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JethroMcB posted:3) It was done by the same production staff that did MTV's "Downtown" circa 1999, which had the same visual style and even shared a character with Megas. They also took the chance to destroy an MTV-esque logo/building with a giant robot in most episodes.
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So, what's the consensus on Fanboy and Chumchum?
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# ? May 4, 2010 02:39 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:^^^ In the series finale, no less! They talked about this on the DVD; it was basically a bet by Jean MacCurdy (sp) with some CBS executive as to who could get the most obscure guest star in their shows. The Freakazoid guys went with Norm Abrahm. I forget who CBS went with (I think it was one of the guys from 60 Minutes or some other news guy), but it was even more obscure and they lost the bet. They weren't planning on it being the series finale, but, well, hiatus executive decisions make fools of us all. (and yes, my grandfather watched nothing but New Yankee Workshop on Sunday mornings). "You're an evil man!"
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# ? May 4, 2010 03:52 |
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thelaughingman posted:So, what's the consensus on Fanboy and Chumchum? Cancer.
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# ? May 4, 2010 03:55 |
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thelaughingman posted:So, what's the consensus on Fanboy and Chumchum? When you've got two lead characters that are completely unlikeable, then you have a problem. Seriously, it could have been decent without the title characters. I stand by that statement. It's still better than Johnny Test though.
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The Steak Justice posted:When you've got two lead characters that are completely unlikeable, then you have a problem. God, yes. I really wanted to like this one, but the two main characters are physical representations of nails on a chalkboard. While we're on the subject of Nickelodeon, has anyone seen The Troop? It's a live-action show about a group of teens in a secret international society who are dedicated to fighting monsters. There are some serious shades of Men In Black, the writing is clever, and the cgi monster effects aren't too shabby considering what has to be a small budget. I was kind of surprised by it.
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Episode posted:While we're on the subject of Nickelodeon, has anyone seen The Troop? It's a live-action show about a group of teens in a secret international society who are dedicated to fighting monsters. There are some serious shades of Men In Black, the writing is clever, and the cgi monster effects aren't too shabby considering what has to be a small budget. I was kind of surprised by it. There have been far too many shows playing this angle and they've all been lovely
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# ? May 4, 2010 07:06 |
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Sockser posted:There have been far too many shows playing this angle and they've all been lovely I really liked Juniper Lee, from what I saw of it. It was really cute, and the VisDev was neat.
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# ? May 4, 2010 07:37 |
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Sockser posted:Judd Winick... okay, which one of them is HIV positive? 404GoonNotFound fucked around with this message at 09:31 on May 4, 2010 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:Judd Winick... okay, which one of them is HIV positive? The pug, obviously.
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# ? May 4, 2010 10:11 |
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Toonzone posted the cast and detailes of new GI joe series.
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# ? May 5, 2010 17:29 |
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Strange Matter posted:Was that Goat the junk yard owner? Because he's also cameoed in Metalocalypse. I've got a voice actor related question, and I don't know if this this the right thread for it. In Ren and Stimpy, who was the voice actor that played the announcer/button tempter in Space Madness/salve salesman/House of Next Tuesday Guide? The credits and IMDB don't really specify (I hate that! ). Does anybody know the answer? VVVV Killer! Thanks! Fnoigy fucked around with this message at 04:58 on May 7, 2010 |
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Fnoigy posted:Yes, he was. Megas was such a great show. Probably Billy West. Edit: Definitely Billy. Chibs fucked around with this message at 04:37 on May 7, 2010 |
# ? May 7, 2010 04:34 |
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Any Canucks on here who have a consensus on whether Teletoon has any good original cartoons left now that 6teen is finished?
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# ? May 8, 2010 02:35 |
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Aces High posted:Any Canucks on here who have a consensus on whether Teletoon has any good original cartoons left now that 6teen is finished? That's from Canada? Please take it back and never let it leave your borders again.
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IRQ posted:That's from Canada? Does that mean that Total Drama Island is also Canadian, since they also made 6teen? I still don't know whether TDI was a spoof of reality TV shows, a subtle way to get kids into reality TV, or both.
