SaxxoneGirly

I haven't seen this show for years, but I remember how much fun it was! The Space Cats were led by Captain Tom, and his two sidekicks were Scratch, and Sniff. The disembodied head really freaked me out, but he was quite funny.

They were always going round solving mysteries or crimes, from "a base so secret even they don't know where they are". A weird mix of animation and puppets, but I really loved it.

A lot of the humour was physical and slapstick but it's a kid's cartoon so what do you expect? It was almost Laurel-and-Hardyesque, as Captain Tom keeps trying to be professional and solve things properly and the other two just mucked around or got into trouble.

A great show though, I wish they'd bring it back!

Da dada da da daaaa... SPACE CATS!

I saw and loved this film as a child, I still love it as an adult. Me and my parents have sat down and watched this film on wet winter afternoons, it's so good. It's an old-fashioned mystery story, the fact that it's animated and about mice is a bonus! It's quite a sinister tale, but no scarier than Doctor Who. Not all the characters are pretty and clean like later Disney films, the villains actually look rough and mean. There are elements that adults will enjoy, like some of Basil's fastpaced dialogue, and the inimitable Vincent Price as the voice, and inspiration for the movements, of Ratigan.

As many people have commented, the lack of songs in this film is really to it's credit. The musical score is excellent as it is, and the songs that do feature are brilliant. Ratigan's "goodbye" song is genius, and as a child I wanted to be the mouse girl who sings "let me be good to you". The whole bar scene is spot on, and another section that adults may appreciate more than the children.

The animation has always been good enough for me, although there are a couple of syncing issues. The drawing style adds to the period feel of the film, after all, it is set in Victorian London.

Overall this film is a little gem, and more films (animated or not) should be like this. It's witty, dramatic, and brilliantly directed. If only animators would still make films like this, that actually have some bite and aren't afraid to be rough with their characters. You'd never be able to get away with the song lyric "worse than those widows and orphans you've drowned?" nowadays.

This is a much better film in my opinion than some later Disney films, or children's films of any kind. It's not about "coming-of-age" or "being yourself", it's a straightforward good vs evil tale of a rat who wants to take over the world and the mice trying to stop him. And it's fantastic.