How's it going lurkers? Last Sunday, I mentioned all the cartoons I watched on MTV's Liquid Television Animation block during my adolescence.
Æon Flux was a Liquid Television Animation favorite of mine. In 1991, Æon Flux originally began as a 6-episode animated short created by Korean American animator, Peter Chung.
It wasn't until 7th grade, nearly 20 years ago, that I began watching Æon Flux. Yes, I know I'm dating myself by telling you this, but I don't care. Besides, we are in the middle of Mercury Retrograde right now. Therefore, I'm bound to feel somewhat nostalgic.
As I was saying, Æon Flux is an Avant-Garde Science Fiction Animation that aired on MTV, during the early to mid-90's.
Since the mid-90's, I was never really sure if Æon Flux was an Anime or simply a cartoon with abstract illustrations.
Recently, I checked Anime News Network to see if it was listed as an Anime. Sure enough, it is!
Anime in Japanese means Japanese Animation. Even though Japan has their own style of animation, the same can especially be said about China and Korea. However, their style of animation looks MUCH like Japan's.
In addition, Chung created the character designs for the animated series, Phantom 2040, which used a similar animation style as Æon Flux. Æon Flux did not become a complete series until 1995, which was also the same year the series ended.
In 2003, there was a Hollywood film adaptation in production for the live action version of Æon Flux. I remember it being temporarily delayed because Charlize Theron injured herself, while doing her own stunts for the character, Æon Flux.
Then, in December 2005, the movie released in theaters. I didn't get a chance to go see the Æon Flux film. During that time, I was in the last semester of my college senior year and at my sickest in life with a severe health scare.
For years, I really wanted to see the movie because the media kept praising Charlize Theron in it.
It was not until several years ago, that I finally watched the Æon Flux movie. Wow! That was an absolute disappointment. Talk about the media overhyping a movie.
Anytime Peter Chung called the movie, which was supposed to be based on Æon Flux's animation a "travesty," it's THAT bad. In fact, he expressed more in detail:
"I was unhappy when I read the script four years ago; seeing it projected larger than life in a crowded theatre made me feel helpless, humiliated, and sad. ... [The movie's creators] claim to love the original version; yet they do not extend that faith to their audience. No, they will soften it for the public, which isn't hip enough to appreciate the raw, pure, unadulterated source like they do."
The movie sparked a lot of controversy because we as fans of the Æon Flux animation HATED the film. The Æon Flux movie physically beared very little resemblance to the cartoon, when it came to casting characters and the overall script.
Because the creators of the animated short and series had zero involvement with the movie, it was like having to endure someone's shitty fan fiction.
It's not that Charlize Theron is a terrible actress. Hollywood filmmakers white washing and re-writing the histories of each character and the overall story received the MOST complaints.
For example, the character Una was NOT Æon's sister in the series. Una was her old friend.
Also, Trevor Goodchild did NOT have a long lost brother named Oren, and Trevor was NOT married to the protagonist, Æon.
Æon and Trevor always had a love/hate relationship in the animation. It's unclear in the animated shorts. However, in the cartoon, their relationship is better explained. It is best to watch the entire Æon Flux animation than the movie.
Since there is no dialogue in the 6 shorts, I have a highly graphic and detailed summary for you. The story begins with the famous scene where Æon catches a fly with her eyelashes.
Then, there is a war between Monican agents and Breen forces. Meanwhile, Æon massacres dozens of soldiers on her quest to assassinate a Breen Official.
Most of the soldiers are already sick and dying from a strange disease carried by an Azure Beetle.
As hundreds of soldiers die in the sewers, Trevor Goodchild finds and carries 1 of the beetles, hides it in his finger, and carries it with his "lover" to the rooftop.
The rooftop is also around the same area where Æon’s target is sleeping. While going that direction, Æon sees Trevor and his so-called "lover" engaged in some kinky ear foreplay and more.
As Æon retreats, Trevor uses the infectious toxin from the Azure Beetle to create an antidote.
First, he uses it on himself and his lover. Next, Æon goes to the rooftop, while being oblivious to acquiring a thumb tack. The thumb tack in the sole of her boot is from a loose cable fastening.
While Æon prepares to muder her victim, she unknowingly stabs her foot with the tack, and falls off the building to her death. The Monican authorities destroy Æon's body and burn her apartment.
Then, Trevor Goodchild is hailed as a "hero" for developing a cure for the virus.
In the season finale, a boy buys a foot fetish magazine with Æon on the cover tickling her own foot.
All the while, she goes into this bizarre heaven where a spirit tickles her feet as seen on the magazine cover.
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