmart but eventually gave it away because it was scratched. hoping to get a new one off Amazon for Christmas. I think the reason it's a MOD DVD is because of the box office performance. Either that or maybe it's because of rights issues with the music and live footage that come from the Gorilla.

I personally think the ad-libbed adult version works better because it makes Scuzz Bopper seem more sinister, and I just personally think it works better with the goofyness of the film.