'Peter Pan and the Pirates' very quickly not only became one of my favourite animated shows but also one of my favourites ever. Of all the adaptations of 'Peter Pan', it's also my personal favourite.
All the characters are not only interesting but remarkably complex, especially Hook, even when not looking like Barrie's Hook all the character traits of the character are fully explored and expanded upon. The show is advantaged furthermore by good animation (with some exceptions here and there). Great music particularly the theme tune, one of the best of any animated 90s show. Remarkably good writing that had real maturity and a wide range of emotions rare in animated shows today. Gripping and imaginative stories that maintain the spirit of Barrie's source material while expanding on the themes, events and characterisation. And really excellent voice acting, for one of the most talented voice actors in the business and near-unequalled in villain roles Captain Hook contains some of the best work Tim Curry has ever done.
While not quite one of my favourites of the show, "After the Laughter" is one of the more interesting episodes and is a great one.
The animation is pretty decent. Not one of the show's best-looking episodes, others have more nuances and finesse in how some of the characters are drawn, but there is a lot of vibrant colour and detail.
Music is a great mix of lively, haunting and lush, the theme tune immediately sticks in one's head and never leaves it.
Writing is as mature, intelligent and emotionally complex as one would expect, never feeling dumbed down for adults or too complicated for children. The story is gripping with lots of entertainment and tension in the character interplay, one of the cleverest and most interesting premises (that is less complicated through adult eyes and on re-watches as initially seemed), and the conflict thrills as it should. The ending is pretty creepy. Do feel though that Wendy's punishment here was rather too on the cruel side.
One really feels sorry for Wendy and roots for the situation to be resolved. Love Peter and Wendy's relationship, for all his flaws it is very clear that he cares hugely for her and would do anything for her. Hook is also very interesting, especially his younger self seen here where there are signs of what he became later but also reminding us that Hook is far more complex than just the standard villain.
Voice acting is top notch, it may seem repetitious to some for me to single out Tim Curry as the standout but seeing as he is just phenomenal as a character he was born to play the singling out is more than well deserved. Jason Marsden similarly excels.
In summary, great. 9/10 Bethany Cox
All the characters are not only interesting but remarkably complex, especially Hook, even when not looking like Barrie's Hook all the character traits of the character are fully explored and expanded upon. The show is advantaged furthermore by good animation (with some exceptions here and there). Great music particularly the theme tune, one of the best of any animated 90s show. Remarkably good writing that had real maturity and a wide range of emotions rare in animated shows today. Gripping and imaginative stories that maintain the spirit of Barrie's source material while expanding on the themes, events and characterisation. And really excellent voice acting, for one of the most talented voice actors in the business and near-unequalled in villain roles Captain Hook contains some of the best work Tim Curry has ever done.
While not quite one of my favourites of the show, "After the Laughter" is one of the more interesting episodes and is a great one.
The animation is pretty decent. Not one of the show's best-looking episodes, others have more nuances and finesse in how some of the characters are drawn, but there is a lot of vibrant colour and detail.
Music is a great mix of lively, haunting and lush, the theme tune immediately sticks in one's head and never leaves it.
Writing is as mature, intelligent and emotionally complex as one would expect, never feeling dumbed down for adults or too complicated for children. The story is gripping with lots of entertainment and tension in the character interplay, one of the cleverest and most interesting premises (that is less complicated through adult eyes and on re-watches as initially seemed), and the conflict thrills as it should. The ending is pretty creepy. Do feel though that Wendy's punishment here was rather too on the cruel side.
One really feels sorry for Wendy and roots for the situation to be resolved. Love Peter and Wendy's relationship, for all his flaws it is very clear that he cares hugely for her and would do anything for her. Hook is also very interesting, especially his younger self seen here where there are signs of what he became later but also reminding us that Hook is far more complex than just the standard villain.
Voice acting is top notch, it may seem repetitious to some for me to single out Tim Curry as the standout but seeing as he is just phenomenal as a character he was born to play the singling out is more than well deserved. Jason Marsden similarly excels.
In summary, great. 9/10 Bethany Cox