SolsticeZero
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Cartoons you loved as a child that were actually s***
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I fixed that for ya
This show was never good. Same with Pokemon. However Rockos Modern Life was awesome.
SolsticeZero
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And Rocko is STILL awesome. I watched it last week on Netflix.
Spiderman
My sons are loving this on Netflix right now. I'm not going to ruin it for em.
ThatObviousUser
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Have to go with Pokemon. Yu-Gi-Oh was bad at first but Battle City was pretty cool, and the final season was actually fantastic and delivered. Reminded me of Sailor Moon, how it went from this generic kids series (in YGO's case, shonen, in SM's, magical girl) at the start to quite dark and harrowing in the final season.
Someone hasn't seen the newest series, Mystery Incorporated. Easily the best and quintessential Scooby cartoon of all time.
Which I can't blame you for I suppose, second season was supposed to debut last night but Cartoon Network just quietly shuffled it off the schedule for reasons unknown. >:|
Also I guess you can blame me, I was supposed to post the OT for that last night. >.>
Blasphemy. For me it's:
Mystery Inc > A Pup Named > 13 Ghosts > Where Are You >>> everything else
Someone hasn't seen the newest series, Mystery Incorporated. Easily the best and quintessential Scooby cartoon of all time.
Which I can't blame you for I suppose, second season was supposed to debut last night but Cartoon Network just quietly shuffled it off the schedule for reasons unknown. >:|
Also I guess you can blame me, I was supposed to post the OT for that last night. >.>
Shame Pup was canned too early. Wish CN remade it instead of the new one
Blasphemy. For me it's:
Mystery Inc > A Pup Named > 13 Ghosts > Where Are You >>> everything else
fallengorn
Bitches love smiley faces
Used to watch Iron Man and X-men but even back then I didn't like Spider-man. A lot of the 90s Marvel cartoons are horrible.
But Spectacular Spider-man is superior in every way!
But Spectacular Spider-man is superior in every way!
Imbarkus
As Sartre noted in his contemplation on Hell in No Exit, the true horror is other members.
That's right. DO NOT go back and rewatch the original animated Transformers. Instead, just enjoy the nostalgia movies in your head. They are better.
GI Joe was also not actually good.
I watched Mr. T every week... for some reason.
The entire DC lineup made dog-stupid and laughable in one convenient children's show. And the sidekicks, ugh... Amazing that the Wonder twins were actually an improvement over Wendy and Marvin. Show got better, actually kind of serious, in its last two season with the introduction of Darkseid. But all that early stuff is pure garbage.
To keep things fair, Marvel has put out a lot of trashy Spider Man shows. There is, of course, the legendarily bad one. This one came after. I was hot for Firestar. I wanted to be Iceman. I was an idiot. This show is garbage.
NON-CARTOON HONORABLE MENTION:
This is the show I watched as a kid that has held up the worst of all. Please do not go back and rewatch if you have fond memories of this show.
ThatObviousUser
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I believe Kablam is still great, for the most part, some of the sketches aren't that great.
Oh man, Cubix. I can't believe I convinced myself I was into that. Thankfully I only lasted like two weeks.
KO Traveling Hobo
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Rahxephon91
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Gundam Wing.
I actually just recently finished a re-watch of it in it's entirety. Show is pretty bad man.
I actually just recently finished a re-watch of it in it's entirety. Show is pretty bad man.
This is wrong. Unless we saw very different Gargoyles. The show was simply amazing, and I rewatched it recently and it holds up pretty well.
I'm still wrapping my mind around the fact that freaking Pokemon is already someones else childhood show.
ThatObviousUser
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Chaotic Century/Guardian Force is honestly one of the most underrated anime ever. Such a shame.
The other ones suck though. Especially New Century Zero.
I also don't understand what "cartoons you loved" means, because I always rolled my eyes at that show.
KO Traveling Hobo
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You're just all kinds of terrible, aren't you?
That's the right decision.
There are things my nephews like that I think are bad, but I have no right to ruin their enjoyment of it.
