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The new Mega Man cartoon sounds dumb and bad
- Thread starter Hot Coldman
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In the same boat honestly. Will stop commenting on the show as people without seeing anything (but the design of Mega Man and some plot details) are assuming the worse, but hope it turns out well.
Screw high school Mega Man. Bring back development on BLAST!
(cant find the whole article... i believe it was in Wizard #80, but apparently this was in production with Nickelodeon and Paramount with writing by Jeph Loeb and character design by Joe Madureira)
Obviously a Mega Man/Astro Boy ripoff... but i would have loved to seen it!
(cant find the whole article... i believe it was in Wizard #80, but apparently this was in production with Nickelodeon and Paramount with writing by Jeph Loeb and character design by Joe Madureira)
Obviously a Mega Man/Astro Boy ripoff... but i would have loved to seen it!
And to be fair, a lot of the stuff I watched when I was little was trash. A lot of unchallenging garbage made to soak up the airwaves. Sure I loved Captain N as a kid, that doesn't mean it wasn't terrible.
Kids deserve better. It being for kids shouldn't automatically equate something into being awful. It's really tough to just be complaisant about all this now that we're in a time period that may actually have the best cartoons ever (Cartoon Network's line up continues to be absolutely fierce, mostly by having lineups that ignore aged demographics and cater to all ages).
To be fair, Sonic Boom is barely sonic either. Most episodes aren't actually about anything. People are chasing that Adventure Time format super hard with varying results. SB being 30 minutes wouldn't change much if the plots were still random and completely without structure.
You'd think that's what Smash Bros did, considering it brought Earthbound and Fire Emblem to a new gen / refreshed minds.
Mega Pokemon was stupid too
BlondeTuna
Member
I'm not a fan of the character design.
goldenpp72
Member
Shame, this is the worst design for anything officially Mega Man by far, it's a shame it will be relegated to kids trash TV instead of at least attempting to be good.
GabeTheGrouch76
Member
Sounds like it's going to be another mediocre "Westernized" adaptation. The design looks like something you'd see from one of those Pakistani McDonald's toy commercials; and I'm not impressed they're pigeonholing the series into the generic "high school AU" scenario (OK, it's not exactly that scenario per se, but that definitely sounds like that's the approach they are going with) rather than something closer in tone / narrative to the series. Then again, this is MoA, who has done the Ben 10 sequel series (which are of...varying reception and quality, to say the least), so I guess I can't say I'm too surprised (to put it lightly, I think their days of decent shows Ben 10 and Generator Rex are well behind them).
Also, relevant:
(My update of the original pic. :^) )
Also, relevant:
(My update of the original pic. :^) )
Chaotic-Strike
Banned
You know I wasn't expecting the 90's Mega Man cartoon to be closer to the source material when I opened this thread.
Raging Spaniard
If they are Dutch, upright and breathing they are more racist than your favorite player
You know, fixing it to an acceptable degree wouldn't even be that difficult.
Maybe thats ok.
Maybe everything doesnt adventure time. Is it ok to ask more of our programming? God yes. But not going to say about every cartoon. I say it about boom to be honest? I see a potential there game side and shoelw side I think they could reach.
But if the megaman cartoon looks basic...maybe thats fine. We as adults engage with aspects with our lives we dub "trashy" why not give our children a degree of choice in the matter.
Like dbz, dbz isnt Shakespeare. Its litterally anime wrestling. But that reason is the reason its one of the most popular anime on the planet. There is a simplicity in simplicity.
Not everyone is being robbed in culture maybe they just wanna see fun shit happen sometimes.
Not being challenging doesnt make something terrible. Two of my favorite cartoons ever are hey arnold and the other kinikkuman. One showed me deep stuff, the other is litteral space wresteling.
While yes judgement on quality shouldnt go away, the idea of something not being challenging being bad is something I resent.
SonicMegaDrive
Member
Looks about what I would expect.
Evoker1995
Member
IGN has posted a picture of Mega Mini.
Click here for more info.
The article does not seem to have any new information besides the picture.
mikezilla2
Member
lol this could be an entertaining train wreck
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
What a bastardization of the series. Thanks, Konami.
IrishNinja
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https://mobile.twitter.com/boxerhockey/status/735988261751947264
Funny how the design doesn't look that bad when it's drawn well.
spazchicken
Member
There really is much worse things than death.
Yeah, that I could get behind
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I don't know, the Sonic Boom cartoon looked like shit and there are a lot of folks on here who swear by it.
Hero_of_the_Day
Member
That shit is hilarious looking. The fuck is up with his face?
Nocturno999
Member
The armor is fine. Face looks creepy.
Dunno about the new Powerpuff Girls series, but there's some interesting discussion there.
The original Powerpuff Girls wasn't originally meant to be a kid's show or a girl's show. It was meant to be an action/comedy series aimed at college students. Look at the pilot, where they were called the Whoopass Girls, and Chemical X was a can of whoopass. Even in the final show, it was full of people getting their teeth knocked out, double entendres, references to pop culture from as far back as the sixties. There's an episode that's pretty much a biography of The Beatles.
However, the people marketing the show seemed to have no idea about this, and so all the merchandising treated it as if it was a normal cute girl's show. It had a shift in that direction in the last few seasons (might have been just one season, it's been a while) when the series creator Craig McCracken left.
In the vein of the original Powerpuff Girls, I feel like there's no reason why Mega Man can't succeed as a kids' show while being primarily built for an older audience, especially considering that it's mostly an action show. Although I don't have any data on kids' shows.
That doesn't sound right to me. I think it's more:
Mega Man = Astro Boy
Protoman = Hakkaider (from Kikaider)
Mega Man X = Casshern
Mega Man Legends = Yatterman
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Don't forget Protoman could be called a Char clone. Blonde, long-lost brother, plays both sides, etc.
How did you manage to make this connection without noting that Protoman is red?
You arent wrong.
tiggerkiddo
Member
It looks fine, maybe not the greatest but the Sonic Boom cartoon is pretty funny. Maybe this could do the same?
Anyways, can't really argue with trying to hit with kids, it's a good market to go after.
This actually looks pretty awesome.
Counterpoint: Megaman universe's schtick was that you would be able to customize the character in many ways with many incarnations of megaman and other characters, hell, classic megaman is even in that very picture you posted, so nobody minded the shitty OC universe megaman.
IGN has posted a picture of Mega Mini.
Click here for more info.
The article does not seem to have any new information besides the picture.
This makes it look like Mega mini is more like a tiny drone megaman can use to infiltrate small spaces rather than a separate character, this could lead to some ant-man styled shenanigans!
Dark Ninja
Member
Oh man that art direction looks like a 90's CG show where they are trying to figure out 3D.
Dreamworks Syndrome
SonicMegaDrive
Member
You could put Sonic's face on a pack of tampons and there will be people who swear by it.
Cheesemeister
Member
I recently read the megaman comic and holy hell it was good. I feel that story would be perfect for TV good for kids and OG fans.
Sadly American cartoons are too busy trying to emulate adventure time rather than making stuff with plot. ( not bashing AT just think there should be more variety)
Sadly American cartoons are too busy trying to emulate adventure time rather than making stuff with plot. ( not bashing AT just think there should be more variety)
Yeah i remember watching this as a kid. I really enjoyed this!