Originally Posted by Kiryu (Post 189596)

Out of boredom I decided to check out Teen Titans Go, and I'm ready to eat some crow with the series.

I take back some of my harshness towards it. It can be entertaining, and I like this show's Raven. But that said, I still think it's insulting to fans who were expecting something like the original and people that liked Young Justice.

That said I have a few issues with it, first being the cheap flash style animation, not a huge fan of it. The second is; this show's style is more akin to looney toons or a sit com rather then a show about super hero. The third is just how they keep undermining Robin. I can think of two instances: Gorilla and Super Robin.

Honestly feels as though the person producing this show missed the boat entirely on what people liked about the original Teen Titans(Something I honestly can't tell you what it is since I have no nostalgia for the show). I feel as though if the show didn't have the original cast reprising the roles, no one would give a rat's ass about this show.

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 189617)

Yay! Someone else who was willing to give it a chance.
It's really not as terrible as everyone makes it out to be. While it's not picking up from the original series's cliffhanger ending, it's not a bad show (There's much worse you can watch) and it's rather fun (Girls Night Out is my personal favorite).

My only issue with the show is that Beast Boy tends to be the antagonist more often than not. He went from charming and kind from the original series to a complete asshat, making it hard to like him anymore.

Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog (Post 189771)

My favorite douchy moment of Beast boy was when he taught robin how to be Lazy and left the others to die.

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 189617)

Yay! Someone else who was willing to give it a chance.
It's really not as terrible as everyone makes it out to be. While it's not picking up from the original series's cliffhanger ending, it's not a bad show (There's much worse you can watch) and it's rather fun (Girls Night Out is my personal favorite).

My only issue with the show is that Beast Boy tends to be the antagonist more often than not. He went from charming and kind from the original series to a complete asshat, making it hard to like him anymore.

Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog (Post 189818)

The only time i saw that was the episode when Robin gained superpowers. I felt bad for him at the end.

Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog (Post 190498)

Wait Spiderman's getting cancelled and the next Transformers is in 2D?

Originally Posted by Potato (Post 190497)

Sad to say, currently, the action/adventure genre in the U.S. IS dying. BUT, this has occured so many times in the past. It comes in waves. It seems to happen every 4-6 years.

Right now the only action cartoons in production are Avengers, TMNT, Korra, Hulk, Max Steele, Star Wars and Ben 10 (off the top of my head) and some of these won't get renewed. Batman and Spiderman are pretty much done and in post production. There aren't any new action shows in the pipeline or pre-production (other than Star Wars and next Transformers (back to 2D)), so we're gonna be heading into an action dry spell within 2 years.

Studios are currently just not interested in pursuing action genres due to lack of toy sales. They all say the same thing... "We're currently only looking for comedy shows"
Oh well. :( After Korra, I might have to settle on Bubble Guppies or Dora the explorer. :(

Originally Posted by KRX (Post 190513)

We're not dubbing Transformers Go!, are we?

That aside, I don't think toy sales are the only reason that studios aren't looking for action shows. I was pondering the downgraded quality of Cartoon Network one day when it hit me—it was trying to be more like the Internet. If one were strong enough to endure an episode of The Amazing World of Gumball, they would find numerous similarities
between it and an Internet video: poor animation, no over-arching plot, incredibly surreal humor, and an overall lackluster quality. Say what you will about Spongebob Squarepants, they at least try to be professional. As I continued pondering this, I realized something else—the Internet was trying to be more like TV. Series like Job Hunters and Halo: Forward Unto Dawn began popping up, being of a quality that raised the standard. Heck, even Nostalgia Critic is filmed in a studio. However, those are just rarities, and the Internet video is still typically a low-intellect form of visual stimuli ment to satiate a short attention-spanned individual awaiting the next tweet. I believe thatt studios are beginning to realize that there is a market there, which is why action/adventure is in decline. Low-brow comedy requires less thought than a high-stakes adventure, so more people would watch the former than the latter.

