Still Good After All These Years

As a follow up to a previous entry, I have now watched enough episodes of the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon from the early 1980's to give a fair assessment of how well it holds up. Let me just say that I still love it. The first episode had me a little nervous, I didn't really like the pacing or the some of the animation choices, but this must have just been a bad episode.

The majority of the series is a pleasure, with decent animation (that sometimes does something really neat), a myriad of scary creatures, and a hell of a lot more Star Wars references than I remember. There are episodes that make mention to wookies and Obi-Wan Kenobi, and some of the plot points were directly stolen from the sci-fi trilogy that had just wrapped up the year before, but this only adds to the enjoyment. My favorite by far is the moment where Dugeonmaster (see above) sadly alludes to the fact that it was his own failings as a teacher that led to Venger's turning to evil. They don't even have to elaborate on this idea...they know that it is enough of a nudge, nudge, wink, wink to their audience.

Really, the only fear that was realized is that the unicorn (Uni) has not grown more appealing with age. Her incessant bleating still grates a bit on my nerves and she often is more hindrance than help...'cept in that episode with the dragon that shoots fire and ice alternatively. Thank the maker she was there with that wreath of dragon's bane.

Same to same,

Capt. Hendry