96 réponses à ce sujet

[Eranen]

Rockworm503 wrote...

ErichHartmann wrote...

Most kid shows in the 80's and 90's aren't really better. Don't be swayed by any feelings of nostalgia.

Batman the animated series
Superman
Ren and Stimpy
Batman Beyond
Animaniacs.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Duck Tales
Darkwing Duck
Chip N Dale
The Tick
just a few of the ones that stack up today.... Nostalgia has nothing to do with it.

*Starry-eyed*

Ahhh, good shows. 
Although, I remember when I was obsessed with power rangers...
D:||||

[Rockworm503]

I always thought Power Rangers was cheesy and stupid but looking back its not nearly as bad as the new ones they have going.
I'd say the first 3 seasons are actually pretty decent but it starts going downhill from there and I can't keep going.
But Linkara here has been doing a history of the show and it really opened my eyes. As far as kids shows go it doesn't treat us like idiots.
http://thatguywithth...ks/linkara/hopr

[SOLID_EVEREST]

I still watch episodes of Ren and Stimpy, Hey Arnold, Avatar, and Rocko's Modern Life on Netflix. Those shows are the greatest.

[bussinrounds]

Rockworm503 wrote...

I always thought Power Rangers was cheesy and stupid but looking back its not nearly as bad as the new ones they have going.
I'd say the first 3 seasons are actually pretty decent but it starts going downhill from there and I can't keep going.
But Linkara here has been doing a history of the show and it really opened my eyes. As far as kids shows go it doesn't treat us like idiots.
http://thatguywithth...ks/linkara/hopr

   Wow, the new ones must be total trash then.  I always thought the Power Rangers was god awful also.  

     I used to love the D&D cartoons, Bugs Bunny, Woody Woodpecker, original Transformers, He-Man, Thundar the Barbarian... Stuff like that.

[Deviija]

What is considered good or entertaining or worth watching changes decade to decade. Perceptions change, people change, (target) audiences change.

[Sundance31us]

I assume it's because Jim Henson passed away.

[Fidget6]

bussinrounds wrote...

TV and Movies in general are crap compared to years ago.

Nah, that's not true at all. There are still great tv shows amd films.

[Seagloom]

Rockworm503 wrote...

I always thought Power Rangers was cheesy and stupid but looking back its not nearly as bad as the new ones they have going.
I'd say the first 3 seasons are actually pretty decent but it starts going downhill from there and I can't keep going.
But Linkara here has been doing a history of the show and it really opened my eyes. As far as kids shows go it doesn't treat us like idiots.
http://thatguywithth...ks/linkara/hopr

I saw all his videos on that over the last month. It was a nice distraction during idler moments. Brought back a lot of memories too. From the looks of it I quit right before the show hit rock bottom with "Turbo". By then it was boring and I moved on to bigger and better things. I did catch the finale of "In Space" randomly many years later, and thought it was cool as an ultimate victory piece despite having no idea why anything was happening. Plus, seeing Bulk and Skull doing something noble for once was cool. Buuut, I still consider that show one of the closest things I had to a guilty pleasure despite Linkara's insights.

[Chuvvy]

They sucked when you were a kid too, you were a kid and didn't realize.

[Godak]

My shows were Power Rangers, Dragonball (and Z, not GT), and Batman: TAS. I also have some memories of the, uh...the Justice Friends, I think. Were the Wonder Twins actually ever taken seriously by anyone?

[Eternal Phoenix]

Burn in Hell demon. In The Night Garden rocks!

[SarEnyaDor]

Slidell505 wrote...

They sucked when you were a kid too, you were a kid and didn't realize.

This is so true... though if you wait long enough they will remake your favorite kid cartoon from back in the day and scare/ scar you ... I'm looking at you Smurfs movie and Thundercats remake 

[DrSpoonbender]

Elton John is dead wrote...

In The Night Garden rocks!

That and Pocoyo.

Modifié par DrSpoonbender, 26 juillet 2011 - 09:16 .

[Volourn]

"Stupid, brainless cartoons for progressively stupider generations. Remember Bugs Bunny? What do we have now?"

Bugs Bunny 9and many 80 and 90s kids shows) were the very defintion of stuopid and brainless. Fun for kis tow atch but blame dumbo.

Poeple who claim that older stuff is somehow inherently 'smarter' are just being silly.

