Les nouvelles aventures de Lucky Luke

No pun intended - as I am sort of referring to a western movie you may have heard of or not. But back to Lucky Luke - the one who is faster than his (own) shadow ... and the one with the horse and the (lazy) dog ... both of whom are kind of able to speak - even though no one seems to understand each other (on purpose or for comedic purposes of course).

I read a lot of comics when I was younger - and Lucky Luke was one of my favorite ... not sure I can call him hero, but something like that. Back then I did not really understand the cigarette thing - but they got rid of it. The animated show kind of tries to balance the old charm of the comics ... with some modern values.

Now don't get it twisted: if you want to be offended ... there are a lot of things that will achieve that ... portrayal of not just native americans, but also ... let's call the Daltons South Americans I suppose and their criminal leanings ... well some might say are a bit offensive and cliche. But do we have to go as far? Maybe we do - I am not here to judge one way or another, just merely giving you the information you need to judge for yourself ... is this a show you want to watch? You decide - and if this was good enough, you may try the I suppose even more offensive older stuff ...

At first sight, these series are not as good as the original comics or movies. In fact, it's a good TV series based upon the comics' main characters, not a remake of the comics albums.

The humor is a bit repetitive, but this is quite usual in a TV series. The Daltons are always part of the stories, but this doesn't mean there is no new character. The characters' voices are not those of the movies, but it's not more problematic than that if you are not too conservative. Finally, the visual effects are better than in many other animated series : no Japanese style and a colors change according to the action, which is very nice !

An excellent cartoon series. I had a lot of fun watching it. Everybody watch.