Mysterious Cities of Gold (2)

Yesterday, I wrote a bit about the new Mysterious Cities of Gold-series and the expectations I had for it so now I would like to point out the parts that probably gonna bug me, but if the story holds up I will probably not care that much.

First of the animation itself. Not bad at first glance. Much more vibrant and colorful than the original according to me, the problem though that bugs me is that at certain points it feels... stilted? It almost hacks during the action scenes making it feel unnatural (or more correctly out of place). Minor point and could be due to Youtube or something like that.

Second, the music. Listen to the background music of the trailer and then listen to this:

Biggest difference is the synthesizers in the original. The new one also seems to favor an orchestra. Not bad music, but it doesn't seems the same (and I hardly believe Haim Saban and Shucki Levy are doing the music which is a shame). Another thing is that it doesn't have the Inca or spanish feel the original had, although to be fair it would probably be more asian influenced since it's actually where the story takes place. Last thing is that it also is to early to say with just a trailer.

Thirdly and last... not the same voice actors. Yes, I know it's in french, but let be honest. The english dub isn't gonna be the same and it will annoy me for a bit and it's something no one can do anything about since all the actors are to old to sound like they used to. At least if you go by the special from the DVD box where they have the actors for the kids and Mendoza:

Then again, watching this I would probably if anything want Mendoza and Zia to be on it again, but I wouldn't mind the others as well, but that was in 2007, who knows how Howard Ryshpan (the voice actor for Mendoza) is doing today.

Still just nitpicks. If the story is fine it doesn't matter that much as long as they don't do something horrible bad in the voice acting department. And before I forget again, Kokapetl the green parrot is also appearing so that rounds up the protagonists.