Blackout wrote:

I second this, but i'm not too surprised.

Why? Seriously. With Generations of cartoon shows they could show, market shitty merchandise from those show (got to be capitalistic) would be less retarded then NOT showing any damn toons at all. Then again, there must not be a profit in it anymore.

Soon, hand drawn cartoons will be a thing of the past. Then it will be revived after decades of people saying "CG is old and sucks" and the younger generation will be like "Holy smokes, this drawn stuff is so new and original and awesome."

Yes, hand drawn cartoons will be so yesterday, that it will be thought of as new and original if revived. Hell, i still respect and enjoy hand drawn animation. It's why anime is so fucking awesome. (am i right, Mr. Bomberman?)

It's like CEOs and networks think kids want adult stuff like real action/drama shows with dark adult themes and crap (which they do but don't give a shit about watching them because they are too young to understand). Cartoons are perceived as childish and hand drawn is too expensive compared to CG (i'm assuming this because if it was the reverse then hand drawn would still be around) and shows with live actors are perceived as adult but of course the shows for the kids have to be dumbed down and translated so kids can relate to them.

It's dwindled down to something i like to call adultardation: Giving kids almost adult like entertainment but dumbing it down to the point where they can understand it and censored enough so the producers don't piss off the soccer moms.

(It's kind of like trying to come to a compromise with the conservative father and liberal mother to what their kids should watch, dad wants them to watch something more grown up so they grow some balls and mom wants it safe enough so they don't get traumatized, the end result is something nobody wants to watch, like 4kids' One Piece)

This adultardation is not the answer though, it is thee cancer that is robbing these kids of the same childhood we had. I get with the concept of moving with the times but there are just somethings that can never get old, like hand drawing your fucking cartoons instead of sitting in front of the computer or paying some kid minimum wage to dump grape juice on the actor who could not get a gig because he sucks.

This is why i gave up on network TV, it's all cookie cut to such an extent it become predictable and mundane. There are some good shows on both network TV and Cable, but the more this adultardation tries to reach out to a wider audience, the more it alienates it self from the audience as a whole.

adultardation, now there is a word Oxford should pick up.