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Robotonomy is basically Superjail with Robots instead of people and a high school instead of jail.
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Dr Christmas posted:Robotonomy is basically Superjail with Robots instead of people and a high school instead of jail. Nothing wrong with that, Superjail was awesome. Also, this has Patton Oswalt, so it has that going for it too.
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Nov 3, 2010 02:01
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Dr Christmas posted:Robotonomy is basically Superjail with Robots instead of people and a high school instead of jail.
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Nov 4, 2010 22:34
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So just as an aside, Dexter's Lab is on. It looks like it's going to be on at 11:30 on weekdays, which is pretty great!
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Nov 8, 2010 17:48
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I thought last nights episode of Robotomy was pretty awesome.
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Nov 9, 2010 16:41
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thelaughingman posted:I thought last nights episode of Robotomy was pretty awesome. Its a pretty good show, it just had the misfortune of premiering after Adventure Time and Regular Show which are pretty GREAT shows.
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Nov 9, 2010 20:35
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Behold the CN parental complaining. edit:It's almost laughable. thelaughingman fucked around with this message at 16:29 on Nov 13, 2010 |
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Nov 13, 2010 16:20
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thelaughingman posted:Behold the CN parental complaining. Ha! The guys at the office are going to love that. Besides, almost all of those shows are lead-ins to adult swim. They aren't for the soft and young.
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Nov 13, 2010 20:36
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thelaughingman posted:Behold the CN parental complaining. Uh... quote:Made by two concerned teens, who feel that though cartoons have been going downhill for a while, its getting ridiculous. Its making kids think this stuff is okay, when its not. One of those two concerned teens has a picture of herself in a Boba Fett costume on her Facebook page and this rather enlightening profile description: "STAR WARS STAR WARS STAR WARS STAR WARS...Star Wars! Imma Sith =D" Make of that what you will. Thankfully, most of the comments on the YouTube channel and the Facebook page are actually well-written rebuttals. For example: quote:How you raise your own kids is your business. But don't resort to promoting censorship. The shows you are attacking are clearly targeting teen and preteen demographics, and carry a TV-PG rating which is prominently displayed throughout each episode. If you really want to see idiot concerned parents, look at the Parents' Television Council's "Wolves in Sheep's Clothing" report. A few years old, but still one of the most poorly-researched, taking-things-out-of-context report on childrens' television I've ever read.
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Nov 13, 2010 22:38
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mobo85 posted:One of those two concerned teens has a picture of herself in a Boba Fett costume on her Facebook page and this rather enlightening profile description: "STAR WARS STAR WARS STAR WARS STAR WARS...Star Wars! Imma Sith =D" Make of that what you will. On the bright side, her parents won't have to worry about her engaging in any hanky-panky until about her mid-30s. I knew a few "concerned kids" growing up, and I honestly never understood them. Are they just trying to suck up to adults? Are they hope that they'll be promoted to full adult-hood if the sucking up is successful? Are they afraid of being subjected to X thing themselves? I can understand nosy adults wanting to "protect the children," but why would a child feel obligated to protect their peers from, well, anything at all? quote:If you really want to see idiot concerned parents, look at the Parents' Television Council's "Wolves in Sheep's Clothing" report. A few years old, but still one of the most poorly-researched, taking-things-out-of-context report on childrens' television I've ever read. Reading it now, and  .What I find really fascinating is how their entire preamble is all about the effects of media violence on innocent children, and then they proceed to also tally up examples of references to bodily functions and occultism, like it's all part of the same ball of wax. So, the award for the most references to excretion goes to...Foster's Home? Since when? I can maybe recall a few "desperately needing to pee" gags, but that pales in comparison to, say, Rugrats, Billy and Mandy, or anything by John K. quote:Nickelodeon’s Danny Phantom contained the Wait, what? quote:ABC’s Lizzie McGuire featured the most frequent Are they eating each other's livers with a nice chianti or something? I love how Ed, Edd, n Eddy appears to be flying under the radar here, and how out of everything they could've said about Billy and Mandy, they choose an ash joke and a gas joke. quote:The influence of Japanese anime on children’s Read: HOLY poo poo GODLESS SLANTS ARE AFTER OUR CHILDREN.
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The other stuff I love in that report:The Parents Television Council posted:Rugrats opened the floodgates for the infusion of bathroom humor in children’s programming as well as themes of disobedience and disrespect. The Parents Television Council posted:Programs containing no offensive or excretory content include...Rugrats...Programs containing no verbally abusive language include...Rugrats...The Social Institutions category included the following topics: Parental authority/responsibility, Portrayal of parents in negative light...Programs with no such content [included]...Rugrats... Yes...um...the show that has none of those things opened the floodgates for those things...right? Also, since when did Rugrats not have any of those things? Are they watching the Bizarro World version of the series, in which the babies do absolutely nothing and Angelica helps them to cooperate?The Parents Television Council posted:First, the animation techniques employed today are far superior and more realistic than those used in the heyday of Tom and Jerry. Yes, cheap Korean television animation is far superior and realistic than lavishly-drawn Hollywood feature animation. It's simple economics- the cheaper something is, the better it is! The Parents Television Council posted:Bugs Bunny didn’t call Elmer Fudd an idiot. Mr. Bunny, I think you should field this one..."Whatta maroon!" (comedic mispronunciation of "moron"- not the same word, but same meaning) ETA: It's time to play "Spot the Irony!" At least one person related to one of these names on the PTC's celebrity advisory board has been criticized by the PTC in recent years...it should stick out like an achy-breaky sore thumb. 
