How much have cartoons changed over the years? - Page 2

Turtle Dove · 01-16-2006, 12:36 AM

My list sounds just like all of yours too....

Real Ghostbusters
David the Gnome
Transformers
GI Joe
Super Mario Bros.
Legend of Zelda
He-man
TMNT
She-RA
...MAPLE TOWN!
Count Duckula!
Danger Mouse!
Pin Wheel!
Noozles
The Little Koloa!
Muppet Babies
CBS Storybreak
The Littles
My Little Pony!!!!
JEM

nothing comes as cool as Thundercats though.....

in fact this website http://toontracker.com/ gives the old themes and looking at the year it came out.....wow. I feel so ..old....

I still recall the Red Sky series of TMNT on at 9:30am then CBS storybreak aired...then you knew your saturday morning toons where over and it was time to go back to reality...*sniff*

*Duke* · 01-16-2006, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Jo Dawn

The Little Koala

I hadn't thought about this show in over 10 years. Thanks you mentioning it.

malignant · 01-16-2006, 01:30 PM

I can't really stand todays cartoons. Theyre all just to animeish and Kiddish.

I enjoy TMNT..to an extent. Nothing will ever beat the old toon. Also The batman..but i get sick of all the damn reruns they show of it. The classic Batman show was 100 times ahead of the Batman. Along with Superman that followed it. We'll never see toons like those again probably...

I don't know, cartoon lineups just all suck. You maybe get one good toon on one channel every saturday. The batman on WB...TMNT on fox. But then..they rerun the same episodes so much that you get tired of them anyways...

Rikirk · 01-19-2006, 11:19 PM

I have always liked animated programs. To my simple mind they are much more entertaining than live action shows..but there are some exceptions.

..and I guess I will go to my grave with a love for animation.

There is one constant though...no matter what age you are, Bugs bunny cartoons will have you splitting your sides in an instant. Also...most of the shows mentioned already are great programs*so i wont bother mentioning them again, but it seems that the shows that target both kids and *adults* seem to do the best, mostly. Animaniacs, Tiny toons and that sort leap to mind..maybe that has something to do with Mr. Spielberg.

As an aside...anyone remember the early 80's cartoons: Spiral Zone, DinoSaucers, Donkey Kong and Hulk Hogan? I thought those were some of the better early '80s toons. I seem to remember there being a female Kangaroo character in the Donkey Kong show that I think I had a slight crush on..*yeah ...yeah, no laughing*

Anyway, in my opinion cartoons of the 80's were simply vehicles for selling a product, be it toys or cereal. That could be true today as well. the 80's toons were, dare I say, mindless antics akin to some sort of comedy. Today you get darker themes and somewhat more realism, which probobly in some way has been influenced by Anime. And theres another constant I have found...Even though they brougt back G.I. Joe (A fav of mine when I was young), it still has the same formulaic. Beautifully animated...but the same silly dialogue

and far fetched plots, but I digress.

...Or I might have no idea what I have been rambling on about for the last 5 minutes so feel free to ignore my post.

Oh yeah...and as for me, once a TMNT fan..always a TMNT fan.

*VaughnMichael* · 01-20-2006, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

I kind of liked Popeye and Son, I thought it freshned up Popeye first and formost and offered up an interesting dynamic (the son hated spinnage, Popeye and Olive were married, but nowhere near living the life Bluto was, that of a tycoon, great material), it probably is the best and most underrated incarnation of Popeye ever.

man I totally agree popeye and son was an amazing show I also really loved capin' cave man and son as a kid I liked it a hell of allot more then flintstone kids lol...
-Putrescent

*VaughnMichael* · 01-20-2006, 01:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Turtle Dove

My list sounds just like all of yours too....

