'Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain' did sound very curious in concept. It does sound like two different ideas merging together that don't sound like they would go, but there are shows and such that do wonders with concepts that sound odd on paper. While still a fan of 'Tiny Toon Adventures' and especially 'Pinky and the Brain' (the two shows that the characters come from, 'Animaniacs' is also fantastic), 'Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain' never did it for me as a child.
While it was slightly better on rewatch, 'Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain' still does little for me and none of the episodes are better. The best episodes were merely average and could have done so much more with their concepts (some of the concepts as said in previous reviews were pretty promising). When the show was at its worst, it was downright bad. "Party Night" is not one of the worst episodes and is slightly better than the "doomed from the get go"-like concept suggested, but it is still not a particularly good episode.
There are good things. Brain is very entertaining and wonderfully deadpan, the show on the most part was a disaster when it came to character writing and interaction but somehow managed to get Brain spot on. It was a genius move having Maurice LaMarche back and he voices Brain perfectly. The voice acting has always been pretty good actually on reflection considering what the voice actors were given.
Some of the animation is pretty decent, with some nice colour.
A lot however is wrong with "Party Night". While the animation was never terrible on 'Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain', it did always lack the polish and vibrancy as well as the imagination seen in the visuals of 'Animaniacs', 'Pinky and the Brain' and 'Tiny Toon Adventures', which is generally the case here. There is nothing dynamic or infectious about the music and the theme song has always grated.
While Brain is a great character, Pinky isn't anywhere near on his equal. Here he is pretty bland as the show did dull down his personality while taking his dim-witted-ness to "bang head on the wall" extremes. In this episode, he doesn't register other than towards the end and is pretty pointless and his previously dynamite chemistry with Brain is disconnected and underused here. Rudy has little personality and actually doesn't add an awful. Neither does Vanity. Once again, faring worst is Elmyra. Any episode that has Elmyra in a big role is already dreaded, and everything that was annoying about her on this show (all negative characteristics taken to extremes and with no real redeeming merits to her).
Furthermore, she really doesn't work well with Pinky and the Brain, the chemistry is not just disconnected but it also doesn't make sense. The writing in "Party Night" is overly simple and childish, nothing funny, sophisticated or witty about it. The story is not just simplistic and predictable, it is also ridiculous (the love triangle premise whenever used never rang true due to not making sense and it doesn't here) and the climactic moments are anti-climactic.
In summary, mediocre. 4/10.
While it was slightly better on rewatch, 'Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain' still does little for me and none of the episodes are better. The best episodes were merely average and could have done so much more with their concepts (some of the concepts as said in previous reviews were pretty promising). When the show was at its worst, it was downright bad. "Party Night" is not one of the worst episodes and is slightly better than the "doomed from the get go"-like concept suggested, but it is still not a particularly good episode.
There are good things. Brain is very entertaining and wonderfully deadpan, the show on the most part was a disaster when it came to character writing and interaction but somehow managed to get Brain spot on. It was a genius move having Maurice LaMarche back and he voices Brain perfectly. The voice acting has always been pretty good actually on reflection considering what the voice actors were given.
Some of the animation is pretty decent, with some nice colour.
A lot however is wrong with "Party Night". While the animation was never terrible on 'Pinky, Elmyra and the Brain', it did always lack the polish and vibrancy as well as the imagination seen in the visuals of 'Animaniacs', 'Pinky and the Brain' and 'Tiny Toon Adventures', which is generally the case here. There is nothing dynamic or infectious about the music and the theme song has always grated.
While Brain is a great character, Pinky isn't anywhere near on his equal. Here he is pretty bland as the show did dull down his personality while taking his dim-witted-ness to "bang head on the wall" extremes. In this episode, he doesn't register other than towards the end and is pretty pointless and his previously dynamite chemistry with Brain is disconnected and underused here. Rudy has little personality and actually doesn't add an awful. Neither does Vanity. Once again, faring worst is Elmyra. Any episode that has Elmyra in a big role is already dreaded, and everything that was annoying about her on this show (all negative characteristics taken to extremes and with no real redeeming merits to her).
Furthermore, she really doesn't work well with Pinky and the Brain, the chemistry is not just disconnected but it also doesn't make sense. The writing in "Party Night" is overly simple and childish, nothing funny, sophisticated or witty about it. The story is not just simplistic and predictable, it is also ridiculous (the love triangle premise whenever used never rang true due to not making sense and it doesn't here) and the climactic moments are anti-climactic.
In summary, mediocre. 4/10.