Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Captain Planet are the best cartoons ever and I remember their lessons fondly.
Kids these days just don't know
Kids these days just don't know
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Jesus Christ shows for kids nowadays are completely braindead.
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Yes, it absolutely does. let me know when the educational show in question breaks into the public conciousness and pop culture in any meaningful way.
Lets also not forget that said educational show is likely bookended by advertisments geared towards children making any moral high ground dubious at best.
I fail to see how pop culture relevance has anything to do with the ethical intent and purpose of the show? And as far as I can gather, this show is on Netflix, so there would be no ads.
I should maybe add that I grew up with and loved Transformers. It doesn't change the fact that it is a shallowly written and badly animated commercial when the nostalgia glasses comes off.
Not really what I meant, more that 'show meant for toddlers doesn't appeal to me as an adult' is a weird thing to make a thread about.
I usually like your gaming side threads, fwiw.
Lol, tbf to them their threads are often pretty entertaining.
I was born in 86, I don't remember what I used to watch. We didn't have cable so I assume Sesame Street? My parents said I was glued to the NES since I was 3 so I was probably playing video games, perfecting my skills instead of watching mindless tv like you, op 💁🏻♂️
Now you're shitting on Peppa Pig? Maybe you're the one who's brain dead. >:(
I grew up with Biker Mice from Mars and Street Sharks.
Today's kids have Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Gumball etc. There's a renaissance of animation for children.
Today's kids have Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Gumball etc. There's a renaissance of animation for children.
My niece watches peppa pig and the production costs compared to what they are making drives me nuts. But I grew up on 80s and 90s cartoons.
Five pages and no mention of Cyberchase. That show had Gilbert Godfrey and Christopher Lloyd in it! It was fuckin awesome!
*Gets a salty omelette and burnt toast at a new diner*
"Ugh, restaurants have really gone down hill since yesterday"
"Ugh, restaurants have really gone down hill since yesterday"
Pokémon(well at least the first series) is such a brain dead show, it has like 5-6 episodes that do more than to push the mercy of the week. Seriously I tried to rewatch that shit with my young siblings during Pokémon GO and would gladly take Teen Titans GO over that nonsense.
On one hand, this sounds like "Back in my day..."
On the other hand, I can sort of agree. At least in terms of movies playing in theaters..
On the other hand, I can sort of agree. At least in terms of movies playing in theaters..
I grew up in the 80s, watching stuff like He-Man, Thundercats, G.I. Joe and Transformers.
what the hell are you talking about
Those cartoons look like complete garbage. Stuff like Korra, Avatar and Gravity Falls are eons better looking and animated than that tripe. They're better in every single aspect, by several orders of magnitude.
Yes, why don't they have more layered, subtle fare like from when I was a kid - like ...uh, He-Man. And The Smurfs. And G.I. Joe. The real brainy shit!
I thought it was stupid too, until my low speech autistic child was practicing words he heard on the show that he had never used in our house. Gotta get through the ultimate cringe of, "This is the worst thing I ever have seen!" and wait to see if it is really worthwhile.
To add, I hated Dinosaur Train to begin with (still do), but it get's my kiddo really interested in learning about dinosaurs. Caillou, I cant stand it, nor can my kiddo. Caillou's voice just kills me ears.
What a dumb ass thread. Are you a teenager?
These shows are for fucking toddlers. Not "kids" as you put it. Word Party is a great show for very small children learning to speak.
And if you ever watched Peppa Pig you'd know that show is dope as fuck. As far as purely entertaining shows for pre-schoolers go, Peppa is fucking A1. It has some serious comedic timing.
These shows are for fucking toddlers. Not "kids" as you put it. Word Party is a great show for very small children learning to speak.
And if you ever watched Peppa Pig you'd know that show is dope as fuck. As far as purely entertaining shows for pre-schoolers go, Peppa is fucking A1. It has some serious comedic timing.
I think Steven Universe is a better written show then anything that came out when I was a kid so I kinda got to disagree OP.
yo gabba gabba always weirded me out when my neices lived with us when they were young.
