Rock and Rule failed not only because of marketing, but because its production was a tortured mess, with finished animation done while other scenes were still being scripted, and the whole thing taking over five years to complete. When it was FINALLY released in 1984, the arena-rock stylings of Mok were horribly dated. It would have been the hippest thing ever had it come out in around 1979 or 1980, but the Metal-Hurlant style was something the youth audiences of '84 had very little patience for. Even now it's a gloriously late-70s stadium-rock mess, with a dark, muddy animation style that fits the milieu. And it's furry, but the characters are kind of ugly and square-eyed with their weird muzzle designs.
I saw it one night on CBC when I was 13 or so, aired at midnight and I thought it was some kind of dream, forgetting about it until years later. I do want to get the DVD just to own a clean copy.
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Date: 2005-08-08 14:57 (UTC)I saw it one night on CBC when I was 13 or so, aired at midnight and I thought it was some kind of dream, forgetting about it until years later. I do want to get the DVD just to own a clean copy.