• cobysev@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I remember watching the Beetlejuice cartoon when I was a kid. I thought it was fun and exciting! Lydia and Beetlejuice went on adventures every day, fighting villains and having gothic horror fun. Then I saw the original movie and was surprised to find out Beetlejuice was actually the villain. And super creepy toward Lydia too. Huh.

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      2 months ago

      That’s every R-rated movie turned into a cartoon. Robocop and Ghostbusters and Starship Troopers were advertised anywhere and everywhere, and kids liked the shallow cool parts in the trailers, so executives said “screw it” and licensed no-budget G-rated spinoffs to sell toys.

      Those exploding bug-alien toys were fucking sick, by the way.