----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin Mail List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 9:27 AM Subject: Cartoons today
> > I am sitting here watching cartoons with the kids and I am amazed at how > violent some of them are. > > For example, Justice League is on (Superman, Wonder Woman, Batman, etc). The > league traveled back through time and are g\fighting Germans. They are > clearly killing Germans by blowing up the tanks, trucks and planes that they > are in. > > In my days of cartoons, nobody ever died in the cartoons, to paraphrase the > George Of he Jungle movie, "they just get really big boo-boos" > > Yesterday we watched an old Super Friends cartoon that was from the 70's and > several times my 8 year old daughter commented on how stupid and boring the > show was, but she is glued to this newer, much more violent version, that > was resurrected as "Justice League". > > I miss the days of Quick Draw McGraw and Mugsey the dog.. :-( > That was a particularly good episode of Justice League last night. About 70 minutes long and a good story throughout. But I too was surprised at the suggestion of death during the battle scenes. But then the German soldiers in those particular scenes were engaged in slaughter or were on their way to invade America. OTOH there were scenes where Nazi Soldiers/workers were saved from death in a Blackhawk bombing raid and the heroes were glad to have done so. I think they drew a moral distinction and not a totally inappropriate one. Justice League is geared to a bit of an older crowd than Super Friends. Super friends is an inferior product when compared to the earlier (in the 60s) Justice League Of America cartoon that sprung from the Superman/Batman hour. Super Friends was a dumbed down version of superhero stories written by people whose contempt for the sophisticated minds of children showed through in every episode. Kids really do enjoy a good story and do not require silli ness added in or comic relief as some adults presume. I think that treating children as intelligent gives them confidence and finding their own way through moral questions with a little help on occasion only reinforces a childs better qualities. I like the old silly cartoons too and think that they are important. A broad development of humor is a good thing. xponent Ubermensch Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