I rewatched the pilot on Netflix recently. G1 is still the best Transformers you can get for money.
Haha, nah, just cursed with good taste...
ThatObviousUser
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I remember also liking Transformers Armada for a bit, but I knew it isn't really isn't that good.
I remember loving X-Men Evolution and from a couple eps I've seen while channel flipping recently, it still holds up pretty well. Only thing that annoyed me is that it never had a proper finale. Xavier has this whole big vision about Phoenix but it never happens cause the show got cancelled. Lame.
I remember loving X-Men Evolution and from a couple eps I've seen while channel flipping recently, it still holds up pretty well. Only thing that annoyed me is that it never had a proper finale. Xavier has this whole big vision about Phoenix but it never happens cause the show got cancelled. Lame.
Yeah I was pretty aware even as a kid that this sucked ass...
Wow, thank god we have a dubbed version here which was quite god (although still cheesy). The original voices really sound awful.
But beside the cheesy writing and technical issues (awful 3D, horrible framerate) I think the show is still enjoyable, mainly due to its story arcs.
The recent animated movies are good too. They play with the formula and are fully aware of all the cliches and stupidity of the old shows. Also, the animation is finally decent
.And the Mystery Incorporated is also really well done. It's a little bit more serious with even a bit of drama.
Nope, everything that involves Scrappy Doo is a fail no matter what. That character was awful.
parrotbeak
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I rewatched the pilot on Netflix recently. G1 is still the best Transformers you can get for money.
Haha, nah, just cursed with good taste...
You misspelled Beast Wars.
So why are you even posting in here?
Deified Data
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Gargoyles...
Beast Wars...
Hey Arnold!...
...you know what? The more shows from my childhood I re-watch, the more I realize they all get better with age. Perhaps I just had better taste than you chumps.
Beast Wars...
Hey Arnold!...
...you know what? The more shows from my childhood I re-watch, the more I realize they all get better with age. Perhaps I just had better taste than you chumps.
parrotbeak
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I was too old to watch Beast Wars, or might have been in college with no tv, and I figure with no nostalgia value it isn't worth watching now.
So far the only thing that I've enjoyed as an adult that use characters from the 1980s are the Transformers/GI Joe comics. I wouldn't mind seeing that style turned into a cartoon now.
Someone needs to make more cartoons like GI Joe Resolute.
KO Traveling Hobo
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Fuck yes, Hey Arnold!.
Deified Data
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You'd be wrong. You're doing yourself a disservice by skipping the best series in the franchise.
Messofanego
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You didn't even read the thread title. Wow.
The Technomancer
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Blasphemy. I went back and rewatched it a couple years ago, it still holds up very well (despite the bizarre ass cliffhanger caused by its cancellation)
parrotbeak
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Did you watch it as a kid or an adult the first time around?
Deified Data
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As a kid I appreciated it for the robot-animals, fight scenes, and tie-in toys. As an adult, I appreciated it for its characters, dialogue, and well-written storylines. "Code of Hero" still makes me shed a tear to this day. Watching it as an adult for the first time might even lead to an increased appreciation of it, once you're free from trying to reconcile what your watching with your memories of it. I couldn't recommend this series enough.
Uno Venova
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Man I wanted to kill you when I saw Hey Arnold until i read the last sentence.Gargoyles...
Beast Wars...
Hey Arnold!...
...you know what? The more shows from my childhood I re-watch, the more I realize they all get better with age. Perhaps I just had better taste than you chumps.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
To be fair, the later episodes of Hey Arnold! are of low quality.
Why did you even like this in the first place?
Ugh.
It's OK kids, they're all robots, but we're making like they aren't! Our show suffers from an unendurable identity crisis!
Great art and direction, though.
Sir you are filled with madness and despair.
Samurai Jack was all awesome. Some episodes moved me to tears. Manly tears but tears none the less.
Deified Data
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I disagree. Hey Arnold really branched out in later seasons, explored different characters and their backstories, and really fleshed out everyone's character. Show was great beginning to end.
