The Gang of Five
Beyond the Mysterious Beyond => The Arts => Silver Screen => Topic started by: Nintendoofah64 on May 04, 2011, 07:52:08 PM
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I recently watched cartoon network (which i hadn't seen since like 2007) and I noticed a lot of new shows and here's something about all of them.
They're just so mediocre, Adventure tim looks so effed up and has boring character design. <_<
What happened to the good shows like ed edd eddy, jonny bravo, justice friends, dexter? Ican't believe that the shows I listed have been replaced with fermented shit. :bang
And it looks like a new show called Problem solvers is comming, and it looks like even a brainless Idiot can do waaaaay better than that. :exactly
R.I.P. Cartoon Network
You suck now.
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I've been noticing that trend too with cartoons. Even once good shows are turning sour, like Spongebob and fairly odd parents (thats still being made, right?) The only recent good show I can think of is Phineas and Ferb.
Futurama made a pretty good comeback last year, though I don't know how much you'd consider that a cartoon.
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Personally I still like Spongebob. I see nothing wrong with the newest episodes.
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Yeah Phineas and Ferb is the only cartoon that has creativity in it still. :yes
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Personally I still like Spongebob. I see nothing wrong with the newest episodes.
They just seem braindead to me and some seem to have uninspired plots.
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i like the new scooby doo series mystery inc. it actually has a continuous plot.. the lt preimeire had irts moments, i'll have to watch more. but i don't like live action shows, t adventure time and problem solvers look very stupid..
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I like what I've seen of the current Scooby Doo Mystery Inc cartoon. I guess the reason most shows are so bad could be that it is easy to write and do a bad show since it takes little thought and such whereas doing a good show takes much more effort. And hiring folks with no or little ability and talent may be a lot cheaper and easier to find also. There may also be perception among some adults that cartoons are just for kids and kids are stupid so who cares about quality.
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With a list of horrible cartoons like "Misadventures of FlapJack", "The Regular Show", "Adventure time", and "Chowder", it's not hard to agree. I would rather watch Nick Jr. cartoon. I'm serious. Little Bear, Blues Clues, even the Backyardigans are better!
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Flapjack has been off the air for a bit, but yeah it was a pretty stupid show.
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No way I'm letting my nephew be poisoned by all this crap! When I'm babysitting him, he'll only be watching good stuff, bottom line!
This will also be the same with my future nieces and nephews.
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Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, it was fun while it lasted. R.I.P :boohoo.
And I agree with Pokeplayer. If I ever have kids, they will not be exposed to what today calls entertainment. They will know what we grew up with for entertainment :exactly.
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If I have kids, which I doubt, I'd do a mixture of both today's cartoons and the cartoons I grew up with. I don't deem it fair to deprive the kids of today's cartoons just because I didn't like them. If the kids like the shows, who am I to stop them? Not like they are ultra-violent or anything.
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Yeah, it's a real shame. I think the main cause is the big transfer from hand-drawn animation or hand-drawn/computer (Drawn by hand, coloured and animated on computer), to all-computer animation. It just takes out so much of the vividness of the shows.Back in the good days of cartoons, characters moved when they spoke. Nowadays, most of the time when you see a character talk in a show, they are completely still except for a superimposed mouth that has no effect on their chin somehow. But then, I'm just an advocate for traditional-animation, so that's just personal opinion.
I'd say the last great cartoon CN had was Ed Edd n Eddy. Man that show was fun. Great stories, good characters, brilliant animation (A great example of hand-drawn/computer animating), and by ending on a feature film that introduced a character that had only ever been alluded to previously (Eddy's older brother), a great exit too.
I'd say the only good new cartoon I've seen on CN is Regular Show, and that's simply because of how completely off-the-wall bizarre it is. But they do it in a good way, by making it seem more like surreal comedy rather than forced humour.
And yes, if I ever have children, I'll be sure to stock up on classic cartoons.
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I concur with everyone else about my kids. Classics ftw, unless there IS something in their generation that I like.
And Bone. They're gettin' a nice strong serving of Bone. Complete with a decent female role model.
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Am I the only one who is willing to let my kids watch both new gen and old gen cartoons and not choose simply because of what I like? I guess so. Oh well. :p
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^ Not unless CN and Nickoloden start making cartoons that are actually entertaining again.
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Try watching The Hub channel. TOns of good cartoons there.
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Try watching The Hub channel. TOns of good cartoons there.
I agree! :exactly
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Don't have that channel, but it is listed on my tv's "Guide" list.
Seems they play Fraggle Rock reruns, so that's good.
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Yep, the cartoon's today are like crap. Seriously, there's just some new shows that I can't stand, and the animation looks horrible! Like Sidekick, League of Super Evil, Kid Vs Kat, Grossology, (I liked that show, but the animation sucks) Danny Phantom, Fairly Odd Parents, (does that show even air anymore?) Almost Naked Animals, Scaredy Squirrel, (yes, they did in fact make a tv show about the book) and much more, I'm serious, I could go on with this list forever.
Since people are talking about Spongebob, I'll tell you what I think of the newer plots and animation. It's not good, I'll admit, the animation is okay, better than it was in the 90's that's for sure, but the plots? Oh gosh, where have the good plots gone? Seriously, I watched this one episode today and it was where Plankton and Mr. Krabs switched plavces and at the end, they were ripping off their friggin skins! What's up with that! First, Patrick was Squidward, then he was Sandy, then he was Spongebob, then he was back to himself. Wha...? I'm confused already.
Also, contiunuing on with Spongebob, I had a little chat with my dad about how much the animation styles of the show have changed throughtout the years and boy have they, but I'm not gunna go into that.
Goodbye, Nickelodean and YTV's good shows, you will be missed.
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i get the Hub and they show Batman beyond, which was a good show.. too bad it nly ran for a few years I liked it..
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I used to get Boomerang, and that channel had nothing but old cartoons on it. I kind of miss it now. :cry
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Um, Avatar: The Last Airbender, anyone? Avatar: The Legend of Korra? Come on, guys. Good animated shows still get made.
A lot of crap also gets made but that's always been the case.
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I don't know anything about the new shows, I admit (everything since 1999 on Cartoon Network is new for me). However, I do notice the difference in animation and plot quality between late 80s and early 90s shows such as Captain Hero, He-Man and Dink the Dinosaur and late 90s shows such as Cow and Chicken, Dexter and Johnny Bravo. I like the old ones better, and Cow and Chicken is downright morbid in my opinion (cow and chiken eating sausages (in graphic detail), topless parents and a naked devil jumping around on his butt). I liked Spongebob though. I had been watching it on Super RTL for years, just like I had been doing with Darkwing Duck (I recognize the villain in Ptyra's avatar), The Gummybears, Arielle the Little Mermaid, Chip and Dale. All dubbed in German, of course.
I think every generation will think the cartoons it watched will think those cartoons are the best, along with the cartoons watched by previos generations.
Anybody doesn't like Tom and Jerry or Looney Tunes?
I thought so.
Our children will inevitably watch and like cartoons that we wouldn't like. And it will be the same with their children. However, we may yet hope that the cartoons we watched will become classics in their eyes. Just as Looney Tunes is immortal, so maybe the same will happen with The Land Before Time.
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I agree with some of you on the fact that a good majority of the newer catoons on television aren't very original or creative, and the ones that are still being aired today just aren't as funny as they used to be.
As for Cartoon Network, I think the best shows on there are the ones on the Adult Swim block. And yes, that excludes the syndicated shows Family Guy and Futurama. Robot Chicken forever.