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

ManaWolf · Post by **ManaWolf** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:55 pm

I hate T.V now, I rarely watch it. Mostly because most television shows on Disney, Nick (which SHOULD be called nickelodeon) and Cartoon Network have either really bad cartoons or really stupid sitcoms. And the worst part is that you never see any of the shows you thought rocked on the channels anymore. Unless you go to channels that air older shows like Boomerang, Nicktoons or Disney XD (WHICH SHOULD BE CALLED Toon Disney) Don't you all agree as well? Do you really want your kids to grow up with these bad shows in their childhood. What was a cartoon that you really liked and is now taken off the air?

Bino · Post by **Bino** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:59 pm

Disney has gone bad!!! I grew up on Little Bear and other cartoons, not shows like Hannah Montana that encourage being disrespectful to your parents

ManaWolf · Post by **ManaWolf** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:00 pm

Totally, animaniacs was some pretty good stuff

KizerZin · Post by **KizerZin** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:02 pm

I know your pain...
toonami! WHY TOONAMI???
I even miss the powerpuff girls...

copper · Post by **copper** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:14 pm

And what is with the sudden decline in animation quality? I remember when animators actually tried to make it look real. To me, Courage the Cowardly Dog was the last good show on any of those networks.

Cwitt · Post by **Cwitt** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:17 pm

KizerZin wrote:I know your pain...
toonami! WHY TOONAMI???
I even miss the powerpuff girls...

I miss toonami...
And I loved Courage! I miss him.....

Also, what happend to pokemon mystery dungeon? It had like one episode! (and nothing happend in that episode!) It was the only pokemon show that I might have liked.

ManaWolf · Post by **ManaWolf** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:26 pm

Well courage is actually still on. I never had much interest in it. I loved krypto the superdog when I was in like 1st grade.

Post by **Sleet** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:31 pm

KizerZin wrote:I even miss the powerpuff girls...

Watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

Cwitt wrote:Also, what happend to pokemon mystery dungeon? It had like one episode! (and nothing happend in that episode!) It was the only pokemon show that I might have liked.

That was just a special to advertise those games. Side games rarely get more than 3 episodes dedicated to them. Usually only one.

Cwitt · Post by **Cwitt** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:33 pm

Sleet wrote:
KizerZin wrote:I even miss the powerpuff girls...
Watch My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
Cwitt wrote:Also, what happend to pokemon mystery dungeon? It had like one episode! (and nothing happend in that episode!) It was the only pokemon show that I might have liked.
That was just a special to advertise those games. Side games rarely get more than 3 episodes dedicated to them. Usually only one.

Well, it makes me sad because I really wanted a show centered around talking pokemon.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:50 pm

Something called Cartoon Network should NOT have live-action stuff on it. That just isn't right!

KizerZin · Post by **KizerZin** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:54 pm

Why not? MTV des not play music.

FlintTheSquirrel · Post by **FlintTheSquirrel** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:18 pm

There are three shows I still watch. Pokemon, Naruto, and Bleach. All of which are recorded and watched in the morning. But yea, TV is not much worth watching anymore. Other than those, I watch the News and that is pretty much it.

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:40 pm

naylorfan90 wrote:Something called Cartoon Network should NOT have live-action stuff on it. That just isn't right!

This this this this!

ResTheRabbit · Post by **ResTheRabbit** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:59 pm

I grew up on animaniacs too. And when I read someone mention it above I remembered Freakazoid!! hahahaha

I can answer the question of why animations suck by the way. Computers do the in between animations now, half of it isn't hand drawn is the problem.

copper · Post by **copper** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:02 pm

Wait, other than Adult Swim, what live action shows are there on Cartoon Network?

When I was young, I loved to watch the old Johnny Quest episodes. It seems the classic cartoons are always better than anything thrown out there nowadays.

Animaniacs were good too. You know what? Anything on Kids WB was good. I also liked that Static Shock superhero show, though it was a little preachy at times.

