One of my earliest memories was watching this on TV back in the 1990s. Good times. Finally got it on DVD when I went to France as a teenager, complete with English dub. Must rewatch it soon. Maybe show it to my younger cousins. 😁
I don't recall hearing that "Asterix Conquers America" was released in the US when I was a kid. And I first heard of them when their game on the Sega Genesis came to America.
I will have to say sadly the following to come, Asterix and the Vikings was far weaker, because now they tried to be modern, and have cellphone jokes and so on and... urrrgh. And that one hurts me because... A: I grew up loving Asterix so I wanted it to be good. B: I'm Danish and that was a Danish co-production, the only Asterix movie to be a Danish Co-production... and it's so bad... C: It has such beautiful animation but the jokes and script are just awful. This movie still had strong points, they were never out of character. Asterix and the vikings is just bad.
might have missed the comment below, but will say it anyway, and possibly be proved wrong. Arthur Lowe thought he was further down the line for the best gages with the introduction of the Welshman. So told the powers that be if the Welshman stays and gets so many of the funny lines I'm thinking of leaving i.e. its me or him. BUT I COULD BE WRONG. As I am sure people will let me know.
I've only seen Asterix versus Caesar in full, but I really like the art designs of the classic 2D movies more. They look so beautiful compared to the more recent CGI ones. I saw 5 minutes of a CGI one and lost interest quickly. I don't hate CGI completely, but it's everywhere and it will never look as awesome as literal human crafted animation (stop motion and traditional cel)
@@DarkOverlord96I'm entitled to my opinion. I didn't ask for yours. I prefer traditional animation. If you prefer CGI animation, then I won't bash you for it. That's your opinion Don't call me disrespectful either. It's disrespectful to all of those wonderful animators who made real art with their hands, to be replaced by software on computers like what Disney have been doing for the past 20 years
@@DarkOverlord96 Having a preference isn't disrespectful. And while CGI movies can look nice there are far too few 2D ones being made. It doesn't have to be only one or the other.
Ayyyy, Jeffrey, m'man 'cross the pond! Good to see you're still making reviews and videos, my guy! And as another said - I do hope to see a full review of Asterix Conquers America someday soon from you!
Nice to see you back Jeffrey :D I always wanted to see you talking about Asterix Conquers America (as it's one of my favorite films haha), and I hope you will do a full review someday.
20:27 Fun Fact: In the german dub the roman sings a song about how he is a Legionnaire and is walking through the forest. Same when he shrinks XD You can watch the whole Movie in german and compare them to the english dubs. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ZYS8LYuIHX0.html
15:50 That laugh is from the german dub. Also, Getafix' name in german is Miraculix ;) Me- ra (the a is pronounced the same way as the last a in ' Australia ' )- cu (u is pronounced as in "ridic-u-le") - ix :)
Such a shame the promised second series never came to fruition, my friend and I kept "Fag for a dying man Eddie" alive for years afterwards every time we wanted to bum a snout off each other..
I find it frankly embarrassing that The Dictator starring Sacha Baron Cohen has the balls to share a name with the best Charlie Chaplin movie of all time
This actually had its only American airing on Cartoon Network on Christmas Eve 1995. The other animated film, "Land of the Sharks", would then air once and only once on New Year's Eve a week later.
