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mobo85 posted:Doesn't the ad show that the lighter is powered by two sticks rubbed together? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qfmWWZ9uSE&feature=related I find it funny that when he pulls it off the shelf it already has cigs sticking out. It's so out of place in a show where they use stone for everything. Is there even paper in the Flintstones world?
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Having seen the whole thing: This show is mediocre at best. I know a goon made it and, sorry dude, but this show isn't very good. Clamantha is the only redeeming thing about it.
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# ? Sep 25, 2010 02:26 |
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^Some of the jokes were pretty out there, which I liked (the realistic human foot, Clamantha exploding, the whole "FRIENDS!" thing) and appear to show the influence of Atoms and Greenblatt. It was definitely better than the preview episode. ETA: There also seems to be a bit of humor playing on the predictability of underwater-set cartoons- rather than having a clever punny name, they just flat-out say something unoriginal with "Fish" attached to it like "Fish Broadway" or "Fish Austin, Texas." mobo85 fucked around with this message at 02:30 on Sep 25, 2010 |
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No paper, always stone tablets.Ice Blue posted:Apparently there's some shakedown going on at Cartoon Network west coast HQ (maybe the whole company). I was invited to have a tour of the studios by a dad of one of the producers that works there (who worked on Chowder) but then I heard it fell through because of some shakedown at the company making it a bad time to visit. I wonder what that means. They've finally hit a wonderful stride with Regular Show, Adventure Time, just coming off Chowder and Flapjack, their action is awesome with Sym-bionic Titan and Star Wars, I hope none of these are affected. It's kind of like when they had their massive block of Cartoon Cartoons when I was younger, everything is just kind of fun and awesome.
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# ? Sep 25, 2010 02:29 |
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mobo85 posted:ETA: Oh, the seahorse teacher is Master Shake. Dude only does one voice really, it's impossible to miss him. Also yeah Fishhooks was pretty mediocre. Sorry goon that worked on it. At least there's a new Phineas and Ferb to cleanse the palate.
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# ? Sep 25, 2010 02:38 |
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Fishylungs posted:No paper, always stone tablets. You basically just named a handful of good series, back then we had more than I can name. Anyways I don't know if it's just nostalgia glasses but I really miss the old days of CN. I don't mean none of the new stuff is good but I remember watching a lot of classic stuff like Flintstones, Jetsons, Popeye, Tom and Jerry as well as random stuff on Toonheads and even a lot of black and white stuff. Then they started working on new original shows like Two Stupid Dogs and the Cartoon Cartoons, which were great. These days it's mostly new shows and reruns of shows that came out within the last few years. Most shows that come out seem pretty derivative, though we get some gems in there. It's not to say classic shows weren't poo poo either. For every Flintstones where was Jabberjaw, Hong Kong Phooey. For every Wacky Races there was endless Screwy Squirrel and Pirates of Dark Water. I guess I wish I had Boomerang. Ice Blue fucked around with this message at 02:49 on Sep 25, 2010 |
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Shadow The Rat posted:Regular Show is pretty awesome and I shouldn't have put off watching it as long as I did. Dude go post in the RS thread so it gets bumped and doesn't die horribly! (It's my baby)
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# ? Sep 25, 2010 03:10 |
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Ice Blue posted:Apparently there's some shakedown going on at Cartoon Network west coast HQ (maybe the whole company). I was invited to have a tour of the studios by a dad of one of the producers that works there (who worked on Chowder) but then I heard it fell through because of some shakedown at the company making it a bad time to visit. I'm here at CN and I haven't heard anything about any type of craziness going down other than the usual craziness from the adult swim guys.
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# ? Sep 25, 2010 03:23 |
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Sockser posted:Verdict on Fish Hooks: Absolutely. Clamantha's voice is great. I also like the photorealistic collage elements, like the lobster during the credits (I laughed) and the bug-eyed cat (I laughed again). It's all right so far. I see some serious potential here. I was reminded of My Gym Partner's a Monkey, but Fish Hooks is thankfully steering clear of the fart and rear end humor so far.
