Cartoon Smackdown

[Shuckins]

One test of the greatness of any civilization is the quality of the cartoons it produces.

A decline in the quality of animated entertainment is a powerful indicator of the overall slide of a country into decadence and degeneracy.

I hereby challenge all the sundry to prove that the current era of cartoon culture is NOT totally lacking in taste, character, intellectual stimulation, and entertainment quality.

I hereby throw down the gauntlet!  The cartoons of the forties, fifties, and sixties were far superior to the trash being produced today!  I darest you to prove me wrong!  Offer up any proof you want...dialogue...pictures... etc.

Hereby is offered proof of the truth of my claims.



Modern cartoons are teh suck.  

[Charon]

I agree. Now that I have a 6-month-old boy, I decided to check out a few Saturday morning cartoons a week or so ago.

What crap.

I remember my father saying Scoopy Doo was crap back in the day, and I guess he had a point to some extent compared to the Warner Bros, but good old Scooby is a quantum leap above the new crap I saw. And those live actor kid shows just illustrate another way to save a few bucks over even cheap animation.

Ryan will get a full diet of WB on DVD, and maybe a few other good classics.

No Disney though, since he may actually want to vist a theme park and that costs about as much as a year of College.

Charon

[Wolfala]

Last decent cartoon I watched aside from Tail Spin...


ExoSquad Wiki

To me, this show was more for adults then anything. It delt with racism, war, death in a semi recognizable future.  It has the strength of any great novel and I encourage you to just take a chance... watch, and listen.



Main page





Destruction of the Freighter Danube


Opening scenes

Carrier Resolute Destruction

Fleet attack

Episode 3 Part 1 (Backdoor attack on Earth)

Episode 3 Part 2 (Backdooring Earth)

One of the best Episodes - destruction of the Carrier Resolute (pt1)


Destruction of the carrier resolute (pt2)

[Chairboy]

The Venture Bros.

A henchman being called back into service: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri_daJuIdPQ&search=venture%20bros

Some kids being 'Scared Straight' by supervillains:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvc9SAUTAZE&mode=related&search=venture%20bros

Think "Johnny Quest" except 20 years later, Johnny has grown up and lives in the shadow of his supergenius adventurer father.

[Shuckins]

Yep...I've always found animated characters using the ef word profusely to be absolutely HILARIOUS!  

[FiLtH]

Looney Tunes and Jonny Quest

[1K3]

Originally posted by Shuckins


Modern cartoons are teh suck.  

You're soo wrong:p

The Simpsons, and Family Guy are some of the best cartoons out there:aok

If that's not enough I think you should check out some anime (Japanimation) being produced in Japan.    

I don't know how they do it but those guys seem to know how to produce a cartoon with decent story line and characterisation.  More teens and adults these days watch anime these days.  

I rarely watch anime but I accidentally found some great titles.


If you're curious what anime is like you should check out...Welcome to the NHK

Genres: comedy, Psychological, Slice of Life

Plot Summary: Tatsuhiro Satou, 21 years old, thinks that everything that happen around him is a conspiracy. He figure out who is behind it all: The NHK, an evil secret company. “When you think anime, you think otaku. When you think otaku, you think people that dislike other people. Those people become hikikomori (people who shut themselves in)”. So Satou manage to uncover the plot of The NHK (stands for Nihon Hikikomori Kyōkai), after three years of shutting himself in (and rapidly approaching the fourth). In reality, he is nothing more then a NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training), desperately in need of a cure from that ‘disease’. He want to break out from the curse, but going out and getting a job is frightening enough for him. That is until he gets selected for a ‘project’; it is a plan to help hikikomori like him in facing the reality of this world.

It's in jap audio with English subtitles (subtitled by fans who knows Japanese).  The show is not yet licensed in the US and i hope Welcome to the NHK gets to USA next year.

Btw NHK in real life is a Japanese public TV station, equivalent to BBC and PBS.

[RightF00T]

Check out Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and Danny Phantom....quality cartoon humor there.

[tikky]

1k3 that's some trippy **** you got there.

I guess you watch anime too

NHK is a bit too dark humor.  That Satou guy needs help

[tikky]

I used to watch this back in Mexico, it's still one of my favorites... Ranma 1/2, soo  cute and frickin hillarious!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=35ZmMvXVJA8&mode=related&search=
I wish that site had the spanish audio.

[rpm]

Originally posted by Chairboy
The Venture Bros.

A henchman being called back into service: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri_daJuIdPQ&search=venture%20bros

Some kids being 'Scared Straight' by supervillains:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvc9SAUTAZE&mode=related&search=venture%20bros

Think "Johnny Quest" except 20 years later, Johnny has grown up and lives in the shadow of his supergenius adventurer father.

Thought I was the only fan of Hank and Dan here. Go Team Venture!

[Chairboy]

Originally posted by rpm
Thought I was the only fan of Hank and Dan here. Go Team Venture!

Go Team Venture!

Truly awesome show.

[Shuckins]

Sorry guys...I can't see the appeal.  The cussin' is an immediate turn-off.   I can't get past it.

[Chairboy]

Originally posted by Shuckins
Sorry guys...I can't see the appeal.  The cussin' is an immediate turn-off.   I can't get past it.

I don't hear any cussing, perhaps you heard a different clip than I did?

Wait, I did hear some bleeps...  is that what you're talking about?

Context, of course, is that that scene in the prison deliberately has implied swearing because, well, it's a parody of the scared straight routine.

[straffo]

Well I disagree : http://youtube.com/watch?v=SUcGgtWZg9Q