why is kids TV shit nowadays?

[Starblayde]

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In my day it was awesome! Transformers, Thundercats, Visionaries, Action Force (GI Joe in Britain) etc.

Before my day it was cool too.... but now its crap! No stories, bad (cheap) animation...

Take Spiderman, for instance... it probably runs at around 20 frames per second... very jerky, lots of stock footage.

How are the youth of today execpted to enjoy these things?!

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[morninggirl5]

It's a vast conspiracy to get them to turn the TV off and read a book.




Is it working yet?

 

[Petercav]

www.80snostaliga.com

I think thats the site, relive those days of Pob and Button moon etc etc

 

[bknight2602]

[rant]

In my day it was awesome! Transformers, Thundercats, Visionaries, Action Force (GI Joe in Britain) etc.

Before my day it was cool too.... but now its crap! No stories, bad (cheap) animation...

Take Spiderman, for instance... it probably runs at around 20 frames per second... very jerky, lots of stock footage.

How are the youth of today execpted to enjoy these things?!

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Probably the economics of producing the cartoons!

But I know what ya mean.

 

[Pechorin]

Kids TV is crap so that when kids become adults, they don't feel too upset about the quality of adult TV.

 

[ksmybuttons]

Maybe it's shit because you are not a kid anymore.

We watch Pokemon and Digimon. I like them. Clifford. Arthur.

They are as good as Beanie and Cecil or Magilla Gorilla.

 

[Starblayde]

Re: Re: why is kids TV shit nowadays?

Maybe it's shit because you are not a kid anymore.

We watch Pokemon and Digimon. I like them.

Comparison: Transformers the Movie Vs Pokemon Movie (take your pick of any)

They're both commercials. Toys/Cards/Games etc. etc.

Both with Japanese influence (Pokemon obviously is Japanese, Tranformers merely Amine-inspired)

Both have ropey animation in places. TF has good animation in places.

TF had Judd Nelson, Leonard Nimoy, Eric Idle and Orson Welles as voices. Pokemon: err..... *shrugs*

Pokemon is all about working together in a team and collecting things, then fighting. TF is about good and evil fighting.


Go figure.

 

[ridddder]

[rant]

In my day it was awesome! Transformers, Thundercats, Visionaries, Action Force (GI Joe in Britain) etc.

Before my day it was cool too.... but now its crap! No stories, bad (cheap) animation...

Take Spiderman, for instance... it probably runs at around 20 frames per second... very jerky, lots of stock footage.

How are the youth of today execpted to enjoy these things?!

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That is funny, those cartoons hardly compare to the 70's cartoons I watched as a kid, and the great Warner Brothers classics of the era. Of which they didn't have to disect because fo PC reasons.

The best reason I would say which they suck is because all animation is done overseas, by people who don't know us, but love to make stuff for us. Oddly enough we buy all their cheap plastic stuff at Wall Mart, but don't get their cheap plastic sense of humor. Go figure?

Transformers, He-man, and Smurfs may be classics in your book. They however, were the demise of children's Saturday forever. Also since the cartoon network, Saturday's just aren't the same. Since it can be Saturday any day....just not as fun.

Well that is my 2 cents.

 

[Starblayde]

Re: Re: why is kids TV shit nowadays?

That is funny, those cartoons hardly compare to the 70's cartoons I watched as a kid, and the great Warner Brothers classics of the era. Of which they didn't have to disect because fo PC reasons.
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Transformers, He-man, and Smurfs may be classics in your book. They however, were the demise of children's Saturday forever. Also since the cartoon network, Saturday's just aren't the same. Since it can be Saturday any day....just not as fun.

Even today, on Boomerang, I still laugh my ass off at Tom & Jerry and I enjoy the stuff 'before my time' like Captin Caveman, Scooby-Doo etc.

About the only good thing to come from animation IMHO over the last ten years has been X-Men.

 

[Weird Harold]

Re: Re: Re: why is kids TV shit nowadays?

Even today, on Boomerang, I still laugh my ass off at Tom & Jerry and I enjoy the stuff 'before my time' like Captin Caveman, Scooby-Doo etc.

About the only good thing to come from animation IMHO over the last ten years has been X-Men.

You're just not watching the right cartoons. There are a lot of good new cartoon shows -- Disney's House Of Mouse, Aladin, Hercules; Nicklodeon's Farily Odd-parents; Cartoon Network's Whatever Happened to Robot Jones; and a host of other jewels buried in the vat of swill.

The new cartoons are too often narrowly targeted as specific age groups. As a result, they're not appealing to anyone outside that age group and often outright annoying -- Dora comes to mind in that respect.

Cartoons from the 70's and earlier were not as tightly focussed and appeal to a broader age range. Classic Warner Brothers', Disney and MGM theatrical cartoons were aimed at a mixed audience and are funny on several different levels -- pure slapstick for the kids with more sophisticated humor for the adults.

Modern cartoonists have forgotten that parents have to put up with what their kids watch and don't add anything for the adults.

 

[Dantetier]

Who remembers David the Gnome? probably ten or more years ago on Nickelodeon. It had great animation, taught real world values... and was just cool as hell.

 

[Barely__There]

Here in Canada, there is a cartoon called "Yvon of the Yukon"

During an October espisode, at the local "Inuit" halloween party, the storekeeper (big Inuit man) said to the sherriff (petite blond woman)

"Say, that's a nice pirate costume. But where are your Buccaneers?"

She responds "Right here eh. Under my Buccenhat"

(doesn't look like much, but say it out loud and remember this was a Saturday morning LOL)

 

[perks]

spongebob, dora, fairly oddparents, veggie tales...

these are her favorites at 20 months. Although she prefers to ride her bike and stack things and color. She likes the music of the shows most of all. The duckling loves to dance.

 

[Talespin]

And...

Here in Canada, there is a cartoon called "Yvon of the Yukon"

During an October espisode, at the local "Inuit" halloween party, the storekeeper (big Inuit man) said to the sherriff (petite blond woman)

"Say, that's a nice pirate costume. But where are your Buccaneers?"

She responds "Right here eh. Under my Buccenhat"

(doesn't look like much, but say it out loud and remember this was a Saturday morning LOL)

You also have the Red Green Show, though it's not a kid's show. It's for adults who want to behave like kids.
"Keep your stick on the ice."

 

[Faffster]

The cartoons now days are all based on education and they have to be politically correct. Technically I guess I am still a kid. I am only 18. But still, the cartoons I watched like Teenage Mutant Nunja Turtles, Flintstones, The Jetson's, The Smurfs, The Snorkles, (I think that was the name), were better than what is in now. Although, there are a few that I like. Recess, Spongebob, The Smurfs are still on. Anyways, I think that if they wouldn't focus on them being so educational they would be funny. If you want your kids doing somthing educational, get them out from in front of the tv for god's sake. Read a book. But when it comes to tv time, watch somthing funny.

 

[Star of Penumbra]

Who remembers David the Gnome? probably ten or more years ago on Nickelodeon. It had great animation, taught real world values... and was just cool as hell.

I remember David! Hell, I thought I was the only one.

There are still good cartoons being made. The Legend of Samurai Jack, The Powerpuff Girls, and Whatever Happened to Robot Jones? are all very good, especially compared to shit like Pokemon that is obviously designed for nothing more than commercial puposes.

Admittedly, a lot of cartoons either A: suck, or B: suck really hard (sometimes both), but there are some good ones out there if you know where to find them.