... It may seem a bit cheap, less luminous, and less about fantastic vehicules. The puppets, more realistic than the Andersons' first ones but less than their later ones, were obviously smaller, but the animators themselves were of some merit. Music is absent, and the general soundtrack is rather sinister, with electronics and even some pre-industrial stuff. Some creature designs, intended as adorable, are in fact quite frightening when taken out of context.
All of this give a rather clautrophobic, anxiogenic feel to the final product, which strike an odd space between dark realism and puppet show. Stories and characters were however well-developped, maybe enough to inspire a young Gene Rodenberry, more apparent in Star Trek's pilot, featuring a more Husky-like Spock.
It is an interesting curio for the genre's aficionados, for sure. But I don't know if a could stomach a sustained viewing. But in terms of creativity, it's quite impressive.
All of this give a rather clautrophobic, anxiogenic feel to the final product, which strike an odd space between dark realism and puppet show. Stories and characters were however well-developped, maybe enough to inspire a young Gene Rodenberry, more apparent in Star Trek's pilot, featuring a more Husky-like Spock.
It is an interesting curio for the genre's aficionados, for sure. But I don't know if a could stomach a sustained viewing. But in terms of creativity, it's quite impressive.