The Top 10 Best Death Battle Fights

So earlier this year, it was announced that Rooster Teeth was being shut down, and as someone who has been on the internet for pretty much most of my life, it was a bit of a bummer to hear the news, even if I had made statements about Rooster Teeth being kinda sucky. Plus, it made myself, and a bunch of others, curious about what would happen to their shows, namely RWBY, Red vs Blue and the one I was most curious about, Death Battle. Recently though, it was announced that Death Battle creators, Ben Singer and Chad James and a few others, managed to acquire the rights to the show Death Battle and have finished crowdfunding campaign to continue on with the show. Now, I'm excited because  Death Battle is genuinely one of my favourite web-shows because it really tapped into conversations we've all had as kids, who would win in a fight? Seriously, if you were into any media as a kid and you had friends, you've had this conversation at least once, could SpongeBob beat Aquaman? Could Mario beat Sonic the Hedgehog? Could, I dunno... Lena from DuckTales fight Hunter from The Owl House?

Now being as I am excited to see this series return, I knew I had to do a blog about it, but what type of blog? Well, I could do one about what match-ups I'd like to see, and while I'd love to talk about Cybersix vs Jack from Bioshock, or Katara vs Lapis Lazuli, I've already done that on my Tumblr, so what haven't I talked about? Well, the battles we do have!

Seriously, I can't believe I haven't talked about my favourite fights in Death Battle before, I think it's because I wanted to save it for a different top ten list idea, the top ten animated fight scenes, but that idea hasn't materialized so I'll do it now, but I do feel like I need to get some ground rules out of the way, because Death Battle, and really versus debates as a whole, kind of lead to a lot of... y'know, the "Ak-shoo-allee" types, so let me state for the record;
1. Just because I am a fan of these fights, doesn't mean I necessarily agree with the outcome.
2. This list is about the fights themselves, not the analysis or research
3. It's my own damn list, so shut up!

That all being said, it's time for a Death Battle countdown!

10. Sauron vs Lich King

I think this one is a pretty good standard match-up. Nothing too flashy, nothing too over-the-top, just an entertaining duel between similar enough characters. I'm not actually a huge fan of either Tolkien or Warcraft, so I don't know that much about either character, save for the basics. I'm also really amused at how this is actually one of the biggest time-gaps between characters in Death Battle history. Lots of people will bring up some of the badass lines and moments, and those do elevate this battle quite a bit, but I think on its own, this is just a solid fight that is always one I enjoy coming back to.

9. Samurai Jack vs Afro Samurai

This battle's strength is in how well they emulate the feeling of a Samurai Jack episode, a lot of the editing and shots feel like they were lifted directly out of an episode of Samurai Jack. I didn't grow up with Samurai Jack, I watched it a bit later in life, and I liked it. It was one of those shows that took heavy inspiration from the anime that was becoming more popular in the west, so it makes sense that they would pit him up against a manga character. I do think it is the style that elevates this one for me more than anything else, more than anything, it does make me want to get back into Samurai Jack. I'm not super into the hand-drawn style they used, it just doesn't look super right for Jack, but it does fit the match-up so I guess that's just me.

8. Chuck Norris vs Segata Sanshiro

Oh man, I remember when this battle came out, being a huge fan of Screwattack's Top Ten videos, I was familiar with Segata Sanshiro, the Japanese advertising mascot for the Sega Saturn, and of course we all love the Chuck Norris jokes, so this battle was bound to be epic, and it was... for season 2. Yeah, early Death Battle match-ups do have a bit of a different feel to them rather than more modern ones, if I was gonna do a Crash Thompson style "How To Get Into" about Death Battle, I'm probably put Seasons 1 and 2 in the Procced with Caution section, but they both have good episodes, though it does say something about the season when the joke battle that ends with the fighters destroying the entire galaxy and they are still canonically fighting is one of the better episodes of the season.

7. Joker vs Sweet Tooth

If I had to pick a battle that represents the match-ups I thought we're gonna be lesser in some way (Not necessarily bad, but maybe pretty obvious) but ended up being really fun, I think I'd go with this one. I think my initial thought was that, being that Twisted Metal is primarily a vehicular combat game, I mean it wasn't that I thought Joker was outmatched, but I thought it was a bit unfair. Of course now knowing about the Joker-Mobile, the actual vehicular part of this battle was quite fun, and honestly I do wish it went on a bit more. However, seeing Joker just mess-around with Needles was just hilarious, so I do think the rest of the battle is equally satisfactory. It does go to show, sometimes weird ideas work, and work better than good ideas.

