T.V just loves to get rid of childhood memories, doesn't it?

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:53 pm

I never actually watched this show much, but I LOVED the theme song for The World of David the Gnome.

Raise your hand if you did too.

I DID watch The Care Bears Family, though, and I liked that a LOT. That's one I miss.

(And okay, I admit it--I liked My Little Pony Tales as well.)

Medli · Post by **Medli** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:25 pm

Thing is, I don´t even have kids yet and probably wont in the next 4 years(at least, I hope to not have way too early kids). That´s TV how it is NOW, I don´t wanna imagine how it´ll be by the time my children watch TV. >.>

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 10:56 am

It could be awesome! And if there's nothing worth watching, don't let your cubs watch TV. :3

copper · Post by **copper** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:51 pm

Your kids may not even like cartoons, Medli. Untill I was ten years old, all I watched were documentaries and the History Channel. My two favorite channels were History and Dsicovery!

yoyodude · Post by **yoyodude** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:13 pm

I don't get these new acid trip shows like Adventure Time.

Cwitt · Post by **Cwitt** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:16 pm

Ya, I watched Adventure Time in the middle of an episode once. I was like "What the fudge?"

Bino · Post by **Bino** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:18 pm

Cwitt wrote:Ya, I watched Adventure Time in the middle of an episode once. I was like "What the fudge?"

I thought the dog was slightly amusing in that show, but only because i found out the actor who does his voice is the same person who does the voice of Marcus Fenix in Gears of War... i thought that was an interesting shift in roles

Post by **Sleet** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 8:20 pm

yoyodude wrote:I don't get these new acid trip shows like Adventure Time.

They're creative at least! I'm quite the fan of Adventure Time.

Cory · Post by **Cory** » Sun Mar 27, 2011 11:58 pm

I'm the same as you, Copper, but even History and Discovery don't have near the quality of programming as they used to! There's hardly anything 'historical' on the history channel anymore.

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 12:08 am

...A Virus trying to take over my mainframe?

*Dramatic close-up*

I don't think so...

Regular Bird · Post by **Regular Bird** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 4:28 am

All of this is why I can't watch T.V.
Its just so boring now.

Beagle · Post by **Beagle** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 7:17 am

My friends and I were actually discussing this same topic at the lunch table a few weeks ago.
I made the point: "Our whole childhood has been reduced to nostalgic moments on Youtube."

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Mon Mar 28, 2011 2:12 pm

Beagle wrote:My friends and I were actually discussing this same topic at the lunch table a few weeks ago.
I made the point: "Our whole childhood has been reduced to nostalgic moments on Youtube."

Well, I'm depressed now.

ManaWolf · Post by **ManaWolf** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:23 am

yoyodude wrote:I don't get these new acid trip shows like Adventure Time.

The original adventure time from Nickelodeon was way better than the one they have on cartoon network. here's a link! http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xzgx5_ ... shortfilms

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:34 am

Hey, y'all know what was a good show? Beast Wars.

Tiggy · Post by **Tiggy** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 9:05 am

I miss when I used to get up before school and watch TV :<

It was mostly beyblades, but I loved it. x3

ManaWolf · Post by **ManaWolf** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:38 pm

Tobee wrote:I miss when I used to get up before school and watch TV :<

It was mostly beyblades, but I loved it. x3

Really? When I woke up early in the morning to watch CN I would always watch Case Closed (detective Conan). It was awesome.

theblackcateyes · Post by **theblackcateyes** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:41 pm

DIGIMON RULES!!!

Cwitt · Post by **Cwitt** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:06 pm

Yeah. I only realy liked the 3rd and 4th seasons/generations(?).
You know the one with Guilmon?
And the one where those people turned into Digimon.

FlyAwayNow · Post by **FlyAwayNow** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:19 pm

Lonely Man from the original Hulk TV show.

Now that pretty much sums up my view on TV now, just a hitch hiker trying to get by, only to get taken advantage of by a benevolent taxi driver. But sometimes, he gets picked up by an aspiring driver, someone new, refreshing and innocent.

copper · Post by **copper** » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:22 pm

ManaWolf wrote:
Tobee wrote:I miss when I used to get up before school and watch TV :<

It was mostly beyblades, but I loved it. x3
Really? When I woke up early in the morning to watch CN I would always watch Case Closed (detective Conan). It was awesome.

Yes. I thought I was the only one who did that.

I miss getting up early on Saturday and sitting down in the mornings to watch Saturday morning cartoons on Kids WB. They had some great shows on there when I was a kid. I would spend mornings watching those, afternoons outside, and evenings reading in my room. I had a lot of perfect Saturdays that way.

Dubiousity · Post by **Dubiousity** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:56 am

Not all new cartoons are bad, can't hate on Adventure Time.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:51 am

Does anyone remember when Spongebob Squarepants was good?

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:19 am

naylorfan90 wrote:Does anyone remember when Spongebob Squarepants was good?

It was good once?

redmarker97 · Post by **redmarker97** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 8:24 am

Tha Housedog wrote:
naylorfan90 wrote:Does anyone remember when Spongebob Squarepants was good?
It was good once?

I was thinking the same thing.

