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Back in October, Cartoon Country took us on a guided tour of Superhero City. In that article, we caught a brief glimpse of Magix, you know, that floating magical cloud city thingy which hovered in the sky above Superhero City and was attached to the city by that rainbow doo-dad.
Yeah, that one.
Well today, we’ve been given clearance to take an extensive tour of this unique spot. So strap in, fasten your seat belts, and…
Take it to the Rainbow Bridge!
While the denizens of Superhero City like to refer to Magix as SHC’s “sister city”, resembling a shiny, sparkling pink-and-gold self-contained city housed atop a puffy pinkish cloud which floats some 10,000 feet above Superhero City, attached to the shores and beaches of SHC by the Ever Rainbow, Magix is in fact an outer-dimensional asteroid realm. Magix is also the name of the capital city within this planetoid realm.
So the capital of the city of Magix is the city of Magix. Confused yet?
As its’ name implies, the asteroid Magix is surrounded by, well, magic. The air around the planetoid reeks of bananas and kumquats (that’s what white magic smells like, BTW; very few people know that). These magical energies are what keep Magix afloat and from falling through the cloud it’s housed upon, magic controls the climate in and around Magix and prevents the city from interfering with or being interfered with by our planet’s ecosystem…
…And magic is what keeps the asteroid’s structures, rivers, trees and inhabitants (hereinafter referred to as Mythicals by scientists with too much free time) from floating off into space. Now, about said inhabitants…
Generally speaking, Magix’s citizenry consists of Wizards (obviously)…
“You were expecting maybe David Copperfield?”
Humans (yes, there are humans in Magix. Enchanted humans, but humans nonetheless)…
Fairies, a class of all-female winged hippie hotties…
Pixies, basically like Fairies, only smaller, like wallabies to kangaroos…
Elves, Fairies with no wings and a Y chromosome…
Witches, the Gingers to the Fairies’ Mary-Anns…
“Though we dress cooler!”
Trolls (just keep ’em off the internet)…
Ogres (mean and green, and other colors)…
Mermaids…
“Splash-splash!”
Sea Monsters…
“Glurg-glurg!”
Unicorns…
“My real magic power is that I’m DOLLING! (That’s an extreme form darling, BTW.)”
Pegasi…
“Keep ’em flying!”
Dragons…
Enjoy them while they’re in their cute baby stage; they grow to be 50 feet high.
..And Monsters.
It’s a one-eyed Purple People Eater. Insert your own Sheb Wooley joke here.
“Obscure joke. Talk to your parents.”
The monsters and some (though not all) of the witches reside in Darkmoon, a creepy dark forest on the outskirts of Magix. It’s always nighttime in Darkmoon, even when it’s bright and sunny everywhere else, perpetually shrouded underneath a sinister looking moon.
Yeaah….it’s probably best not to look directly at it.
Not unlike our world, Magix is presently undergoing an era of Political Correctness, due to many of the previously disparate lands and kingdoms having been recently united under the rule of the Candy Kingdom, after their rulers King Kandy and Queen Frostine having won this decade’s Hungry Games.
“Don’t give us that look! We didn’t resort to any underhanded chicanery or hostility! We merely suggested that the previously rivaling factions come together under us and enjoy and era of peace, prosperity, love, luck and lollipops!”
“It was purely voluntary, but we knew the other kingdoms would come around to our way of thinking. Gosh, who wants to be fed to the silly old Pain Monster??”
To their credit, under the Candy Kingdom’s rule, Magix has become very rich and prosperous.
The capital city of Magix. Home to Fantasy Land’s 1%.
If you have enough of Magix’s chief monetary unit, the gold coin…
“Cha-Ching, bee-yotches!”
…You can go into the shopping center in Magix’s town square and purchase the latest and greatest magic wands.
They cost a little more, but they’re worth it. Trust me, you don’t want to buy some cheap knockoff from off the streets.
The few Outlanders who get to see Magix from the inside are often surprised to discover how technologically advanced the realm is. Magix has Spell Phones (they’re like cellphones except they run on magic instead of electricity), Spell-o-Vision, computers and flying vehicles such as Wind Riders.
“Hey, your realm isn’t suck in medieval times, why do ya think ours is?”
The Candy Rulers have even started a high-profile, exclusive private school within the capital, the Cloud Towers Academyof Magic and Myth.
