Poll: Is it just me, or were cartoons better when I was a kid?
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I didn't look at your profile as you were talking as though you were referring to cartoons from the 90's, as most people that talk about old cartoons talk about the 90's and 80's and then complain about cartoons released recently.Blindswordmaster said:
Also, we have only just now started the next decade, 2010, it's really hard to say what kind of cartoons will be around or what we will see.
We can only hope our kids will have it as good as we did. I weep for my younger siblings. At least I got to watch Dragon Ball Z with my little brother.armaina said:
Those 90's cartoons were actually something I could watch with my dad. We would sit down together and watch Dexter's Lab, Courage the cowardly dog, and the old school Johnny Quest. The 60's Johny Quest were the shit. Seriously, watch it. If nothing else, you will finally get a lot of the Venture Bros. jokes.
Cartoons are not as good, but growing up also affects how you look at them. Even if you never wanted that to change.
I currently own DVD collections for Darkwing Duck, Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers, Gargoyles, Beast Wars, Roughnecks: Starship Trooper Chronicles, Sonic the Hedgehog, Samurai Jack, Batman Beyond and many others. Believe me, even if there is a lack of cartoons in the future, my children will know what some of the real classics areBlindswordmaster said:
This brings to mind the Onion headline about Science announcing that all culture was best when you, the reader of this post, were 14 years old.
...Which Sonic the Hedgehog? The one with Scratch and Grounder, the one with Princess Sally, or the one where he has a brother and sister and plays in a rock band to save a dystopian future?armaina said:I currently own DVD collections for Darkwing Duck, Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers, Gargoyles, Beast Wars, Roughnecks: Starship Trooper Chronicles, Sonic the Hedgehog, Samurai Jack, Batman Beyond and many others. Believe me, even if there is a lack of cartoons in the future, my children will know what some of the real classics areBlindswordmaster said:
Good for you. Keep the dream alive.armaina said:I currently own DVD collections for Darkwing Duck, Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers, Gargoyles, Beast Wars, Roughnecks: Starship Trooper Chronicles, Sonic the Hedgehog, Samurai Jack, Batman Beyond and many others. Believe me, even if there is a lack of cartoons in the future, my children will know what some of the real classics areBlindswordmaster said:
Thank goodness I'm not the only one who wishes to do bodily harm to the makers of Chowder. Ren and Stimpy would wipe the floor with Spongebob, and I should also mention that intelligent humor has gone out the window a while ago. Has anyone ever seen Samurai Pizza Cats? The show where they had pizza-delivering felines? That has more intelligent humor than the crud I see passed for cartoons today. Sorry to be so harsh.Blindswordmaster said:
Older cartoons were better and much more creative
new cartoons are stupid snot jokes and bright colors
new cartoons are stupid snot jokes and bright colors
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What are you talking about? Have you ever SEEN an episode of flapjack? The paedophilic vibes from that show are disturbing, as is the rest of the show.Hazy said:
Cartoons now are really, really good. Avatar: the last airbender, Flapjack, Chowder, The Venture Brothers, South Park, The simpsons.
The problem is the new trend of live action shows on entities such as the disney channel, Nickelodeon, and Cartoon(!?) Network, as well as the prevalence of anime being translated and used in place of good, old fashioned american cartoons.
I've said this time and time again, its all about the same and all relative. I'm 21 and still love cartoons. Something things I have noticed going on though, the good ones aren't always promoted well anymore. Invader Zim, Megas XLR, El Tigre, and just recently Spectacular Spider Man were all top notch but were undceroimonisly canceled after only 2 seasons because they weren't promoted, especially if you aren't a kid. Shows like Avatar and Phenius and Freb are receiving their just respect, but the reason you aren't seeing them is because you aren't looking hard enough any more, and thats probably because you don't watch cartoons any more. I will say the around the time of the mid 2000's I would have agreed with you. Nick was trying to get disneys teen demographic and all cartoon network had was there last surviving cartoon cartoons Girm adventures and Ed Edd and Eddy, also 4kids drove Saturday morning cartoons in to the ground, so those are gone.
Johnny Bravo is my favorite cartoon of all time and shows the greatness of cartoons in the 90's.