Tv shows that haven't aged well

[Wesley]

I thought this might be an interesting thread. I think the following shows don't hold up:

Saved by the Bell
Captain Planet
Spiderman TAS
X-Men TAS
Sonic SatAM
The X Files

[ZariusTwo]

Those shows are fine and still work with a fresh audience. Most people who say they "don't age well" only say that because they themselves outgrew them

[Creativemind]

X-files totally holds up still and I have the X-men animated series on dvd and it's still better than the movies Fox has been crapping out.

[Mew]

I agree with you on Captain Planet, but all the rest are great!

[Cure]

Originally Posted by Wesley

I thought this might be an interesting thread. I think the following shows don't hold up:

Saved by the Bell
Captain Planet
Spiderman TAS
X-Men TAS
Sonic SatAM
The X Files

I agree with these. Also Batman: The Animated Series. Super stiff voice acting, slow action scenes, and the rain is super crappy looking.

[DarkFell]

Never got into Saved by the Bell, but the other shows are fine IMO. Captain Planet is an okay watch.

[shuriken]

Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs, GI Joe and the first few seasons of Seinfeld. Oh and the Iron Man cartoon from the nineties. The middle seasons of Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles (1987) are pretty bad in terms of quality, but are still enjoyable.
He-Man is hilarious because of the re-used footage in like every episode.

[TurtleTitan97]

I think the majority of cartoons from the 1980s haven't aged well.

[TheCanadiandrome]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

I think the majority of cartoons from the 1980s haven't aged well.

i disagree. alot of those are still better than some of the sh*t on the air these days

[Mew]

Originally Posted by shuriken

Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs, GI Joe and the first few seasons of Seinfeld. Oh and the Iron Man cartoon from the nineties. The middle seasons of Teenage Mutant Ninja turtles (1987) are pretty bad in terms of quality, but are still enjoyable.
He-Man is hilarious because of the re-used footage in like every episode.

Coming from a He-Man fan, I agree.
Although the show, and Filmation in general, is great, there was MAJOR cost cutting involved.
On example is Prince Adam's transformation sequence in every episode. It was not out of nowhere, and made sense, but it was still filler.
Actually, some of the storylines are quite adult.
In one episode, He-Man basically KILLS a bystander, but was actually one of Skeletor's henchmen in disguise. This makes He-Man LITERARY depressed.
One other thing is the PSA's at the end.
They MOSTLY gad good messages, but ones like Ram Man's make you scratch your head.
He he! Get it? Head! Ram Man.........I walked straight into that one.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

I think the majority of cartoons from the 1980s haven't aged well.

Agreed, except for the original TMNT cartoon. The fact the original show wasn't a serious action show but more of an adventure comedy with satire is why its not dated as badly.

Also I think the animation of the original show still holds up fairly well (barring the worst animated episodes), especially since the show is nearly 30 years old.

[snake]

Originally Posted by Cure

I agree with these. Also Batman: The Animated Series. Super stiff voice acting, slow action scenes, and the rain is super crappy looking.

I thought I was the only one who doesn't like BTAS. Brave and the Bold is fun though.

[Leo656]

I gotta agree with Zarius. Captain Planet was definitely a product of its time and could only have gotten over in that specific era, but the rest are alright.

Some of the same people who criticize some of those shows for flimsy reasons, will willingly overlook the literal mountain of flaws in something like the Nick TMNT show, for example, just because its "fresh" (Seriously, New York City only has, like, 5 people living there).

There's a ton of stuff from back then that doesn't hold up, and a ton of stuff right now that won't hold up in ten years, but that particular list is weak.

As for me, as a kid I loved the Filmation stock footage. I found the familiarity comforting and loved acting out the Adam/He-Man transformation, for example, or the stuff in Ghostbusters. It's not like I didn't notice those things were the same every time, I knew it was on purpose (even though I was too young to get why) and thought it was great. It's kind of weird to me when people in their 20s/30s look back on stuff that was entirely aimed at 5-8 year olds with an overly-critical eye. It's like doing a critical dissertation of the gender politics of Sesame Street. You serious?

[MrTMNT2012]

Originally Posted by snake

I thought I was the only one who doesn't like BTAS. Brave and the Bold is fun though.

I would like to see actual reasons why instead of just nitpicking...

[Whatswiththeheadbands?]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Agreed, except for the original TMNT cartoon. The fact the original show wasn't a serious action show but more of an adventure comedy with satire is why its not dated as badly.

Also I think the animation of the original show still holds up fairly well (barring the worst animated episodes), especially since the show is nearly 30 years old.

Personally, I think the 80s Transformers series has aged much better than the 80s TMNT series, but that's just me.

[ssjup81]

How about Jem and the Holograms. So so dated... lol

[Mew]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

How about Jem and the Holograms. So so dated... lol

It's OUTRAGEOUS!
I walked right into that one.....

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by MewMeow

It's OUTRAGEOUS!
I walked right into that one.....

Truly, truly, truly outrageous.

[Mew]

Originally Posted by ssjup81

Truly, truly, truly outrageous.

Lol!

[neatoman]

Originally Posted by Whatswiththeheadbands?

Personally, I think the 80s Transformers series has aged much better than the 80s TMNT series, but that's just me.

Well G1 Transformers tends to have somewhat better pacing and variety than FW TMNT, but that does not mean that it has aged all that well either.