[Kaiser Shepard]

Dandynermite wrote...

Finius and Pherb, watch that, sick show

Phineas and Ferb (the typo was understandable) is indeed one of the few, if not the only good kids show of the last couple of years.

Also, since this was probably going to happen at one point or another, let's post some great cartoon intros. I'll start:

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest
X-men

Modifié par Kaiser Shepard, 26 juillet 2011 - 09:19 .

[Eternal Phoenix]

DrSpoonbender wrote...

Elton John is dead wrote...

In The Night Garden rocks!

That and Pocoyo.

Pocoyo has nothing on In The Night Garden. The narrator in that show is legendary and Iggle Piggle steals the show with his amazing personality. He's even been compared to David Cameron who is the brother of James Cameron, the movie director.




I mean what child's show can beat this epicness:

Modifié par Elton John is dead, 26 juillet 2011 - 09:35 .

[Wicked 702]

ErichHartmann wrote...

Most kid shows in the 80's and 90's aren't really better. Don't be swayed by any feelings of nostalgia.

I very much disagree. Without getting super political about it, I'll just state that there was a major push in the 90's for parents to get involved with what their kids were watching on TV by...*GASP*...watching shows with them. In order to accomplish that goal (which unfortunately seems to have failed as most social engineering experiments do), writers created shows that contained both child and adult jokes/humor.

For examples of this, you need only look at Warner Brothers and their partnership with Spielberg. Shows like Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs, and Pinky and the Brain are prime examples of this thinking. Despite the fact that the social experiment failed, the quality of these shows was far above par. Only when I became older did I start to understand the frequent adult references as well as the ones for children.

This focus on more adult themes can be seem in all sorts of other 90's shows. Perfect example would be the X-Men and Spiderman Marvel cartoons. The characters were EXTREMELY accurate to those in the comics. They dealt with adult situations involving relationships, death, family, etc.

Now look at the recent X-Men cartoons produced. All I see from today's kids shows is teenage angst. That's what the focus is now. That's the shift in society. Shows today are all about teenage problems, not adult ones. And those of us who have gotten older know that teenage problems are nothing. That's why these shows today suck. They deal with nothing.

Edit: Oh lord, how could I have forgotten Batman: The Animated Series from the 90's. That was a friggin' dark masterpiece.

Modifié par Wicked 702, 26 juillet 2011 - 09:36 .

[Nameless one7]

I like the older cartoons better myself, I've TRIED to watch the new cartoons but none of them are as good as the 80s and 90s cartoons.

[GreedIgnored]

ReallyRue wrote...

Friendship is Magic is a good family watch. Not all kids TV shows are bad.

Yes but the violence, rude language, climatic writing (and not all smiles) and gross animations made it so much better. Not because it was bad but it was real. When you step out to the real world it isn't all friendship and hugs, and these cartoons had morals and facts, theories and science. (I learned of stephen Hawking through Dexter's laboratory, Einsteins ftl law from the Powerpuff Girls, time travel paradoxes....) The old cartoons were way better.

[GreedIgnored]

SOLID_EVEREST wrote...

I still watch episodes of Ren and Stimpy, Hey Arnold, Avatar, and Rocko's Modern Life on Netflix. Those shows are the greatest.

speaking of Rocko's Modern Life, Joe Murray (the creator) also made Camp Lazlo and he's part of the KaboingTV animators/writers.

[bmwcrazy]

+1 on the kids shows have always sucked.

When I was a child, I'd rather watch action movies with my parents than kids shows or cartoon.

[bussinrounds]

Volourn wrote...

"Stupid, brainless cartoons for progressively stupider generations. Remember Bugs Bunny? What do we have now?"

Bugs Bunny 9and many 80 and 90s kids shows) were the very defintion of stuopid and brainless. Fun for kis tow atch but blame dumbo.

Poeple who claim that older stuff is somehow inherently 'smarter' are just being silly.

     I don't know about smarter, as i don't watch cartoons for that reason.  

    But i do know, they were just plain better and more entertaining, in my eyes.

[KenKenpachi]

Pft Mr Rogers would beat the crap out of all of you, then drown you in his train pond.

[bussinrounds]

www.youtube.com/watch

www.youtube.com/watch


Remember these ?

Modifié par bussinrounds, 26 juillet 2011 - 10:57 .