Tom and Jerry

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Like I said, it's not really that good but the Tom and Jerry scenes are pretty solid and pay homage to the original cartoons. T&J movies have a bad habit of sticking the title characters into folklore stories where they have to work together which doesn't make them enjoyable. Still, they give us the slapstick we all enjoy which the 1992 film failed at, it

[sdp]

Originally Posted by Sumac

You must have problems with sense of humor if you find old Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry not funny.

I have problems for not finding slapstick comedic funny? I'm sure it was funny in the 40s and 60s when it originally aired.

Also, despite being formulaic 80s show were pretty good. Not all of them, but still.

Of course there's going to be some good 80s shows, and some shows with excellent concepts but boring executions (because it was only a kids cartoon).

It wasn't really until the 90s when cartoons started to actually be more than just a cheap way to get kids to buy toys. And even then it wasn't all shows either. it was the 2000's when writers actually started to care for the stuff they were writing.

Originally Posted by Anarchistguy

So to you, Garfield and Friends and The Real Ghostbusters were boring as hell??

I dont' have an opinion on real ghostbusters so I don't know. Garfield and Friends is basically a 90s show, it began airing in 89 and the first season wasn't the best either.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by sdp

It wasn't really until the 90s when cartoons started to actually be more than just a cheap way to get kids to buy toys. And even then it wasn't all shows either. it was the 2000's when writers actually started to care for the stuff they were writing.

Troll harder.

There were still s*it tons of commercialised cartoons with zero heart and soul to them in the 2000s more so than in the 80s and 90s...particularly all the dubbed animes.

[Sumac]

Originally Posted by sdp

I have problems for not finding slapstick comedic funny? I'm sure it was funny in the 40s and 60s when it originally aired.

OK, groucho.

Originally Posted by sdp

It wasn't really until the 90s when cartoons started to actually be more than just a cheap way to get kids to buy toys. And even then it wasn't all shows either. it was the 2000's when writers actually started to care for the stuff they were writing.

What the heck am I reading?

[sdp]

Originally Posted by ZariusTwo

Troll harder.

There were still s*it tons of commercialised cartoons with zero heart and soul to them in the 2000s more so than in the 80s and 90s...particularly all the dubbed animes.

Quality in animation grew each decade, of course there's going to be bad shows and a large batch of them and of course you can like those bad shows, I know I like plenty. But truly quality shows in general were more common in the 00's. The industry had just evolved over the last few decades and entertainment for kids didn't mean it needed to be dumbed down anymore.

[Anarchistguy]

Originally Posted by sdp

Garfield and Friends is basically a 90s show, it began airing in 89 and the first season wasn't the best either.

It came out in 1988

[ssjup81]

Originally Posted by sdp

I have problems for not finding slapstick comedic funny? I'm sure it was funny in the 40s and 60s when it originally aired.

For me, personally, I've always found some slapstick funny. I was watching Tom & Jerry cartoons the other day on Boomerang...well, as I 've said earlier in this thread, I prefer the 40s - 50s era for Tom & Jerry toons.

I guess slapstick just isn't much of a thing these days, eh? Seems the WB cartoons from the 90s had slapstick in it and did like those...

I dont' have an opinion on real ghostbusters so I don't know. Garfield and Friends is basically a 90s show, it began airing in 89 and the first season wasn't the best either.

The Real Ghostbusters was better when it was syndicated and before ABC airings screwed it up. Had to be toned and dumbed down (imo) and put Slimer in everything. Couldn't even reference that the ghosts were actual deceased humans at one point.Oh, and screwed up Janine's character. Venkman too...imo. He became too nice to Slimer, which was boring. Conflict makes things interesting. IMO, the first two seasons are the only ones worth watching and maybe some of 3.

[Leo656]

Once Dave Coulier became Venkman and Kath Soucie became Janine, things spiraled downhill fast for "The Real Ghostbusters". Making it "The Slimer Show" was the final nail but by then there were other problems.

I'm generally a very big fan of Kath Soucie but she was all wrong for Janine. Like, she didn't even do a voice, she mostly just used her regular speaking voice - which sounds NOTHING like Janine from either the movies or the early seasons of the show. It almost felt like they hired her for that role because nobody else showed up to audition after the original voice actor left. The fact that they devoted an entire episode to trying to give an in-story explanation for her voice and character model changing just kind of made it worse, honestly.

But yeah, the "Slimer & The Real Ghostbusters" stuff was pretty unwatchable. That show definitely limped to the finish line.

The early seasons, though? Still golden. Easily - EASILY - among the Top 5 80s Cartoons, maybe even Top 3.

[ZariusTwo]

The movie's premise has led to a new spin-off series, premiering July

https://kidscreen.com/2021/06/11/hbo...-jerry-series/

[neatoman]