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haveblue posted:That didn't even last through all of Avatar- by the end of season 3 multi-month breaks were frequent and the whole season took something like a year and a half from premier to finale. And they burned off the last 6 episodes in like 3 weeks, after releasing 2 of them on DVD or something months ahead of time. Nick is pretty lovely about consistently scheduling anything that isn't their live action stuff.
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JethroMcB posted:I got to leave work early on April 1st and came home just in time to catch Cartoon Network's April Fool's day prank. This year, that entailed dubbing in flatulence noises onto every cartoon they aired. It was really well done, with a wide range of gastrointestinal sounds that were always played to great effect. The crappy Canadian teenager shows (Sixteen and...Stoked?) were mind-blowingly funny with these "enhancements," but in Johnny Test you couldn't even hear the goddamn fart noises because something loud was happening at all times. It seemed like every time anybody finished a sentence, there was a buzzer or an alarm or a general clattering sound effect in the background, and every movement on-screen was coupled with an unnecessary sound effect. Nearly every time anyone moves at all, it is accompanied by a whip crack sound effect. Johnny Test is probably the worst non-anime thing on that channel.
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TigerMoJo posted:Disney... I can't get past Phineas and Ferb's horrible character designs so I'm sorry but I won't even bother. What's horrible about them?
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TigerMoJo posted:Really? Yes, really? That show is great and I don't understand what's so horrible about the character designs that you can't even give it a chance. Phineas' head is a triangle?
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May 1, 2010 05:03
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TigerMoJo posted:This post is ridiculous. I'm sorry I offended you because I don't like the look of your favorite "cartoon for children." Someone asked me what I thought was so horrible about the character's design and I responded. I'm not raging out or angry. I wouldn't have said anything more than my original post had I not been asked. I just choose not to watch it because the design turns me off. Your own avatar has some of the problems you complained about, but whatever (no mouth, geometric features, unrealistic in that a lion can't write, ears are all wrong, that hat must weigh 300 lbs, manes do not look like that, lion bodies do not have heads in that proportion, their eyes are not yellow with tiny dots, their noses are not pink, etc. [see how retardedly spergy that poo poo is about a cartoon?]) I don't get your complains about the show's art design really, and based on your "criticism" of Phineas and Ferb's art design I question whether you even have the capacity to enjoy any cartoon since none of them are realistic, but I don't care to evangelize a kid's cartoon either. It's your loss and that's all there is to it. That's cool though, we don't all have to like the same stuff.
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TigerMoJo posted:That is not at all what I was complaining about. I don't expect perfect proportions or scientifically accurate drawings in cartoons obviously. Just not something that looks like my cousin's 6 year old came up with it. The only person sperging in this thread is my bro Chibs up there. A lot of other people had mentioned not liking the Phineas and Ferb designs before me in this thread but you singled me out for whatever reason so I responded and you apparently read into it exactly what you wanted to hear/believe and not what I said. The designs look really ugly to me and annoying. I'm sure I'm missing out big time though what will I ever do if I don't watch Phineas and Ferb. I certainly haven't taken notes on the thread or whatever, but you're the only person I've ever seen complain about the art direction on that show. I know you say someone else has complained but I'm not seeing it. I didn't mean to single you out, I just don't understand the hate for the art design. I didn't see anyone else complaining about the art direction in that show. Hell, it's fairly standard in its oddness. But really, find me a 6 year old or 4 year old or whatever you claim it looks like who can do that and I'll shut up. The guys who made it worked on Rocko's Modern Life and the designs are inspired by Tex Avery. Like I said before, I just don't understand the hate.
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Dr Snofeld posted:My favourite P&F moment so far What episode is that from, I don't remember it.
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May 3, 2010 03:01
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thelaughingman posted:So, what's the consensus on Fanboy and Chumchum? Cancer.
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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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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 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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Strange Matter posted:Oddly compelling given how terrible the movies were. The second one really wasn't so bad. I mean they're no Pixar or How to Train Your Dragon (Dreamworks CAN make a good movie!), but not awful. The show is cheaply animated, and it really really shows, but the underlying premise is pretty solid in its simplicity and all the episodes I've seen have been well executed and pretty funny. It's not as good as Chowder/Flapjack/P&F or anything though.
