These gifts are perfect for anyone, because everyone is a fan of the Hunchback of Notre Dame it’s just some people are either repressing it or the just don’t know it yet. So this Holiday season get them the gift of fandom.
Quasimodo is the new PAC-MAN
Quasimodo as Pac-Man
Like most of the other elements in the Jetlag version of The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Quaismodo Jetlag The Hunchback of Notre Dame
First, the colors. They’re dull and muddy. If it was meant to be stylistic, it failed but I don’t think it was. I think the color story was done quickly and without much thought.
Baby Quaismodo, Jetlag Hunchback of Notre Dame
Second, the repeat animation. Quite often in this movie the animation will repeat frames of animation for what seems like an eon. It does this because it has to padded out the story. The movie also does this with still frames. The effect of this method is sheer boredom. It’s almost painful to have to sit there a watch baby Quasimodo wiggling around for a few seconds.
Esmeralda twirling, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Jetlag
Three, the movement of the characters. It’s awkward, weird and sort of jolty. Nothing looks smooth or fluid. Also the lip sync is bad. It gets very annoying. In fact at one point Fleur de Lys is talking but nothing in coming out of her mouth. This could be the dub cutting dialogue or repeat animation. Take your pick, either choice is the result of laziness.
Esmeralda and Gringoire
More than that the screen composition and framing is just really dull and not interesting to look at. It just feels lazy, rushed and joyless which just further the boredom that this movie brings on.
Tormented Frollo Jetlag Hunchback of Notre Dame
The animation is just so soulless. There is not joy or style in it and it really makes the movie feel so much longer that 40 minutes.
Next Jetlag Article – Plot Adherence
Esmeralda & Phoebus Kiss while Frollo attacks
It’s Cyber Monday, a day where people buy stuff online, like Hunchback stuff;
Wouldn’t this be the greatest show ever…?
The Adventures of Brute & Oaf
Buy the gift that will put the fear of god in to your hearts, Hug-me-Frollo
Hug-Me-Frollo
Don’t forget to check the other Hunchback Dolls
I own this little guy, he was a gift.
Not going to lie, this was my favorite doll for a long time, it’s so pretty.
, This is so cute. I want one!
and Don’t forget to check these great Hunchback gift ideas
https://www.thehunchblog.com/2012/11/tis-the-season/
http://www.squidoo.com/hunchback-of-notre-dame-gifts
Hunchback Quasimodo-Turkey hand wishes you a Happy Thanksgiving or if you don’t celebrate it a happy 3rd Thursday in November.
Quasimodo the Hunchback Turkey hand Drawing
Christmas! It’s soon so time to start planning your Hunchback gift list for yourself or that special gift for the Hunchback fan in your life or a person you want to turn into one. Between now and christmas I will periodically post gift ideas that are either directly Hunchback related or just inspired by it. This post is more stuff inspired By Disney’s Esmeralda and Esmeralda’s costume in Notre Dame de Paris.
A New PC Game
Scarves
Jewelry
Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Let’s consider the Star Wars Prequel for a moment. Before the movies came out everyone wanted to know how Anakin went for being a nobel Jedi knight to an evil jerk called Darth Vader. However the way the “seduction” to dark side occurs in the Prequels was just stupid. Anakin was basically a bad-apple who was tricked into it because he couldn’t stand loss and didn’t have the power to fix his problem. It was lame.
Natalie Portman as Padme & Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars Episode II Attack of the Clones
There was also the his relationship with Padme. Basically Anakin pressures Padme to giving into him by having a romantic/sexual relationship. But Anakin feels nothing about ignoring the Jedi doctrine on having romantic attachments. Here is where I think Geogre Lucas should have taken a page from the Hunchback (pardon the pun).
Frollo kissing Esmeralda, Illustration by Nicolas Eustache Maurin
Frollo would have been the perfect model in which Anakin could have been seduce by the Dark Side. Frollo starts out as upstanding nobel priest who worked hard to gain respect. However he really couldn’t capture people’s hearts but he maintained good and charitable acts. However once he saw a young girl he was undone and started to commit horrible acts in the pursuit of her.
Hayden Christensen as Anakin Skywalker, Star Wars Episode III Revenge of the Sith
Not that I think Anakin should have done the same same things as Frollo but the torment of love for a women should have been there. He should have had more conflict between his desire for love and and his Jedi training. In Episode II, which was the core of the Love story takes place, there is no conflict for him. He begs for sex and Padme uses her career as an excuse. It was so dull and awkward. The torment would have added so much drama and sympathy for Anakin just like Frollo
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The last song in the Jetlag version
The song lasts for 2 and half grueling minutes but after the first 5 seconds you’ll be bored enough to turn it off. However, if for some reason you leave it on be prepare for sappy lazy awfulness.
The song is about how Quasimodo is happy that Esmeralda is love with him because love is awesome. Love is so awesome in fact that it can and I quote ”
Love can make a blind man see
Love can set a prisoner free
I’m sorry song but love can not repair vision and I think evidence is more responsible for freeing prisoners. But nice rhyme there, Free and See, Genius! Most of the other lyrics and rhyme scheme seem like the singer is making it up as he goes.
But my annoyance with this song goes even further than the stupid lazy lyrics and sappy nature of a Quasimodo spouting the “greatness of love” it’s the melody of this song that really gets to me. Just listen to it and tell if you think it’s familiar. It’s a Christmas Carol! They use “We Three Kings” for the bulk of the construction of the melody. What utter laziness. And why that song? Did they think no one would notice? Or did they think kids won’t know that song? Because I knew that song as child and it’s not that esoteric of a song. Or did they want their laziness to be recognized?
As for the visual, they’re just scene shots from the movie with static credits. But since the point of interest is being covered with credits there is not much to look. So like the rest of the song the visuals are lazy.
There is nothing good about this song, nothing! It’s just lazy and stupid. Just skip it.
Next Jetlag Article- Character Design
Esmeralda dancing Jetlag Hunchback of Notre Dame