![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And the Gargoyles themselves-ancient beings who are frighteningly good at combat and frequently used in the wars of man-might as well be humanoid versions of the dragons in Game of Thrones. Mythic beings from around the world appeared in the series, integrating fairies, spirits, and gods into a melting pot that echoed the fantasies of Neil Gaiman. Its protagonist Goliath's British Isles origin and romance with '90s New York cop Elisa Maza now feel like a workshop of Outlander. The medieval battles that play out look like animated versions of Lord of the Rings setpieces. If you look at the elements that made Gargoyles compulsively watchable, you can map them to several of the most successful fantasy and science-fiction properties of the late 20th and early 21st century. ![]() "And I'm fine with that, because the work still holds up 20 years later, and because this series was and is my baby." Weisman's echoed that sentiment often over the years, and he's not wrong. " Gargoyles was the first series I created and produced and is still probably the thing I'm best known for," Weisman said in an interview with Following the Nerd in 2015. Thematically, Gargoyles was a fantasy take on Marvel's X-Men-mining mythologies from around the world for its stories, casting a technocratic multi-millionaire as its central villain, and commenting weekly on prejudice, identity, and even sexuality through its motley crew of heroes and villains. The show starred an oppressed warrior clan of sentient, bat-winged humanoid creatures who are frozen in stone by day and once protected their medieval Scottish castle until they were betrayed and woke up in modern-day Manhattan. We are Gargoyles! " A new generation with Disney+ access can now experience the dense lore and breathtaking action of Gargoyles, a cartoon created by Greg Weisman for Disney Television Animation in 1994. If the war drums and choral harmonizing in its intro don't get your blood pumping, surely Keith David's deep, triumphant voice-over will: "We are defenders of the night. ![]()
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