Chibi Riza
Joined Oct 1999
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"Les Mondes Engloutis" (aka.Arkadia/Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea) has to be one of the most memorable European animations that was played on TV.
There was once a great cataclysm that made a prosperous civilization live underground for the many years that pasted.They have relied on the sun "Saggy" to nourish their world Arkadia,but now,Saggy is fading.Some children entered a forbidden grotto and created a messenger and named her Arcana.Alongside her journey,Arcana meets up with magical twin aardvarks named Bic and Bac,a mysterious wanderer named Spartakus,a spacecraft with a mind of it's own and two kids,Bob and Rebecca.Alongside their journeys,they travel back in time,travel to other worlds and even to unknown places and run into such advisories such as barbarian herders,persistant soldiers/warriors, strange creatures and animals and pirates whom resemble 80's punk rock singers.
Wonderful storyline,intresting and deep character development,good animation and a memorable soundtrack (for once,these toons can sing!).There is nothing corny about this show."Les Mondes Engloutis", alongside "Mysterious Cities of Gold","Ulysse 31" and "Flower Princess Angel" are some of the most memorable shows that children of the 80's got.They got some of the animated "Deutchland Frankenfurters",while kids now-a-days are getting lame "Balogna"!
There was once a great cataclysm that made a prosperous civilization live underground for the many years that pasted.They have relied on the sun "Saggy" to nourish their world Arkadia,but now,Saggy is fading.Some children entered a forbidden grotto and created a messenger and named her Arcana.Alongside her journey,Arcana meets up with magical twin aardvarks named Bic and Bac,a mysterious wanderer named Spartakus,a spacecraft with a mind of it's own and two kids,Bob and Rebecca.Alongside their journeys,they travel back in time,travel to other worlds and even to unknown places and run into such advisories such as barbarian herders,persistant soldiers/warriors, strange creatures and animals and pirates whom resemble 80's punk rock singers.
Wonderful storyline,intresting and deep character development,good animation and a memorable soundtrack (for once,these toons can sing!).There is nothing corny about this show."Les Mondes Engloutis", alongside "Mysterious Cities of Gold","Ulysse 31" and "Flower Princess Angel" are some of the most memorable shows that children of the 80's got.They got some of the animated "Deutchland Frankenfurters",while kids now-a-days are getting lame "Balogna"!
Man,in the 1st "Neverending Story",I could get the story and what the characters are doing.But in this one,it is so cluttered! Oh well,lets give the run-down here:
The Good:
Giorgio Moroder composed the soundtrack. They used the original Fantasian/Fantastican characters. Nice scenery. And well,Pia Zadora or Oscar Martin (from "Pod People") doesn't star in it. It uses "at least" some elements from the novel(eg.Emptiness,Xayide,etc..
The Bad
VERY confusing plot (I know some wee-ones that don't get this film)
alot of the new actors and actresses can't act,but even the talented ones,such as the Italian model/actress Clarisse Burt (an actress whom usually stars in alot of obscure Italian films and animations)got wasted as a ego-centrical,spazzy acting witch Xayide.I don't think Xayide was suppost to be like that in the book,but I dont think it was Burt's fault (no wonder she was crying at the end of the movie!) Wolfang Peterson did not direct the film,instead,we got the director whom did the other in-accurate "from-novel-to-movie" flick "Babe,the Galliant Pig". Why does Moonchild or The Child-Like Empress look like she is 16 years old and not 10?It's not like Bastian has a crush on her or anything,so they should have kept her child-like. AND WHERE DID ROCKBITTER JR. COME FROM? Makes you kinda wonder about the Rockbitter himself and what he was doing,huh?
Okay,well,it's just confusing. At least it isn't the wreched TNES3!
The Good:
Giorgio Moroder composed the soundtrack. They used the original Fantasian/Fantastican characters. Nice scenery. And well,Pia Zadora or Oscar Martin (from "Pod People") doesn't star in it. It uses "at least" some elements from the novel(eg.Emptiness,Xayide,etc..
The Bad
VERY confusing plot (I know some wee-ones that don't get this film)
alot of the new actors and actresses can't act,but even the talented ones,such as the Italian model/actress Clarisse Burt (an actress whom usually stars in alot of obscure Italian films and animations)got wasted as a ego-centrical,spazzy acting witch Xayide.I don't think Xayide was suppost to be like that in the book,but I dont think it was Burt's fault (no wonder she was crying at the end of the movie!) Wolfang Peterson did not direct the film,instead,we got the director whom did the other in-accurate "from-novel-to-movie" flick "Babe,the Galliant Pig". Why does Moonchild or The Child-Like Empress look like she is 16 years old and not 10?It's not like Bastian has a crush on her or anything,so they should have kept her child-like. AND WHERE DID ROCKBITTER JR. COME FROM? Makes you kinda wonder about the Rockbitter himself and what he was doing,huh?
Okay,well,it's just confusing. At least it isn't the wreched TNES3!