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May 23, 2010 03:04
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Shadow The Rat posted:Netflix Instant Watch just kicked your rear end today. Holy gently caress, I would totally sign back up for netflix if I could watch these on my TV.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:There's going to be a live-action Fairly Oddparents movie, with Drake Bell playing a Timmy Turner who is in his mid-20s but refuses to move beyond the 5th grade because his fairy godparents can just give him everything he wants. Jason Alexander (Seinfeld, duh) and Cheryl Hines (Curb Your Enthusiasm) will be playing Cosmo and Wanda. Literally nothing about this is a good idea... Oh god there's more: quote:In the movie, an older Timmy is still in the fifth grade and living at home, but all that changes when he begins to have feelings for Tootie (Victorious' Daniella Monet), a nerdy girl who has grown into a beautiful woman and returned to town. Timmy must make a choice between his godparents or growing up and being in love. So it's a sendoff for the show AND it sounds terrible. I know the well is pretty dry for Fairly Oddparents at this point, but this just sounds really really stupid in every way.
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Strange Matter posted:drat furries. And just you know there's already crudely drawn porn of it on deviant art too.
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Shadow The Rat posted:I blame Gadget from Rescue Rangers for starting the furry movement. Nah: 
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Andrew_1985 posted:Is it bad I quite enjoy the Total Drama series? The first series was so-so but it really kicked off. The animation is far from great, but it's fairly well written and entertaining. Total Drama X is pretty awesome. The first season too, especially, is a straight up parody of Survivor with a dash of other lovely reality shows thrown in. If you actually like Survivor, it's great. Season 2 was I guess a take on Fear Factor and other such shows, which didn't work as well for me, but the characters and knowing the general premise of what the deal was worked. This current season being a parody of The Amazing Race + getting even more meta has been great. I love how they introduced a creepy fangirl obsessed with some minor character. I know the show isn't for everyone and that the art direction really turns off a lot of people, but it's an excellent parody of reality tv.
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Y-Hat posted:Granted, my only source is somebody's Facebook status, but if it's true, then Cartoon Network is going to get a lot of poo poo here. It seems like CN and Nick only do like 3 seasons of any show then can them for no reason. The only exceptions I can think of are those cash cow live action tween sitcom shows where they make the lead also do really lovely autotuned music.
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Kipory posted:More on the Oddparent's thing: Oh there's just nothing about this whole thing that isn't a tragically bad idea.
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Tartarus Sauce posted:I'm thinking Kathy Bates or Camryn Manheim in the title role. Rosie O'Donnell, book it.
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Kipory posted:They could make a Calvin and Hobbes movie, but that would result in Bill Watterson exploding and taking the west coast with him, I'm sure. Say what you will about Waterson being a weird recluse, but the upside is that horrible cash-ins ala that loving whore Jim Davis will never happen to Calvin and Hobbes.
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Thanks for the heads up, I had no idea they had finally scheduled the finale.
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Adult Chowder was weird as hell. But for some reason I'm really really glad Panini finally got what she wanted.
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Inspector_71 posted:Nothing turns me off to a cartoon faster than poor use of sound-effects. The shoe squeak is arguably worse than the swhoosh. But it's still not as *WHIP CRACK* bad as *WHIP CRACK* Johnny *WHIP CRACK* Test *WHIP CRACK*. *WHIP CRACK*
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I don't know if this cat/dog episode of Flapjack that was on tonight is one I missed or if it was new but it's the best Flapjack ever.
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JackGeneric posted:Fish out of Water played as the second episode, and it was only live action for ten seconds at the end. K'nuckles wasn't even blue. Kind of a lame way to send out a good show. Oh wow, you're right. I had just skimmed it trying to make sure it was a rerun because surly CN wouldn't gently caress Flapjack over that hard, but nope, that was the series finale. That's a total dick way to handle it. The second episode (which is never ever new) on a night and time the show has never aired with zero promotion? What the gently caress was that? I was pissed over how Chowder was handled but this was just a horrible slap in the face. The episode itself was good Flapjack, if not really a sendoff of any kind until the last 20 seconds.
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...of SCIENCE! posted:I think it just keeps being made because of CanCon (Canadian broadcasting standards stipulate that certain percentage of their television station's content must have Canadian content) so Cartoon Network just snaps it up on the cheap to pad out their lineup since it's just going to keep being made no matter what. Same with Total Drama ______ and all the other Canadian shows. What's wrong with Total Drama ________ I thought people liked it here. We had a thread for the first one.