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# ? Sep 25, 2010 04:04 |
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Deja vu all over again!
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I was surprised to see that Fish Hooks appears to be going for the "original song every episode" thing, since there wasn't a song in the pilot. I guess they're going for the Phineas and Ferb type of thing. (Then again, Phineas and Ferb didn't have a song in its pilot episode either, although it did have the Perry the Platypus theme in its closing credits). I also like the fact that Fish Hooks runs a cast list at the beginning of each episode. More cartoons should treat their voice cast like a real cast that way, and it also prevents the "hey, who's that?" sort of thing by not having to wait till the closing credits to see who the voices were- I was surprised that Rachel Dratch was the monosyllabic Koi, for example. (With recurring guest stars such as Jerry Stiller and Richard Simmons coming up, I'm sure a number of the voices will be recognizable.)
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# ? Sep 25, 2010 04:22 |
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...of SCIENCE! fucked around with this message at 14:32 on Mar 23, 2014 |
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Heck, that's brief prose compared to the Phineas and Ferb Wiki's description of the episode, which is 15 paragraphs long.
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# ? Sep 25, 2010 05:20 |
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...of SCIENCE! posted:Also, on a related note, Wikipedia has a lot of way-too-detailed-and-academic episode write-ups for P&F http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PhineasAndFerb Notice how small the scroll bar gets.
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# ? Sep 25, 2010 05:21 |
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SGT. Squeaks posted:I'm here at CN and I haven't heard anything about any type of craziness going down other than the usual craziness from the adult swim guys.
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# ? Sep 25, 2010 05:21 |
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So what's the general goon consensus on iCarly? My little sister watches the show a lot and while I've tried to like it, I just can't do it. The only character that's remotely likable is Freddie, and Miranda Cosgrove's voice is grating beyond belief. None of it is really all that funny and it just seems to be really obnoxious. There seems to be a fair amount of people that like the show though so is there something I'm not getting?
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...of SCIENCE! fucked around with this message at 14:32 on Mar 23, 2014 |
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^^^^ Above all, I think Nickelodeon and Disney try to sell a fantasy to their younger audience. Yeah, it's unrealistic, but it's positive. Same way with Victorious: everyone is supposed to assume that everyone who graduates will continue to pursue their education through college, and they'll be an instant hit with employers after graduating and going to their first real auditions. However, consider how screwed the ones who suck at their talent or just didn't find success would be having to find an entirely different career, or just stick to minimum wage jobs the rest of their lives?an uncanny otter posted:So what's the general goon consensus on iCarly? It's pretty much like every other over-the-top Nick sitcom, but the setting of the show and the characters just somehow make it work. Not amazing television, in my opinion, but I've been sucked in beyond reason.
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# ? Sep 26, 2010 15:26 |
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Holy crap.. I'm watching the Re-Run of the 2nd episode of Symbiotic Titan. Sure. It hits a lot of cliche's of the Giant Robot/Team but.. it's also really fun and over the top. Also, drat brutal. Good fight scenes, a nice chase scene.. and it never forgets about the home world. I like the characters, and it's fun with awesome art.
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# ? Sep 27, 2010 02:13 |
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PicklePants posted:Holy crap.. I'm watching the Re-Run of the 2nd episode of Symbiotic Titan. Sure. It hits a lot of cliche's of the Giant Robot/Team but.. it's also really fun and over the top.
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Ice Blue posted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AbKby_0kHKg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpJkZQzyCtU MadScientistWorking fucked around with this message at 03:23 on Sep 28, 2010 |
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WB animation/Television will reveal some more info on young justice and the CG green Lantern series at this years New York Comic Con. edit: As well as some other poo poo.
