Animation Damnation: Men in Black
Added 2024-06-14 10:00:10 +0000 UTCOn this edition of our cartoon recap show, we're talking about the not-great animated adaptation of Men in Black! Is this more based on the comics or the movie? Is it both? Why do none of the vocal performances carry any amount of gravitas whatsoever? The episode in question, "The Long Goodbye Syndrome," originally aired on October 11, 1997, and re-watching it, we were instantly reminded of the abysmal theme song they stuck the show with. To go from Will Smith's intergalactic ear worm to this instrumental nothing tune was a real let down. Also, how horny did Agent L need to be for this kids' cartoon? PLUS: Is there a secret underground ring of DoorDash drivers sharing feet pics they "accidentally" take while confirming a drop-off? We discuss at length!
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Comments
A thousand times yes to a episode about the clerks cartoon!
Mark D Myers
2024-06-19 00:58:32 +0000 UTCI'm a fan of the series, I think it plays with some interesting ideas. Also, episode five ends with J being sexually assaulted by a horny gleep glop which is played for laughs. It's an odd show
Boston Roberts
2024-06-18 10:01:28 +0000 UTCThe one thing I remember about this cartoon is that it had the same animation style as extreme ghostbusters . Weird not remembering any episodes though I'm sure I watched it every week.
Kureigu
2024-06-18 09:43:52 +0000 UTCThe only episode of this show I remember distinctly was one about some sort of pig aliens and I remember it because I watched it on a screen in the Mall of America Planet Hollywood. Which to be honest is one of the most 90s things I could have said.
Lar
2024-06-18 05:06:19 +0000 UTCThanks for subscribing, Lee! Enjoy at the shows and thanks for listening! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2024-06-17 18:46:57 +0000 UTCAlways thought the theme song was odd. But what I found more odd is the end credits play the instrumental version of the theme song from the movie.
Swan Benson
2024-06-17 09:20:05 +0000 UTCAnd of course the amazing Batman Animated Series and a Simpsons Treehouse of horror. I love that the WLM month extends to the AD.
Oh! That Guy.
2024-06-15 21:37:18 +0000 UTCWhat a crap movie would love these guys to rip it apart.
Lee Jones
2024-06-15 07:57:50 +0000 UTCI have joined your Patreon love your content am from the UK.
Lee Jones
2024-06-15 07:56:44 +0000 UTCFunnily enough, I actually recently stumbled across a couple of episodes of this show on YouTube and watched them out of pure nostalgia. Yeah, it's clearly drawing from the movies, even though it's possibly taking place in it's own alternate timeline; agents J, K, L and Zed resemble but do not exactly match their movie counterparts. A number of the same aliens from the movies also appear (the giant evil cockroaches, for example), and an instrumental version of the Will Smith song plays over the end credits...
John King
2024-06-14 23:21:56 +0000 UTCHaving read the original MIB comics from Malibu, can confirm the series takes everything from the movies, and almost nothing from the comics. They're hunting werewolves with shotguns, and other supernatural shit, it's a lot closer to X-Files. It was also a lot more violent, the slime aspect in the films and series being a kid-friendly stand-in for the comic gore.
Odie Coyote
2024-06-14 20:47:15 +0000 UTCThis show had an episode about something flying into the World Trade Center before 9/11 happened.
Eren Keskin
2024-06-14 20:33:15 +0000 UTCMIB International is a stay tuned. 😂😂
Shariq
2024-06-14 19:21:47 +0000 UTCI didnt realized that they made a MIB cartoon. I was way too old for this when it came out.
Shariq
2024-06-14 19:18:40 +0000 UTCOne of my fave shows on kids WB. Had some great series long arcs, especially with alpha. If MIB: International had adapted some of the alpha storyline, I think I would've liked it more
Frank Grimes
2024-06-14 18:40:59 +0000 UTCI loved this series lol. Alpha was so cool. I loved whenever he came back, more alien than ever.
Frank Grimes
2024-06-14 18:39:08 +0000 UTCHere comes the Steve Sajdak - The X-Men 2 Defender
Joe Gunch
2024-06-14 18:21:34 +0000 UTCYeah I think WB fully pivoted to promoting Pokemon by a couple of years into the show.
Chris Dobson
2024-06-14 18:17:00 +0000 UTCThere are plenty of those AD episodes where we've liked the cartoon or animated film. I dug that Apes cartoon so much I watched all 13 episodes of it. I seem to also remember recent-ish eps like Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, the South Park Korn episode, Gargoyles, The Nightmare Before Christmas and so on... so there are definitely positive episodes in the mix! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2024-06-14 18:14:33 +0000 UTCHave you guys ever considered the occasional review of a good animated movie/episode as part of the Animation Damnation series? Maybe call it “Animation Salvation,” hmm?
TheToad
2024-06-14 17:59:37 +0000 UTCMaybe our mood was just that we'd watched a rather dull episode of a TV show? I mean, I've heard from several people that the series gets better, but as we did the pilot, I think it's safe to say it's a pretty weak start is all. - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2024-06-14 17:42:55 +0000 UTCNothin' wrong with that! - Andrew
We Hate Movies
2024-06-14 17:41:53 +0000 UTCThis show and Big guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (incidentally animated by the same people, I believe) definitely had the same thing going on in regards to a slow start but great cruising speed. Though, I think what didn't help either was shows like these coming out right as kids cartoons could get a little edgier, but there was still no such thing as adult swim yet to let them get crazier
Mark
2024-06-14 16:20:58 +0000 UTCHear out here, the series does get better. It kicks into high gear when we meet Alpha, K's old partner who mutates himself with alien DNA. Liam Neeson's character in MiB International is a poor man's take on Alpha.
CharlesGrodin'sToupee
2024-06-14 15:59:11 +0000 UTCGreat job. This episode has convinced me to watch The Long Goodbye this weekend.
Mark Ibarra
2024-06-14 13:57:02 +0000 UTCKind of surprised how much the guys didn't care for this, I really liked that Kids WB block the year it released in 1997 when they were showing multiple episodes of Batman and Animaniacs, so I remember it being fine? Maybe it doesn't hold up, or maybe the guys were just in a negative mood on this one.
Chris Dobson
2024-06-14 12:13:33 +0000 UTCI don't mind telling you I watched the shit out of this show!
Jacob Nunez
2024-06-14 12:05:58 +0000 UTCThe first time I ever saw this show was when it premiered as part of a two hour primetime block on the WB, which also included the animated Batman/Superman crossover movie. In Season 2, K's voice actor twanged him up to make his performance more in keeping with Tommy Lee Jones. I found this episode a little too piloty and dull. I think the showrunners were trying to have their cake and eat it too, with the show adapting both the movie AND the comic. I guess they didn't want to ape the movie TOO much, what with the opening theme. BTW you can hear a instrumental version of Will Smith's "Men In Black" song over the end credits.
Justine Prudhomme
2024-06-14 11:27:24 +0000 UTC