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Nov 14, 2010 01:14
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Well, funny part is that his daughter is on the show that most offends me Interesting lack of disney shows in the complaint, too
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Nov 14, 2010 03:02
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Aw, Steve Allen should have been above all that. Now I'm sad.
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Nov 14, 2010 03:19
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Getting away from censorship for a minute, it seems that CN is doing a one hour special showing of Young Justice on the 26th. The look for the various heroes looks more like the recent DTV movie versions than the old DCAU ones. The commercial for it was also downplaying any characters other than Robin, Impulse and Aqualad.
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Nov 14, 2010 04:41
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muscles like this? posted:Getting away from censorship for a minute, it seems that CN is doing a one hour special showing of Young Justice on the 26th. The look for the various heroes looks more like the recent DTV movie versions than the old DCAU ones. The commercial for it was also downplaying any characters other than Robin, Impulse and Aqualad. BUT there are a couple recognizable shots of White Martians in the commercial, meaning --- M'gann --- can't be far behind.
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Nov 14, 2010 05:00
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I just remembered that they also showed Superboy in the commercial as well.
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Nov 14, 2010 05:24
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Diabolik900 posted:I just found out earlier today that every episode of Beakman's World is now on Netflix Watch Instantly. This was some of the greatest news I ever heard because a) this was one of my favorite shows as a kid, and b) they answered a question of mine once, and even after 15 years, syndicated re-runs, and the power of the internet, I never managed to see it until now. Beakman even made a stupid rhyme out of my last name! WHAT?! One of my all time favorite Childhood shows is on Netflix Streaming?! Holy crap that is awesome. I still remember watching this as a kid and learning so much more than I did in school. I also remember being on vacation one year as a kid and the house that we rented was Sunday to Sunday and my uncle's friends from Colorado were with us. I remember putting this the Saturday before we left and having a then 30-something dentist ask me what I was watching and I told him Beakman's World. I also remember him sitting down and watching both episodes with me that morning. I would later find out that he watched it every weekend after that when it was still airing and no, I always thought that Bill Nye was too serious and boring as hell at times. Also, the fact that Bill Nye tried to make a serious show for kids. Beakman was at least funny and informative.
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Nov 14, 2010 05:42
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Young Justice actually ties directly into the Crisis on Two Earths DTV which itself was an unused script for a movie that took place between Justice League and Unlimited. So in a weird way, it's almost a bizarre half-spinoff of the DCAU. I'm pretty excited because Greg Weisman is running it and Gargoyles and Spectacular Spider-Man are probably two of my favorite cartoons and he is behind those.
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Nov 14, 2010 05:43
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I don't know why, but this shout-out amused me:Jon Stewart posted:Conflictinator [a term used to refer to the cable news networks during the Rally to restore sanity], by the way, is a reference to Phineas and Ferb, the cartoon. The evil Doofenshmirtz, Dr. Doofenshmirtz, my kids watch him. Everything he makes is an -inator. [as Dr. Doofenshmirtz] My conflictinator!
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Nov 14, 2010 16:50
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Can anyone recommend X-Men Evolution or Wolverine and the X-Men?
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Nov 14, 2010 20:47
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I would personally recommend Wolverine & the XMen, but it only has one season which is extremely disappointing. The only crap points are when the episodes are JUST ABOUT LOGAN.
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Nov 14, 2010 22:47
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I'm used to CRAP ABOUT LOGAN as he's the centerpiece of every loving piece of fiction he appears in ever. I think Joe Quesada once said, "Logan is on the cover of every book except the Bible". My personal favorite is Gambit, which if I can remember right I started to follow because I'm a coonass from New Orleans as well.
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Nov 14, 2010 23:08
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Digital Scumbag posted:Can anyone recommend X-Men Evolution or Wolverine and the X-Men? Evolution is an okay series if a bit samey but is "saved" in a lot of people's opinions by its nice character designs and the fact that it never gets groan inducing. Nice final season too.