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# ? Sep 30, 2010 15:19 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:The best Arthur is the one with homages to Beavis and Butthead, South Park, and Dr. Katz (among others). Holy poo poo. "Why would anyone want hairy carrots?" "To go with hairy fish!" Silhouette fucked around with this message at 15:51 on Oct 4, 2010 |
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Anyone else see the new Scooby Doo! Mystery Inc. episode this week? It seems to have taken a turn for the deranged with that visit to the animal asylum (e.g., Yogi being hauled on a dolly a la Hannibal Lector). I'm starting to like it a bit more, as the story seems to be getting deeper and weirder, with shades of X-Files, even (maybe?). Also, Fred being so absolutely clueless about women is pure gold.
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# ? Oct 6, 2010 21:53 |
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ElwoodCuse posted:The best Arthur is the one with homages to Beavis and Butthead, South Park, and Dr. Katz (among others). Honestly the weirdest part about this for me is that they're writing stories about themselves for a show that's about them. I did really enjoy the "Five years later" joke, especially since they did actually age them.
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sickinwyoming posted:Honestly the weirdest part about this for me is that they're writing stories about themselves for a show that's about them. What's even more bizarre is that this story was suggested by the winner of a TV Guide contest (who is namedropped at the end of the episode.) So basically, she won a contest to come up with an idea for an episode of Arthur with an idea about a contest to come up with an idea for an episode of Arthur. Or something. It's been a while since I've seen Arthur (surprisingly, it's still running), but I do remember this being a memorable episode. I especially like the gag about Hulk Hogan fighting the Associated Press, among others. Other random recent kids show thoughts: *T.U.F.F. Puppy I liked. Planet Sheen...not so much. *MAD seems to be improving each week. Last week had a Glee parody I thought was pretty amusing, while this week was probably the best so far with a lot of memorable sketches: A Wall-E/Terminator crossover where Wall-E travels to the present and starts terminating producers of trash (ending with, of course, the MAD offices), a spot gag with a celebrity being slimed at the Kids' Choice Awards causing her to turn into a monster, a bit involving the other Lucky Charms leprechaun that no one wants to catch because he's the one who makes the cereal part ("But I've got all your favorite shapes! Brown square, brown X, brown...I don't know what that is? A bell, maybe?"), and Extreme Makeover: Fortress of Solitude Edition (a door leading to the Phantom Zone, where Danny Phantom is chasing Casper, General Zod: "Would you keep it down? I'm trying to watch Victorious! Superman: I'll show YOU who's victorious!," "Next week, we make over this House!" [cut to Dr. House]"). Sure, they're silly pop-culture gags, but they're funny silly pop-culture gags. Tom Richmond's caricatures help. Here's a sampling of some of his caricature work: David Caruso for CSiCarly, cast of Glee, Superman's Extreme Makeover mobo85 fucked around with this message at 03:27 on Oct 7, 2010 |
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mobo85 posted:*MAD seems to be improving each week. Really? Oh god. I really liked the artistic style--especially the caricatures--but, for me, the whole show was just a bitter reminder that all of the funny people at MAD Magazine died 10 years ago. Now, just saying "Justin Bieber" counts as a joke. Some of the ideas were clever, but the execution was just too blunt and hamfisted, and it reeked too strongly of self-applause, if that makes sense. But, this was my first episode, so I'll take your word for it that it's improving. Tartarus Sauce fucked around with this message at 04:58 on Oct 7, 2010 |
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Toonzone posted some info on the cast of Robotomy. Most of the page is about Adventure time though. Robotomy will premiere on Cartoon Network on Monday, October 25 quote:Robotomy tells the story of Thrasher and Blastus, two outsider teenage droids who are only slightly less horrific than the ultra-powerful robots that populate their planet, Killglobe. Now they face their greatest challenge yet: high school. Armed with a desire to fit in (and little else), Thrasher and Blastus navigate their lives with varying degrees of success. Stand up comedy icon Patton Oswalt (Ratatouille, King of Queens) voices Thrasher, with John Gemberling as Blastus. Other celebrity cameos in the first season include Jack McBrayer (30 Rock), Lewis Black (Daily Show), Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse), rapper Lil Jon, and comedians Gilbert Gottfried and Lisa Lampanelli. Created by Michael Buckley (N.E.R.D.S., The Sisters Grimm), Joe Deasy and co-executive produced by Christy Karacas (Superjail), Robotomy, a quarter-hour series, is produced in at New York World Leaders Entertainment. http://www.toonzone.net/news/articles/35282/cn-sets-adventure-time-s2-for-oct-11-robotomy-premiere-for-oct-25-2010
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# ? Oct 8, 2010 15:25 |
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Alright, Gemberling is a pretty funny dude.
