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Originally posted by Tzigone:
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I love the animation in the old Fleischer cartoons, but the stories weren't so great (although on par with the era-- not as serious as today's).
I've only seen a few eps of it, but I'd say the action animation there is really, really good. The faces, not so much (of course, that could be me just not liking their Superman look). From the ones I recall, there really wasn't much story. At least a couple I remember as (and my memory back be faulty) basically a long action sequence book-ended by dialog.
You need to remember the Fleischer cartoons started coming out only about 4 years after Disney's 'Snow White' (Disney's first feature film), so they were pretty early on in era of the animation. I thought many of the story-lines were very compelling, even if a bit fantastical. I like the play-by-play between Lois and Clark / Superman, and often homage it in my stories, especially when Clark or Superman tells Lois "Stay" and she smiles or promises she will, and then doesn't. clap Also the big ol' hunk of plane from Green-Eyed Monster was an homage to the big super plane from Fleischer's Japoteurs (which I have to admit was one of the more - stereotypical of the era - racist of the films).

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