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Y-Hat posted:Bringing lovely pop culture down to the U.S. has always been Canada's strong point. See: Celine Dion and Nickelback. drat it, Canada, you used to export funny things like Leslie Nielsen and the late, lamented Phil Hartman. What happened?
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# ? May 8, 2010 06:00 |
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Episode posted:Total Drama Island, and all of its horrifying spawn, are indeed from Canada. We gave you guys The Raccoons but I'll bet no one watches that anymore. And yes, Stoked, 6teen, and all Total Drama Whatever are from Fresh TV (which I guess is Canadian) and are all probably supposed to be seen as kid versions of... surfer type shows? 6teen is sometimes pitched as a kid's version of Friends which probably doesn't help it and I think the Total Drama series are supposed to be spoofs of the Survivor series but FOR KIDS you see. Maybe Canada should just go back to being responsible for the animation and voice actor supply of cartoons so we don't have anymore rants like that one posted here from CN (dear god that was painful to read)
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# ? May 8, 2010 06:19 |
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Aces High posted:We gave you guys The Raccoons but I'll bet no one watches that anymore.
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Aces High posted:And yes, Stoked, 6teen, and all Total Drama Whatever are from Fresh TV (which I guess is Canadian) and are all probably supposed to be seen as kid versions of... surfer type shows? 6teen is sometimes pitched as a kid's version of Friends which probably doesn't help it and I think the Total Drama series are supposed to be spoofs of the Survivor series but FOR KIDS you see. Maybe Canada should just go back to being responsible for the animation and voice actor supply of cartoons so we don't have anymore rants like that one posted here from CN (dear god that was painful to read) Ok that's weird since I actually like Total Drama Survivor and Total Drama Survivor But This Time It's Movies. Stoked (assuming this is the lovely show about surfers that looks like 6-teen) and 6-teen were completely irredeemable garbage though. Those were the same studio? Stick to comedy for gently caress's sake you idiots. You suck poo poo at drama. And cartoons should never be drama anyway. IRQ fucked around with this message at 07:39 on May 8, 2010 |
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IRQ posted:Stoked (assuming this is the lovely show about surfers that looks like 6-teen) and 6-teen were completely irredeemable garbage though. Those were the same studio? Stick to comedy for gently caress's sake you idiots. You suck poo poo at drama. And cartoons should never be drama anyway. Wait wait wait... those shows were dramas? Were we watching the same shows? If they were dramatic at all it was more drama for the kids so I don't think that counts as real drama. I will admit Stoked is an aquired taste (and since it's the only thing on when I get home in the evening before the big boys cartoons come on, it's all I've got) but 6teen can be good if you're in the right mindset... or you have a shittonne of friends who act almost identically to everyone in that show (do I need to get out more or something? Or do I just need some better criterion for cartoons now?) Also, Canada gave the world Babar when it was finally turned into a cartoon, and the good version of The Adventures of Tintin but post 2000? Yeah I got nothing
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# ? May 8, 2010 10:14 |
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I really enjoy the musical numbers in Flapjack. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKdQcvXhDDQ&feature=related edit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UYtYFmeYWPk&feature=related thelaughingman fucked around with this message at 22:43 on May 14, 2010 |
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Oops, double post
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# ? May 14, 2010 22:42 |
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Episode posted:Total Drama Island, and all of its horrifying spawn, are indeed from Canada. No idea that was canadian.
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# ? May 14, 2010 23:01 |
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Dr Snofeld posted:My favourite P&F moment so far Haha, holy poo poo. I need to check this out.
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# ? May 14, 2010 23:50 |
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I remember really liking Lizzie Mcguire when it was on air. Its probably the best 'live action tween show' Disney has done.
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# ? May 15, 2010 00:44 |
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Sockser posted:On the subject of Phineas and Ferb's designs: I thought they were stupid and wrote the show off until it was the only thing I could find on TV. It really is a lot better than the style would let on. An entire episode was a setup for a Citizen Kane joke. The entire episode's plot, for one classy fuckin' joke. I just remembered that there was another episode that had an evil alien named Mitch, presumably for no other reason to set up an Aliens joke. Said episode also had Lorenzo Lamas as the voice of an alien who could say only "meap."
