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~~ABrown~~ · 09-13-2011, 08:57 AM

The original cartoon absolutely had to change to the "red sky" style in order to continue. I'm actually kinda surprised that the show lasted until 1993 with the older style.

The 2003 cartoon is a completely different story. I wonder how much of a necessity it was to have the style changed. I've read that the style was changed to try to bring in viewers. Were the ratings not very good? I just don't know. The Fast Forward episodes really aren't that bad. And the fact that the fifth season did eventually make its way to tv and dvd makes it even more acceptable. Also, having the show make it to over 100 episodes before switching over to the Fast Forward style is a third reason that I'm ok with the style being changed. It's not as though Fast Forward showed up after season two or three. Then I would've really been upset.

09-13-2011, 08:57 AM	#4
~~ABrown~~ Banned Join Date: Sep 2010 Posts: 1,831	The original cartoon absolutely had to change to the "red sky" style in order to continue. I'm actually kinda surprised that the show lasted until 1993 with the older style. The 2003 cartoon is a completely different story. I wonder how much of a necessity it was to have the style changed. I've read that the style was changed to try to bring in viewers. Were the ratings not very good? I just don't know. The Fast Forward episodes really aren't that bad. And the fact that the fifth season did eventually make its way to tv and dvd makes it even more acceptable. Also, having the show make it to over 100 episodes before switching over to the Fast Forward style is a third reason that I'm ok with the style being changed. It's not as though Fast Forward showed up after season two or three. Then I would've really been upset.