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I think that Hanna-Barbera cartoons are not entertaining for me. I can't really stand cartoons without much actions because they looked stiff. I remembered liking The Flintstones characters but I don't really enjoy the cartoon as they are always talking all the time only. It's a wise choice to cut down the number of pictures they drew so that they can produce more cartoon series for the TV animation. However the dialogues in the cartoons aren't really interesting for me. I would prefer to see a 8 minutes cartoon with interesting content rather than 25 minutes cartoon with less movements + boring conversations.

Back to the animated films.. I find "Gerald McBoing-McBoing" very interesting. Exaggerated expressions could be seen (for example, stretched necks) It's simple but unique. As for "Rooty Toot Toot", I like the way the colors are used. The colors used for the main characters are different for the other characters and the background. For example in this, red is used for the main characters and orange is used for the other characters and the background. It is simple but interesting enough to catch my attention. The background is detailed.

"The Tell-Tale Heart" is another animated film that catches my attention. It feels spooky throughout when I'm watching. We don't get to see the main character at all but narration could be heard. The whole film is dark and we get to see shadows most of the time. The way it is directed is from the point of the main character. I find it very abstract.

"Limited animation" style is a good way to cut costs and it proves that high-quality animated films (such as Gerald McBoing-McBoing) could be produced at the same time.