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Dr Tran posted:Not mentioned is that Alfred shoots guns. I thought that got nix'd after the Cinema Shooting.
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achillesforever6 posted:Same thing with American Dad? Or were they all new writers? I'm not sure what to make of the Seth MacFarlane conglomerate of writers. A lot of the guys on twitter who are associated with the show are quite funny in their own right. I've also heard he's had @jennyjohnsonhi5 help out in the past. It's difficult to really say Family Guy has gone the way of "The Simpsons" because I've yet to really notice them attempt to go to much off the formula that's gotten them to this point. Granted, yeah, you have a few weird episodes here and there with Seth presumably wanting to just experiment with things, but for the most part they've not really had the decline in the same way "The Simpsons" have had. I think if he tries to go more political things will go south. I think that's what doomed "The Simpsons" and "South Park". If you're going to do that sort of humor, and you're a cartoon? Make a quick point and move onto the next gag.
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That's the part of that description that stuck out to you as bad? Alfred's always been an ex-secret agent, hasn't he? There were at least 1 or 2 episodes dedicated to it in TAS.
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Say what? Most of the other shows sound decent or better, but drat if that new Batman doesn't sound terrible.
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RBX posted:So new power rangers this weekend. I don't know if this is gonna be a train wreck or nostalgia overload. It's the 20th anniversary season, so it definitely has the potential to be both. Just like Samurai, it's going to be split into two seasons (because that's what Nickelodeon wants). The first season will be full of MMPR homages with things like teens in high school, giant head as a mentor, even the colors of the rangers matching up with the original MMPR characters. The second season will use Gokaiger, the pirate-themed sentai and have appearances from old characters and references to past teams.
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Argue posted:Alfred in the field is kind of weird, but for what it's worth, I'm pretty sure he was an ex-secret agent in BTAS too. He has been for a long time in the comics too, but for obvious reasons it was mainly used for disguises and espionage and what not.
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raditts posted:That's the part of that description that stuck out to you as bad? Alfred's always been an ex-secret agent, hasn't he? There were at least 1 or 2 episodes dedicated to it in TAS. Pretty sure he's been some form of ex-spy or special forces in most versions, including the comics for quite a while now. The "backing up Batman in the field despite currently being a golden-years wisecracking butler" bit should be what's throwing people for a loop, not the offhand explanation of why he's so resourceful and good with emergency medicine.
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McSpanky posted:Pretty sure he's been some form of ex-spy or special forces in most versions, including the comics for quite a while now. The "backing up Batman in the field despite currently being a golden-years wisecracking butler" bit should be what's throwing people for a loop, not the offhand explanation of why he's so resourceful and good with emergency medicine. Yeah, the part about him being an ex-spy was the only part of that description that didn't sound like total poo poo to me.
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Forgive my ignorance, I know dick about comics compared to many in this thread.
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My 2 1/2 year old likes Legend of Chima. Do we have to wait until Summer til it starts up again?
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Finally caught(not really by choice) an episode of the new season of Winx Club, the one that Nickelodeon produced. At first glance it looks a lot better than the old seasons especially with character animation with movement. Everything else still really really bad though. Sound mixing is still awful, effects still look terrible and character's faces now look like somebody got a hold of the stretch feature of photoshop. I'm going to assume that the writing is consistent with previous seasons from the one episode I watched and is still awful. One day I should really lay out why this show is the worst on TV 'cause every time I see an episode I cringe and die a little on the inside. Thank god the girl I babysit is growing out of her love of this show. e: I should clarify, I love the concept for the show. It is a girl equivalent of Power Rangers and I think it's a good thing for young girls to get the message that friends are good, to try new things, being afraid of something is okay, etc. It's just that the show fails on so many aspects of writing and animation I can't help but look at it and think of Skydancers, a similar styled show, that got canceled after 1 season. BattleTech fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Feb 5, 2013 |
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I'm no expert on animated TV shows intended for that particular audience, but doesn't Sailor Moon fit that "Power Rangers for girls" billing rather well? Try showing her that next, I guess.
