Seriously speaking, I still think that the history of Warner Brothers is rather complex for me. Hmm so basically.. Walt Disney is willing to fork out a huge amount of money to start on his animation film while Warner Brothers work on low budget animation films most of the time.
"Popeye the Sailorman" was not too bad though. But the part whereby Olive got tied to the train rail was crazy for me though. The bad guy Bluto always wanted Olive but why the hell did he tie Olive to the train rail?! He's a real psycho. However, I think that Popeye is a good influence. My mum used to say to me: "Eat vegetables and be as strong as Popeye!" This might be a good way to get children to eat vegetables if they love Popeye (but well I still hate veggies.....)
I've watched Betty Boop in the past and the short mini skirt all those doesn't really affect me much though. Maybe I was too young back then.. However Betty Boop in "Popeye the Sailor Man" gave me a shock though LOL. However I have to agree that cartoon characters such as Betty Boop might give people the impression of a "sex symbol" or whatever. "Red Hot Riding Hood" is a good example though. The wolf's eyes were popped out when the red hot riding hood was performing with skimpy clothings. It's not really a good influence for teenagers in my opinion. As I said, I was WAYYY too young to define what's a "sex symbol" when I was watching Betty Boop in the past, but now as I think back, my thinking might change if I watched it when I'm 10-12 years old.
"What's Opera, Doc?" is definitely my favourite cartoon. The part where Bugs Bunny and Fudd danced was hilarious (to me). I'm researching on this particular cartoon now and it's the first place in the 50 greatest cartoons of all times! I'm surprised that a number of excerpts are included in the cartoon. This shows that cartoon doesn't have to be stupid, lame and non-reasonable all the times.
And till now I still think that Warner Brothers history is complicated. At least I know that it consists of different animators with different styles.
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