Well, kinda. Roger D. Evans has made a faboo reconstruction of the main titles of the old Hanna-Barbera cartoon Jonny Quest, using stop motion figures (which gives some lovely depth and the ability to do some fun panning in some scenes). It is a joy to watch if you remember the original.
Jonny Quest Opening Titles from Roger D. Evans on Vimeo.
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For those who actually need a comparison to the original (if you ignore some unfortunate Portuguese voice-overs …):
JQ was my favorite cartoon growing up, and I introduced them to my daughter on DVD when she was old enough to watch (all political correctness aside). I’ve always been a big fan of JQ’s Hoyt Curtin jazz music, and the heavy-ink (even if limited animation) Doug Wildey art. I even liked the theme-and-variation music on the “Real Adventures” reboot. The stop-motion version just adds some extra wow to the equation. Great stuff.
Holy jeepers, that was amazing! I joined Vimeo just to Like this video. The creator disabled comments; I imagine he was overwhelmed with people like us gushing over this video.
Now, if we can just convince him to convert an entire episode (if he could get the rights), or better yet, get somebody to fund a new movie…
🙂
It was darned spiffy — enough so that I didn’t mind where he strayed beyond the bounds of strictly imitating the limited HB animation.
Yes! New Movie! New Movie!