Mutilator: Hero Of The Wasteland
Posted by Ross Rosenberg
Allow me to present Eric Fogel’s The Adventures of Mutilator: Hero of the Wastelands. Mr. Fogel was a staple of 90s era MTV having created both The Head and the more popular Celebrity Deathmatch. Neither of these shows is worthy to lick one of Mutilator’s boots. Animated in the crudest manner possible, Mutilator is a tour de force of constantly shifting perspectives, unnatural spacial relationships, and absurd violence. Combine thses with a classic, 80s, post-apocalyptic synthesizer soundtrack, theme song by Deth Boat and ridiculously terse dialogue — “My arm needs bandaging; your skin will suffice.” — and you have a masterpiece of schlocky toonage. Seriously, it’s worth it just for the scene in the second video where Mutilator appears to dance his way towards a nefarious enemy before plunging his hands through the fellow’s torso. His dance is the dance of death.
The Adventures of Mutilator [YouTube] : MONSTER BRAINS
Categories: Animation, Apocalypse, Apologies, Cartoons, Mutants, Science Fiction, Violence
Posted at 2:06 pm on July 1, 2008
5 Comments -
I have to hand it to MTV, they really invested in adult cartoons no matter how crude.
Comment by Robin L. — July 1, 2008 @ 2:15 pm
SO TOUGH.
I think the phrase “masterpiece of shlocky toonage” nails it. My favorite is the character whose lines are slobbered into a Big Gulp cup.
Comment by Rit — July 1, 2008 @ 2:59 pm
Crap, I remember this shit!! MTV pissed me off because the only ran the two episodes! Fucking Cheap MTV Bastards! May the Mutilator (Hero of the Wasteland) rip their spinal cords out and make a CHAIR out of them!!!!!!
Comment by BobDog — July 2, 2008 @ 8:32 pm
Good stuff! My dog is completely fascinated by the sound effects. Too bad he can’t process the animation on the screen; I think he’d like that too.
Comment by frumpiefox — July 24, 2008 @ 8:30 pm
very nice! I have been waiting a long time to see Mutilator again. I was 14 wen I saw the first time.
Thankss!
Comment by peter — May 11, 2010 @ 7:35 pm