6. Goku Black vs Reverse-Flash

I think this battle was the biggest surprise to me, when I first watched it I genuinely did not anticipate the winner. Beyond that, I think this is another really entertaining battle, it is easily my favourite of the predominately sprite-animated battles. I was vaguely familiar with Reverse-Flash, I knew he existed, but not being a comics reader at the time, I just kind of figured he was an evil version of The Flash. I think this was a great introduction to the character for me, his behavior was just the right amount of vile that he was entertaining to watch. Also, I have to give points for one of the most gruesome defeats in Death Battle history, not the most brutal, but I do think it's got to be up there.

5. Goro vs Machamp

This fight was just straight up funny. Like the basic concept alone, Mortal Kombat champion Goro fighting just an average Pokémon, I mean, that's just hilarious. What's even funnier is that this isn't a joke battle like SpongeBob vs Aquaman, they do actually take this one as seriously as any other Death Battle episode. Just the idea of Goro getting repeatedly frustrated by a Pokémon is grounds enough to warrant putting this battle on the list for me, like I think this may be my pick for funniest Death Battle fight, at the very least a close second. Also, when Goro tells Machamp to face death like a warrior, I don't speak Machamp, but I'm pretty sure its response was "you first".

4. Ratchet & Clank vs Jak & Daxter

Now this one, this one is special to me. As a PlayStation 2 kid, I was very familiar with Jak & Daxter, and my brother did also play a lot of Ratchet & Clank, so this was a match-up we probably would have discussed as kids. Seeing this battle just brings me a fun feeling of nostalgia, it's match-ups like this that really do make these kinds of debates fun. Seeing characters I have known since childhood actually squaring off... you know in something that isn't complete crap, it just puts a big smile on my face.

3. Saitama vs Popeye

Remember when I said that if Goro vs Machamp wasn't the funniest than it was a close second? This battle may be the one that gives Goro vs Machamp a competition for the title. First off, it's Popeye, straight up I don't think they could have done this battle without making it funny considering that Popeye's rubber hose animation style lends itself to slapstick gags. Secondly, the transition between animation styles is just an amazing touch, they even have a style that gives a nod to the original comic strip that Popeye originated from. Though the 3D Popeye model was a weird choice, I mean seriously, when you have a cartoonish model for Saitama and a realistic model for Popeye, that's just bizarre, at least the model could have looked like Robin Williams a little. They really did go all out on this battle, and I think it's because they knew nobody was gonna be fooled, Saitama might be the One Punch Man, but Popeye is Popeye the Sailor Man.

2. Solid Snake vs Sam Fisher

For a while, this was actually my favourite battle. It was such a unique kind of match-up that Death Battle hasn't really done since. Snake and Fisher, both being characters from Stealth based video games, take more stealthy approaches to this battle, resorting to out maneuvering each other as often as they try to beat each other up. I also really like how this felt more like a team based battle, as it was just Snake and Fisher, but also Otacon and Grim, which leas to a battle brain just as much as a battle of brawn. There is a lot about season 2 that doesn't really hold up very well, but I think this one still holds up. It's a unique battle but doesn't stray too far from the formula. Really, the question is, why isn't this my favourite anymore, and I think I know the answer as to why.

1. Balrog vs TJ Combo

For a brief period of time, I was into pro-wrestling, and it made sense. There was something primal about it, something that tapped into a basic part of my brain, it was watching two people fight, and I believe that might have been one of the earliest form of entertainment. I bring this up because, the main gimmick behind Balrog vs TJ Combo is that it begins like a standard boxing match, and I absolutely adore it. I like that they are using a gimmick not as a way to make a battle different, but as a way to enhance the battle. Of course these two would meet up in a boxing match, of course they would take things to seriously and actually go this far, none of it fails to work. I think this is also a great example of taking an idea that didn't work and fixing it, because it is very similar to the episode Hercule Satan vs Dan Hibiki, where the gimmick was that it was a match-up set in the Tournament of Power, but it didn't work there because it felt much slower and was clearly played more for comedy, which makes sense considering the characters, but that was about it. This battle is much faster paced and the announcer isn't as annoying in this one. This battle is my favourite because it is everything I appreciate about Death Battle, it is not too different, not completely the same, and it is a better version of a battle that I didn't really like that much. Gotta give props for this one, it's good.

