In this episode, The Artist finds an animated classic on VHS called The Magic Voyage about the tale of Christopher Columbus and his plight into madness after he is visited by talking insects and animals.
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Matt
7th Feb, 11
YES! Please continue doing these.
atRocMegamanX
7th Feb, 11
The “improv” kinda reminds me of tha Nostalgia Critic review of the Thief and the Cobbler, where the original “thief” had no voice, but had a dubbed in voice by Jonathan Winters in the other version.
I had never actually heard of this movie until now.
It’s funny how…the “natives” showed up and thanked Columbus for saving them from the “Swarm”, despite the fact that in real life, the foreigners KILLED them through disease and deadly force.
atA-Log
7th Feb, 11
Nice job with the review, Andy! Nice to see your animation at work as well. I’m still surprised that the movie was from Germany; the artstyle does have the look from any WB cartoon from Tom Ruegger.
atTDC
7th Feb, 11
Great stuff, it’s an interesting little niche of animation you’re exploring with this series. With your background as an animator and artist, it’s pretty cool to see it at work both in analysis and in employ (like that scene, the proposed alternative for Columbus stumbling across the idea that the world is round).
I guess I still haven’t warmed to the idea of seeing live-action AWD act out, but, that’ll probably change over time.
Keep it up!
atbeoweasel
10th Feb, 11
Hey there! Though I’ve been a fan of your work for quite awhile, I just now learned of your webpage.
Anyway, it wouldn’t be too far of a stretch for the woodworm to have read somewhere that yes, the earth is round. The concept of a spherical Earth has existed in history going back all the way to the ancient greeks in the 5th Century. Now, a lot of knowledge was lost after the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, but the theory of a Spherical Earth was still maintained, well into the Middle Ages. However, given that the vast majority of the population of Europe, were uneducated and illiterate, it’s not that surprising that many of them would know nothing about it. (Not to mention there was no real flow of information, and given that most of the books on the subject would be in Italy…)
Though, it shouldn’t be that silly that Columbus thought the Earth was square, the Chinese did…
But enough nit-picking!
atbeoweasel
10th Feb, 11
Also, what the hell are Mayans doing in New York?
atDT
14th Feb, 11
Ok did no one else notice the Cthulhu?
atDeerock
1st Mar, 11
Sweet! You did a James Rolfe with the quote “Let’s pop this sucker in and see whats it about” (Not sure the entire quote, but you know.hehe)
I moved from Taiwan to Canada about 15 years ago so I am pretty sure I’ll have a lot to do to catch up with some of the wierder legacy of cartoons. Love the show!
atRJ Dalton
6th Jan, 12
It is at this point that i have to point out a factual error. The woodworm probably knew the world was round because – point of fact – everyone knew it at that time. It had been known for centuries. The whole concept of people believing the world was flat is a myth.
atThe real question of Columbus’s voyage was to prove whether or not it you could actually survive sailing across the ocean to get to India.
ThatAwkwardGuy
9th Jan, 12
Nice review of this movie, I kinda like it in a guilty pleasure, but it’s a shame this piece of crap actually came from Germany, (I should know, I’m from there!)
I saw it when I was younger before I moved to England in the original lnaguage…let’s just say the voice acting was a little better than its English film…but still, got to love the line “My map-a, she sure a-shink-a!”
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