t.v.- cartoons

iwant2stalku · 03-24-2003

I have a three year old sister and I cannot get over how stupid cartoons are these days.

When we were kids, our cartoons were frickin awesome. I mean, we had Carebears and Strawberry Shortcake and Captain Planet! Rainbow Brite! My Little Ponies! The Smurfs! It was great.

But now it seems like all the shows are so...educational and bland, boring. Dora the Explorer? Blues Clues? Stanley? Rugrats? Thornberries? What the fuck? The quality has definately gone down the drain. Our shows taught moral lessons and they were just better, in general.

I mean, think about it-when Captain Planet and the Planeteers had a problem, did they sing their abc's? Did they count to 50 before taking action? Did they consult their backpacks or their maps? Did they have to recite their life history in Spanish? No-but when their powers combined (go ahead, say it with me: "Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Heart...."I AM CAPTAIN PLANET!!"") and the world was a better place. They even gave you recycling tips at the end of each show. I'd like to see a cartoon these days that could even compare.

I know this sounds like I'm living in the past, but maybe someone out there can relate.

Platypussy · 03-24-2003

//Swoons

Captain Planet/Cliff Richard is the best. I relate completely!

Barabous · 03-24-2003

I LOVE CAPTAIN PLANET!
although he did look a bit like Cliff Richard.
Did you know that Whoopie Goldberg did the voice over for gaiA!
Captain planet was the very coolest. He actually made you want to save the planet. I felt like spending all day picking up litter when i'd just watched CAPTAIN PLANET!
He is the best.

fadingroses · 03-24-2003

That's true, iwant2stalku. We don't teach the kids anything indirectly anymore

I never really absorbed any of that stuff, though. Captain Planet never made me want to recycle. I learned, I guess, but never had an urge to apply my knowledge. Are all kids as apathetic?

Guess not.

I like cartoons now because they provide mindless entertainment... they're something I don't need to analyze.

iwant2stalku · 03-24-2003

Well, you have to keep in mind that Captain Planet came around in the early 90's-when people would practically shoot you in the face if they saw you throw a Wendy's cup on the ground.

The show exemplified the attitudes that people had about saving the planet and keeping it green and even brought that to kids. My family didn't become an army of recyclers or anything, but I remember one episode where Captain Planet said that taking your lunch in a paper bag was bad because they make the world trashy. So I made my parents buy me a plastic lunchbox.

Maybe I was just easily influenced...I still wear strawberry shortcake shirts (I'm wearing one right now, hahaha) and I have a rainbowbrite shirt. I learned how to braid by playing with My Little Ponies, for God's sake. I miss that.

I miss being a kid-waking up at 6 am on Saturdays to watch cartoons.

I'm not saying that you CAN'T get anything out of cartoons, because not every kid is going to get something positive out of them or remember all the characters 10 years from now...but why not make the cartoons GOOD and ENTERTAINING, at the very least.

fadingroses · 03-24-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by iwant2stalku

I miss being a kid-waking up at 6 am on Saturdays to watch cartoons.

I'm not saying that you CAN'T get anything out of cartoons, because not every kid is going to get something positive out of them or remember all the characters 10 years from now...but why not make the cartoons GOOD and ENTERTAINING, at the very least.

*grins* I still wake up early (not 6, but early enough

) to watch cartoons...

You're right, though. Standards have dropped quite a bit. Not just in television, either. Nobody bothers with quality...

surreal · 03-24-2003

you left out Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

iwant2stalku · 03-24-2003

Oh yeah!I loved the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Michealangelo was my favorite...orange- I remember! But sin-ce used to kinda scare me...lol

bobthemighty · 04-07-2003

What are you talking about? Splinter was awesome! he was a one eared, kung-fu fighting giant rat! and what about silverhawks? and thundercats? and bravestar? although, i'll admit, i watched an episode of bravestar recently, (i hadnt seen one in i think about 7 years) and i was amazed at how obsessed i was with something so corny! but those were all still good shows.

And cartoons arent the only shows that have lost quality. i mean, i admit that i actually liked power rangers. however, that was the original, and when i was younger. but still, power rangers was like captain planet in a way. they sometimes have little scenes after the show about friendship, environment, bullying, respect, and all that. but then they got into these newer shows that have gotten really stupid.

iwant2stalku · 04-07-2003

I was down with the power rangers, back in the day... I remember running around and doing lame karate trying to be like the pink ranger....haha

But that was when they were cool. Isn't it like, space rangers or something now? They don't have any of the originial five anymore.

