Какой мультфильм был лучшим в СССР?

[peacetraveler22]

It was a Saturday morning tradition in my youth. My sister and I would awake early, run to the couch, and sit there for hours in our pajamas watching cartoons. What a relief for our parents! We were quiet, and they could sleep in. :) My favorite was "The Smurfs." These blue creatures were always on some spooky adventure, and I loved it. There was mystery, humor, intrigue, and even a female vixen who constantly distracted the male Smurfs. Feminists hate this imaginary blue seductress, and they created a popular theory called "The Smurfette Principle," which criticizes the way females are typically portrayed in cartoons. You can read about it here. To some extent I agree. I strongly dislike the classic Disney princess stories, where the helpless female is sitting around waiting for an imaginary prince to rescue her. Modern day Disney cartoons are much better, and the idea of a "princess" has evolved to include not only a beautiful woman, but a smart one also, with strong, charismatic personality traits.

Today, a reader sent me a Ukrainian folk cartoon, and I remember watching clips of Soviet cartoons on YouTube with macos during his first visit to the U.S. He introduced me to "Hedgehog in the Fog" and others. I fell in love with this adorable, fluffy character "Чебура́шка." :)

What's your favorite Soviet cartoon?

Comments

[elena-88888.livejournal.com]

I like a lot of Soviet cartoons even now. I hardly can say what cartoon was the best one, because every person has its own opinion, moreover you can have different opinions in different ages...
As for me I like already named "Vacations in Prostokvashino", "Karlsson that lives on the roof", "Musicians from Bremen", "Flying ship", then mentioned by you about dog, and those that other people not mentioned yet: "Return of prodigal parrot", "Mowgli", "38 parrots", Mystery of the 3rd planet", "Bearnightrnare", "Wings, legs and tails", "Investigation being performed by Roly-Polies"

Just tried to find some links to some of them but connection is not good tonight....

And also I saw Smurfs, Bears Gummi by Polish TV that we had one channel in my childhood :))
Did you like that cartoon about dog?

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Чебура́шка - this character is a dog? I thought it was an imaginary animal. :)

[elena-88888.livejournal.com]

No, I meant this one - "Ukrainian folk cartoon"... I read your post when you have already added this link. And after my posting I saw some other people mentioned some of the cartoons while I wrote my comment

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Sorry, I misunderstood. Yes, I liked this folk cartoon. :)

[elena-88888.livejournal.com]

By the way, don't leave it right now - I'll give you a link to that nice cartoon - Bearnightmare

[elena-88888.livejournal.com]

So here it is:

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'll watch it later tonight. :)

[elena-88888.livejournal.com]

Don't mention it!
Just let me know if you like it :))

[elena-88888.livejournal.com]

So - what do you think about this cartoon?

[peacetraveler22.livejournal.com]

I did not have time to watch yet. :) I will let you know!

[elena-88888.livejournal.com]

Agreed :))