Real Ghostbusters
David the Gnome
Transformers
GI Joe
Super Mario Bros.
Legend of Zelda
He-man
TMNT
She-RA
...MAPLE TOWN!
Count Duckula!
Danger Mouse!
Pin Wheel!
Noozles
The Little Koloa!
Muppet Babies
CBS Storybreak
The Littles
My Little Pony!!!!
JEM

nothing comes as cool as Thundercats though.....

in fact this website http://toontracker.com/ gives the old themes and looking at the year it came out.....wow. I feel so ..old....

I still recall the Red Sky series of TMNT on at 9:30am then CBS storybreak aired...then you knew your saturday morning toons where over and it was time to go back to reality...*sniff*

aww you sound just like me lol thats totally how saterday mornings made me feel I'd make sure to get up on time to watch them all every single week even if it was a repeate.....and when it was over I loathed it because my father would make me go outside and play with the other kids who wanted to play baseball and crap and I just wanted to draw...

*Masked Ninja* · 01-20-2006, 01:05 AM

Ah yes... Just reading through your lists brings back memories of old stuff I used to watch.

David the Gnome
Muppet Babies
Rocky and Bullwinkle
TMNT

Classic Looney Toons
some Hanna Barbera stuff
Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain

And one show I completely regret missing: Gargoyles. It sounds like it was a really great show.

Nowadays... though in general the animation is better (because let's face it... for as awesome as they are, most '80s toons were pumped out, and the animation betrays that), I am just not impressed with today's cartoons so much, aside from TMNT. Dexter's Lab was kind of a fun show... but all of a sudden there's 236457 shows in that style of animation? One's okay, but more just hurts my eyes for some reason. And then crude stuff like Spongebob... and that preteen girl crap like Bratz... I just can't watch it. My TV schedule during the week is: Saturday 9:30 - TMNT. Then I turn it off and don't watch anything until the next week ('cept for maybe Nova/Nature on PBS, if I remember). And I LOVE animated stuff, especially 2D.

I know I for one am sick of animation being considered "kiddie fodder" in the US. Maybe we'd have more intelligent shows. And (in my dreams) fewer adult cartoons that find it necessary to throw in crude jokes and innuendo just to make it obvious that it's not for kids. *sigh*

Turtle Dove · 01-20-2006, 01:14 AM

Is it me or when the 90's hit the cartoons got butt ugly? Cept for a few like superman and Batman,.....still there seemed to be a "DEAD" peroid of crappy shows.

*That Matt Guy* · 01-20-2006, 06:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Turtle Dove

Is it me or when the 90's hit the cartoons got butt ugly? Cept for a few like superman and Batman,.....still there seemed to be a "DEAD" peroid of crappy shows.

Maybe in the late 90's, I don't remember anything good being around in 1997/98 and so on. But there was a hell of a lot of good stuff earlier in the decade... Eek the Cat, Phantom 2040, 2 Stupid Dogs, Gargoyles, The Tick, etc...

01-16-2006, 12:36 AM	#21
Turtle Dove Stone Warrior Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In Don's workshop Posts: 854	My list sounds just like all of yours too.... Real Ghostbusters David the Gnome Transformers GI Joe Super Mario Bros. Legend of Zelda He-man TMNT She-RA ...MAPLE TOWN! Count Duckula! Danger Mouse! Pin Wheel! Noozles The Little Koloa! Muppet Babies CBS Storybreak The Littles My Little Pony!!!! JEM nothing comes as cool as Thundercats though..... in fact this website http://toontracker.com/ gives the old themes and looking at the year it came out.....wow. I feel so ..old.... I still recall the Red Sky series of TMNT on at 9:30am then CBS storybreak aired...then you knew your saturday morning toons where over and it was time to go back to reality...sniff __________________ ]~You'll always be #1 in my heart~ 1..2...3...4..Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.....

