There wouldn't be any question of seeing anything animated regardless of the studio, director, style, how old it is and its critical reception, but will hardly say that everything animated is great. That is far from the case, and as much as it pains me to say it as a big fan am very happy to admit that.
More often than not, animated films and shows have ranged from watchable to brilliant. 'Pinky and the Brain' for me falls into the brilliant category, despite having always loved it from a young age it is even better through adult eyes with more gotten out of the writing, humour, characters and how they interact. 'Pinky and the Brain' is like 'Animaniacs', it has something for everybody and children and adults alike will love it, as has been said many times it is so much more than "just another kiddie show" and should never be dismissed as such. And will continue to say it as family oriented films and shows, especially animated ones, are always over-generalised as being just for children and whenever it is panned that is used as an excuse, and it gets annoying and almost insulting.
Another episode to comprise of two segments, and once again it is an episode that works because both segments are a joy to watch. If there was a preference, it would be "Beach Blanket Brain", due to its coolness and energy, although "Brain's Night Off" is a fine example of what is so great about the characters of Pinky and Brain and their interaction/relationship together, wild and crazy suits Brain as well.
Very little to criticise the animation quality for. The characters designs have no stiffness (personally think they have a little more refinement than those in 'Animaniacs'), the backgrounds have nice rich detail and the colours are a mix of vibrant and atmospheric. Music is similarly blameless. The scoring is dynamic and composed in a way that is always adding to the actions, expressions and gestures and doing what good music scores in animation should do in enhancing them. 'Pinky and the Brain' always excelled when it came to original song writing, and "Braindoggie Mambo" is infectiously upbeat and much cleverer than one would think reading the title.
Still love the writing. It is very smart, its best parts riotous. It is zany, witty and surprisingly intelligent, with references that will delight adults especially as they are more likely to get them. It achieves a perfect balance of never being too simplistic or too muddled, always trying while not trying too hard. Once again, this episode is a not so common example of formulaic not being a bad thing, like 'Pinky and the Brain' in general, and not mattering at all, because of the cleverness, creativity and idea variety of the writing and storytelling, here benefitting from a different opened up location. One worries about repetition, no worries are needed because there is a lot of freshness and variety in both segments to stop that from happening.
Understanding the writing and storytelling shouldn't be too much trouble for younger audiences but adults will get more out of it, because the humour is more understandable when older due to more familiarity. It is easy to follow while not being childish. What is so great about "Beach Blanket Brain" in particular is how witty and affectionate it is in its tribute of beach party films, hip, cool and colourful as ought.
Characterisation always was a major strength. Pinky and Brain were two of 'Animaniacs' best characters, Brain especially stole the show whenever he appeared and elevated already very good to great episodes to an even better level, and more than deserved their own show. For me they are even more interesting and defined here, appropriate seeing as they are the focus and lead characters here. Pinky may be "stupid", but never in an obnoxious way which is amazing because from my experience stupid characters tend to be very grating. Instead he is still rather endearing. Will admit to have always found Brain to be more interesting, with his dark sarcasm and deadpan personality that are often hilarious, although mean he is very lovable too. Have always loved the relationship between the duo, with such different personalities one worries as to whether they would gel together or clash but 'Pinky and the Brain' was always a masterclass of how to contrast two completely different characters and their personalities harmoniously and with substance and complexity.
Rob Paulsen and especially Maurice LaMarche are in my mind irreplaceable as Pinky and Brain. The fun supporting characters are expertly voiced by other talented prolific voice actors.
In conclusion, another fabulous episode. 10/10
More often than not, animated films and shows have ranged from watchable to brilliant. 'Pinky and the Brain' for me falls into the brilliant category, despite having always loved it from a young age it is even better through adult eyes with more gotten out of the writing, humour, characters and how they interact. 'Pinky and the Brain' is like 'Animaniacs', it has something for everybody and children and adults alike will love it, as has been said many times it is so much more than "just another kiddie show" and should never be dismissed as such. And will continue to say it as family oriented films and shows, especially animated ones, are always over-generalised as being just for children and whenever it is panned that is used as an excuse, and it gets annoying and almost insulting.
Another episode to comprise of two segments, and once again it is an episode that works because both segments are a joy to watch. If there was a preference, it would be "Beach Blanket Brain", due to its coolness and energy, although "Brain's Night Off" is a fine example of what is so great about the characters of Pinky and Brain and their interaction/relationship together, wild and crazy suits Brain as well.
Very little to criticise the animation quality for. The characters designs have no stiffness (personally think they have a little more refinement than those in 'Animaniacs'), the backgrounds have nice rich detail and the colours are a mix of vibrant and atmospheric. Music is similarly blameless. The scoring is dynamic and composed in a way that is always adding to the actions, expressions and gestures and doing what good music scores in animation should do in enhancing them. 'Pinky and the Brain' always excelled when it came to original song writing, and "Braindoggie Mambo" is infectiously upbeat and much cleverer than one would think reading the title.
Still love the writing. It is very smart, its best parts riotous. It is zany, witty and surprisingly intelligent, with references that will delight adults especially as they are more likely to get them. It achieves a perfect balance of never being too simplistic or too muddled, always trying while not trying too hard. Once again, this episode is a not so common example of formulaic not being a bad thing, like 'Pinky and the Brain' in general, and not mattering at all, because of the cleverness, creativity and idea variety of the writing and storytelling, here benefitting from a different opened up location. One worries about repetition, no worries are needed because there is a lot of freshness and variety in both segments to stop that from happening.
Understanding the writing and storytelling shouldn't be too much trouble for younger audiences but adults will get more out of it, because the humour is more understandable when older due to more familiarity. It is easy to follow while not being childish. What is so great about "Beach Blanket Brain" in particular is how witty and affectionate it is in its tribute of beach party films, hip, cool and colourful as ought.
Characterisation always was a major strength. Pinky and Brain were two of 'Animaniacs' best characters, Brain especially stole the show whenever he appeared and elevated already very good to great episodes to an even better level, and more than deserved their own show. For me they are even more interesting and defined here, appropriate seeing as they are the focus and lead characters here. Pinky may be "stupid", but never in an obnoxious way which is amazing because from my experience stupid characters tend to be very grating. Instead he is still rather endearing. Will admit to have always found Brain to be more interesting, with his dark sarcasm and deadpan personality that are often hilarious, although mean he is very lovable too. Have always loved the relationship between the duo, with such different personalities one worries as to whether they would gel together or clash but 'Pinky and the Brain' was always a masterclass of how to contrast two completely different characters and their personalities harmoniously and with substance and complexity.
Rob Paulsen and especially Maurice LaMarche are in my mind irreplaceable as Pinky and Brain. The fun supporting characters are expertly voiced by other talented prolific voice actors.
In conclusion, another fabulous episode. 10/10