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Y-Hat posted:I'm no expert on animated TV shows intended for that particular audience, but doesn't Sailor Moon fit that "Power Rangers for girls" billing rather well? Try showing her that next, I guess. They tried actually passing it off as that when Power Rangers came out. They bothered to make a live action promo for it where it was half real live actresses and the other half Americanized animated Sailor Moon segments. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwQSWrA9CNg The thing is, Sailor Moon really isn't like the Sentai series(because it lacks giant robots and true masked/helmeted costumed shenanigans) it's also not written like one etiher. It's really more inline with She-Ra or Jem and the Holograms. The Taint Reaper fucked around with this message at 09:55 on Feb 5, 2013 |
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Yeah, say what you will of DiC's..."interpenetration"...of the events of Sailor Moon, it could have been much, much worse.
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ConanThe3rd posted:Yeah, say what you will of DiC's..."interpenetration"...of the events of Sailor Moon, it could have been much, much worse. My favorite part is how they are literally sailors from the Moon. And then, there' "Doozy Bots", a failed Americanized Gundam series. It feels like it would have been every forgettable 90's cartoon bashed together.
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Rahonavis posted:My favorite part is how they are literally sailors from the Moon. 
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Rahonavis posted:My favorite part is how they are literally sailors from the Moon. Every time I watch that I have trouble believing that isn't an incredibly well-done parody of early 90s cartoons.
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Rahonavis posted:My favorite part is how they are literally sailors from the Moon. Holy poo poo! Check out the link I found on the side of that video to what is effectively Seth MacFarline's awful first attempt at Family Guy: http://youtu.be/021PPpmwX98 The best part is the look
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Because I'm pretty sure there's a healthy following for Pete & Pete around here: A sketch they did to commemorate their 20th Anniversary reunion. (Mature Audiences)
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readingatwork posted:Holy poo poo! Check out the link I found on the side of that video to what is effectively Seth MacFarline's awful first attempt at Family Guy: Actually, that was his second attempt. This was the first and not quite as TV friendly to say the least: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeceEtPKOG0 FrostedButts fucked around with this message at 07:06 on Feb 8, 2013 |
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Brett Ratner Buddies Up With Zynga On Farmville Animated Series Sweet evil-on-evil action.
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Y-Hat posted:Brett Ratner Buddies Up With Zynga On Farmville Animated Series If Michael Bay were directing FarmVille, I'd be all over that poo poo. Or David Lynch. So, is the show going to be about literally watching grass grow?
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DivisionPost posted:Because I'm pretty sure there's a healthy following for Pete & Pete around here: They did something for Pete & Pete at SF Sketch Fest. Had I been paying closer attention, I'd have gotten tickets. It's nice to see Little Pete is kind of turning into Paul Heyman, though?
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Does anyone remember Xiaolin Showdown? Well, apparently, a Canadian studio is doing the sequel, called Xiaolin Chronicles, due sometime this April, although I don't know what stations it will air on and where. There are three seasons planned so far.  Fan wiki article if you're curious for more: http://xiaolinpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Xiaolin_ChroniclesHere's a preview. That's Tara Strong voicing Jack but it's just to fill in. And the names of the Shen Gong Wu have changed for copyright reasons. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfhWlNg1t6g I'm so excited for kids' TV this spring, between this, Teen Titans Go!, and season two of Korra. 
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Did Xiaolin even have a proper ending? All I remember is that the short bald monk got turned into a cat thing and then something happened and he was normal again. Its been so long
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It was a weird and rushed third season; I don't even remember the cat thing to be honest. It might have been the end of season two? I think at the end of the series proper Raimundo ended up becoming the team leader and it ended with a fake-out fight between all of the good guys and the villains. You can rewatch the entire series on Youtube though.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ez7bz5eMtlQ
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I loved the hell out of Xiaolin Showdown, this is awesome news.
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Wow, I never expected to see Xiaolin Showdown on the air again, much less as a new series. I'm excited. 
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Man, in between a sequel to Xiaolin Showdown and a revival of Teen Titans, it's like somebody opened a portal to 2006.
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Autumncomet posted:Here's a preview. That's Tara Strong voicing Jack but it's just to fill in. And the names of the Shen Gong Wu have changed for copyright reasons. Did it always cut to 3D like that?