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Tartarus Sauce posted:And, I saw one episode of Total Drama Island a long time ago, and just thought it was a loud, ham-fisted, adolescent parody of a reality show, with the usual valley girls, himboes, black diva, and fat, gluttonous, flatulent geek. And the promos are just so, so annoying. Should I seriously give it another try? If you're not up for an immature parody of Survivor, Fear Factor, and The Amazing Race, don't bother. Or get over yourself and enjoy a fun cartoon that spoofs reality tv and has fart jokes. I don't understand posting in this thread about other kids shows and making GBS threads on Total Drama but goons.
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Amorphous Blob posted:It's not a "goons I really don't though. Chowder/Flapjack and Total Drama Whatever are all pretty different shows anyway. If you've read this thread you know that I'm not at all happy with how CN handled Flapjack and especially Chowder, but I don't think that has anything to do with Total Drama. A good show is a good show and nobody has cited anything bad about Total Drama Whatever yet aside from being from cold mexico and being made in flash. I guess it helps if you actually watch reality tv shows? I could see not liking it if you didn't.
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" kind of critisism. It's yet another poorly made flash cartoon from Canada, and it blows that Chowder and Flapjack got the axe so disgracefully while Total Drama ____ gets a new season. I don't hate it anywhere near as much as some people do, but please don't act like you can't see why it gets a ton of flack.
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Amorphous Blob posted:I guess my main gripe is that it's poorly animated which defeats the whole purpose of a cartoon. Just look at how squishy and jiggly the characters in Adventure time are compared to the stiffness of TDI/TDA/TDWT/TD__. Granted it's not very fair for me to compare anything to Flapjack and Chowder due to how amazing they are in terms of animation, art, voices, ect. The animation is not great and I won't defend the art style because at first glance it's crap. Thing is, if you watched Clone High, which you should, the style is clearly one that that animation studio was headed for. Joan of Ark is pretty much entirely reused verbatim as Gwen. I guess a lot of why I like it is that I do watch the reality shows it satirizes because it seems like none of you really do. That's cool though, for whatever reason they keep making it I'm perfectly happy to keep watching it! It's not terribly deep as a show, but they do manage to switch up how each season goes by using the reality show "people get voted off" thing. Characters that suck one season can be hilarious another just because they stay long enough to be used more effectively. IRQ fucked around with this message at 07:48 on Sep 2, 2010 |
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The Steak Justice posted:Regular Show was fantastic. This goes on the list with adventure time for "Shows to make sure I do not miss." Mad was pretty terrible. But Mad has always been pretty terrible in every incarnation so no surprises there. I wasn't too hot about Regular Show either, but I'll give it a couple more shots.
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Continuing their sudden inexplicably bad treatment Flapjack lately, CN is apparently running another new episode at 9:30 tonight.
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Sockser posted:I... What? That doesn't even ... It was actually a rerun, my DVR thought it was new for some reason. CN programming info has always sucked on DVRs for whatever reason.
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Wait, are you saying they've actually made a love triangle between Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby?
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Ice Blue posted:Yes. Scooby gets jealous and at one point in the latest episode even asks Shaggy if he's cheating on him. The gag can be pretty funny sometimes but the joke's been going on too long. I miss the normal Scooby. Wow, I watched some of tonight's episode and it's even worse than the original Scooby Doo. Velma isn't hot anymore, she inexplicably wants to jump Shaggy's bones, and uh, Scooby does too, Fred is obsessed with traps (this was actually hilarious taken completely out of the intended context, especially the "Traps Magazine" he was embarrassed about Daphnee finding), and the animation is loving horrible for 2010. Even flash cartoons do better.
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The preview episode they released over the summer followed the same formula. I'm still not totally sold on Regular Show really. I like it enough to keep watching, but I don't really laugh at it like I do Adventure Time. It doesn't help that the only thing likable about Rigby is how he runs on all fours.
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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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There's a new Phineas and Ferb on at 8:30 today just fyi.
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Muppetjedi posted:Anyone else like Wizards of Waverly place? I don't like it at all. The female lead is an unlikeable bitch and the writing is even more mediocre than you would expect for a show like this.
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mobo85 posted:I agree as far as choice of casting goes. As far as whether or not Sam's mom should have actually be shown on-screen, I have to agree with David Hinckley of the New York Daily News: "She was funnier in our imagination. When Sam would tell Carly on past shows that Pam had a tattoo of a foot on her foot, that image was far more hilarious than if we had seen an actual tattoo." There's also Neville(?) the creepy stalker nerd who keeps trying to thwart them by hacking their poo poo. But yeah Sam's mom probably was better left off screen, mostly because Sam's home life being really dark was hilarious. Jane Lynch was great, but the show is getting long in the tooth for such a thin premise.
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