Them using smartphones/tablets/youtube so much is a bigger problem imo
Them using smartphones/tablets/youtube so much is a bigger problem imo
I was just glad when my kids finally got old enough that I didn't have to sit through the insipid kids shows they liked to watch. I remember when my oldest was around 4 she got angry when we tried to get her to watch something live action and she declared "We don't watch to watch your people movies."
I don't really know because I've only watched Adventure Time and bit of Steven Universe but from watching clips from a bunch of different shows on Twitter, kids cartoons today look better than they've ever been. Well animated with a fuck ton of energy and creativity.
Edit: I just remembered Gravity Falls. Gravity Falls is a thousand times better than anything I watched as a kid.
Edit: I just remembered Gravity Falls. Gravity Falls is a thousand times better than anything I watched as a kid.
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and Loud House and Craig of the Creek and Over the Garden Wall and Star vs the Forces of Evil and We Bare Bears and Adventure Time and Regular Show
Man Peppa Pig is hilarious she is always subtly talking shit about everyone around her. Also Ben and Holly which is pretty much by the same people is great too.
Arthur is still A1. And I just went back to what my little sister grew up on, and Zoboomafoo is surprisingly good.
I didn't have hopes per say, but I did read it as "Jesus Christ Shows"
Was thinking about this recently, is there anything remotely like
these days?
that show really encouraged getting outside and doing 'cool' sports and activities.
same as
majority of kid shows today just seem like comedies.
these days?
that show really encouraged getting outside and doing 'cool' sports and activities.
same as
majority of kid shows today just seem like comedies.
Spongebob holds up pretty well. Not sure how you could watch the Gen 1 Pokemon anime without losing brain cells though. That show was as stupid as it's main character.
"Ball, duck, umbrella... On and on it goes."
"With no hint of plot!"
My nephew was watching one the other day that said it was okay to be a stalker and that women secretly like it. I was like WTF?
My kid recently started watching this. Granted, he's 2. You think the animation is bad? May you never be subjected to the horrors that is Little Baby Bums. It will give you nightmares.
Seems fine to me. It teaches some words and goes through opposites and tries to encourage a call and response at times. You know, a show for toddlers.
I certainly try to encourage more Curious George if we're giving in and watching tv. Lots of episodes and it's genuinely watchable.
Seems fine to me. It teaches some words and goes through opposites and tries to encourage a call and response at times. You know, a show for toddlers.
I certainly try to encourage more Curious George if we're giving in and watching tv. Lots of episodes and it's genuinely watchable.
To be fair, Disney probably put 150-200 mil into Frozen and a shitton of effort. These others are on the level of Direct to streaming crap, and probably cost less than 20 mil and were cranked out on an assembly line.
I grew up watching cartoons like The Pink Panther, Tom and Jerry and the loony toons stuff. Most of which are no longer shown.
When my daughter was growing up we had Peppa Pig and Ben and Hollie pretty much on a on a constant loop. It drove my nuts!
When my daughter was growing up we had Peppa Pig and Ben and Hollie pretty much on a on a constant loop. It drove my nuts!
I was spoiled by Saturday morning Disney quality as a kid. Loved the effort put into the animation. I see Cal Arts style everywhere and just scream. There will never be soulful style in the wake of "pump it out as fast as you can" workloads. I am sure storytelling and character can always be good regardless of style, but God I miss Stuff like Chip n Dale, Animaniacs, OG Duck Tales and the like.
#NotAllShows ;-)
I do feel with the need to pump out shows faster and cheaper with every year there's a larger percentage of shows that just end up being the equivalent of jingling keys about.
I do feel with the need to pump out shows faster and cheaper with every year there's a larger percentage of shows that just end up being the equivalent of jingling keys about.
Word Party isn't really "animated". Its actors converted via mo-cap to animation. I'd.... there's much worse out there. WordParty teaches kids about sharing and emotions (and words). They get mad or jealous, and then learn to talk to each other about their feelings. Its for like 2-4 year old. Its fine. Its by the Jim Henson company. There's really not much for kids that age, probably because some people get super angry if they watch TV at all.
If you want to see awful kids content, watch basically anything on YouTube.
When your example of smart children's programming includes early Pokemon
