After all these years...

[esplin]

Do you think maybe we give the series too much credit?

Is it as really as good as we think?

Are the characters really as believable and well rounded as some say?

[Chad32]

I still love the series, though I have come to realise it also has a lot of problems. It's not perfect, but I really like it.

There is some alternate character interpretation going on within the fanbase, and amost the different authors.

There have been retcons, details that don't make sense, and areas that could have been expanded on that weren't.

It was great. It does have room for imporvement, but it's still a great series.

[esplin]

I still love it. Dont get me wrong XD

[anijen21]

I'm of the opinion that if you love something you don't have to rationalize it

you have to rationalize why you like it. Or why it's good.

But love is completely irrational.

[poparena]

I think the series is deep and well rounded for what it is. And what it is is a book aimed for preteens from the same company that brought us Goosebumps, perhaps the dumbest, most mind-numbing book series ever. I mean, it isn't gonna fair well compared to Ernest Hemingway, but it goes well beyond the boundries it had set for itself.

[esplin]

Well to be honest, its your review of book one that made me question the quality of animorphs.  I doubt that was the intent but hey, you made me think :p

[poparena]

And there ain't nothing wrong with thinking. 

[musicman88]

It is a book series intended to be read by children.  It's not going to hold up as well as some other "adult" book series might have most likely.

[Chad32]

Hey. I happen to have liked Goosebumps when I was younger.

Though I did move on to Animorphs pretty quick when it came out.

[esplin]

I read goosebumps too XD

[DinosaurNothlit]

One of the things I loved so much about Animorphs, was that they were written on so many different levels.  The stories themselves were written in simple enough language that even young children can grasp what’s going on, and yet, there are also deeper themes and meanings that I’m still discovering to this day.

It’s the same basic concept that made Disney so great.  That it can be loved by everyone, no matter how old they are.

But Animorphs trumps Disney, as far as I’m concerned.  Disney, of course, never had that sense of realism that Animorphs did.  There was always that certain something (the realistic portrayal of the characters, the grisly “shades of grey” plotline, or maybe just the feel of the series in general) that makes you think that, somewhere, somehow, those stories could really be happening.

To this day, I still look a little questioningly at every hawk I see, and can’t help but wonder if he might be looking back at me.

So, yes, I very firmly believe that Animorphs was a great series, despite all the KASUs and tiny plot-holes.

[Darth Revan]

I think any series that can capture a child and re-capture an adult is an amazing series.

I hadn't read my Animorphs since I was 15, then 6-7 years later, I find this site, and I'm re-hooked on the series.

The characters are rounded, but left open enough that many different types of people can identify them with them in many different ways.

the story-line (main plot) is classic enough that any person would want to read it.

I think it was very well written and well done.

The one issue I had was the direction the ghost writers forced it in. If KA had worked on it solely, I'm sure it wouldn't have half the probs it does.

But wishing for a different yesterday only makes us miss today.


It's a great series for any age.

[ThinkAgain]

I do agree there are many flaws with the series, and it's far from perfect.

However, these books made my childhood. I don't think I'd be the same person today if I hadn't read them. Even now, after all these years, I still have thoughts like, "If I could morph hawk right now, I wouldn't have to sit here in this traffic."

Like Dino said, what made the series significant, despite the plot holes or inconsistencies, were the gray area morals and the fact it didn't baby you like most other book series aimed at that age group.

[goom]

reading them as a kid definitely helps in my case.

nowadays i'll spot every little typo, but back then it was just the content that mattered.

not knowing what would happen helped, too.

[Kelly]

I think any series that can capture a child and re-capture an adult is an amazing series.

Agreed. Usually when you watch or read something you adored in your childhood years later, you think to yourself 'I thought it was better than this' or 'I don't remember this being so lame'.

I think I'll always love Animorphs