I have to agree with my fellow reviewers here that
"The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat" tried very, very hard. Best of all,
Felix's personality seems to be more or less intact, and there are some
pretty weird, surreal things going on.
However, it just doesn't
seem to gel quite right. The cartoons are an uncomfortable blend of
1920's and 1990's cartoon styles. In black and white it may have worked,
or at least looked better, but this is full-color 1990's "limited"
animation. This more modern type of animation gives a sort of cheap,
"plastic" look to some of the drawings which make the 1920's stylings
look out of place.
Overall, I'm not the least bit sorry I bought this, but the hard-core
Felix fan may be a wee bit disappointed with this retro effort.
I think I would have been happier if at least the old Felix theme
song had been included, or more classic Felix foes were on hand. Peking
Duck and his henchmen are pretty cool, though, and the whole thing was a
pretty good effort to bring Felix back to Saturday Morning cartoons.