I am really happy that Death Battle is coming back, and while I can't say I'm super excited for Omni-Man Vs Bardock, I think it's just gonna be Goku Vs Superman Part 4, I can't say I won't watch it, I might even watch it as a premier if they do that. Will the upcoming season have any battles that usurp these as my favourites? Maybe, there are quite a few I am looking forward to, but as of now, we're just going to have to wait and see. Until next time, I'll see y'all in the ring.

Oh yeah, and some honourable mentions:

Batman vs Spider-Man - Definitely worth a mention, I feel like this was really the point where Death Battle really started to get refined into the series it is now. Granted a lot more refining had to be done, but I think this one is where it all started.

Crash vs Spyro - As a massive Spyro fan, I do like this battle, but I think it's just a bit too goofy for my taste.

Aang vs Edward Elric - If we ignore the show ignoring Aang's pacifism for this battle, it was a pretty solid fight.

Ghost Rider vs Lobo - Probably my second favourite Marvel vs DC match-up.

Cable vs Booster Gold - Second to this one.

Deadpool vs Deathstroke - This fight was just funny.

Red vs Blue - The new voice cast weirded me out a bit, but the fight itself was really good, and in keeping with the actual Red vs Blue series.

Pretty Much all of Season 10 - I didn't really want to include Season 10 on this list because, this season was just the best and it would have taken up like, half of this list if I included any of the battles, so I decided to play it safe. If you're curious, my favourite battle from this season is Frieza vs Megatron.

Ben 10 vs Green Lantern - PSYCHE!! I actually don't care about this one, I was never a Ben 10 or DC comics kid, so as far as I'm concerned this battle was a meh. I do enjoy a harmless trolling sometimes though.

Heaven and Earth Magic (AKA Number 12, AKA The Magic Feature) (1962) - The Weirdest Animated Feature Ever

 

What is the weirdest movie you have ever seen? Not even animated, just straight up the most bizarre, come up with a list is that would help, but I want you to think of the weirdest movies you have ever seen. I'll be honest, my taste in cinema has been pretty... normal is kind of the right word, like if you look at my favourite movies, even the weirdest ones are still pretty normal, nothing to artsy on my list. I have looked at weirder movies before, but nothing that was explicitly an "Avant-garde" movie. Some of the weirder movies I've watched have been more difficult to review than others, and the closest thing I have reviewed to an "art film" would probably be Fantasia. Heaven and Earth Magic is going to be the toughest movie I have ever had to review, because it is, first and fore-most, an art film, and that makes it tricky to review in any normal sense of the word. I'm always up for a writing challenge, so let's see what I can do with this one.

So what is Heaven and Earth Magic? It is an avant-garde independent feature created with cutout animation. There isn't much of an identifiable plot here, but there is one apparently. Director Harry Everett Smith describes something of a sequence of events, but really, none of that really matters. There's something about a watermelon and a dog, a woman and then a skeleton and just a bunch of random things put together that somewhat loosely transition into each other, which is more like things appear and disappear as the scene morphs into another. A lot of what happens reminds me of those animated sequences in Monty Python's Flying Circus, I really would not be surprised if Terry Gilliam took heavy inspiration from this movie.

The cutout animation is very interesting, a lot of it also reminds me of Jan Švankmajer's work. Somethings move smoothly, others move much more choppily, and it's not really that distracting. I think the only complaint I have about the visual style is that sometimes it is very difficult to really see what is going on. I don't know if it's the camera or what background was used or the images he chose, but the dark areas are too dark and can lead to some of the images becoming blended with the solid black background. This movie is also in black and white, and I always confuse it for a movie from the 1950s, not that black and white cinema completely died out in the 1960s, but it's around here that I start believing that black and white becomes more of a choice for directors rather than what was most common, I dunno this movie's look just gives me vibes of the 1950s, but I guess that says more about me than this movie.

