Whats wrong with todays cartoons?
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No its generation wise. The Lonney Tunes in the 30s-50's hate the 90s-00's and now the generation is passing the torch.
I second this, todays cartoons are stupider. Just for kids, and not for adults, unlike back in the good old days of the sharp writing of the 90s. I'm not sure whether it's the kids or the cartoons themselves, but they're getting dumber. I don't think we'll ever see anything quite like this againFurburt said:
Age!? Good lord man, you're only 15!XAdrianX said:
Anyway, not that I peruse cartoons much these days, but what little I see of them is enough to drive me up the wall. It may just be nostalgia (it usually is), but one will always find the shows they grew up with to better than those of today, for the most part.
As for my favourites (all "oldies", I suppose):
Mysterious Cities of Gold (yeh, that's the 80s here people)
Tiny Toon Adventures
Animaniacs
And, for my second post, I name favorite cartoons! Stay tuned to find out!
Invader Zim and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy were the best for me. I also still enjoy a little Spongebob. Who doesn't?!
Actually, I love a lot of cartoons, too many to mention [small](Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends!)[/small].
Invader Zim and The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy were the best for me. I also still enjoy a little Spongebob. Who doesn't?!
Actually, I love a lot of cartoons, too many to mention [small](Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends!)[/small].
No, it was the one with King Ramses' curse.anthony87 said:
Posted that earlierRatRace123 said:
But yeah, cartoons of the 90's (and some from the early 2000's) were actually intelligent. On the surface they looked like some stupid randomness, but they were always well written, funny, and intelligent.
"Treat kids like equals! They're people too! They're smarter than you think! They were smart enough to catch me!" -Sideshow Bob.
Not enough cartoons do that anymore. For instance, you want to know how I learned about The Most Dangerous Game? Johnny Bravo. Granted, there was some shit back when I was a kid, but it was at least better than what kids have now. We had X-Men: The Animated Series, for God's sake! What do they have? This. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFGK1qysYs]
Not enough cartoons do that anymore. For instance, you want to know how I learned about The Most Dangerous Game? Johnny Bravo. Granted, there was some shit back when I was a kid, but it was at least better than what kids have now. We had X-Men: The Animated Series, for God's sake! What do they have? This. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFFGK1qysYs]
It's a mixture of a lot of things but I really want to say that a lot of it has to do with the current economic environment.
One of the big things cable has done is fragment the viewer base. Fewer viewers means a smaller functioning budget. A smaller budget means you're more liable to turn out crap than something properly good.
Mix this in with the current recession and you can understand why people are more or less aiming to just play it safe.
There are really not that many people able to develop the intelligent cartoon- shows like pinky and the brain hit the right formula. So did shows like Courage the Cowardly Dog and Animaniacs. In a more recent sense you can look at movies like Up! and really most anything Pixar has turned out.
In short, they're not trying to capitalize on a demographic. They're trying to make a movie. Or a show. People underestimate what kids can find palatable and as a result you can find a lot of shows that can be accurately summed up as, "Least common denominator."
One of the big things cable has done is fragment the viewer base. Fewer viewers means a smaller functioning budget. A smaller budget means you're more liable to turn out crap than something properly good.
Mix this in with the current recession and you can understand why people are more or less aiming to just play it safe.
There are really not that many people able to develop the intelligent cartoon- shows like pinky and the brain hit the right formula. So did shows like Courage the Cowardly Dog and Animaniacs. In a more recent sense you can look at movies like Up! and really most anything Pixar has turned out.
In short, they're not trying to capitalize on a demographic. They're trying to make a movie. Or a show. People underestimate what kids can find palatable and as a result you can find a lot of shows that can be accurately summed up as, "Least common denominator."
Wow, that's amazing! Can't believe I never saw that episode before...RatRace123 said:
I love cartoons that are a little subversive, like Animaniacs.
My favourite for adult humour had to be Danger Mouse though, it wasn't rude or anything, just a lot of Goon Show-esque surreal gags that I missed as a kid, but laugh my tits off at nowadays.
I liked ed edd and eddy since it was the best Show EVER!!!
Also, Billy and Mandy as my first exsperence with cherecter development. While cherecters in a show like spongrbob, which i still watch at times, can be funny if you just tune in and never heard of it, as well as have no idea who the cherecters are, GABM's cherectars developed from some kids befrending the grim reaper to a univerce of its own. After establishing who each cherecter was, the show started have cherecter who have never met play off each other. which ends in laughs. Altho they did try to jump the spongebob band wagon, as someone above said, By making fred fredburger. altho he is still to this day the best spongebob ripoff to date.
Also, Billy and Mandy as my first exsperence with cherecter development. While cherecters in a show like spongrbob, which i still watch at times, can be funny if you just tune in and never heard of it, as well as have no idea who the cherecters are, GABM's cherectars developed from some kids befrending the grim reaper to a univerce of its own. After establishing who each cherecter was, the show started have cherecter who have never met play off each other. which ends in laughs. Altho they did try to jump the spongebob band wagon, as someone above said, By making fred fredburger. altho he is still to this day the best spongebob ripoff to date.
Hey, I like the Super Hero Squad Show! It's a funny and satirical look at the Marvel Universe and has made me laugh a good number of times!SuperMse said:
Also, As cool as the X-Men Animated Series was, I find myself preferring X-Men: Evolution a bit more, for the good fights scenes and good plots. Hated Batman:TAS, couldn't get into it, but I really like Batman Beyond... I need to find a copy of Return of the Joker uncut someday..
Oh man, I can believe I forgot about my dear Megus XLR! The show that got canceled for having a terrible role model as the hero. I still use that phrase from the theme song, "Chicks dig giant robots."
Oh so many memories. I remember they actually had a button that said "Deus Ex Machina" or "Five minutes left in the show" it was a great series.
Oh so many memories. I remember they actually had a button that said "Deus Ex Machina" or "Five minutes left in the show" it was a great series.
We don't feel like taking advice from Otaku fanboys so no we don't need your advice. If you want my advice though here it is. There is absolutely nothing that makes anime inherently superior to American cartoons. Gundam Wing and Batman the Animated series were equally excellent shows and their geographic origin point has no impact on the initial quality of a cartoon.spartan231490 said:
That was the biggest waste of 1 minute and 3 seconds I have ever seen in my entire life.Hollock said: