What you learn from watching 1980's cartoons.

[turtle1237]

Heroes, and most time villains spend there free time pumping iron.

BraveStar, He-man, Thundarr, Bulletproof, They could complete in the Mr World body building games.

[ProactiveMan]

Yeah, even He-man's dad was ripped.

[Leo656]

And his mom had awesome cans.

.....C'mon, I can't be the only one who noticed.

[DarkFell]

That Flimation used a lot of stock animation footage. Not complaining as some of it was kinda cool.

[turtle1237]

Originally Posted by Leo656

And his mom had awesome cans.

.....C'mon, I can't be the only one who noticed.

I was going to mention something else, for something I learn from 1980's cartoons, but since you brought out the define shape of a cartoon women from the 1980's. Teela from He-man loves to get cheeky from time to time. Yes, every once in a while, you can see Teela's butt cheeks though out the series.

[turtle1237]

Other thing I learn from cartoons from the 1980's, Knowing is half the battle.

GI Joe, He-man, Inspector Gadget, and yes sadly even our be loving green Turtle heroes started doing PSA at the end of each show.

They teach kids like look both ways before crossing the street, eat right, Don't do drugs unless from a doctor or parent, What is the right sleeping habits, ete.


It was pretty amazing seeing the Joes, stomp on Cobra and his troops, follow by teaching kids not to kill themselves. The GI Joes are the most well know for the PSA, but in the 1980's, about almost every one was doing a PSA message.

[Prowler]

The episodic nature of 80s cartoons has taught me that life is repetitive and most days are pretty much the same thing.

[Allio]

that things that I see through the eyes of a child may not be perceived as "good"

[snake]

That most cartoons from the 1980s are great for a laugh. I mean, MOTU has the worst animation I've ever seen.

[turtle1237]

Originally Posted by Prowler

The episodic nature of 80s cartoons has taught me that life is repetitive and most days are pretty much the same thing.

Well, thinks for sucking out the life and soul of the 1980's cartoons.

So its hero does something, fishing, farming, what ever, even a family event like dinner, Villain does something evil, some new way to take over the world. Hero and Villain clash, Hero may have some problem, but with team work beats Villain, who retreats and claims he will get even, Hero and friends have a laugh plus moral lesson and repeat for the next episode.

[turtle1237]

Originally Posted by snake

That most cartoons from the 1980s are great for a laugh. I mean, MOTU has the worst animation I've ever seen.

You may need your eyes check, Is South Park, Power Puff Girls, Phineas and Ferb, Star vs the forces of evil ete, have better animation than MOTU?????


I felt MOTU was animated pretty well with the budget they were giving. Yeah they reuse animation, like the fame Teela butt jump, or the transformation of Adam to He-man, and the land scape was pretty nice to look at. But over MOTU had pretty good animation.

[Cure]

Originally Posted by turtle1237

You may need your eyes check, Is South Park, Power Puff Girls, Phineas and Ferb, Star vs the forces of evil ete, have better animation than MOTU?????

Is this a serious question? Is this a joke?

[turtle1237]

Originally Posted by Cure

Is this a serious question? Is this a joke?

Its a joke, but MOTU is underrated in animation.

[Cure]

OK, I thought I was going nuts.

[blindturtle02]

Originally Posted by snake

That most cartoons from the 1980s are great for a laugh. I mean, MOTU has the worst animation I've ever seen.

I can't stand it when everyone laughs at the same time before an episode ends. That makes me cringe for some reason. They did this sort of thing in G.I.Joe, Transformers, I wanna say MOTU, etc. Some of these episodes were also 30 minute long toy commercials, from what some of the writers said on the Shoutfactory Joe and TF sets. I was a 90's kid but got to see most of this stuff on USA cartoon express and Scyfy cartoon quest, so I still enjoy a good chunk of it. I wish someone would invent a time machine so I could head back into the 80's and buy some of this merch. They really knew how to flaunt those autobot/decepticon combiners back in the day. Still has an affect on me, anyway. lol

[snake]

Originally Posted by blindturtle02

I can't stand it when everyone laughs at the same time before an episode ends. That makes me cringe for some reason. They did this sort of thing in G.I.Joe, Transformers, I wanna say MOTU, etc. Some of these episodes were also 30 minute long toy commercials, from what some of the writers said on the Shoutfactory Joe and TF sets. I was a 90's kid but got to see most of this stuff on USA cartoon express and Scyfy cartoon quest, so I still enjoy a good chunk of it. I wish someone would invent a time machine so I could head back into the 80's and buy some of this merch. They really knew how to flaunt those autobot/decepticon combiners back in the day. Still has an affect on me, anyway. lol

Oh god, the laughing thing is the worst. G.I Joe has the best PSAs.

Originally Posted by turtle1237

You may need your eyes check, Is South Park, Power Puff Girls, Phineas and Ferb, Star vs the forces of evil ete, have better animation than MOTU?????


I felt MOTU was animated pretty well with the budget they were giving. Yeah they reuse animation, like the fame Teela butt jump, or the transformation of Adam to He-man, and the land scape was pretty nice to look at. But over MOTU had pretty good animation.

Uh, yeah. South Park is animated terribly because of how on top of everything the show currently is. Episodes are produced in under a week. The rest are animated leagues better than MOTU.

MOTU has sh*t animation. Face it.

[Leo656]

No, no. The *animation* is terrific. Rotoscoping still creates the most dynamic, true-to-life representation of figures in motion over any other kind of animated art.

What you're actually trying to say, is that it's cheap and recycled and stitched together using the same five shots in every single episode, over 130 episodes. And it was. Filmation was notorious for having not a lot of money and excessively re-using the same stock shots in all their shows. But I'm serious when I say, that at the time, not only were we fully aware of it, nobody gave a sh*t. It was officially part of the show's "charm" and we actually liked it. Maybe that sounds nutty but we really did.

So, yeah, it's the same couple shots, but as far as how they're *animated*, specifically, they're smooth and move beautifully. That's a common mistake people make, referring to the "animation" of Filmation shows, when what they mean is that the recycled patchwork presentation of the show as a whole was bad.

Also, not for nothin', but Rotoscoping is also kind of tricky and expensive, which is why it never really caught on, and why shows that did use it like He-Man pretty much had to stretch everything as far as they could.

[turtle1237]

Originally Posted by Leo656

No, no. The *animation* is terrific. Rotoscoping still creates the most dynamic, true-to-life representation of figures in motion over any other kind of animated art.

What you're actually trying to say, is that it's cheap and recycled and stitched together using the same five shots in every single episode, over 130 episodes. And it was. Filmation was notorious for having not a lot of money and excessively re-using the same stock shots in all their shows. But I'm serious when I say, that at the time, not only were we fully aware of it, nobody gave a sh*t. It was officially part of the show's "charm" and we actually liked it. Maybe that sounds nutty but we really did.

So, yeah, it's the same couple shots, but as far as how they're *animated*, specifically, they're smooth and move beautifully. That's a common mistake people make, referring to the "animation" of Filmation shows, when what they mean is that the recycled patchwork presentation of the show as a whole was bad.

Also, not for nothin', but Rotoscoping is also kind of tricky and expensive, which is why it never really caught on, and why shows that did use it like He-Man pretty much had to stretch everything as far as they could.

He-man had top animated for its hey day, the problem was they were real cheap and "reuse" the same animation. Every time some one ran or jump, or were rolling around on the ground, was used from a earlier episode, Its cheap, but hey it work lol.

[Jephael]

Life was much simpler back then.

[ssjup81]

I learned that you always laugh at the end of an episode and freeze frame...wait, that was the 80s in general.