Post by multiforcefive on Jun 17, 2023 16:00:33 GMT
Hi everyone. What I'd be interested in finding are the full length versions of the test animations depicted in this show reel nelow, which are for various projects made by Stan Lee media. I'm mainly interested in the ones before the 1:33 minute mark.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT_DXoGaI4M
SLM was an early 2000 media startup conceived by Stan Lee and his partners, which later ended up pretty badly for everyone involved. Many of the actual webisodes made by SLM are present on the Youtube channel itself, although they were made in the Macromedia Flash format and were pretty much limited in animation compared to the fully realized animations that are shown in this preview.
The contents of this reel:
0:15 This is for the webseries called The 7th Portal. This one depicts the villains Bearhug and Whipsaw wrecking havok in New York. Unlike the show which takes place in cyberspace, this short seems to take place in the real world.
0:35 - This was a show about the Backstreet Boys turning into superheroes and is called the Backstreet Project. A few of the actual webisodes are up on YouTube as well, but this reel also looks far more superior to the Flash animation that was the show.
0:48 - This is probably the one I'd be interested in the most. There's no trace of this character anywhere on the web. This one is about an unnamed female superhero who is able to activate a white armored suit and also form a weapon from her hands. Her abilities remind me of another Stan Lee Flash cartoon character called the Drifter, which only had one episode.
01:13 - This segment shows a couple of villains with a really cool high detailed artstyle that reminds me of the works of Todd McFarlane. This might be related to the previous one with the female superhero.
01:26 - Another segment featuring a couple of military guys fighting against an unseen enemy. This seems to be far more violent than what might pass for a Marvel show.
01:33 - This is a show for Discovery kids called Tutenstein which was probably the easiest to track down. It was probably the most successful project with three seasons.
01:49 - Some show for Cartoon Network that I can't recall. This is also really short so you might blink and miss it.
01:51 - I tracked this one down, it's called Itty Bitty Heartbeats and I've been able to find the first 10 minute long episode on YouTube.
02:01 - Again an unnamed show mostly aimed for little kids and appears to be some kinda Care Bears knock off.
02:08 - A show called Andy The Llama. This is at least the actual name of the cartoon than the name of the project owner. The animation style is very reminiscent of the art style used in Itty Bitty Heartbeats.
02:17 - A strange 3D animated show which reminds me of ReBoot or Cubix.
02:35 - Another 3D animation which features a clown Darth Vader parody. I have no idea who's this made for.
02:52 - I believe this is from Iron Man: Armored Adventures. It's quite weird as Armored Adventures was conceived much later than any of the previous shows and this reel has a pretty bad VHS tape quality.
03:02 - Some christmas animation for Film Roman, the same company with the weird ReBoot type of cartoon.
I think most animation and/or superhero fans would love to see these in full detail as well, especially the ones from the beginning of the video. A man named John Petrovitz is associated with most of these productions. It would be great if someone could contact him and ask if he's in possession of them and if he's willing or able to share the full show reel animations made for The 7th Portal, The Backstreet Project and the other ones listed. These are probably not full length 24 minute cartoons, only pitch animations that only last for a couple of minutes at best, but even that would be better than having only 10-20 seconds of each. Given the shady history of what went down with the company, I'm not sure how retriavable this media would be.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT_DXoGaI4M
SLM was an early 2000 media startup conceived by Stan Lee and his partners, which later ended up pretty badly for everyone involved. Many of the actual webisodes made by SLM are present on the Youtube channel itself, although they were made in the Macromedia Flash format and were pretty much limited in animation compared to the fully realized animations that are shown in this preview.
The contents of this reel:
0:15 This is for the webseries called The 7th Portal. This one depicts the villains Bearhug and Whipsaw wrecking havok in New York. Unlike the show which takes place in cyberspace, this short seems to take place in the real world.
0:35 - This was a show about the Backstreet Boys turning into superheroes and is called the Backstreet Project. A few of the actual webisodes are up on YouTube as well, but this reel also looks far more superior to the Flash animation that was the show.
0:48 - This is probably the one I'd be interested in the most. There's no trace of this character anywhere on the web. This one is about an unnamed female superhero who is able to activate a white armored suit and also form a weapon from her hands. Her abilities remind me of another Stan Lee Flash cartoon character called the Drifter, which only had one episode.
01:13 - This segment shows a couple of villains with a really cool high detailed artstyle that reminds me of the works of Todd McFarlane. This might be related to the previous one with the female superhero.
01:26 - Another segment featuring a couple of military guys fighting against an unseen enemy. This seems to be far more violent than what might pass for a Marvel show.
01:33 - This is a show for Discovery kids called Tutenstein which was probably the easiest to track down. It was probably the most successful project with three seasons.
01:49 - Some show for Cartoon Network that I can't recall. This is also really short so you might blink and miss it.
01:51 - I tracked this one down, it's called Itty Bitty Heartbeats and I've been able to find the first 10 minute long episode on YouTube.
02:01 - Again an unnamed show mostly aimed for little kids and appears to be some kinda Care Bears knock off.
02:08 - A show called Andy The Llama. This is at least the actual name of the cartoon than the name of the project owner. The animation style is very reminiscent of the art style used in Itty Bitty Heartbeats.
02:17 - A strange 3D animated show which reminds me of ReBoot or Cubix.
02:35 - Another 3D animation which features a clown Darth Vader parody. I have no idea who's this made for.
02:52 - I believe this is from Iron Man: Armored Adventures. It's quite weird as Armored Adventures was conceived much later than any of the previous shows and this reel has a pretty bad VHS tape quality.
03:02 - Some christmas animation for Film Roman, the same company with the weird ReBoot type of cartoon.
I think most animation and/or superhero fans would love to see these in full detail as well, especially the ones from the beginning of the video. A man named John Petrovitz is associated with most of these productions. It would be great if someone could contact him and ask if he's in possession of them and if he's willing or able to share the full show reel animations made for The 7th Portal, The Backstreet Project and the other ones listed. These are probably not full length 24 minute cartoons, only pitch animations that only last for a couple of minutes at best, but even that would be better than having only 10-20 seconds of each. Given the shady history of what went down with the company, I'm not sure how retriavable this media would be.