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:08 pm

Heh, I still remember Fox Box. Those were good shows, too.

exranio · Post by **exranio** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:11 pm

Somtimes I think you all are way to buried in the past. Time moves on and so does television.

I really like some of the new cartoons. Adventure time and the Regular show are awesome. What I saw of Robotomy was cool too but it was canceled in ten episodes. I don't like Tuff Puppy however. Its basically the exact same humour as fairly odd parents and after a while that really stopped being funny.

What else did I think was good thats not that old.
Camp Lazlo
My gym partners a monkey
Code Lyoko

Well I can't think of anything else right now its to late at night.

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:11 pm

exranio wrote: Code Lyoko

Oh God yes.
I miss that, too.

copper · Post by **copper** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:14 pm

Yes, my family jokes that I was born in the wrong centuy, so maybe it's that my tastes are buried in the old Hanna- Barbera cartoons. Scooby Doo is my all time favorite cartoon show. That should tell you something.

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:16 pm

copper wrote:Yes, my family jokes that I was born in the wrong centuy, so maybe it's that my tastes are buried in the old Hanna- Barbera cartoons. Scooby Doo is my all time favorite cartoon show. That should tell you something.

That used to be my favorite. Any Scooby-Doo at all, including A Pup Named and What's New?

copper · Post by **copper** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:22 pm

A pup named was good, but What's new was lacking in the old Scooby Doo charm for some reason.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 9:30 am

Camp Lazlo was great, and I loved Codename: Kids Next Door when it was on. Same with Ed, Edd & Eddy and stuff like The Powerpuff Girls. But it just doesn't seem like most cartoons are really trying to be clever anymore. Plus, most of the animation feels the same.

I usually just stick with foreign cartoons now. Code Lyoko, Wakfu...actually, now that I think about it, France has some pretty good shows...

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 12:36 pm

Well, I've got something to add up to this discussion - what makes you say that the cartoons they show today are worse than the cartoons that aired years ago? You're not a child anymore, and you love the cartoons you watched before - of course you won't understand the cartoons that are aired today. However, I agree that Disney has gone wrong. Shows that encourage being disrespectful to your parents are wrong. Very wrong.

I grew up on Dexter's Lab, Ed, Ed, Eddie, Samurai Jack, Spongebob Squarepants, Kim Possible and other cartoons that I can't remember right now. However, I don't watch TV at all so I don't know if they're still on on some channels.

Zander · Post by **Zander** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:32 pm

I don't watch TV anymore for this specific reason.

Senator_Sunburst · Post by **Senator_Sunburst** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:49 pm

Box O Lions wrote: I can answer the question of why animations suck by the way. Computers do the in between animations now, half of it isn't hand drawn is the problem.

Oh really? You know what's also hand drawn?

Good animation comes from actual work and effort being put into it, regardless of the medium.

exranio · Post by **exranio** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:07 pm

As a question. Have any of you watched "The Regular Show" Its actually sorta like the older cartoons. The people who watch conist of males between 18-26 or something like that.

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:08 pm

I've watched it. Needless to say, it isn't too bad; it's much better than Chowder was, IMO.

KizerZin · Post by **KizerZin** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 4:24 pm

SpongeBob, Chowder and Flapjack... thay all make the same joke...

Stupid things are funny… stupid purple are not

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:24 pm

Alex wrote:Well, I've got something to add up to this discussion - what makes you say that the cartoons they show today are worse than the cartoons that aired years ago? You're not a child anymore, and you love the cartoons you watched before - of course you won't understand the cartoons that are aired today. However, I agree that Disney has gone wrong. Shows that encourage being disrespectful to your parents are wrong. Very wrong.

I grew up on Dexter's Lab, Ed, Ed, Eddie, Samurai Jack, Spongebob Squarepants, Kim Possible and other cartoons that I can't remember right now. However, I don't watch TV at all so I don't know if they're still on on some channels.

