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*grumpy old man voice* Hrumph! Back in my day we didn't have cartoons or these fancy "moving pictures"! If we wanted a picture to move, we picked it up, and moved it! And we couldn't because there were no pictures! These damn kids and their box socials and pecan sandies and hoop and stick.Griffstar said:
OT: I don't have cable.
Well it's both. I don't think of it as nostalgia at all, there has been a big lack for originality lately and I can't get into any of the new shows today. The last one was Sponge Bob but I don't like the new episodes. Actually, Archer isn't bad, it's mixed in with clever witty humour and really stupid crap.Kpt._Rob said:
It's not just cartoons, it's everything. I decided to look in the past for inspiration.
Toonami and Adult Swim was without doubt the best thing Cartoon Network had before they pulled the plug on both of them 
it was thanks to both of these things that i was introduced to such awesome Animes including: Cowboy Bebop, Orphen, Trigun and Zoids New Century Zero (Fun for the robot action ;p)
it was thanks to both of these things that i was introduced to such awesome Animes including: Cowboy Bebop, Orphen, Trigun and Zoids New Century Zero (Fun for the robot action ;p)
I'm defending cartoons today, there's plenty good you just grew out of it. Really I don't trust the opinion of any one who says that Jimmy Neutron is one of the most noteworthy cartoons.
It got canceled though, partly because of the disney buy out but mostly because of the "all cartoons suck now" crowd refused to watch it because of misguided nostalgia, I still can't get over the loss of that show.BanthaFodder said:
Curses, and I thought their was another guy on the site that enjoyed "MY Little Pony: Friendship is Magic"Aris Khandr said:
OT: Bland shows are nothing new try watching most of the cartoons from the 80s, or look at half of Hanna Barbara's library, they have a lot of Scooby-Doo was popular lets cash in on that. Nostalgia is overrated.
So far nobody has mentioned Megas XLR, which was undoubtedly the best show of its time...
I mean, it never tried to teach you a single thing throughout the whole experience.
Hell yeah.
Also, for some reason, I have not seen head nor tail of Xiaolin Showdown in ages...
Not on the internet, forums, anything...
Did everyone forget about it?
Hell yeah.
Also, for some reason, I have not seen head nor tail of Xiaolin Showdown in ages...
Not on the internet, forums, anything...
There are a few people about with MLP avatars. I know for sure that at least one of them is male, as he's a friend of mine.lord.jeff said:
They already have Reed's other work, Frisky Dingo which, while also good, isn't on par with Archer.godfist88 said:
True story, but my friend and I did the "danger Zone" bit at a bar one time.
Me: jeremy....Jeremy........JEREMY.
Him: WHAT?!
Me: DANGER ZONE!
Also..Adam Reed is a GOD.
Adam Reed and his partner Matt Thompson started out at Cartoon Network doing various odd jobs until they came up with their own show called High Noon Toons in the mid-90s. High Noon Toons was a 3-hour programming block of cartoons hosted by cowboy hand puppets Haas and Lil' Jo (a Bonanza pun). While working on this show, Matt and Adam were usually heavily intoxicated and the two eventually got reprimanded for lighting one of the prop sets on fire.
Aren't prizes supposed to be prestigious or at the very least have a certain amount of exclusivity? My god man, your prize sucks./sarcasmCanid117 said:
So what do you want in a cartoon? Just saying that these cartoons are unoriginal won't do anything at all.Griffstar said:
What makes a show good for you. And maybe we can find something to fit your mold
TBH, I feel all those cartoons you've listed are also bland and boring. Maybe I was just too old for them when they came out? Even Ren & Stimpy (as well as Pokemon) were aimed at a younger audience than I was when they were released.Griffstar said:
I guess I'm really showing my age here, but I wanna know what happened to cartoons like Star Blazers, Robotech, Mysterious Cities of Gold, that kind of thing. Ooh, and Space Captain Harlock!
These cartoons from my childhood are why I became an anime fan.
On forums, the ability to even locate the search bar, much less make it work, is one of the rarest of abilities.teutonicman said:
Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea was better, but no one remembers it but me.lithium.jelly said:
They probably still show reruns but, Spectacular Spiderman has been canceled for a while now. Sadly, It only had two seasons. A new Spider-Man series based on the "Ultimate" line of comics, is being worked on. It'll be led by Paul Dini, of DC Animated Universe fame. Also, to be fair to the 90's series there were a lot of things going against it. The two biggest being that it was heavily censored and the budget was nowhere near Batman: TAS. Considering that, I think the 90's series did the best with what they had.BanthaFodder said:
I'm kinda annoyed that Adventure Time is being mentioned so many times. Where are the jokes in that show? A lot of times it just cute and not funny. Regular Show gets accused for being a show for people with ADD. I think it deserves more credit than that though. Regular Show episodes have real conclusions, unlike Adventure Time which sometimes end so randomly; like the writers realized they hit the 15 min. mark and decided to end it right there. There's a progression with each episode of Regular Show. Things start out pretty mundane but near the end get trippy. I actually find the mundane parts to be more funny. It's like a "slacker/work place" comedy (akin to King of the Hill or Clerks) combined with some of the more odd ones like, well, Adventure Time.
Young Justice isn't being mentioned enough. The show is brilliant. It's from the guy who brought us Gargoyles and Spectacular Spider-Man. Best show on CN right now. Heck, it's probably one of the best on any network.
The new Scooby-Doo cartoon is also great. Scooby-Doo Mystery Inc. is familiar but tries to flesh out the characters a bit more. The show is actually funny; it relies on sharp writing and it's characters, rather than slapstick like the previous series. It's a lot less formulaic. There's also a continuing season long mystery.
Other than that, I'm glad Sym-Bionic Titan and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is getting recognized.
I remember it and I think it's done and gone. That crappy cliffhanger bullshit they pulled was the last episode. I hate it when that happens with cartoons. The characters are getting to some really cool powers and stuff and then the plug just gets pulled on the entire show. Bastards.Rewdalf said:
OT: Seconded for Megas and can't think of any others right now.