And, the rat DID scare me!

2kte4u · 04-11-2003

The cartoons now have no real story, moral or plot for that matter. I miss The Pink Panther (the silent version), TMNT, Power Rangers and all those Saturday cartoons. They were so worth waking up to.

surreal · 04-12-2003

Anyone else watch the X-men, that show was awesome.

iwant2stalku · 04-13-2003

Naw, I was never really into the X-men, although I remember a lot of my friends watched them and liked the show a lot.

2kte4u · 04-16-2003

X-men were cool

Choreo-geographer · 04-16-2003

Transformers rocked the rectum.though not anymore, bloody imperialist bastards, ruining a good classic with shitty SHIT!

psychoDiablo · 04-16-2003

haha. yes i agree with you iwant2stalku.
"But now it seems like all the shows are so...educational and bland, boring. Dora the Explorer? Blues Clues? Stanley? Rugrats? Thornberries? What the fuck? " yes these cartoons are lame.

but i dont know about these cartoons you named...

"When we were kids, our cartoons were frickin awesome. I mean, we had Carebears and Strawberry Shortcake and Captain Planet! Rainbow Brite! My Little Ponies! The Smurfs! It was great."

but its all about Tom & Jerry . nothing funnier. and how Tom yells! hahalol

psychoDiablo · 04-16-2003

sorry for the double post, but i wanted tosay that most of those cartoons i watched as a little kid were funny, but it wasnt until i grew up , that i got the actual jokes.

anyone realize this?

ok i gotta take crap. late.

Ganja Man · 04-18-2003

Todays cartoons are more worried about being educationa; then anything else. Being violent and Karate chopping villains isnt politically correct these days. I grew up watching the same things everyone else did, and you dont see me killing people and blaming the programs i watched as a kid. Screw tv programmers and the gay ass parents who think their kids are weak enough to do bad shit because of the TV.

surreal · 04-18-2003

Quote:

Originally posted by Ganja Man
Todays cartoons are more worried about being educationa; then anything else. Being violent and Karate chopping villains isnt politically correct these days. I grew up watching the same things everyone else did, and you dont see me killing people and blaming the programs i watched as a kid. Screw tv programmers and the gay ass parents who think their kids are weak enough to do bad shit because of the TV.

I agree with you people are way to politically correct.

dognews45 · 04-21-2003

the simpsons are the best cartoon of all time

03-24-2003	#1
iwant2stalku Needs to confirm E-mail address Join Date: Feb 2003 Age: 38 Posts: 224 Rep Power: 0	t.v.- cartoons I have a three year old sister and I cannot get over how stupid cartoons are these days. When we were kids, our cartoons were frickin awesome. I mean, we had Carebears and Strawberry Shortcake and Captain Planet! Rainbow Brite! My Little Ponies! The Smurfs! It was great. But now it seems like all the shows are so...educational and bland, boring. Dora the Explorer? Blues Clues? Stanley? Rugrats? Thornberries? What the fuck? The quality has definately gone down the drain. Our shows taught moral lessons and they were just better, in general. I mean, think about it-when Captain Planet and the Planeteers had a problem, did they sing their abc's? Did they count to 50 before taking action? Did they consult their backpacks or their maps? Did they have to recite their life history in Spanish? No-but when their powers combined (go ahead, say it with me: "Earth, Fire, Wind, Water, Heart...."I AM CAPTAIN PLANET!!"") and the world was a better place. They even gave you recycling tips at the end of each show. I'd like to see a cartoon these days that could even compare. I know this sounds like I'm living in the past, but maybe someone out there can relate.

03-24-2003	#3
Barabous Member Join Date: Mar 2003 Age: 35 Posts: 115 Rep Power: 37	I LOVE CAPTAIN PLANET! although he did look a bit like Cliff Richard. Did you know that Whoopie Goldberg did the voice over for gaiA! Captain planet was the very coolest. He actually made you want to save the planet. I felt like spending all day picking up litter when i'd just watched CAPTAIN PLANET! He is the best. __________________ In the words of booker T: CAN YOU DIG IT, SUCKA!

03-24-2003	#7
surreal Needs to confirm E-mail address Join Date: Nov 2002 Age: 36 Posts: 328 Rep Power: 39	you left out Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles __________________ The essence of balance is detachment. To embrace a cause, to grow fond or spiteful is to lose one's balance. After which no action can be trusted.