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Nov 14, 2010 23:35
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^^^ It also gave us X-23, who is not anywhere near as cringe-inducing as she should be.Digital Scumbag posted:My personal favorite is Gambit, which if I can remember right I started to follow because I'm a coonass from New Orleans as well. I think everyone from the Gulf Coast is legally required to love Gambit   
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Nov 15, 2010 00:12
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Cliff Racer posted:Evolution is an okay series if a bit samey but is "saved" in a lot of people's opinions by its nice character designs and the fact that it never gets groan inducing. Nice final season too. Gambit is just about the only disappointing design in all of Evolution, I think.
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Nov 15, 2010 04:47
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404GoonNotFound posted:^^^ It also gave us X-23, who is not anywhere near as cringe-inducing as she should be. Seriously. From the outside she looks like some edgy fan fiction addition, but once you actually watch, she's pretty awesome. quote:I think everyone from the Gulf Coast is legally required to love Gambit 
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Nov 15, 2010 06:19
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Tartarus Sauce posted:I knew a few "concerned kids" growing up, and I honestly never understood them. Are they just trying to suck up to adults? Are they hope that they'll be promoted to full adult-hood if the sucking up is successful? Are they afraid of being subjected to X thing themselves? I can understand nosy adults wanting to "protect the children," but why would a child feel obligated to protect their peers from, well, anything at all? That was also an awesome show.
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Nov 15, 2010 11:11
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A five minute preview of Firebreather is on iTunes.
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Nov 18, 2010 01:22
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I really don't know what to make of the MAD show. On the one hand I love subversive cartoon shows, but I think a half hour format is completely wrong for a show comprised of 12 second jump cuts, and even within the context of the longer bits, everything jumps around so much that the whole show seems like it's on crank. I wish they'd tone it down a notch in that department; I like the idea of the show but kids are hyper enough as it is without having liquid ADHD shot into their eyeholes by the TV.
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Nov 26, 2010 02:58
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So, the first two episodes of Young Justice just aired and they were pretty cool.
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Nov 27, 2010 02:05
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muscles like this? posted:So, the first two episodes of Young Justice just aired and they were pretty cool. Transformers Prime, GI Joe Renegade, Young Justice, hourlong Avengers, and a replay of that Firebreather movie all on the same day. Pretty packed day, really. 404GoonNotFound fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Nov 27, 2010 |
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Nov 27, 2010 02:16
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A kind of weird bit of Young Justice was that Speedy had this whole introductory bit but apparently he's not a regular character on the show. Also, the female characters kind of get the short end of the stick as Miss Martian is only in the last two minutes of the show and Artemis doesn't show up at all.
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Nov 27, 2010 02:26
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Strange Matter posted:I really don't know what to make of the MAD show. On the one hand I love subversive cartoon shows, but I think a half hour format is completely wrong for a show comprised of 12 second jump cuts, and even within the context of the longer bits, everything jumps around so much that the whole show seems like it's on crank. MAD is only 15 minutes long.
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Nov 27, 2010 03:08
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So for that Firebreather movie did they ever even kind of explain the mechanics of how a giant monster and a regular sized human woman had a kid?
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Nov 27, 2010 03:29
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muscles like this? posted:So for that Firebreather movie did they ever even kind of explain the mechanics of how a giant monster and a regular sized human woman had a kid? Handwaved by the kid covering his ears and running away as quickly as possible when given the opportunity to learn.
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Nov 27, 2010 03:50
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muscles like this? posted:So for that Firebreather movie did they ever even kind of explain the mechanics of how a giant monster and a regular sized human woman had a kid? No, thank goodness. Leaving a whole lot of questions that don't need to be answered. I enjoyed Young Justice but every portion with the League felt weird. I know the opening was supposed to paint them as being sort-of-dicks, but man, near the end they're all staring at the kids like they were the ones at fault. I did enjoy Superman's awkward "We'll find you someplace to stay" around Superboy though. TwoPair fucked around with this message at 07:05 on Nov 27, 2010 |
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Nov 27, 2010 06:55
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404GoonNotFound posted:Handwaved by the kid covering his ears and running away as quickly as possible when given the opportunity to learn. The kid and his pa both morph into different shapes when needed, so I'm guessing he's got a humanlike form. I was expecting father and son to have a tender face to face at the end like Percy Jackson or Clash of the Titans, but everything had to be left wide open and unanswered for future installments. Man, I've been watching some terrible movies lately.
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Nov 27, 2010 08:50
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So was Firebreather any good? I caught a couple seconds here and there, and the dragon/dad walking animation was embarrassingly bad. I also saw a preview where the kid was running from some bullies, and he was leaving them in the dust with his superhuman agility while somehow they were simultaneously almost catching up with him. Dr Christmas fucked around with this message at 09:19 on Nov 27, 2010 |
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Nov 27, 2010 09:13
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So has anyone actually heard anything about Transformers Prime? This is the first I've heard of the series and its premiering on Monday.
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MadScientistWorking posted:So has anyone actually heard anything about Transformers Prime? This is the first I've heard of the series and its premiering on Monday. The first two episodes aired yesterday, and there's some discussion of it in the TF thread in BSS.
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