The audio is a mix of sound effects, bell rings, idle banter, animal noises, dripping sounds, sloshing noises, carnival barking, there's no real spoken dialogue. This isn't as egregious as something like... Revolution 9 by The Beatles, the most uncomfortable musical experience I've ever had, but I can see how it might make some viewers uneasy. I don't think it's too overly stimulating though, like I would mostly have to pause the movie more because of just how weird this movie is, not really how much noise was happening. It's not at the same level as the Raggedy Ann and Andy Movie, but depending on your noise sensitivity, what noises specifically overstimulate you, or just how well you handle random noises with no real rhythm, it may be a bit much. I'd recommend watching the first few minutes, seeing how you handle it and continuing from there if you're up for it. I wasn't too over-stimulated by this movie, but I am aware I don't speak for everyone.

I have always been of the belief that art is, more than anything else, a form of communication. Sometimes that thing your saying can be as simple as "The sky is pretty at night", or maybe it's complex. I do have to wonder what the purpose of Heaven and Earth Magic really is. Is it just an experiment in the odd and bizarre? Does it say something about cinema or animation? The movie wasn't even initially titled "Heaven and Earth Magic", so what is the title in reference too? Sadly, Harry Smith passed away in 1991 and the person who gave the movie it's more known title, Jonas Mekas, passed away in 2019, but the truth is we probably wouldn't get straight answers from them anyway. This is definitely a great movie to speculate about, but is it a good movie in and of itself?

The problem with art films is that they are made for a very specific audience, i.e. not your average movie goer. So they can be a fun little adventure for some people to take off the beat and path, but for most people it's only going to that, something different. I am not into art film, again my whole view of art is that it is a form of communication, but I can't say this movie is "bad", not because I really like it, but more because it kind of defies labels of quality. I really do have to wonder how much this influenced animators like Terry Gilliam or Jan Švankmajer, like this had to have been influential in its own little sphere, your favourite animator's favourite animation sort of. So, I guess I have to fall back on my standards of "Do I like it?" and "Do I Recommend it?". In answer to the first question... I guess? This isn't a Ruby Gillman situation where I want to like it but can't help but be critical of it, it's more of a "This isn't my cup of tea so I don't even know how I feel about it". That being said, at no point did I ever want to turn this movie off out of boredom or disdain, it was more of a "I reached my limit for this type of thing and need a break", which does also sort of answer the second question.

This is another movie I have to give a Slight Recommendation to under the condition that I know it will not be for everyone, granted it's only just over an hour in run-time so if you can stomach weird art-film stuff, it's not too long, and if it sounds like something you'd be interested it, you can find a copy on YouTube or their might be a DVD available somewhere, though the Harry Smith Archives site priced it at fifty dollars so maybe stick yo YouTube. To be fair, the movie is also in the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die book, and for what it's worth, I will definitely never forget about this movie, so I guess I do have to recommend it on some level, but only slightly.

Why A Minecraft Movie's Trailer Doesn't Work; Or, Why Are We Making A Live Action Adaptation of Minecraft?

I have a rule about avoiding movie trailers when I can. On the one hand, it does mean I miss out of exciting trailers, but on the other it also means that those exciting trailers can't give me high expectations. It also helps that frankly, most movie trailers kind of suck now (add that idea to the list of potential topics to write about) and it does help to know that I'm not missing anything really. That being said, the Minecraft movie has had its trailer drop recently, and boy did I miss something... I missed the ugliest attempt at realistic CG I have ever seen. The attempt to mix the very notable look of Minecraft with the same kind of CG that was used for Sonic the Hedgehog works about as well as... Well the first design of Sonic the Hedgehog in the live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie. I remember when I first found out that the Minecraft movie was gonna be in Live-Action, and I just immediately lost interest in it, and now seeing what the movie looks like, I just have to ask, why are we making Minecraft into a live-action movie.

I should start with a minor disclaimer here, I am, like most people, being very loose with the term "Live-Action" here, because I am aware, frankly I'd be concerned if people weren't, that the live actors of the movie are set in an animated world. Really, most modern movies are no different than how Blue's Clues was filmed, so we do kind of have to pick and choose what makes a movie a "Live-Action" movie. This is a discussion I should have with other animation fans.

To start this, I'm gonna defend Minecraft a little bit. I've seen Minecraft appear on lists of "The Worst Video Game Graphics" and I just think that Minecraft isn't bad, in fact, I'd argue that the graphics are really good. The thing is, Minecraft has a stylized look to it, obviously, no other game looks like it save for the potentially hundreds of Minecraft knock-offs. However, when I say "Stylized" I mean something different, and it harkens back to the twelfth principle of animation; Appeal.