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# ? Oct 8, 2010 20:01 |
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I heard somebody in this thread has a general taste for orange soda.
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# ? Oct 9, 2010 00:50 |
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There's a new Phineas and Ferb on at 8:30 today just fyi.
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Lazlow posted:Anyone else see the new Scooby Doo! Mystery Inc. episode this week? It seems to have taken a turn for the deranged with that visit to the animal asylum (e.g., Yogi being hauled on a dolly a la Hannibal Lector). I'm starting to like it a bit more, as the story seems to be getting deeper and weirder, with shades of X-Files, even (maybe?). Yes. That last episode was golden. Fred is such a dick sometimes it's amazing. You can pretty much count on him to say something completely terrible whenever someone else has some sort of problem. The animal asylum with the malicious giraffe and the evil genius former mascot was just amazing.
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mobo85 posted:It's been a while since I've seen Arthur (surprisingly, it's still running), but I do remember this being a memorable episode. I especially like the gag about Hulk Hogan fighting the Associated Press, among others. Not only is it still running, but PBS here has been heavily promoting its new season (along with Martha Speaks) that starts next week.
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# ? Oct 9, 2010 09:16 |
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thelaughingman posted:Toonzone posted some info on the cast of Robotomy. Most of the page is about Adventure time though.
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# ? Oct 11, 2010 06:01 |
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Hypocrisy posted:The animal asylum with the malicious giraffe and the evil genius former mascot was just amazing. I'm betting that Mr. E turns out to be the parrot. Also, I can't believe I only just got that pun.
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King Cyborg posted:I'm betting that Mr. E turns out to be the parrot. Also, I can't believe I only just got that pun. Professor Pericles? Possible, I suppose... I was going to add 'but unlikely' to that but who knows? It's Scooby Doo. This certainly has a darker undertone than any other Scooby Doo iteration, the allusion to a betrayal within the group is pretty ominous. I keep expecting a Venture Brothers 'Viva los Muertos' type scene to come out of nowhere and end up with someone getting decapitated.
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# ? Oct 11, 2010 15:03 |
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thelaughingman posted:Toonzone posted some info on the cast of Robotomy. Most of the page is about Adventure time though. Patton Oswalt? SOLD!
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CN will produce a series based on "How to train your dragon" edit: And some info about the upcoming Young Justice and Green Lantern series. thelaughingman fucked around with this message at 15:24 on Oct 13, 2010 |
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The shows I watch on kids networks... I watch SpongeBob SquarePants and Victorious on Nick, Zevo-3 on Nicktoons, Hannah Montana on Disney Channel, and Adventure Time with Finn and Jake, Regular Show, MAD, Generator Rex, and Pokémon on Cartoon Network. If we're talking about The Hub too, I watch Deltora Quest on it. I'd like to know more about Robotomy, it sounds... weird. Shake It Up looks cool too, from the previews, it looks like it shows that to makes your dreams come true, you must *gasp* actually put some effort into it! :O I'll watch Taylor Swift: Journey to Fearless next week too.
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Anyone else like Wizards of Waverly place?
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