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Muppetjedi posted:I remember really liking Lizzie Mcguire when it was on air. Its probably the best 'live action tween show' Disney has done. I reluctantly admit that this show wasn't as annoyingly intolerable as many would admit. I wouldn't call it the best. Technically, Even Stevens earns that title in my opinion, with Canadian import Life with Derek coming in at a close second (assuming that counts as a true Disney show). Sockser posted:On the subject of Phineas and Ferb's designs: I thought they were stupid and wrote the show off until it was the only thing I could find on TV. It really is a lot better than the style would let on. An entire episode was a setup for a Citizen Kane joke. The entire episode's plot, for one classy fuckin' joke.
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Episode posted:My brain doesn't want to work right now. What episode is this? "The Lake Nose Monster"
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# ? May 17, 2010 06:27 |
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iastudent posted:Recently I've realized how much I miss ensemble shows like Kablam. Not everything on that show was gold mind you, but occasionally you'd be surprised by something decent. (RIP Ronnie)
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# ? May 17, 2010 11:52 |
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I remember code name kids next door did a direct scene for scene parody of the matrix anime. edit: alot of cartoons have made jokes about Citizen Kane. Pinky and brain did a parody of "the third man" and animaniacs and freekazoid had a few "space 2001" and "Apocalypse Now" gags.
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# ? May 17, 2010 17:52 |
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The Hub, the new cable network which will replace Discovery Kids and is a joint venture between Discovery and Hasbro, has announced their preliminary lineup. Not surprisingly, most of the shows are based on Hasbro properties.
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# ? May 17, 2010 19:17 |
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mobo85 posted:The Hub, the new cable network which will replace Discovery Kids and is a joint venture between Discovery and Hasbro, has announced their preliminary lineup. Not surprisingly, most of the shows are based on Hasbro properties. Motherfucking Fraggle Rock
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# ? May 17, 2010 22:41 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:Motherfucking Fraggle Rock That's basically the only thing I saw too.
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# ? May 18, 2010 00:41 |
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404GoonNotFound posted:Motherfucking Fraggle Rock thelaughingman posted:edit: alot of cartoons have made jokes about Citizen Kane. Pinky and brain did a parody of "the third man" and animaniacs and freekazoid had a few "space 2001" and "Apocalypse Now" gags. As far as Orson Welles stuff, Pinky and The Brain went one step further than that with... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlXEC8kcbqc ...which is a brilliant parody of... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V14PfDDwxlE&feature=related I remember being really bored with the 'Third Man' episode when I was a kid. It kind of bums me out, because The Third Man has become one of my favorite movies since then and it makes me want to see that old episode of P&TB again.
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# ? May 18, 2010 06:56 |
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Oh, there was an episode of Tiny Toons which was a parody of Citizen Kane. Montana Max says "Acme" and Buster tries to figure it out
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# ? May 18, 2010 07:35 |
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Sockser posted:Oh, there was an episode of Tiny Toons which was a parody of Citizen Kane. Tiny Toons also featured a great take on Sunset Boulevard with Elmyra as the washed up actress and Montana Max(?) as William Holden's ill-fated protagonist. I love how those old Spielberg produced cartoons like Animaniacs, Tiny Toons, etc. introduced old Hollywood films to newer generations.
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# ? May 18, 2010 09:03 |
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Disney XD showed Pinky and the Brain for about three months and I want it back. Edit: Anybody else notice the clever use of a cliche in Phineas and Ferb with the Little Mary MacGuffin doll?
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# ? May 18, 2010 23:40 |
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Y-Hat posted:Disney XD showed Pinky and the Brain for about three months and I want it back. P&F writers love film-based references and humor. 'The Chronicles of Meap', for example, is loaded with sci-fi movie humor. One of my favorites is in the episode where Candace uses a flying car to save her brothers. At one point during the flight, there's a music cue that's inspired, to say the least, by the musical score from Back To The Future.
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# ? May 20, 2010 04:39 |
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Episode posted:One of my favorites is in the episode where Candace uses a flying car to save her brothers. I believe you mean "The Flying Car of the Future- Today!"
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