"You watch that?! It's a kiddy cartoon!"

[dendawg]

I just remebered another cartoon I use to love, The Real Ghostbusters. The other knock off sucked.

Actually, the "knock off" came first. Some Google-Fu will tell the story.

[CaptainJaneway]

They also did a reboot of voltron too. I love my cartoons and will never give up watching them.

If you get HUB they have all the old cartoons on there. I started watching Jem, Transformers and GI Joe again.

I love the reboot of Thunder Cats. Now if the could do He-Man and She-Ra reboot that would be cool too.

I just remebered another cartoon I use to love, The Real Ghostbusters. The other knock off sucked.

[dendawg]

Awesome the new Thundercats is....I just wish Snarf talked at least a little.

[HYHYBT]

Ok, just throwing this out here: The reboot of Thundercats is kind of awesome.

It is! And it makes a lot more sense, at least so far, than the original did. I hope it gets more episodes than the new He-Man they tried a few years ago did.

[firecat88]

Ok, just throwing this out here: The reboot of Thundercats is kind of awesome.

[firecat88]

Happy-dancing Luna...that might just be the cutest thing I've seen all week.

[Andara Bledin]

I found this and immediately thought of this thread:

Welcome to the club. XD Heads up for all MLP: FiM fans- Season 2 is confirmed, and apparently Princess Luna will have a much bigger role in it than being the bad guy for two episodes.

That calls for.... DANCING!



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[firecat88]

<.<
>.>
The ponies got meh!
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic....
i was swept away in the twilight sparkle of it...so now when people mention twilight i go right into ponies with pride. buwahahahaha

Welcome to the club. XD Heads up for all MLP: FiM fans- Season 2 is confirmed, and apparently Princess Luna will have a much bigger role in it than being the bad guy for two episodes.

[LexiaFira]

<.<
>.>
The ponies got meh!
My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic....
i was swept away in the twilight sparkle of it...so now when people mention twilight i go right into ponies with pride. buwahahahaha

[Bloodsoul]

I just recently picked up the first volume each of Batman and Superman: The Animated Series.

I actually forgot just how dark B:TAS really was at times. Oh how old, to be honest.. 19 years?

[Hyena Dandy]

I'll disagree with "All jobs suck, if you get a job, you'll hate doing it."

That assumes something toxic inherent to the idea of a job. But when it comes to jobs, thereare times when you won't want to go to work. So you won't always enjoy it AS MUCH. But you can still love your work.

[Bardmaiden]

Horrible Histories is awesome! Also Shaun the Sheep is brilliant too.

But then I see some of the stuff that is on before or after these and think what happened to kids TV? It tends to the lowest factor, let's make a big mess and the kid's will like it.

Well I didn't like it when I was a kid either. I went for the cartoons Ulysses 31, She-ra, He-Man, Ghostbusters, Mysterious Cities of Gold, Dungeons and Dragons etc...yes I grew up in the 80's how can you tell.

[EricKei]

Growing OLDER is obligatory
Growing UP isn't

My personal mantra, right here ^_^

As for the primary topic at hand...

Most "cartoons aimed at kids", going back to Looney Toons/Merrie Melodies (which were *overtly* aimed at adults when they were first released), and those from the last 2 decades in particular, are really meant for all ages to some extent, or at least, many of them are. At the very least, some have "parental bonuses" (things that adults would catch (such as double entendres) that whoosh right over the kids'...and censors'...heads). Some of them -- according to the creators -- were never meant for the wee ones at all. I would argue that Gargoyles was one such show (aimed at older kids/teens? Sure! But most certainly at adults as well); word from the creators is that PowerPuff Girls, at least in its original incarnation, was meant to be upper teens and older -- ONLY. Even in its released form, it has many things (blood and tons of violence) that say quite clearly that "this ain't for your 4-year-old". One good example is Ms Bellum, the Mayor's assitant

For those not familiar -- She is...*ahem* quite generously endowed. She is only EVER shown from the neck down (except in reverse-angle shots where you cannot see her face). She tends to lean in close when talking to the Mayor at times, and is fully aware of the power she wields (but in a good way) over guys...That's the overt stuff, little or any of which belongs in a "kiddie show". Then you get to more subtle things, like her address -- 69 YodelInDaValley Lane*... (think about that for a second) o_O And that's just one of the more obvious things which, to me, confirm that this show, among others, *still* isn't meant for the little kiddles. To which I say, Rock On! ^_^

* If you wanna look it up, it's "Something's a Ms.", the episode where Sedusa shows up, (SPOILER)














kidnaps Ms Bellows & takes her place (sorry, couldn't find an exact color match to hide it completely)(/SPOILER)

...And, still on the subject of PPG, I'm not even gonna get started on "HIM" (literally the Prince of Darkness himself, as filtered through their world view)

[dendawg]

"It's so fake!"

Here's my comeback to the idiots (online at least ) who need to point that out about wrestling:

"So are Pamela Anderson's tits...what's your point?"

[Andara Bledin]

Speaking of scary and stuff for kids, one of my favorite suspenseful movies ever is Watcher in the Woods. I actually saw that one in the theater when it came out. I was 7. My brother was 6. Both of us, at different times, left the theater because it was getting too intense, and then went right back in because we had to know what happened next.

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