Question What's the sitch?

New live action Kim Possible show starting I believe this Friday on Disney. Dis a good job withe the cating of KP and Ron from the news clip I saw. Not sure who the villains will be.

I believe it's a movie.

-shrug- Could be, I was only half listening to the report which was less then a minute long.

It's a movie, last I heard, but kinda hard to tell...

On a side-note though, there also was a new take on Carmen Sandiego on Netflix. 9 episodes total, and I had a lot of fun with it.

Though... I'll admit, I never watched Kim-Possible, but I couldn't help but wonder if there wasn't a resemblance between the two shows or at least inspiration.

Now I eally wish I had a net connection that allowed for streaming

Kristin Darken wrote: I didn't watch much Kim Possible, but what I did see was well written... which a lot of cartoons in the 90's and more recently don't necessarily have going for them. I'm enthusiastic that a lot of current cartoons are written more for adults than young kids these days... or at least 'as much for'... because I grew up on Looney Toons and things that were written on multiple levels. Sure, kids found them funny... but they were also filled with wit and satire that flew over your head until you were older and thought about it again.

I do like those kind of cartoons, I'll admit. Those that can dive into being good for children, while still having content that will pass to adults without disturbing the younger ones. It takes major skills to do that, I feel. I'm looking at Steven Universe and Gravity Falls there (Though some will also mention Adventure time, but I haven't dived into that one). On the flip side though, there are some cartoons that are... Well, not so smart.

For Carmen Sandiego, I've really enjoyed it. It's not perfect, but the writing is pretty good with being witty, and still cartoony and silly. It stick to the spy theme pretty well, involving infiltration, spying, stealing, sabotage and such.

Carmen Sandiego, in this instance, is a pretty famous thief. What most don't know though, is that she steals from other thieves, donating the profits to charities. The modern Robin Hood scenario. The international police don't know that though, so she's pretty much on the run from both sides.

The first two episodes serve as introduction, with one of her capers, then going into a flashback of her origins. Third episode then settles into the episodic frames of the show: Set in new location, describe evil plan of the day, and follow suit.

Now if you know Carmen Sandiego, you always link that to geography, and this show is no exception. They travel all around the world in various locales, and the show will often start their episodes with a few facts about the place and a bit of culture surrounding it. It's very light though, nothing too long that it will bore the watchers, though it also often brings attention to things explored within the episode. If they lampshade a type of fish, better believe it will be brought back later on in the episode.

The art style may be hit-or-miss at first glance, looking a lot like flash animations, but there's also times where they play with the lighting for spectacular effects.

The characters are decent, though a mite more toward the silly side if they aren't main characters. The naming of some of them may be off. But although they may be silly, each one have their strengths and quirks, with varying levels of competency. Even the mime can show off being surprisingly competent at times. I'd totally see some of them coming from Whateley, minus super powers.

Most of the show has an episodic formula, with an overarching story arc running through it. A bit of drama, good action scenes and some good tension throughout the whole thing.

So far, it's 9 episodes long on Netflix, and I'm looking forward to a second season.

Trailer:

Kristin Darken wrote: Rented, watched. Wasn't bad. They didn't nail it, but it was a better conversion than most. I would have stuck with more traditional KP subject matter for a first movie instead of forcing a 'humanizing' experience on the cartoon turned live action first film.... but that was my main negative on the film.

That does sound good, considering how hit and miss live action conversions can go. Notes to Dragonball Evolution and the Last Airbender. KP could have been worse.

Polk Kitsune wrote: On a side-note though, there also was a new take on Carmen Sandiego on Netflix. 9 episodes total, and I had a lot of fun with it.

Though... I'll admit, I never watched Kim-Possible, but I couldn't help but wonder if there wasn't a resemblance between the two shows or at least inspiration.

I just finished watching Carmen Sandiego tonight. Yeah, there's definitely resemblance. It's like a slightly more chill Kim Possible crossed with Pink Panther, plus about a minute per episode of jarring tour-guide info dumps (my only real complaint). I especially liked Devineaux and Mime Bomb, and the art was wonderful.

Kettlekorn wrote:

Polk Kitsune wrote: On a side-note though, there also was a new take on Carmen Sandiego on Netflix. 9 episodes total, and I had a lot of fun with it.

Though... I'll admit, I never watched Kim-Possible, but I couldn't help but wonder if there wasn't a resemblance between the two shows or at least inspiration.

I just finished watching Carmen Sandiego tonight. Yeah, there's definitely resemblance. It's like a slightly more chill Kim Possible crossed with Pink Panther, plus about a minute per episode of jarring tour-guide info dumps (my only real complaint). I especially liked Devineaux and Mime Bomb, and the art was wonderful.

Glad you enjoyed. ^^ Yeah, those minutes of info dumps is jarring, no questions about it, but thankfully, it's kept short.

Devineaux was... Interesting. It's like he thinks he's the main protagonist of the story when he's actually the bumbling inspector. Everyone else is wrong, and he believes his single-minded obsession with Carmen is the answer and the truth behind it all. He's stubborn, determined and has stamina to boot. It's kinda sad how he just keeps falling flat on his face.



Mimebomb was a surprise, I'll admit. He's set up to be a joke at first. Like he's meant not to be taken seriously at all, and the show will actually point it out early on... But at the same time, you kinda underestimate him for it.



I also did like evil leaders. Each ones being a bit silly, yet talented at what they do.