Ren & Stimpy - The Lost Episodes
by Vincent Waller
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Actor: Cheryl Chase, Eric Bauza, John Kricfalusi, Ralph Bakshi, Tom HayDirector: Vincent Waller
Brand: Paramount
Writer: Eddie Fitzgerald
Writer: Jeff Amey
Writer: Michael Kerr
Writer: Vince Calandra
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Format: Animated, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 198 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-07-18
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Comedy Central
DVD Reviews of Ren & Stimpy - The Lost Episodes
DVD Review: More Creative, More Hilarious, More Insane, More of everything the Ren and Stimpy should have ever been.
Summary: 5 Stars
Here we have the long awaited "Lost Episodes" of the Ren and Stimpy show.
In actuality, these are latest episodes produced by the reformed Spumco team. The original team behind the early 1st and 2nd season masterpieces, and in the eyes of many, the saviors of the modern day television broadcast animated cartoon.
In and around the time of 1993, Nickelodeon execs nervous about the edgy, surreal, insane, over-the-top yet subtly acted and beautifully inspired cartoons fired the original animation team, on the eve of their ambitions of The Ren and Stimpy Show becoming even more than what it set out to be. The result was a poor attempt to salvage the reputation while believing the fanbase would be "none the wiser". Nothing could be more false, however, as the show suffered greatly under the reigns of the Games production team, who took over the show.
Ren and Stimpy became for 3 more seasons, only a mere, pale shell of the greatness it could achieve.
And then, well after the "Copycat Ren and Stimpy's" well deserved demise, something incredible happened. over 10 years after having been fired, Spumco, and creator John Kristaflusi were back at the helm, and determined to make a difference.
The result were new episodes, produced with Adults in mind. No longer for the children, as Ren and Stimpy fans had grown up, and so had the cartoons.
Like a breath of fresh air after suffocation of over 10 years, these new episodes are a pure delight. Several had aired on Spike TV, however, in a case of history repeating itself, a network that briefly prided itself as being "The First Network For Men" seemed to have pussied out of their agreement for a more mature, more Adult Ren and Stimpy.
The result: Less than half of the new, groundbreaking season was ever aired on Television.
After one year of waiting for a proper DVD release, the masterpiece collection of Ren and Stimpy episodes will at long last, be available.
These episodes are nothing short of phenomenal. Having myself witnessed nearly half of the episodes during the Spike TV run, and countless special unfinished "previews" of the remaining episodes, Ren and Stimpy has never been more creative, more well animated, more technically proficient, more edgy, more skillfully crafted... in short, these works are sheer masterpieces.
Sadly, much like the original run of Ren and Stimpy, there are always those who let their tendency to be very easily offended cloud their judgement of the series and the show as a whole. Especially with these newer episodes, while being flat-out advertised as more adult that the previous series that was constrained for children, there are those that let their own squeamishness cloud their judgement, in order to grasp any flimsy excuse to overlook the finer points, and point out so called "Negatives" with the new episodes that are simply not there.
Ignorant and badly reasoned "reviews" from the overactive imaginations of those who cannot fathom a natural evolution of The Ren and Stimpy show from it's previous, confined, censored version, to this new masterpiece vision of Ren and Stimpy which allows for creative freedom and limitless possibilities, WITHOUT the limitations in both quality and expression that the original run, unfortunately suffered with.
What you will find with these "Lost Episodes" is the vision of what Ren and Stimpy could have ever been. 5 times as creative, and much much more of every single ingredient to it's original success magnified tenfold.
If you are easily offended... if disgusting hilarity, nude bosoms, adult themes, and crude sexual humor is not your thing, and you prefer a watered down, pale, and out of date Ren and Stimpy, this is not it. This is NOT for the weak at heart.
This is Ren and Stimpy to the next level of "edgy". Certainly not your little brothers Ren and Stimpy. This is Ren and Stimpy for the grown up fans of today, and it should be regarded as such.
Spumco could have very well have sat back and pumped out episodes full of vulgarities with no story structure, no growth, no experementation and no room to be any better than before. And due to the so-called "informed" opinions of naysayers (Most of whom witness a single "gay" joke, turned the show off and wrote uninformed, hateful reviews based puerly on a juvinile, knee-jerk reaction) some people have done just that.
Of course, when quailty speaks for itself as these phenominal episodes do, one sees that the show had never been more imaginitve and more techinally nearling perfection as these great episodes have. Way too much for television, and way more advanced than any previous episodes, it still maintains every bit of the ortiginal integrity and quailty that made Ren and Stimpy a success from day one:
That being, the finest artwork and production since the 1940's WB shorts, the belivable, and exciting drama and unpredictable hilarity, and above all, great stories, with unparalled imagination all backed up by some of the most creative names in the buisness of animation all working together on one quailty project.
If you are able to accept the natural direction of R&S in a world of other adult themed shows like South Park, then one will notice the creativity and quality heightened to levels never thought possible. The new episodes are every bit as inventive, shocking, hilarious, and well made using every trick in the old Spumco book and a great deal of brand new ones.
You'll see things never thought possible in Ren and Stimpy. A whole new level of creativity and a Ren and Stimpy show better and more exiting for the REAL fans of the series, not the meek or faint, unable to deal with change for the better.
For anyone that remembers Ren and Stimpy fondly, and would love to check out a new Ren and Stimpy Show which holds all of the limitless possibilities, never even before thought of from the original seasons, this is a must have DVD set. The one that die hard fans have been waiting for, and even suffered through releases of the remarkably generic, poor, and inferior "Games" episodes of seasons 3, 4, and 5.
Not only has the animation techniques improved tenfold, but so has the style, artwork, passion, excitement, storytelling, acting, personality, heart, drama, shock, humor and quality.
"The Lost Cartoons" is the single exceptional definition of the words "New and Improved".
For those true Ren and Stimpy fans who "got it" the first time, you'll get more of everything this time. The result of buying this set: Pure and uncensored Ren and Stimpy at it's absoute finest.
Description of Ren & Stimpy - The Lost Episodes
After a ten year hiatus, John K. resurrected his classic cartoon for Spike TV ? no holds barred. Witness the cartoons he always wanted to make, uncensored and out of control. Deemed too hot to handle by Spike execs, these episodes are now available on DVD ? be warned: this is not your baby-brother?s Ren & Stimpy!Bestsellers in DVD
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