The original Popeye, introduced in a comic strip in 1929 ... envisioned Pooh and Piglet going feral after Christopher Robin trotted off to college. Reviews were even more brutal than the animals ...

As does director Robert Altman’s 1980 film, starring Robin Williams as Popeye and Shelley Duvall as his oft-fought-over sweetheart Olive Oyl. That movie was tepidly received initially.

The early version of the cartoon sailor is now in public domain, and he's already the star of a slasher movie.