Duane Cunningham
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I rewatched the pilot on Netflix recently.
?????????? WHAT????
When did they add G1 TF??
EDIT: A couple of weeks ago, evidently!
http://www.seibertron.com/transform...es-now-up-on-netflix-instant-streaming/24650/
Kick ass! Anyone who plans to ride this wave of nostalgia, read the details after watching each episode on one of the best fan wikis on the entire internet: http://tfwiki.net/wiki/More_than_Meets_the_Eye,_Part_1
I rewatched the pilot on Netflix recently. G1 is still the best Transformers you can get for money.
Lunacy. As a hardcore Transformers fan from back in the G1 day, Beast Wars, Transformers Animated and Transformers Prime are all better shows than G1 at its best. The Furman run on the G1 Marvel Comics and the current ongoing IDW series (RiD and MtMtE) are also better than the G1 cartoon ever was.
Rewatching the G1 cartoon is legitimately embarrassing. I think a lot of people conflate the markedly superior animation and direction of the first third of the 1986 animated movie with the regular show.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I dunno - I guess I never liked messiah Arnold. Granted some of the best episodes came in the later lifespan of the show.
Seriously the animation is terrible. The colouring especially. Truly bad.
Also, Transformers just appear and disappear out of nowhere all the time. The show makes no sense.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah, sadly there's too much nostalgia for G1 that no matter how good a new series is (Beast Wars, Animated), it'd be shun.
Similar example: Power Rangers. MMPR is shit but it's nostalgia-ridden. So many seasons have surpassed it (Dino Thunder, Ninja Storm, RPM) but it keeps to be the top. The only thing it has over the others is the sixth ranger arc - but even then it's assuming that all sixth rangers must be evil or bullshit like that.
Similar example: Power Rangers. MMPR is shit but it's nostalgia-ridden. So many seasons have surpassed it (Dino Thunder, Ninja Storm, RPM) but it keeps to be the top. The only thing it has over the others is the sixth ranger arc - but even then it's assuming that all sixth rangers must be evil or bullshit like that.
At least someone here speaks sense. Thank you kind sir.
I feel ashamed for watching fox-5 when I was a kid. Oh, and TMNT...I actually have most of the series on tapes from when I was a kid. I was kind of bored so I went back to watch them a couple weeks ago.
Did not age well. At all. Forget Kraang and his shit, but the hover cars, back to the future references and plain characterization - god, Michelangelo was a grating little shit- of characters like Shredder (who had no motives at all that made sense other than 'I'm fucking your shit up, just because') were just too much to handle. I could take Splinter, because his was more fourth-wall breaking fun, but the rest? Hell no, and their freaky pudgy muscular bodies.
Still better than CDi timeline.
I . . . didn't want to be the one to say it. I kept hoping it would get better by the time Zechs went on his own, but DAMN, the villains were so horribly acted. Lady Une was still badass, though, and I'll always have a special place for it.
06nbarnhill
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This man knows whats up. I have no trouble rewatching that show (the first few season anyways).
Tried watching past season 3.......tried many times. The first few episodes of 4/5 bothered me so much I may never watch any of the later seasons.
Empty Space
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Ugh.
It's OK kids, they're all robots, but we're making like they aren't! Our show suffers from an unendurable identity crisis!
Great art and direction, though.
You do know this was done on purpose right? They wanted to give things real tissue and blood, but when creators showed it to Cartoon Network they got turned down. It mostly had to do with a fear of the show getting shut down by the ratings board so they did the next best thing they could and made them robots.
My point is Samurai Jack was and still is awesome.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
To those Digimon people, go watch Digimon Xros Wars.
It's fucking awesome and fresh!
Go watch TMNT 2003. Really good show.
It's fucking awesome and fresh!
Go watch TMNT 2003. Really good show.
Seriously. Samurai Jack was moving, man. Some episodes didn't even have dialogue, but were just fight scenes. AMAZING FIGHT SCENES.
Never forget the Ninja vs Samurai episode.
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