Within these walls, Magix’s richest and most privileged young Mythicals learn their respective crafts (with the Niceties’ classes on the West Wing of the school and Nasties’ classes on the East Wing), get schooled the ins and outs of magic (and Chivalry or Treachery, depending on which tower they’re assigned to) and get out of their parents’ collective hair for a few hours , fed by the realm’s finest chefs and taught by the wisest sages and the greatest sorcerers in all the land.
“Yeah, it’s me. I teach Advanced Black Magic and Junior Curses here. It’s part of my work-release program and community service. I’m also under house arrest; if I even think of committing an act of treachery, I’ll be instantly teleported to Hell, or worse, the Deep South!”
Now, you may recall during our Superhero City tour, that originally the rulers of Magix didn’t want us poking our noses around their realm. What made them change their minds, you ask? It took some heavy negotiations and a HUGE donation of lollipops.
When we gave the Candy Royal Family an entire room full of lollipops, they turned over like a dog begging for a treat.
“What can I say? My parents are suckers for suckers!”
Let me preface this by saying that, in spite of today’s date, the following is not an April Fool’s joke. This is real.
This morning I came across the first trailer for the new animated series based on Dreamworks’ 2013 animated movie The Croods, currently being titled Dawn of the Croods.
Let’s rock ‘n’ roll!
The series airs on Netflix and takes place “many years” before the events of the movie , so no Guy here (but Sandy’s been born already?). Here’s a look at the trailer:
The first thing that I noticed about the series is that it’s hand drawn (or 2D animated) rather in in CGI, and it’s evident that this takes place before the film due to the presence of other cave people. For those who don’t know, the movie begins with the Croods themselves being the last cave family, as all of the others have died horribly. Try not to think too much about that when watching the show.
Not surprisingly, none of the actors from the movie reprise their roles for the series. Instead there’s Dan Milano (Grug), Cree Summer (Ugga), Stephanie Lemelin (Eep), A.J. Locasclo (Thunk), Grey Griffin (Sandy) and Laraine Newman (Gran). I wasn’t expecting Dreamworks to get Nicholas Cage or Emma Stone to reprise their roles, as they’re movie actors and they’d want money, but it’s perhaps somewhat surprising that Chloris Leachman didn’t come, seeing how she’s primarily a television actress. The main role that put Ms. Leachman on the map was her portrayal of Phyllis Lindstrom on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Obscure reference alert! Losing your audience! Keep it current!
Sorry about that. In any case, after doing some research, I discovered that Dawn of the Croods has already premiered on Netflix on December 24, 2015, so once again, I’m late to the party. Looks like the April Fool’s joke was on me!
I’d like to briefly address a popular myth that’s been circulating on the web for some time now, concerning the late DC animated series from the equally late DC Nation block, Young Justice.
Namely:
“I’m still pissed that Cartoon Network canceled the Young Justice TV series in favor of Teen Titans GO!“
I understand that folks are still lamenting the loss of Young Justice (though not me personally; the show lost me after the time-skip–way too many ongoing plots, shoehorned-in characters and an endless supply of “What a twist!” plot curves going on for me to bother trying to keep track of, but I digress) and I’m no fan of Teen Titans GO! either, but people really need to stop saying that, because it isn’t true. Like, at all. While I agree TTGO! is an easy show to rag on, it’s not the reason why YJ was canceled.
Young Justice got the finger because it wasn’t getting the desired ratings Cartoon Network wanted; kids by and large weren’t tuning in to YJ (the network’s lack of promotion and encores for the show obviously didn’t help) and eventually Mattel, the toy company that produced the YJ action figure line, withdrew their support of the show; not a good thing, considering that action cartoons typically require more detailed and intricate animation, backgrounds and production values and as such, action cartoons depend largely on toy and merchandise sales for survival. Meanwhile, elsewhere on the DC Nation block, the New Teen Titans shorts, which portrayed chibi versions of the TT characters engaging in wacky Looney Tunes style slapstick, were proving to be very popular with young fans, and since the current Cartoon Network is all in favor of producing comedy cartoons for kids, it was later greenlit into Teen Titans GO!
So the termination of Young Justice was due to low ratings, poor merch sales and lack of financial support; it had zilch to do with rise of Teen Titans GO!Young Justice‘s fate was sealed before Teen Titans GO! was ever a thing, and TTGO! was going to happen, whether Young Justice stuck around or not.
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