'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.
"Wee Problem" is a typically great episode, if not one of my favourites. TinkerBell is far more likeable in other episodes, generally on the show she is one of the nicer interpretations of the character but here she is closer to the TinkerBell in the source material and other 'Peter Pan' adaptations and it feels out of character for this show.
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 and the conflict thrills as it should. Really enjoy Peter and Wendy's chemistry, likewise with TinkerBell and Peter. The early parts of the episode are fun and imaginative, even more interesting is when things get more tense when Hook and the rest of the pirates appear.
Excepting reservations with TinkerBell, the characters and interplay are well written. The voice acting is uniformly very good, excellent with Jason Marsden and Tim Curry.
Overall, great episode despite not being the biggest fan of how TinkerBell is written. 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.
"Wee Problem" is a typically great episode, if not one of my favourites. TinkerBell is far more likeable in other episodes, generally on the show she is one of the nicer interpretations of the character but here she is closer to the TinkerBell in the source material and other 'Peter Pan' adaptations and it feels out of character for this show.
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 and the conflict thrills as it should. Really enjoy Peter and Wendy's chemistry, likewise with TinkerBell and Peter. The early parts of the episode are fun and imaginative, even more interesting is when things get more tense when Hook and the rest of the pirates appear.
Excepting reservations with TinkerBell, the characters and interplay are well written. The voice acting is uniformly very good, excellent with Jason Marsden and Tim Curry.
Overall, great episode despite not being the biggest fan of how TinkerBell is written. 9/10 Bethany Cox