The basic idea behind appeal is that what you create will have some appealing quality behind it, which is a very subjective thing, but it does influence a lot of character design. If you look at some early versions of characters, like Scrooge McDuck, Garfield, Ronald McDonald or even Batman, and compare them to their modern or even their most recognizable versions, you can see changes made that would make the characters more appealing. This principle also applies to basically any art-form as it is a simple thing to understand; your work does have to appeal to someone, and the great thing about having to appeal to people is, not only do people have wildly varying tastes, but some people are also unaware of what they really like.

Minecraft's visual style works because it was unique compared to what else was going on at the time, and it worked for the kind of game Minecraft was, a survival game where you build things, there is a reason people were comparing it to Lego at the time, a game with piece-by-piece building gameplay would work fantastically with a cubic visual style, not unlike how games evoking retro-style gameplay also use retro style visuals. Of course, after several Minecraft knock-offs, like Cube Life: Island Survival, Cube World, Block Craft 3D, and all those dozens upon dozens of games made by repackaging UnitZ as an entire game, we really did see how badly the Minecraft style of visuals could be done, at least... we thought we did.

So this all begs the question, why are we making a live-action movie based on one of the most visually unique video games of the past few generations? Well, I have theories, and I blame Sonic the Hedgehog. After Sonic the Hedgehog was released and became a shocking success, it may have started a trend of this live-action animated hybrid movies of video games, because executives don't see quality, they see gimmicks, because that's how they sell things. Alvin and the Chipmunks did well, so let's do more live-action animated hybrids based off nostalgic properties, Batman '89 did well so let's make more comic book movies, oh hey, Marvel's cinematic universe is doing great, let's make our own! Of course, time still has yet to tell on whether I'm right, and I wouldn't think this entirely thanks to the success of another video game movie in recent years. I can't believe I'm about to throw praise on this studio but, Illumination's Super Mario Bros. Movie should have been the template the Minecraft movie followed.

Which brings me back to a point that I, and most animation reviewers, have been beating into the ground, there is still a stigma against animation. Thankfully, this stigma is becoming lesser thanks to multiple animated projects that are trying new things, mostly online, but we do have to also acknowledge the Spider-Verse films and Smiling Friends. However, it is very clear that this stigma still exists, because Disney is still making live-action remakes, because animated projects are still being tossed aside for no reason, because a movie that should have been animated based on the source material alone is being made in live-action. It is very clear that there is still a stigma against animation, and I'm as tired of talking about it as much as some people are tired of listening about it, no judgement.

In addition, seriously this part is being added after the rest of this blog has been written, it's bringing back the age old argument of "It's meant for kids, don't take it too seriously". Honestly, I think that reinforces my point, but it brings something else into sharper focus, there is a stigma around animation because there is a stigma around children's media as a whole. Frankly, this is a conversation literally everybody who is a media reviewer or analyst be they amateur, like myself, or professional is tired of having. Just because something is meant for children doesn't mean adults can't criticize it, because that's how we end up with Elsagate garbage.

It is a shame too because we've seen how Minecraft would look as an animated feature thanks to  Telltale's Minecraft: Story Mode, if that is the style the movie wanted to emulate, they could have done that easily. Really, the trailer for the Minecraft Movie fails because it is in service to a terrible idea. I wasn't kidding when I said that I immediately lost interest in the movie when I first learned it was gonna be live-action, because half of what gives Minecraft it's identity is the visual look of the game, and when you strip that away, what do you have? You have a survival game where you build things, or in this movie's case, you have something really ugly and I would much rather take Ugly Sonic over. Could the movie still be good? Look, trailers give terrible expectations and impressions of movies so take everything any movie trailer gives you with a grain of salt, but I think we can all agree, this is not the Minecraft movie we've been wanting.

Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland (1989) - Absolutely Superficial, a Beautiful Pile of Nothing

So, I've been getting into comics recently, and I can't help myself, whenever history is involved I have to talk about it, and when it comes to comics and animation, you really can't get more prominent than Winsor McCay. Winsor McCay was the man who you can trace back all of modern animation and comics to. You ever heard of Walt Disney? R. Crumb? Carl Barks? Art Spiegelman? Chuck Jones? Pablo Picasso? All of them were fans of Winsor McCay, mostly his Little Nemo in Slumberland comic strip. I've got to say, these comics are fascinating, but I'm not here to gush about a comic strip from 1905, I'm here to talk about the 1989 film adaptation that... happened. I've talked about this movie before, because it was nominated for the Best Animated Feature Annie, but I didn't really go into any detail due to the fact that I haven't actually watched it at the time, and now that I have watched, I still have to wonder why it was nominated for any Annie Award.

