<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 3/17/03 7:01:36 AM Pacific Standard Time, grossfam@olywa.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Yes, of course, this is true. But since there will never be an animated<BR>
Groo without Sergio & Mark firmly in charge, if there IS an animated Groo,<BR>
it will be great.<BR>
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I just hope that whatever project they are working on doesn't fall through.<BR>
Even if it doesn't lead to Groo, animated Sergio wordsmithed and directed by<BR>
Mark would be wonderful.<BR>
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-Gary G.</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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I am often curious as to why fans constantly clamor for animated versions of their characters... not to say that I am above this, as I would love to see an animated Groo some day. But why aren't people satisifed with the characters in their current forms? This is my theory, let me know your opinion of it: When I read Groo, I have an idea of Groo's voice, the way he moves, the way he acts. This, in comic book form, is only conveyed in a series of static images... your mind must fill in the voices, and what takes place *between* the panels. So I think deep down, what we want is just some sort of assurance that we are indeed imagining these things correctly. Now, if we are good fans, we would watch this hypothetical Groo cartoon, and immediately go "Oh, THAT's how they are supposed to be percieved." But if we are crappy fans, we would immediately jump up and shout about how the cartoon didn't do justice to the comic... which, unfortunately, I've seen happen with other translations to the screen.<BR>
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Any thoughts? Is this just a lot of hot air, or is there some meaning behind all of this ranting I do?<BR>
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