by O.Supreme » Mon May 21, 2018 11:46 am
On a rare occasion, I agree 100% with Dr. Kain. I apologize that I am a traditionalist. I know that hand drawn cell animation doesn't exist anymore but...from what choices we have left, I still prefer the look of digital cells than CG, or Flash, or any other cut rate animation you can think of. Pretty much anything that appears on CN post 2013 is garbage, even the *beloved* Adventure Time. I cant stand any of it. It all seems cheap, full of quick jokes, and assumes that children have zero attention span. I have taught my children differently. To appreciate deep narrative, and a long journey both in written word, and through the mediums of TV and movies.
To Illustrate- We understand that sometimes you have to use a microwave to heat your food for the sake of time, but we know full well that all food tastes better when coming form a conventional oven.
Shows like Motu 2002/03 and Thundercats 2011 were amazing, and the treatment they received from the network was criminal. There is a vicious/toxic cycle and I don't know exactly who's to blame. Is Teen Titans GO! CN most popular show because kids love it so much, or is it because it's on so often and kids don't know any better? Also we had good comedies in the past. Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Pinky and the Brain, all Brilliant. Freakazoid and The Tick showed that comedy and the superhero/action genre were compatible. Heck even MIB the Series, and Big Guy and Rusty were jewels compared to what is on CN today.
There are no more good TV Shows, only ones that haven't disappointed me yet.