In some respects, the Little Nemo movie is a loose adaptation of the original comics, sort of. Nemo is excited when a traveling circus is coming to his home town, but he's unable to attend as his parents are busy. That night, he is approached by royal servants of the King of Slumberland, whose Daughter invited Nemo as a playmate. However, a shady clown makes Nemo unlock a forbidden door and unleash a nightmare across Slumberland. Strangely enough, there are details in the movie that make me consider this a loose adaptation, it does recreate some of the iconic moments from the comic, like the bed sprouting legs and walking around, and most of the designs are pretty much right out of the comics, for better and for worse, plus they even give a nod to the main gag of the comics of Little Nemo being scolded for eating something before bed. That being said, as much as I can respect the nods to the comic, the problem ultimately is just that a whole lot of nothing really happens in this movie. Even in moments where the action is more intense, it's just not that thrilling. I don't know what the solution to this would be, maybe streamline the story a bit, or shorten it to be a short film, or make a series of short films and compile them as a package film, but this ultimately just wasn't the way.

It is tempting to say this is a case of "Too many cooks in the kitchen" because a lot of people were involved and interested in this movie. Immediately, the ones who were credited include Chris Columbus, Moebius, Ray Bradbury, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston, and Brian Froud, even people like Brad Bird, John Lasseter and Hayao Miyazaki were involved at one point. However, I am hesitant to say this is the case because, again this movie is just a big lot of nothing, like if this is the end result of too many creatives trying to get their own input into this movie, I don't feel like they were really giving it their A-Game.

Speaking of not giving their A-Game, the Sherman Brothers were responsible for the music here. I don't want to say too much here, because Richard Sherman only recently passed away as of writing this, and let's not let what I say take away the amazing work that the duo have done, I've said it before, but basically all modern movie musicals walk a path that the Sherman Brothers laid with some of the best musical scores in film history... but this isn't one of them. The songs in this movie were pretty bland and it does feel like they were running out of steam by this point. That being said, on the other end of audio, the voice acting is alright. Decently big names like Mickey Rooney and Rene Auberjonois are here, and they do decent performances, but the child actors are mixed, I feel like this was more of an issue directing wise because Gabriel Damon is not a bad voice actor, I mean he voiced Littlefoot in The Land Before Time, but here, he doesn't have the chance to really express his range. Plus we get some cameos from names like Tress MacNeille, Nancy Cartwright and June Foray, which is always cool.

Animation wise, this movie looks fantastic. You can really see the Ghibli influence in things like the facial expressions, the little environmental details and even some of the background textures. I do feel like TMS was the right choice to bring this movie to life, I don't think Disney's style would have been beneficial to this movie. It really needed that extra detail to really make it pop. That being said, some of the designs were pretty weak, like the Nightmare Kingdom just looked like a generic swamp, nothing really creepy or nightmarish about it, even the castle looked like a generic evil castle, and the Nightmare King himself just kind of felt like Chernabog-lite design wise. It is always a shame when the animation is the best part of a movie too, because it's just like, really, this amazing animation was wasted for this writing?

Honestly, I have seen much worse movies, absolutely, however I don't think I've seen any... "Less" movies, I guess "Lesser" would be the proper term but it doesn't feel right. This movie just felt like a big load of nothing, I guess I don't hate it, there are things I can respect and I can see why this movie has garnered a cult following, but like, there really was not a lot this movie had to offer. Mediocre songs, and wonderful, if sometimes uninspired animation don't really add to the entire experience. Honestly, watching this movie, I couldn't help but think about how interesting it would be as one of those 4D Ride attractions at an amusement park, cut out anything that involves the plot, add a motion simulator and you have a pretty neat sounding attraction. Someone should do that, make a VR attraction based on Little Nemo. As for this movie, I do almost want to recommend it, because this is pretty great animation, but the rest of the movie just isn't really worth it, so I'm gonna give it a Not Recommended score, but I am curious to see what else could be done with the Little Nemo property.