![For a long time, I had wanted to do a richly complex science fiction/fantasy epic that would seem like J.R.R. Tolkien’s massive three volume epic book, The Lord of the Rings (1954-55), but with that narrative steeped in Northern European myths and sagas modernized (for the post-9/11, post-Ferugson, Missouri 21st century world, perhaps) and transposed into a radically different environment–a modernized, contemporary setting–and with radically different storytelling and art influences, too! Only instead of an hobbit, my hero should probably be some Asian or Japanese boy or something like that:and instead of a Dark Lord [like Sauron], my villain should probably be an evil genius kid neighbor like Dexter’s Laboratory’s Mandark or something like that:And the land of Mordor (where the shadows lie, so said Tolkien) should be played by some post apocalyptic dimension or something,And I know
you older lifelong fans of Dexter’s Laboratory may break out in hives all you want at the thought of Dexter’s Lab being ever revived again anytime soon, for it is a cartoon show from the 1990s that is ‘un-reviveable’ the second time around and best left as it currently stands. but if I can somehow
ever [successfully] get the film rights to the 1990s kids cartoon show Dexter’s Laboratory, then my epic Lord of the Rings-type story with a modernized contemporary 21st century setting may not be a direct sequel or a direct reboot or a direct prequel to Dexter’s Lab itself, but rather a completely original off-shoot of the old gold original 1990s run of Dexter’s Lab by Genndy Tartakovsky up until and including the Ego Trip movie.And so, while the old-gold original 1990s Dexter’s Laboratory episodes by Genndy Tartakovsky (up until Last But Not Beast in 1998, followed by the Ego Trip movie in 1999) will be indeed the jumping off-point for a theatrical widescreen animated feature film of mine, out of the creative process may evolve a new, grand, epic, original mythology and universe in which the events of the 1990s Dexter’s Laboratory/Dial M For Monkey/Justice Friends segments up until Last But Not Beast and Ego Trip takes place.And yes, the keen fan may recognize strands of the DNA of Genndy Tartakovsky’s 1990s work on Dexter’s Laboratory or maybe his work on Samurai Jack (which he made after working on the Dexter’s Laboratory Ego Trip movie), so to speak, and yes, at the opening and closing 15 minutes, respectively, you may still realize that there will be a piece of DNA of Genndy’s work on the Dexter’s Lab or Justice Friends or Dial M For Monkey segments up until Last But Not Beast and Ego Trip in 1998 and ‘99, respectively, but hopefully none of it in-between.And in short, my grand, epic Lord of the Rings-type story could share a storytelling universe with Cartoon Network and Genndy Tartakovsky’s Dexter’s Laboratory, in particular the old gold classic 1990s seasons with the Classic Dexter/Dial M For Monkey/Justice Friends segments up until Last But Not Beast and Ego Trip, respectively, but not always.Yes, there will still be some
storytelling
notions and archetypes that I may inherit from Genndy’s 1990s work on Dexter and Monkey and The Justice Friends (despite Dexter’s Lab being a pretty standard cartoon show as far as storytelling), but I will not really telling the same old Dexter’s Lab story or the same old Dial M For Monkey story or the same old Justice Friends story.I’d rather open up a whole new branch of epic science fiction fantasy mythology, even though it might still be set in the same world and/or universe as Genndy Tartakovsky’s classic 1995/1996-1998/1999 work on Dexter’s Laboratory up until 1998’s Last But Not Beast and 1999’s Ego Trip movie. Well, what I want to do for my grand epic Lord of the Rings-type story is to avoid the 2001-2003 episodes of Dexter’s Lab that followed the Ego Trip TV movie and go back mainly to the original character and production designs from the time when Genndy Tartakovsky and the other original people behind Dexter’s Lab were involved from the original 1995 pilot episode, Changes, to the Ego Trip movie from 1999, as well as some, if not all, of Dexter’s Laboratory’s old gold Genndy Tartakovsky-involved original classic 1990s origins.I also want to pretend that it might be made right at the time of the 1997-1998 episodes of Dexter’s Lab or Ego Trip.I was thinking of giving such a thing the title “Dimensional Terror”, the title referring to Dexter’s rival Mandark who created an all-powerful Neurotomic Protocore of his very own so he can conquer and enslave the universe, and the Neurotomic Protocore of Mandark might be like the One Ring from LOTR in that it captures the malevolent spirit of its creator and exploit the wearer’s weakness.And the Asian boy kid (I might call him Sebun or something), like the hobbit Frodo should be the only being who can complete the task of destroying the enemy.Any comments and opinions and suggestions are welcome, and so what are some of yours?](http://41.media.tumblr.com/01efba645b913cb7fce32707185ff105/tumblr_nyx7lcy8zC1rcktu3o1_1280.jpg)
For a long time, I had wanted to do a richly complex science fiction/fantasy epic that would seem like J.R.R. Tolkien’s massive three volume epic book, The Lord of the Rings (1954-55), but with that narrative steeped in Northern European myths and sagas modernized (for the post-9/11, post-Ferugson, Missouri 21st century world, perhaps) and transposed into a radically different environment–a modernized, contemporary setting–and with radically different storytelling and art influences, too!
