'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.
"Eternal Youth" has everything that makes me love the show so much and anybody will get a huge amount of enjoyment out of it once and if they forgive the stupidity of the pirates when duped into thinking Michael was a young Captain Hook. Was able to forgive it myself because in this show none of the pirates are the brightest bulbs on the block so it was hardly out of character for them to be so easily fooled. When it comes to the animation, there are some beautiful colours, well drawn characters (showing a pretty nuanced character design for Hook), meticulous and imaginative backgrounds and one is really immersed in the Neverland setting. The 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. Hook's dialogue in the middle of the episode is almost Shakespearean. There is some funny humour, like with Smee and Peter's birthday suit (meaning naked for anybody who doesn't know) dialogue. The conflict as always is very well written, Hook is pretty scary towards the end, quietly threatening at first and then quickly the fury boils over. The story draws one right in and never lets go, eternal youth has rarely been portrayed so amusingly, inventively and innocently.
Love that Peter is portrayed with a mix of likable traits and less likable ones. With the pirates, there is much more to them than just one personality, even Smee for all his stupidity is funny and endearing. Michael is cute but avoids falling too far in either extreme of cloying or annoying. The episode also shows perfectly why Hook is my favourite character and everything that makes him so interesting. Can't fault the voice acting, Jason Marsden and especially Tim Curry being the standouts.
Overall, wonderful. 10/10 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.
"Eternal Youth" has everything that makes me love the show so much and anybody will get a huge amount of enjoyment out of it once and if they forgive the stupidity of the pirates when duped into thinking Michael was a young Captain Hook. Was able to forgive it myself because in this show none of the pirates are the brightest bulbs on the block so it was hardly out of character for them to be so easily fooled. When it comes to the animation, there are some beautiful colours, well drawn characters (showing a pretty nuanced character design for Hook), meticulous and imaginative backgrounds and one is really immersed in the Neverland setting. The 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. Hook's dialogue in the middle of the episode is almost Shakespearean. There is some funny humour, like with Smee and Peter's birthday suit (meaning naked for anybody who doesn't know) dialogue. The conflict as always is very well written, Hook is pretty scary towards the end, quietly threatening at first and then quickly the fury boils over. The story draws one right in and never lets go, eternal youth has rarely been portrayed so amusingly, inventively and innocently.
Love that Peter is portrayed with a mix of likable traits and less likable ones. With the pirates, there is much more to them than just one personality, even Smee for all his stupidity is funny and endearing. Michael is cute but avoids falling too far in either extreme of cloying or annoying. The episode also shows perfectly why Hook is my favourite character and everything that makes him so interesting. Can't fault the voice acting, Jason Marsden and especially Tim Curry being the standouts.
Overall, wonderful. 10/10 Bethany Cox