http://frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/10/31/happy-halloween/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:43:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/10/31/happy-halloween/#comment-458 Dave Kirwan Thu, 02 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/10/31/happy-halloween/#comment-458 Well, yes, I suppose the skeleton-puppet thing is a little unsettling, but if you're gonna plumb for odd sexual subtext you might ponder the notion of Popeye making himself invisible in Olive Oyl's bedroom. Well, yes, I suppose the skeleton-puppet thing is a little unsettling, but if you’re gonna plumb for odd sexual subtext you might ponder the notion of Popeye making himself invisible in Olive Oyl’s bedroom.

]]> http://frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/10/31/happy-halloween/#comment-457 Joel Schlosberg Wed, 01 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0000 http://frederatorblogs.com/refrederator/2006/10/31/happy-halloween/#comment-457 Well, the Famous Popeyes were all over the place; instead of being too formulaic, they were often so different from the formula that it didn't feel like Popeye. What is weird for such a late cartoon is Popeye and Bluto's thought bubbles, using comics conventions like in very early animation before it developed its own vocabulary. And doesn't the scene where Bluto drapes the skeleton around Popeye and suggests it's a suitable "girlfriend" have disturbing undertones? That's the sort of image more suitable for a "Weird Tales" cover than an otherwise not-very-scary cartoon. Well, the Famous Popeyes were all over the place; instead of being too formulaic, they were often so different from the formula that it didn’t feel like Popeye. What is weird for such a late cartoon is Popeye and Bluto’s thought bubbles, using comics conventions like in very early animation before it developed its own vocabulary. And doesn’t the scene where Bluto drapes the skeleton around Popeye and suggests it’s a suitable “girlfriend” have disturbing undertones? That’s the sort of image more suitable for a “Weird Tales” cover than an otherwise not-very-scary cartoon.

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