Poll: Anyone miss the way cartoons used to be?
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Saturday morning cartoons used to be awesome. It definitely sucks now that they edited the hell out of Looney Toons and made it incredibly lame.
Some of the Cartoons today are good, but I still say Tom and Jerry is one of the best, and there was really no voice acting in it.
Sorta. I still enjoy Ed, Edd, n Eddy and hold it as one of the best. And there was a lot of quality, even looking back now (Dexter's Lab, Johnny Bravo, Samurai Jack, etc.).
I honestly stopped watchin cartoons after I saw a commercial for Adventure time where the main character was a baby and the entire point of the commercial was a baby poop joke.
I honestly stopped watchin cartoons after I saw a commercial for Adventure time where the main character was a baby and the entire point of the commercial was a baby poop joke.
There are some shows I would love to see a style return, like Animaniacs or Pinky and the Brain, but a lot of the shows I've been seeing on Cartoon Network lately have been surprisingly entertaining. Adventure Time despite it's simple art style is actually incredibly funny and Regular Show, while probably aimed at a slightly more mature audience is one of the funniest I've seen in a while. Billy and Mandy was easily my favourite though.
Broadening the audience isn't a bad thing. Shows like Rocko's Modern Life had a LOT of dirty jokes hidden throughout it no little kid would get (Naming a restaurant Chokey Chicken for example) and this made it funny for a slightly more adult audience that still had that liking of immature humour while being hidden in a way that kid's won't ask their parents something that makes them march outside of Nickelodeon studios holding up signs screaming "Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children!?"
Broadening the audience isn't a bad thing. Shows like Rocko's Modern Life had a LOT of dirty jokes hidden throughout it no little kid would get (Naming a restaurant Chokey Chicken for example) and this made it funny for a slightly more adult audience that still had that liking of immature humour while being hidden in a way that kid's won't ask their parents something that makes them march outside of Nickelodeon studios holding up signs screaming "Won't somebody PLEASE think of the children!?"
Best theme song ever~SomeLameStuff said:
I miss the 80's and 90's cartoons too. But when i watch them now i realize 90% are just as much 20 minute toycommercials like a lot of nowaday's shows. Only difference is the little moral bit at the episodes' ends.
But yeah.
But yeah.
I will personally beat anyone who makes fun of you for watching Power puff girls. That show was hilarious.believer258 said:
That's a misconception. On a cursory glance a lot of cartoons seem to have teenage (or tween) protagonists.....but these are really for kids. I was watching a bit of Ben 10 with my nephew (to make sure he doesn't break stuff), and it really is kid's humor. Teens wouldn't (and don't) find it interesting (read: Cool enough). But it still has teenage characters for some reason.Hectix777 said:
Cartoons, like most of life, are at their best when slipping stuff past the radar. These days the radar for new sales avenues is so large that few televised cartoons can get away with anything other than shock (Adultswim) or blandy mcbland(Cartoon Network).
Then again, Hanna Barbera did produce an awful lot of really bad stuff earlier.
There's still so diamonds out there, but you have to look a lot harder.
Then again, Hanna Barbera did produce an awful lot of really bad stuff earlier.
There's still so diamonds out there, but you have to look a lot harder.
How was Foghorn racist? Or any more so than the rest of the world when he was made.aquaman839 said:
I miss cartoons with characters that have actual, well, character. You know, depth. Ones that have flaws other than complete and utter stupidity.
For example, let's compare two of the main characters from Recess with two of the main characters from Spongebob.
T.J. Detweiler and Ashley Spinelli are two characters from Recess. They are two of their gang of 5. T.J. is the leader, and he tends to be a troublemaker. But he's not without a conscience--he makes trouble for the enjoyment of childhood at its highest. For example, sneaking into a supply room in the school to retrieve all of the perfectly pristine kickballs, basketballs, and baseballs the school was hoarding to replace the ratty, worn-out ones the kids were forced to play with. What he does doesn't hurt anyone, it just gets on the nerves of the authorities.
And then there's Spinelli. Her first name is Ashley, and in Recess there are four other characters named Ashley, who are known simply as "The Ashleys" by everyone in school. The Ashleys are your typical, materialistic valley girls who are stuck-up brats and don't care who sees it. Spinelli, on the other hand, is the very definition of a tomboy. She defends those who are smaller than her on the playground from bullies, and doesn't mind getting into fisticuffs to do so. But she has a dilemma--her name is Ashley, so the school society tells her that she should be a girly girl. Spinelli even tries her hand at this in one episode, but decides eventually that she is the one who dictates who she is--no one else.
And then there's Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Star. Spongebob is sort of an odd character--he's an adult, and has adult responsibilities, such as having a job and living on his own in a house. But his character is the very definition of childhood innocence. He is very diligent at his work and doesn't seem to have any financial troubles, but he often gets into other troubles. But they aren't adult problems, they're more kid problems. For example, there was an episode where he and his friend Patrick discovered curse words, and had to learn restraint with language.
And then there's his friend Patrick, who is Spongebob's age and presumably an adult as well. The difference between the two is that Patrick is not a functioning adult in any respect. He has no job, no responsibilities, and is constantly getting Spongebob into trouble.
As long as the show's been going on there has been very little character development, and most of the humor and conflicts rely completely on the childish innocence of Spongebob and Patrick. It's their complete ignorance of the world around them that gets them into trouble, and common sense that gets them out. No personal growth or discovery, no principles or core values that drive their actions. They aren't characters, they're archetypes. Archetypes of innocent kids, set loose into the adult world.
For example, let's compare two of the main characters from Recess with two of the main characters from Spongebob.
T.J. Detweiler and Ashley Spinelli are two characters from Recess. They are two of their gang of 5. T.J. is the leader, and he tends to be a troublemaker. But he's not without a conscience--he makes trouble for the enjoyment of childhood at its highest. For example, sneaking into a supply room in the school to retrieve all of the perfectly pristine kickballs, basketballs, and baseballs the school was hoarding to replace the ratty, worn-out ones the kids were forced to play with. What he does doesn't hurt anyone, it just gets on the nerves of the authorities.
And then there's Spinelli. Her first name is Ashley, and in Recess there are four other characters named Ashley, who are known simply as "The Ashleys" by everyone in school. The Ashleys are your typical, materialistic valley girls who are stuck-up brats and don't care who sees it. Spinelli, on the other hand, is the very definition of a tomboy. She defends those who are smaller than her on the playground from bullies, and doesn't mind getting into fisticuffs to do so. But she has a dilemma--her name is Ashley, so the school society tells her that she should be a girly girl. Spinelli even tries her hand at this in one episode, but decides eventually that she is the one who dictates who she is--no one else.
And then there's Spongebob Squarepants and Patrick Star. Spongebob is sort of an odd character--he's an adult, and has adult responsibilities, such as having a job and living on his own in a house. But his character is the very definition of childhood innocence. He is very diligent at his work and doesn't seem to have any financial troubles, but he often gets into other troubles. But they aren't adult problems, they're more kid problems. For example, there was an episode where he and his friend Patrick discovered curse words, and had to learn restraint with language.
And then there's his friend Patrick, who is Spongebob's age and presumably an adult as well. The difference between the two is that Patrick is not a functioning adult in any respect. He has no job, no responsibilities, and is constantly getting Spongebob into trouble.
As long as the show's been going on there has been very little character development, and most of the humor and conflicts rely completely on the childish innocence of Spongebob and Patrick. It's their complete ignorance of the world around them that gets them into trouble, and common sense that gets them out. No personal growth or discovery, no principles or core values that drive their actions. They aren't characters, they're archetypes. Archetypes of innocent kids, set loose into the adult world.
