The defence The Sentimental Softie
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
Animation · Family · Science Fiction · 1987
Elroy Jetson invents a time machine that takes him back to prehistoric times, where he meets the Flintstone family.
Movie details
The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones
1987 Animation · Family · Science Fiction 1h 32m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
6.6 / 10
Community rating
Elroy Jetson invents a time machine that takes him back to prehistoric times, where he meets the Flintstone family.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.
The archetype split
Who fights over The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones?
For the defence
The Sentimental Softie
“You came to feel something, and you will.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Cool Ironist
“Feeling things is a little embarrassing.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Ray Patterson · Don Lusk
Written by
Don Nelson · Arthur Alsberg
Mel Blanc
Barney Rubble / Dino / Mr. Spacely (voice)
Daws Butler
Elroy Jetson / W.C. Cogswell / Henry Orbit (voice)
D
Don Messick
Astro / R.U.D.I / Mac / Announcer / Store Manager / Robot (voice)
Henry Corden
Fred Flintstone / Knight (voice)
J
Jon Bauman
Iggy (voice)
Hamilton Camp
Turk Tarpit (voice)
Julie McWhirter
Betty Rubble / Jet Rivers / Investor / Panelist / Harem Girl (as Julie Dees) (voice)
Court is in session
Put The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Cool Ironist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.