I've noticed every channel on the TV have all gone to the 'non-good' stuff, if you will. Heck, when I was ten, and WAY into Auto Racing and the like, I would always come home, grab a snack, turn on Speed Network and watch the Drag Racing, then Monster Trucks that were on every weekday. Now, its just Pinks and all the other stuff I hated. :c

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:36 am

Tha Housedog wrote:
naylorfan90 wrote:Does anyone remember when Spongebob Squarepants was good?
It was good once?

...no, I guess not..

Tiggy · Post by **Tiggy** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 9:37 am

naylorfan90 wrote:
Tha Housedog wrote:
naylorfan90 wrote:Does anyone remember when Spongebob Squarepants was good?
It was good once?

I used to like it, don't anymore.

We all have different tastes, respect that. :p

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 10:43 am

Tha Housedog wrote:
naylorfan90 wrote:Does anyone remember when Spongebob Squarepants was good?
It was good once?

Yes. Even if you didn't like it originally (when you were 6-9), if you looked at the series over time, you'd be able to see that it got worse. It was supposed to end after the movie, but it was too profitable to let die, even if it was basically already dead.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:38 pm

naylorfan90 wrote:Does anyone remember when Spongebob Squarepants was good?

You win an award of a guy holding an award

I just realized that Spongebob has been on TV for more time after it was cancelled than before it was... why.

jopencjusz · Post by **jopencjusz** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:43 pm

Well, there're people who thinks that Spongebob is good show

For example Odlanier Solis:

GameCobra · Post by **GameCobra** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 2:52 pm

Spongebob is good. It's just not something i would watch 24/7. it's good when you watch it whenever you turn the TV on though and watch the first few episodes. It's charm is in it's simplisity turned random.

now Invader Zim. that's going a whole new level =P

Post by **Sleet** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:05 pm

The pre-movie seasons of Spongebob (the first three, I think) were very clever and oddball. The newer ones just go for cheap gags, often going an entire episode with only a joke or two. This is what happens when shows are forced to go on for longer than the creator wants them to.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 3:19 pm

Sleet wrote:The pre-movie seasons of Spongebob (the first three, I think) were very clever and oddball. The newer ones just go for cheap gags, often going an entire episode with only a joke or two. This is what happens when shows are forced to go on for longer than the creator wants them to.

Yes, the first three seasons were pre-movie. Then they had a pause for a year or two to get the movie produced, and then within a couple years of the movie somebody dug the franchise back up from the dead.

What I think is most upsetting is that the fourth season, which I was initially disgusted by, seems great in light of recent ones.

But yeah, the problem they've run into is the jokes aren't subtle. Often they explain the joke after telling it, but even more commonly they tell a joke and then add some musical element or piece of dialogue or other such device that essentially points at the gag and says "HEY THAT WAS A JOKE DID YOU HEAR IT".

Also, they try to cram way too much dialogue into eleven minutes. SB plots used to be pretty simple, if not derivitive, but they filled up their time comfortably and without overstaying their welcome. (Best example is the Pizza Delivery episode, which is essentially a story about getting lost while delivering pizza, and is one of the better episodes of the show)
Nowadays they run out of steam with a plot 3 minutes in because of how fast it moves, and then they have to switch gears and turn the direction of the story somewhere else.

I have dozens of other things I could complain about but that would get rambly.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:06 pm

Um, I used to enjoy Codename: Kids Next Door, when it was on..

redmarker97 · Post by **redmarker97** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 5:30 pm

Most of the older cartoons are WAY better the stupid reality shows. 'Codename was pretty awesome.

ManaWolf · Post by **ManaWolf** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:22 pm

Well the only good cartoon that I can stand watching on tv today is Phineas and Ferb. They're pretty imaginative and predictable at most times, but hey at least it's better than nothing. Though I'm sort of losing interest in it because they've exceeded more than 104 episodes.

CaptainPea · Post by **CaptainPea** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 6:33 pm

ManaWolf wrote:Well the only good cartoon that I can stand watching on tv today is Phineas and Ferb. They're pretty imaginative and predictable at most times, but hey at least it's better than nothing. Though I'm sort of losing interest in it because they've exceeded more than 104 episodes.

Well, just say that the producers skipped the school year because it wasn't interesting and now it's next summer

The nice thing about Phineas and Ferb is that it knows its predictable, and that's kinda the point. The amount of creativity they can put forth in such a formulaic structure is really quite amazing.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 7:24 pm

ManaWolf wrote:Well the only good cartoon that I can stand watching on tv today is Phineas and Ferb. They're pretty imaginative and predictable at most times, but hey at least it's better than nothing. Though I'm sort of losing interest in it because they've exceeded more than 104 episodes.

Wow, I hadn't realized it had reached such a high number.

Private Elliot · Post by **Private Elliot** » Wed Mar 30, 2011 11:55 pm

naylorfan90 wrote:Um, I used to enjoy Codename: Kids Next Door, when it was on..

It is on, they brought it back.

Sorta, it's hard to find.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Thu Mar 31, 2011 8:31 am

Private Elliot wrote:
naylorfan90 wrote:Um, I used to enjoy Codename: Kids Next Door, when it was on..
It is on, they brought it back.

Sorta, it's hard to find.

Wha? No way, it had such a great ending though! You sre you aren't just seeing reruns, or some kind of spin-off?