Fire and Ice…and Plenty O’ Ass
By James A. on January 20th, 2007
As a fan of artist Frank Frazetta, I recently watched “Fire and Ice” on DVD. The story was pretty much crap — a lot of pointless fight scenes, and kidnappings and subsequent rescues. The real draw is supposed to be Frazetta’s animation, but it’s often mediocre, especially compared to his artwork. The real highlight of the 1983 cult animated movie, I quickly discovered, is Teegra’s ass.
Teegra is a scantily clad (she sports a G-string and skimpy bikini throughout the movie) princess who gets kidnapped by Nekron, the bad guy, and rescued (several times) by Larn — you guessed it, the hero.
But back to Teegra’s ass: a finer ass probably hasn’t appeared in animation; in fact, no ass (except Assy McGee’s, of course) has appeared so often in a cartoon.
Director Ralph Bakshi (”Fritz the Cat,” “Lord of the Rings”) uses every opportunity to shoot Teegra’s rear-end…as she bends down to hide inside a hollowed-out tree trunk…as she bends over her dead brother…as she bends over to eat a berry. Sometimes she’s not even bending over. When Larn and Teegra find themselves knocked unconcious on the ground, he’s lying on his back. Where’s Teegra? Face down, ass up. There are plenty over-the-shoulder shots with Teegra’s ass in the foreground and some dude in the background. There’s no doubt that the star of “Fire and Ice” is Teegra’s ass (or is it the purple thong bikini lost in her butt cheeks?).
Someone should really start a Teegra drinking game. Down a shot every time Teegra’s ass appears on screen. If the DVD was marketed with that in mind, it might actually sell a few copies.
On its own, “Fire and Ice” probably isn’t worth your time of the day. The film was a critical and financial flop when it was first released in 1983, but it gained a cult following in the subsequent years. It has only recently (2005) been released to DVD, so fans who missed it the first time around can finally catch it. The DVD comes with a bonus, and more worthwhile, disc. It’s a documentary called “Frazetta: Painting With Fire,” an interesting biography of the artist.
If you’re a Frazetta fan, a Bakshi fan, or just an ass fan, “Fire and Ice” is definitely worth checking out. And if you hadn’t seen it as a kid, you’ll be sure to kick yourself, as Teegra would have gotten you through plenty of lonely adolescent nights (though this fact might make you think again: Teegra was voiced by the same woman, Maggie Roswell, who voiced “The Simpson”’s Maude Flanders).
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January 22nd, 2007 at 1:53 am
I second that, and nominate Teegra for the Best Animated Ass award.
January 24th, 2008 at 1:09 am
I just looked it up on youtube. It’s rotoscoped! How depressing. But that is definitely a great ass. A little curve-enhancement to an otherwise 100% traced movie goes a long way.
February 14th, 2008 at 11:15 am
I’ve got the DVD, and took your advice to make it a drinking game!
I got drunk, my friends got drunk, and my mother grounded me for watching porn…
December 24th, 2008 at 2:56 am
I could watch “Fire & Ice” 1000 times over, just to look at Teegra’s ass, and I would find something outstanding about it each and everytime! I don’t know if you remember the blonde woman from Larn’s tribe that was captured by the subhumans at the beginning of the film, (before you even get to see Teegra in all of her glory) a subhuman hits the back of her legs with his weapon and you get a very brief look at her ass(A++) as she drops to her knees. I’m not sure if the blonde woman from Larn’s tribe even had a name, since she was in a very brief scene, but both her and Teegra could’ve had a contest for “best animated ass”. I also have both DVD’s (Fire & Ice , Frazetta’s Painting With Fire) and I plan on creating Teegra in one of the “Smackdown vs Raw” video games for either XBox 360 or PS3! I always make sure to give each female superstar I create on the games an ample caboose, as well as a respectable dashboard. I’m a artist that does illustrations on the side and I would love to see an animated film solely about Teegra! I might pitch that idea to Frank Frazetta or Ralph Bakshi and see what they say?! If all Fire & Ice/Teegra fans can pitch that idea, that film just might happen!
Peace
January 11th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
I remember being told that Frazetta, had little control over the writing in this movie and was upset that the strong muscle bound good guy beat the smart and well educated wizard because it set a bad example. He thought the pursuit of knowledge was much more admirable than the pursuit of muscle.
June 2nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm
Also, I’m under the impression that the animation is all Bakshi’s fault. Frazetta didn’t animate it, he just designed the characters.
Bakshi is fuckin’ horrible. Frazetta rules.
June 3rd, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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August 18th, 2009 at 9:00 am
I can only imagine the ecstasy of ass-banging in a thick jungle!