Sorry it's taken so long for me to respond to this, I've been busy. As for you question, I can say that most modern cartoons are not as good as old ones because I've watched them. I dare someone to say that Johnny Test is half as imaginative and cleverly written as something like Dexter's Laboratory, or even that great underappreciated gem, Time Squad.

Also, to others, just because a toon is done in Flash does not mean it can't be visually interesting or dynamic. Just look at the season 2 opening for Wakfu (yes, I'm gonna keep bringing that show up, it's that darn good!). It's incredibly dynamic and fluid, especially when compared to, once again, something like Johnny Test.

Post by **Sleet** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:30 pm

exranio wrote:As a question. Have any of you watched "The Regular Show" Its actually sorta like the older cartoons. The people who watch conist of males between 18-26 or something like that.

Regular Show. I think it's awesome because it's an adult-targeted cartoon that isn't much more inappropriate than children's cartoons. It bodes well for the future of cartoons, but not necessarily children's cartoons. I think the '90s were a better era of cartoons than now, but not by nearly the margin people are suggesting. A lot of that is nostalgia.

ChewyChewy · Post by **ChewyChewy** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 7:40 pm

This might sound silly, but honestly, two cartoon shows that I really wish they still had on were Good Morning, Mickey! and Donald Duck Presents.

I know, those weren't real shows, they were collections of theatrical shorts--but that's my whole point. We need more of the genuine article from Disney--from back when Disney WAS Disney.

Besides, I liked the theme songs to those two shows, especially Donald Duck Presents....

"From the one and only--from the one and only...ONNNNNNNNNNNNNE!!!"

(Frankly I wish they'd go back to the kinds of innovations they did before World War II--"The Rite of Spring" from Fantasia is STILL one of the most awesome things I've ever seen!)

ManaWolf · Post by **ManaWolf** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 10:08 pm

copper wrote:Wait, other than Adult Swim, what live action shows are there on Cartoon Network?

When I was young, I loved to watch the old Johnny Quest episodes. It seems the classic cartoons are always better than anything thrown out there nowadays.

Animaniacs were good too. You know what? Anything on Kids WB was good. I also liked that Static Shock superhero show, though it was a little preachy at times.

Road Rovers was one of the shows i remember on kids WB, But I remember it being so stereotypical.

Kyderra · Post by **Kyderra** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 5:00 am

omelet du fromage.

Post by **rickgriffin** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 10:11 am

Kyderra wrote:omelet du fromage.

Omelet du fromage?

Omelet du fromage.

Post by **Obbl** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:13 am

rickgriffin wrote:
Kyderra wrote:omelet du fromage.
Omelet du fromage?

Omelet du fromage.

~That's all you can sa-ay!~

Yeah, now there's only situational comedies that make use of formulaic jokes that kids will laugh at. (Unless they've updated their repertoire since I last watched a few years ago

)

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:40 am

Omelet du fromage, omelet du fromage! *falls to his knees, crying* Omelet du fromage...

Man that was a good show...

Cwitt · Post by **Cwitt** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 11:46 am

naylorfan90 wrote:Omelet du fromage, omelet du fromage! *falls to his knees, crying* Omelet du fromage...

Man that was a good show...

I have no idea what this is. Too YouTube!
I miss Angry Beavers.

Penwrite · Post by **Penwrite** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 12:07 pm

Cwitt wrote:
naylorfan90 wrote:Omelet du fromage, omelet du fromage! *falls to his knees, crying* Omelet du fromage...

Man that was a good show...
I have no idea what this is. Too YouTube!
I miss Angry Beavers.

Dexter's Laboratory.

Also, good news for you, I've heard that Nickelodeon's planning to begin production on new Angry Beavers episodes.

ResTheRabbit · Post by **ResTheRabbit** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:33 pm

I ARE WEASEL!!

Blue Braixen · Post by **Blue Braixen** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 3:35 pm

Box O Lions wrote:I ARE WEASEL!!

"I am Weasel."
"I ARE BABOON!"