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TwoPair posted:Man, in between a sequel to Xiaolin Showdown and a revival of Teen Titans, it's like somebody opened a portal to 2006. Avatar came out in 05, Nick is releasing a gaiden series based on Cabbage Man and the other side characters this year.
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PhazonLink posted:Avatar came out in 05, Nick is releasing a gaiden series based on Cabbage Man and the other side characters this year. An Avatar show centered around background gimmick characters, no way that can be terrible. Sounds like the best thing to hit TV since The Cleveland Show.
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Y-Hat posted:I'm no expert on animated TV shows intended for that particular audience, but doesn't Sailor Moon fit that "Power Rangers for girls" billing rather well? Try showing her that next, I guess. For what it's worth Sailor Moon is absolutely supposed to resemble an all-girl sentai team. That's where Takeuchi (or her editors at least) drew the inspiration from in the sense that it's a team of individuals coming to together to fight a different, Big Bad created, monster each week. There's also the color coding and symbols and whatnot.
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WendigoJohnson posted:The thing is, Sailor Moon really isn't like the Sentai series(because it lacks giant robots and true masked/helmeted costumed shenanigans) it's also not written like one etiher. It's really more inline with She-Ra or Jem and the Holograms. Are you kidding me? It's written exactly like a sentai series. It has a team of young adults who go through a transformation sequence, fight a villain-of-the-week, go through a weapon charging sequence and repeat the same process for each episode. That's like the key formula for writing a sentai series. Arguing its not because it lacks giant robots and mask/helmeted costumes is like saying the new Battlestar Galactica isn't a space opera because they don't have aliens or lasers.
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Deadspin started a new regular column today called "Why Your Children's Television Show Sucks." The first part goes over Max and Ruby. Parents of young children in this thread will probably be interested. I found a video to Marvin Marvin (on Nickelodeon, apparently) in the comments section, with the comment poster saying that it got cable banned from his friend's house. I think that's a fair action. The video is here, trigger warning for awfulness. Oh yeah, and it has Fred the YouTube personality. I guess he has Nick by the balls now.
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Y-Hat posted:Deadspin started a new regular column today called "Why Your Children's Television Show Sucks." The first part goes over Max and Ruby. Parents of young children in this thread will probably be interested. I can confirm that Max & Ruby loving sucks, but my kids love the poo poo out of it.
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Y-Hat posted:I found a video to Marvin Marvin (on Nickelodeon, apparently) in the comments section, with the comment poster saying that it got cable banned from his friend's house. I think that's a fair action. The video is here, trigger warning for awfulness. Oh yeah, and it has Fred the YouTube personality. I guess he has Nick by the balls now. What kind of incriminating photos does Fred have of the Nick execs that they keep throwing money at him?
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Benne posted:What kind of incriminating photos does Fred have of the Nick execs that they keep throwing money at him? I've been trying to figure out how Lucas Cruikshank ever amassed as many views as he did within youtube to garner that sort of attention. Same with "the annoying orange". As said within the comments section, it is for the most part correct. It's not as if Nickelodeon hasn't put a terribly written kids show on the air before. Try watching old episodes of Kenan and Kel, and All That now. They don't seem to hold up all that well after you've been introduced to years of better written and smarter comedy.
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Y-Hat posted:
Marvin Marvin is bizarre because it's basically what happens when Nick makes something tween-targeted without putting Dan Snyder at the helm (See also: Big Time Rush) But then it's in an 830 time slot and I think 'technically' it airs as the first part of Nick at Nite. It's loving confusing is what it is. Also, while on the subject, Nick at Nite is loving unwatchable since they started showing the Nanny nonstop. It's worse than nonstop George Lopez. Bring back nonstop Roseanne and Fresh Prince thanks.
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raditts posted:I can confirm that Max & Ruby loving sucks, but my kids love the poo poo out of it. FuzzySkinner posted:As said within the comments section, it is for the most part correct. It's not as if Nickelodeon hasn't put a terribly written kids show on the air before. Try watching old episodes of Kenan and Kel, and All That now. They don't seem to hold up all that well after you've been introduced to years of better written and smarter comedy. I saw an episode of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles a couple of weeks ago. The turtles themselves look terrible, but content-wise it's good- it certainly takes itself less seriously than the mid-2000s series.
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