01-16-2006, 01:30 PM	#23
malignant Hench Mutant Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Colorado Posts: 383	I can't really stand todays cartoons. Theyre all just to animeish and Kiddish. I enjoy TMNT..to an extent. Nothing will ever beat the old toon. Also The batman..but i get sick of all the damn reruns they show of it. The classic Batman show was 100 times ahead of the Batman. Along with Superman that followed it. We'll never see toons like those again probably... I don't know, cartoon lineups just all suck. You maybe get one good toon on one channel every saturday. The batman on WB...TMNT on fox. But then..they rerun the same episodes so much that you get tired of them anyways... __________________ Currently Playing - went back to playing Prince of Persia SOT (Xbox) Mario Kart (DS) Shredder

01-19-2006, 11:19 PM	#24
Rikirk Foot Soldier Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 208	I have always liked animated programs. To my simple mind they are much more entertaining than live action shows..but there are some exceptions. ..and I guess I will go to my grave with a love for animation. There is one constant though...no matter what age you are, Bugs bunny cartoons will have you splitting your sides in an instant. Also...most of the shows mentioned already are great programsso i wont bother mentioning them again, but it seems that the shows that target both kids and adults* seem to do the best, mostly. Animaniacs, Tiny toons and that sort leap to mind..maybe that has something to do with Mr. Spielberg. As an aside...anyone remember the early 80's cartoons: Spiral Zone, DinoSaucers, Donkey Kong and Hulk Hogan? I thought those were some of the better early '80s toons. I seem to remember there being a female Kangaroo character in the Donkey Kong show that I think I had a slight crush on..yeah ...yeah, no laughing Anyway, in my opinion cartoons of the 80's were simply vehicles for selling a product, be it toys or cereal. That could be true today as well. the 80's toons were, dare I say, mindless antics akin to some sort of comedy. Today you get darker themes and somewhat more realism, which probobly in some way has been influenced by Anime. And theres another constant I have found...Even though they brougt back G.I. Joe (A fav of mine when I was young), it still has the same formulaic. Beautifully animated...but the same silly dialogue and far fetched plots, but I digress. ...Or I might have no idea what I have been rambling on about for the last 5 minutes so feel free to ignore my post. Oh yeah...and as for me, once a TMNT fan..always a TMNT fan. __________________ "Did you say mattress?...I did ask you not to, now I have to get into the fish tank and sing. "Yes, yes I admit I tuned you out but in my defense its because I already figured out that youre stupid.'---Dr Rodney McKay - Stargate: Atlantis

01-20-2006, 01:14 AM	#28
Turtle Dove Stone Warrior Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: In Don's workshop Posts: 854	Is it me or when the 90's hit the cartoons got butt ugly? Cept for a few like superman and Batman,.....still there seemed to be a "DEAD" peroid of crappy shows. __________________ ]~You'll always be #1 in my heart~ 1..2...3...4..Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.....

01-20-2006, 01:05 AM	#27
Masked Ninja Doodles TMNT for fun Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: sploshin' through some sewer... Posts: 2,137	Ah yes... Just reading through your lists brings back memories of old stuff I used to watch. David the Gnome Muppet Babies Rocky and Bullwinkle TMNT Classic Looney Toons some Hanna Barbera stuff Animaniacs/Pinky and the Brain And one show I completely regret missing: Gargoyles. It sounds like it was a really great show. Nowadays... though in general the animation is better (because let's face it... for as awesome as they are, most '80s toons were pumped out, and the animation betrays that), I am just not impressed with today's cartoons so much, aside from TMNT. Dexter's Lab was kind of a fun show... but all of a sudden there's 236457 shows in that style of animation? One's okay, but more just hurts my eyes for some reason. And then crude stuff like Spongebob... and that preteen girl crap like Bratz... I just can't watch it. My TV schedule during the week is: Saturday 9:30 - TMNT. Then I turn it off and don't watch anything until the next week ('cept for maybe Nova/Nature on PBS, if I remember). And I LOVE animated stuff, especially 2D. I know I for one am sick of animation being considered "kiddie fodder" in the US. Maybe we'd have more intelligent shows. And (in my dreams) fewer adult cartoons that find it necessary to throw in crude jokes and innuendo just to make it obvious that it's not for kids. sigh