Farewell Mr. Scheimer and thanks

RIP

Its easy to take pot shots at filmmation shows, compare em to say disney and say wow they where cheep saturday morning crap.

However they had a grace to them-a sence of intresting design and if limited animation the way they moved. Was recently watching some episodes of Star Trek animated series, and was just an asethetic to them. Its not really Star Trek Classic, but it is something-a sence of SciFi otherness-it really is quite bueatiful. The stories to while not exactly adult in the simpsons or south park sence have a sence of approaching something with a ruggedness.

Shows like the Superfriends, Starhawks- the more goofy GhostBusters, the werid world of Fat Albert. Its not always good- but it something.

Which is kind of how i feel about She Ra. Its easy to make fun of it, what with the lessions at the end of the show, designed to sell toys and limited movement but it is something. It Creates a female action heroine for children-and it does that. Now one could say you just gender flipped He-man-which is true but it also creates a kind of much darker fantasy world, with just a tad of grey. and She Ra, is very strong very powerful and neither just a damsel who uses magic(the cliche of shows made for girl) or a 'strong independent woman'(TM) badass. She finds an interesting mix, which is rare even today. Shes not a deep character, or a very human one-but she and the show have a character thats worth celebrating.

Filmmation is probably never going to get the respect of a Disney or pixar or even a Hanna Barabara, but it made some intresting shows which i am glad exist. And i will remember the shows and him fondly.