October 29, 2009

Fraggle Rock: Season Two

Ahem.  That is MY song.

Data
Title: Fraggle Rock: Season Two
Year: 1984
Network: CBC, HBO & ITV
Episodes: 24, at 25 minutes
Creator: Jim Henson
Directors: George Bloomfield (12 episodes), Eric Till (6), Jim Henson (3), Norman Campbell (2), Terry Maskell (1)
Writers: Jerry Juhl (6 episodes), Jocelyn Stevenson (5), Laura Phillips (3), B.P. Nichol (3), Sugith Varughese (3), David Young (3), Susan Juhl (2), John Pattison (1), Robert Sandler (1)
Starring: Dave Goelz, Jerry Nelson, Steve Whitmire, Kathryn Mullen, Karen Prell, Richard Hunt, Gerard Parkes
Music: Philip Balsam & Dennis Lee

My reaction
Synopsis: fun-loving, cave-dwelling creatures don’t understand their neighboring species
How I saw it: on video several times (have on DVD), most recently over the past few weeks
Concept: Great.
Story: Good.
Characters: Great.
Dialog: Good.
Pacing: Great.
Cinematography: Bad.
Special effects/design: Good.
Acting: Good.
Music: Great.
Subjective Rating: 9/10 (One of my favorites). Not as good as season one. There are a few bad episodes (the ones that focus on Doozers instead of Fraggles), and not as many that stand out as exceptional.  And there's very little progress made toward the over-arching plot of Everyone Learning to Get Along.  But it's still Fraggle Rock, and Fraggles are the sh**.
Objective Rating: 8/10 (Good) 3.3/4 3.4/4 (Very good).

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