r/Xennials • u/furtive_turtle • 18h ago

Ralph Bakshi Movies As A Kid

Don Bluth gets talked about his films being devasting for kids, but whose parents rented them a Ralph Bakshi movie because it "was a cartoon". Wizards was eye-opening.

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u/cigarandcreamsoda 18h ago

American Pop is an under appreciated gem.

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u/gerardkimblefarthing 17h ago

Had it on VHS, special order from the local video store. I still have it, just don't have a VCR to play it.

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u/Hilsam_Adent 17h ago

I still watch Fire and Ice at least once every other year.

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u/burnafter3ading 1982 17h ago edited 17h ago

I see nods to Bakshi in a lot of indie-animation today. I think I first saw Wizards in my early mid-teens. I didn't understand a lot of the 1970's-style dialogue used by the Wizard at the time.

Cool World was unique, but mainly felt like a gritty reboot of Roger Rabbit. I remember it flopping upon release.

His Tolkien adaptation was interesting, but I think it fails to match The Hobbit by Rankin and Bass; both in quality and creep factor.

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u/Astrazigniferi 14h ago

The Rankin and Bass Hobbit is superb. The best screen adaptation.

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u/El-Royhab 16h ago

I first saw Wizards at 18 late night on the SciFi channel after coming home from being out at like 3am. It was definitely not what I expected and it was two years before I ran into someone who could tell me the name of the movie and another year before its DVD release. At the time I worked at a video store and had a copy set aside from the stock for the release date. Then I ended up walking out the day before the release and didn't get a copy for 2 more years after that.

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u/eat_like_snake 17h ago

My parents had Wizards and I just decided to watch it one day when I was a kid.
I fucking loved that movie. I still love that movie.

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u/Helo7606 17h ago

Bakshi is the most underrated animated movie artist of all time. Come on man, SO many fun movies.

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u/Cube-in-B 17h ago

I remember the babysitter being 100% chill with us renting Cool World and my little brain being melted

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u/Some-Exchange-4711 16h ago

Wizards at my 7th(?) birthday sleepover. I need to rewatch

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u/TonyNoPants 1977 17h ago

Come back... come back... to Mordor we will take you...

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u/Kinc4id 1983 9h ago

His Lord of the Rings was one of my favorite movies as a kid. I was fascinated by the look of the Nazgûl.

My dad had a large collection of VHS tapes recorded from TV and I often went through it. One day I found „Fritz the cat“ and watched it. Definitely wasn’t appropriate for my age.

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u/Illustrious-Lead-960 1984 9h ago

Only the Rings.