Only instead of an hobbit, my hero should probably be some Asian or Japanese boy or something like that:
and instead of a Dark Lord [like Sauron], my villain should probably be an evil genius kid neighbor like Dexter’s Laboratory’s Mandark or something like that:
And the land of Mordor (where the shadows lie, so said Tolkien) should be played by some post apocalyptic dimension or something,
And I know you older lifelong fans of Dexter’s Laboratory may break out in hives all you want at the thought of Dexter’s Lab being ever revived again anytime soon, for it is a cartoon show from the 1990s that is ‘un-reviveable’ the second time around and best left as it currently stands. but if I can somehow ever [successfully] get the film rights to the 1990s kids cartoon show Dexter’s Laboratory, then my epic Lord of the Rings-type story with a modernized contemporary 21st century setting may not be a direct sequel or a direct reboot or a direct prequel to Dexter’s Lab itself, but rather a completely original off-shoot of the old gold original 1990s run of Dexter’s Lab by Genndy Tartakovsky up until and including the Ego Trip movie.
And so, while the old-gold original 1990s Dexter’s Laboratory episodes by Genndy Tartakovsky (up until Last But Not Beast in 1998, followed by the Ego Trip movie in 1999) will be indeed the jumping off-point for a theatrical widescreen animated feature film of mine, out of the creative process may evolve a new, grand, epic, original mythology and universe in which the events of the 1990s Dexter’s Laboratory/Dial M For Monkey/Justice Friends segments up until Last But Not Beast and Ego Trip takes place.
And yes, the keen fan may recognize strands of the DNA of Genndy Tartakovsky’s 1990s work on Dexter’s Laboratory or maybe his work on Samurai Jack (which he made after working on the Dexter’s Laboratory Ego Trip movie), so to speak, and yes, at the opening and closing 15 minutes, respectively, you may still realize that there will be a piece of DNA of Genndy’s work on the Dexter’s Lab or Justice Friends or Dial M For Monkey segments up until Last But Not Beast and Ego Trip in 1998 and ‘99, respectively, but hopefully none of it in-between.
And in short, my grand, epic Lord of the Rings-type story could share a storytelling universe with Cartoon Network and Genndy Tartakovsky’s Dexter’s Laboratory, in particular the old gold classic 1990s seasons with the Classic Dexter/Dial M For Monkey/Justice Friends segments up until Last But Not Beast and Ego Trip, respectively, but not always.
Yes, there will still be some storytelling notions and archetypes that I may inherit from Genndy’s 1990s work on Dexter and Monkey and The Justice Friends (despite Dexter’s Lab being a pretty standard cartoon show as far as storytelling), but I will not really telling the same old Dexter’s Lab story or the same old Dial M For Monkey story or the same old Justice Friends story.I’d rather open up a whole new branch of epic science fiction fantasy mythology, even though it might still be set in the same world and/or universe as Genndy Tartakovsky’s classic 1995/1996-1998/1999 work on Dexter’s Laboratory up until 1998’s Last But Not Beast and 1999’s Ego Trip movie.
Well, what I want to do for my grand epic Lord of the Rings-type story is to avoid the 2001-2003 episodes of Dexter’s Lab that followed the Ego Trip TV movie and go back mainly to the original character and production designs from the time when Genndy Tartakovsky and the other original people behind Dexter’s Lab were involved from the original 1995 pilot episode, Changes, to the Ego Trip movie from 1999, as well as some, if not all, of Dexter’s Laboratory’s old gold Genndy Tartakovsky-involved original classic 1990s origins.
I also want to pretend that it might be made right at the time of the 1997-1998 episodes of Dexter’s Lab or Ego Trip.
I was thinking of giving such a thing the title “Dimensional Terror”, the title referring to Dexter’s rival Mandark who created an all-powerful Neurotomic Protocore of his very own so he can conquer and enslave the universe, and the Neurotomic Protocore of Mandark might be like the One Ring from LOTR in that it captures the malevolent spirit of its creator and exploit the wearer’s weakness.
And the Asian boy kid (I might call him Sebun or something), like the hobbit Frodo should be the only being who can complete the task of destroying the enemy.
Any comments and opinions and suggestions are welcome, and so what are some of yours?
![What if Mandark, Dexter’s arch-rival and neighbor in the 90s kids cartoon Dexter’s Laboratory, is basically [like] The Dark Lord Sauron, aka The Lord of the Rings himself?](http://41.media.tumblr.com/b244ea1ac1a8a7ed0dee166e818c9acf/tumblr_mpy96mlpd61rcktu3o1_500.jpg)
![Given that Dexter’s Laboratory: Ego Trip (1999) may have the potential to be a good or great graphic novel or comic book for Cartoon Network and/or IDW Publishing–my intention with my colossal epic science fiction fantasy action adventure graphic novel/comic book adaptation/expansion of Ego Trip (the Dexter’s Laboratory movie) or whatever is to tell a [Dexter’s Laboratory] story with a far grander scale and scope as well as heavier and more epic themes than the Ego Trip movie/TV special itself, let alone the original 1990s Genndy Tartakovsky-involved run of Dexter’s Laboratory in general, and set in the same universe as Dexter’s Lab and other 2D animation works by Genndy Tartakovsky, such as Samurai Jack and Sym Bionic Titan or whatever (even through sequential art/visual storytelling).](http://41.media.tumblr.com/6c83e72d5f62b6402dc3fe24b8309065/tumblr_mvv5h7qXVN1rcktu3o1_500.jpg)
