Looking back, it's kind of shocking that Bakshi got the greenlight and the budget to do Cool World. Not to mention the amount of talent in it for it to be such a flop.
For me, the best thing about Cool World was always the background art by Barry E. Jackson. There's a bunch of films from back then that had neat ideas but the production just wasn't there. That said, even with all the CGI and A.I. available today, I'm still not sure Cool World would work.
Bakshi had an adult animated series on HBO for a while. It didn't last long but it was better than Cool World. CW might have worked better in that kind of format.
Looking back, it's kind of shocking that Bakshi got the greenlight and the budget to do Cool World. Not to mention the amount of talent in it for it to be such a flop.
For me, the best thing about Cool World was always the background art by Barry E. Jackson. There's a bunch of films from back then that had neat ideas but the production just wasn't there. That said, even with all the CGI and A.I. available today, I'm still not sure Cool World would work.
Bakshi had an adult animated series on HBO for a while. It didn't last long but it was better than Cool World. CW might have worked better in that kind of format.