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Vote On The September 2021 What A Cartoon Movie!

  • The Prince of Egypt (1998) 296
  • The Road to El Dorado (2000) 308
  • Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003) 28
  • Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002) 28
  • 2021-07-28
  • —2021-08-07
  • 660 votes
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The summer is nearing the end, but we hosts of the Talking Simpsons Network are just getting warmed up! Not only are more great episodes of Talking Simpsons and What A Cartoon headed your way, but we're also due for another of our monthly $10 premium podcasts, so we'll need your help to decide what we'll be covering in September.

As regular subscribers should know, we're often so far ahead in podcast recordings that we've already recorded August's What A Cartoon Movie! (The Lion King), meaning that in August we have enough time open on our schedule to record our September 2021 movie podcast, and we can start on that as soon as you choose the subject for us!

For those of you who are new to the Talking Simpsons Patreon, WELCOME. Also, you should know that once a month we release the What A Cartoon Movie! podcast, an extra-long discussion about an animated feature film, exclusively for our $10+ Patreon subscribers. And when we open up the voting for each month's subject, we want all the $5 subscribers to also have a chance to be heard too, so those subscribers can help pick episodes they might enjoy down the line!

Our next 2021 poll is inspired by how much we've talked around the early era of Dreamworks Animation & Jeffrey Katzenberg, so we want to dig into it even more! For September we're going to let you choose our next film podcast from some of the best 2D animators the mid-1990s had to offer (before Toy Story and Shrek killed their industry)!

So here are the four early Dreamworks films you'll be voting on:

The Prince of Egypt (1998), the OId Testament tale of Exodus which challenged many viewers with a story that's a little mature than most Disney titles!

The Road to El Dorado (2000), the buddy comedy that inspired a million ships as Hope & Crosby adventure meets 1500s colonizers!

Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas (2003), the Brad Pitt-starring adventure film about high seas action that nearly killed Dreamworks Animation & 2D toons!

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002), this bucking bronco of a tale with some of the best horse animation around that went on to be an unlikely franchise!

So please, make your choice known before the poll closes on the night of September 7! And thanks as always for your continued support of our podcasts—we couldn't keep doing all our super-deep movie podcasts without you!

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Boyd Adkins IV

Honestly, you can't go wrong with either prince of Egypt or the road to Eldorado. Both in my opinion are unsung classics.

withasilentG

Fiance wants to hear about Price of Egypt becuase it being a Christian cartoon meant she could watch it without worry.

Kewl0210

Not a lot of Sinbad fans here (Much like everywhere else).

Frank Grimes

Prince of Egypt, so you guys can talk about the awesome collaboration of Mariah Carey and Whitney houston!

Regdeh

IT'S TOUGH TO BE A GOD!

Joe Murphy

Road to Eldorado! Feel like I've heard it mentioned a lot on the podcast

Alex Irish

Just like Spirit Untamed, nobody wants Spirit

goonichiwa

Never seen Sinbad - but all the other ones have such AMAZING soundtracks ! Elton John , Bryan Adams, Whitney and Mariah? Sooo good ! But I hope Prince of Egypt wins - definitely my fave of the 3 .

whythemy

Regarding Prince of Egypt: My dad was a pastor and when this came out, churches got free tickets to see it at a special showing in my town. Christian films are usually so focused on the message and not the material that they're... not great. I was expecting the same with this and I was blown away by how good it is! The animation, direction, style, voice acting, music... I hope it wins so we can all celebrate it together.

Tim B

Tough to choose between El Dorado for the gay subtext or Prince of Egypt for the religious uh text-text, but either choice would be a delight.

ShyRanger

What's funny about Prince of Egypt and Road to El Dorado, the two current leaders. Those are both case of Katsenberg just saying "I want to make my version of this movie." Prince of Egypt ishm wanting to make 10 Commandments and El Dorado is him wanting to make one of those Bob Hope Road movies.

Cody C.

As a Jew I feel like my hand has been pulled in another direction, even though El Dorado is the better movie

Gabe

Prince of Egypt is great and one of the best mass market bible movies

SomeBloke

Is it irony if the two horse race does not involve the horse movie? Anyway I went with Prince of Egypt because I have a lot of questions that need a history segment answer.

KaiserBeamz

Road to El Dorado because ya'll need to experience a film that's mostly just two bisexuals arguing amongst the most beautifully drawn 2D animation.

Lucas London

While I like Prince slightly better, I know a lot less about El Dorado, so that's getting my vote. Both are phenomenal.

Dylan

Prince of Egypt and Road to El Dorado are both fantastic movies. Sinbad has my vote.

ToonJay723

Voted for The Prince of Egypt, but Road to El Dorado should make for an interesting history segment.

Paul

I got to go with Prince of Egypt. I haven't seen any of these but I love Cecil B Demille's Ten Commandments and I have to imagine this would invite comparisons to it.

Tashmon Dimps

For now my vote is El Dorado bc it appeals to my sensibilities more, but I admit I haven’t seen them both in full yet. Gotta change that this weekend then make my final choice

Jaden Muñoz

Hard to choose between Prince of Egypt and El Dorado 😬 Going with PoE

is marcy still burning

Voting for POE over Dorado purely for the music but I'm happy with either they're both far more interesting to me than the other two.

Byron Lagrone

Ya gotta do the road to el dorado b/c it's a Lupin III film in disguise

Adam

I’m also just barely team POE for the music, but I’ll be more than happy with that or El Dorado. Loving how tight the race is. Just do both!

Blargh

El Dorado!!

John-Charles Holmes

you know what, i'd be happy with either Egypt or El Dorado, but I must admit, Prince of Egypt has a way bigger "this is better than I thought it would be" factor than El Dorado has. If Prince of Egypt is Dreamwork's Hunchback, El Dorado is definitely their Hercules

Oscar Cardoza

Prince of Egypt has THE iconic When You Believe collaboration between Mariah and Whitney like c’mon now!

Matt Bixler! Hello!

Prince of Egypt or El Dorado are both must-haves, but if you're gonna put them neck and neck I absolutely have to go with Egypt

Matt Fish

El DERADOOOOOOOO

Kevin Peterson

Sinbad has the secret best dreamworks score.

Vicky Radke

I really want El Dorado but I'll settle with Prince of Egypt. I just saw that one for the first time recently in the last year and liked it much more than I thought I would

Rico Casanova

Voted for POE because it made Sunday school less sufferable, but looks to me like it’s El Dorado - Come for the overtly queer subtext, stay for the colonialist white savior tropes. Excited to hear your thoughts on cartoon homoeroticism, indigenous representation in animated media, and the backlash the film (and other films of the past that deal with indigenous representation) continues to face in the wake of a post-Columbus Day/residential school system world.

RVG

There's still time POE PPL

Alex Irish

I’d rather Prince of Egypt win the poll, considering it makes the most sense to start from the beginning rather than a sophomore film

Nathanial Miller

Come on people! YES el dorado is an underrated movie, HOWEVER prince of egypt is superior cinema. Let's be honest with ourselves lol.

Paul Jansen

Could we vote for a different category? Ooof haha