Love animation to bits. It was a big part of my life as a child, especially Disney, Looney Tunes, Hanna Barbera and Tom and Jerry, and still love it as a young adult, whether it's film, television or cartoons. Actually appreciate it even more now, having more knowledge of the different animation styles and directors and what work went into them.
Am most familiar with the 'Mickey Mouse Works' cartoons from them featuring on 'House of Mouse', a show still held a fondness for by me. With the colours and sound effects, that 'Mickey Mouse Works' makes a real effort to retain the spirit of the old/classic/golden age Disney cartoons is to be lauded. The characters' original personalities are admirably stuck true to as well, particularly Goofy and Donald, while also expanding those for a few, Mickey being more interesting here than before. The hyperactive energy present here is one of few things that is different.
'Mickey's Mixed Nuts' is very entertaining. Fast-paced with some very funny gags, Mickey and Chip and Dale interact surprisingly well together, the chipmunk duo do work better with Donald whose temperamental personality contrasts better with their cute but mischievous one. Mickey is hardly bland though.
'Shark Feeding' is amusing and Goofy is endearingly clumsy but other cartoons in the "Extreme Sports" series fare better in the educational aspect.
Love it when Mickey and Pete are together, and their personalities and chemistry are on top form here. Like 'Mickey's Mixed Nuts', it has a lot of energy and is very funny, with a nice unexpected twist.
'Computer Don' contains a great scenario for Donald's temperament and the computer and Donald's reactions provide many of the laughs. Was slightly put off by Daisy's shallowness initially.
While not surprising in outcome, the stories are lively and engaging, kept afloat by the character interaction, characters and the atmosphere.
The writing is clever and very funny, even with the deliberately corny moment and pun which made me grin rather than groan.
Really enjoy the spontaneous flow of the episode and Donald's spotlight stealing/accident with the stagecoach and donkey is very funny indeed, one of the funniest of his stealing the spotlight gags.
Furthermore, the animation is very colourful, smooth in movement and with some meticulous detail. The music is suitably groovy, jaunty and cleverly used.
Voice acting is very good with some of the best voice actors in the business involved. Wayne Allwine, Bill Farmer and Tony Anselmo are more than worthy successors to Walt Disney/James MacDonald, Pinto Colvig and Clarence "Ducky" Nash. Jim Cummings is as ever perfect as Pete as is Russi Taylor's Minnie.
Overall, a lot to enjoy. 8/10 Bethany Cox
Am most familiar with the 'Mickey Mouse Works' cartoons from them featuring on 'House of Mouse', a show still held a fondness for by me. With the colours and sound effects, that 'Mickey Mouse Works' makes a real effort to retain the spirit of the old/classic/golden age Disney cartoons is to be lauded. The characters' original personalities are admirably stuck true to as well, particularly Goofy and Donald, while also expanding those for a few, Mickey being more interesting here than before. The hyperactive energy present here is one of few things that is different.
'Mickey's Mixed Nuts' is very entertaining. Fast-paced with some very funny gags, Mickey and Chip and Dale interact surprisingly well together, the chipmunk duo do work better with Donald whose temperamental personality contrasts better with their cute but mischievous one. Mickey is hardly bland though.
'Shark Feeding' is amusing and Goofy is endearingly clumsy but other cartoons in the "Extreme Sports" series fare better in the educational aspect.
Love it when Mickey and Pete are together, and their personalities and chemistry are on top form here. Like 'Mickey's Mixed Nuts', it has a lot of energy and is very funny, with a nice unexpected twist.
'Computer Don' contains a great scenario for Donald's temperament and the computer and Donald's reactions provide many of the laughs. Was slightly put off by Daisy's shallowness initially.
While not surprising in outcome, the stories are lively and engaging, kept afloat by the character interaction, characters and the atmosphere.
The writing is clever and very funny, even with the deliberately corny moment and pun which made me grin rather than groan.
Really enjoy the spontaneous flow of the episode and Donald's spotlight stealing/accident with the stagecoach and donkey is very funny indeed, one of the funniest of his stealing the spotlight gags.
Furthermore, the animation is very colourful, smooth in movement and with some meticulous detail. The music is suitably groovy, jaunty and cleverly used.
Voice acting is very good with some of the best voice actors in the business involved. Wayne Allwine, Bill Farmer and Tony Anselmo are more than worthy successors to Walt Disney/James MacDonald, Pinto Colvig and Clarence "Ducky" Nash. Jim Cummings is as ever perfect as Pete as is Russi Taylor's Minnie.
Overall, a lot to enjoy. 8/10 Bethany Cox