04-07-2003	#9
bobthemighty Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Posts: 126 Rep Power: 37	What are you talking about? Splinter was awesome! he was a one eared, kung-fu fighting giant rat! and what about silverhawks? and thundercats? and bravestar? although, i'll admit, i watched an episode of bravestar recently, (i hadnt seen one in i think about 7 years) and i was amazed at how obsessed i was with something so corny! but those were all still good shows. And cartoons arent the only shows that have lost quality. i mean, i admit that i actually liked power rangers. however, that was the original, and when i was younger. but still, power rangers was like captain planet in a way. they sometimes have little scenes after the show about friendship, environment, bullying, respect, and all that. but then they got into these newer shows that have gotten really stupid. __________________ BOB \\| \|/

04-11-2003	#11
2kte4u Old & Wise Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Age: 37 Posts: 775 Rep Power: 39	The cartoons now have no real story, moral or plot for that matter. I miss The Pink Panther (the silent version), TMNT, Power Rangers and all those Saturday cartoons. They were so worth waking up to. __________________ Support bacteria! It's the only culture some people have left

03-24-2003	#2
Platypussy Trainee Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 35 Rep Power: 37	//Swoons Captain Planet/Cliff Richard is the best. I relate completely!

03-24-2003	#4
fadingroses Well Known Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 283 Rep Power: 37	That's true, iwant2stalku. We don't teach the kids anything indirectly anymore I never really absorbed any of that stuff, though. Captain Planet never made me want to recycle. I learned, I guess, but never had an urge to apply my knowledge. Are all kids as apathetic? Guess not. I like cartoons now because they provide mindless entertainment... they're something I don't need to analyze.

04-12-2003	#12
surreal Needs to confirm E-mail address Join Date: Nov 2002 Age: 36 Posts: 328 Rep Power: 39	Anyone else watch the X-men, that show was awesome. __________________ The essence of balance is detachment. To embrace a cause, to grow fond or spiteful is to lose one's balance. After which no action can be trusted.

04-13-2003	#13
iwant2stalku Needs to confirm E-mail address Join Date: Feb 2003 Age: 38 Posts: 224 Rep Power: 0	Naw, I was never really into the X-men, although I remember a lot of my friends watched them and liked the show a lot.

04-16-2003	#14
2kte4u Old & Wise Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Age: 37 Posts: 775 Rep Power: 39	X-men were cool __________________ Support bacteria! It's the only culture some people have left

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Choreo-geographer Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Age: 37 Posts: 175 Rep Power: 37	Transformers rocked the rectum.though not anymore, bloody imperialist bastards, ruining a good classic with shitty SHIT! __________________ Lets party like it's ninety ninety.......HOLD UP, IT IS!

04-16-2003	#16
psychoDiablo Thx for the memories Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 15,971 Rep Power: 205	haha. yes i agree with you iwant2stalku. "But now it seems like all the shows are so...educational and bland, boring. Dora the Explorer? Blues Clues? Stanley? Rugrats? Thornberries? What the fuck? " yes these cartoons are lame. but i dont know about these cartoons you named... "When we were kids, our cartoons were frickin awesome. I mean, we had Carebears and Strawberry Shortcake and Captain Planet! Rainbow Brite! My Little Ponies! The Smurfs! It was great." but its all about Tom & Jerry . nothing funnier. and how Tom yells! hahalol __________________ I wouldn't say I'm psycho only because I'm able to handle it. Now learn patience To chill is to be chillin. Chillin is cooperating with your surroundings, unknowing'st of what everything is capable of; and all the while, as it happens and after, to accept without any thought of good or bad, but mainly, just enjoying rather deeply, the moment you had to sit and think. (Not thinking.) \|-Mr.MCR-\| Will you write Will you love Will you enjoy Life when I am gone? You will. by Angelina "I have lived life as horrible as it was, and as beautiful as it has become."

04-18-2003	#18
Ganja Man Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Age: 39 Posts: 191 Rep Power: 37	Todays cartoons are more worried about being educationa; then anything else. Being violent and Karate chopping villains isnt politically correct these days. I grew up watching the same things everyone else did, and you dont see me killing people and blaming the programs i watched as a kid. Screw tv programmers and the gay ass parents who think their kids are weak enough to do bad shit because of the TV. __________________ If you smoke like I smoke, then you're high like every day- Warren G

04-21-2003	#20
dognews45 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 67 Rep Power: 37	the simpsons are the best cartoon of all time

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