Re: [TV orNotTV] The state of kids cartoons today

2013-01-21 Thread chialex
I'm going to make it two hours on that same network, throwing in what then-amounted to the Marvel Animated Universe in X-Men and Spiderman in their prime. Stuck relatively to canon, but I have to take points from Spiderman for its poignant-but-roughshod ending. ~D M-D November

Re: [TV orNotTV] The state of kids cartoons today

2013-01-20 Thread M-D November
For my money, Animaniacs and Batman: the Animated Series was the strongest 60 minutes in (non-FOX primetime) televised animation in... Well, just about ever. -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV

Re: [TV orNotTV] The state of kids cartoons today

2013-01-19 Thread Wesley (in Colorado)
I believe Sturgeon's Law applies to cartoons as they do anything else. There has always been bad cartoons. In the 80s, there were plenty that were so bad that even I -- being ages 0-9 during that decade -- recognized they were bad. There were many more that, thanks to the passage of time and gain

Re: [TV orNotTV] The state of kids cartoons today

2013-01-19 Thread Jim Ellwanger
On Jan 19, 2013, at 12:53 PM, Wesley (in Colorado) wrote: Now for good cartoons, after the already mentioned Phineas and Ferb, I enjoy Legend of Korra (even after never giving any attention to Avatar: The Last Airbender), Young Justice (though I worry about that one, as the show only just

Re: [TV orNotTV] The state of kids cartoons today

2013-01-19 Thread Mark Jeffries
And I appreciate the fact that MAD takes aim at other CN shows--I'm waiting for them to do parodies of CN's live-action shows and have a character say why is this show on the *Cartoon* Network? Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 4:32 PM, Jim

Re: [TV orNotTV] The state of kids cartoons today

2013-01-18 Thread Kevin M.
Today's babysitting viewing: Doctor Who Not a personal favorite, but as fare for 10-year-olds, it is better than many other options -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV or Not TV The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups TV or Not TV group.

[TV orNotTV] The state of kids cartoons today

2013-01-17 Thread Kevin M.
Watching a friend's kid, I'm being exposed to what passes for entertainment for kids. It is making me long for the crap we had when I was young. At the heart of my misery is the cartoon that exists to sell Bayblades. Clearly someone bought the rights to an unused spec script for Pokemon and they

Re: [TV orNotTV] The state of kids cartoons today

2013-01-17 Thread Jason Carpio
the more egregious cartoons are the lego ones. Ninjago and the ones with anamorphic lions. On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:45 PM, Kevin M. drunkbastar...@gmail.com wrote: Watching a friend's kid, I'm being exposed to what passes for entertainment for kids. It is making me long for the crap we had

Re: [TV orNotTV] The state of kids cartoons today

2013-01-17 Thread Kevin M.
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 1:57 PM, Jason Carpio jcar...@gmail.com wrote: the more egregious cartoons are the lego ones. Ninjago and the ones with anamorphic lions. Yeah. I've seen amateur YouTube efforts by 6-year-olds with Legos with more going for them than Ninjago. -- Kevin M. (RPCV) -- TV