An example of this would be Pacific Rim. Here we have a movie directed by a man with an impressive repertoire that promises lots of action and adventure, but people are more interested in Grown Ups 2.

Originally Posted by losondro (Post 190524)

but i want a dubbed Transformers GO! 0_0

Originally Posted by KRX (Post 190513)

We're not dubbing Transformers Go!, are we?

Originally Posted by KRX (Post 190513)

If one were strong enough to endure an episode of The Amazing World of Gumball

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 190529)

I actually think that's the one of the best shows on Cartoon Network.
Blows the extremely overrated Adventure Time and Regular Show out of the water.

Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog (Post 190498)

Wait Spiderman's getting cancelled and the next Transformers is in 2D?

Originally Posted by KRX (Post 190513)

We're not dubbing Transformers Go!, are we?

That aside, I don't think toy sales are the only reason that studios aren't looking for action shows. I was pondering the downgraded quality of Cartoon Network one day when it hit me—it was trying to be more like the Internet. If one were strong enough to endure an episode of The Amazing World of Gumball, they would find numerous similarities
between it and an Internet video: poor animation, no over-arching plot, incredibly surreal humor, and an overall lackluster quality. Say what you will about Spongebob Squarepants, they at least try to be professional. As I continued pondering this, I realized something else—the Internet was trying to be more like TV. Series like Job Hunters and Halo: Forward Unto Dawn began popping up, being of a quality that raised the standard. Heck, even Nostalgia Critic is filmed in a studio. However, those are just rarities, and the Internet video is still typically a low-intellect form of visual stimuli ment to satiate a short attention-spanned individual awaiting the next tweet. I believe thatt studios are beginning to realize that there is a market there, which is why action/adventure is in decline. Low-brow comedy requires less thought than a high-stakes adventure, so more people would watch the former than the latter.

An example of this would be Pacific Rim. Here we have a movie directed by a man with an impressive repertoire that promises lots of action and adventure, but people are more interested in Grown Ups 2.

Originally Posted by Potato (Post 190547)

You pretty much summed it up. Companies prefer to advertise their products on shows annoying orange, or MAD...cause that's where the ratings are. More and more studios (Cartoon Network, WB, Titmouse and Nick) are going to the 3-5 minute shorts route. These are what these companies are heavily focusing on. Comedy shorts. Then, when any of these prove to be successfull, they might end up making a full series out of it (ala Teen Titans Go)

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 190529)

I actually think that's the one of the best shows on Cartoon Network.
Blows the extremely overrated Adventure Time and Regular Show out of the water.

Originally Posted by KRX (Post 190548)

Dang… I was hoping I was wrong.

Originally Posted by Locke (Post 190572)

I actually love the Regular Show but I do think Adventure Time is a tad overrated.

Originally Posted by Kiryu (Post 192126)

Beware the Batman premiered yesterday, and I think it's off to a good start. It really like the fresh ideas they injected into it, and it seems to be focusing on a younger less experienced Batman.

Which would explain the C list villains and younger Alfred. Speaking of Alfred…they made him into a bad ass which I dug.

Professor Pyg and Mr.Toad hasn't won me over as villains quite yet but the opening left a good impression on me. I'm going to stick with it and see where it goes.

I'm hoping it lasts long enough to introduce some of Batman's more famous rouges and characters but I doubt it *Sigh*.

Originally Posted by Locke (Post 192144)

It's actually kinda scary to think I am now old enough to say things like 'the shows of my youth were...' but I still stand by the fact that my shows indeed were better, as there is less money around for animation now and much more limitations from censorship.

Obviously there was a lot of shit during the 90s with the whole 'let's take a bunch of teenagers, merge them with animals and make it EXTREME' basically being its own genre at the time but there were also many greats, beloved as much then as they are now and watched by all age groups.

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 192179)

CN has been airing Regular Show on constant loops and I'll admit that I'm warming to it.
Still not a fan of Adventure Time, though.

It's rather odd that, in this age, we actually have less strict censorship (I remember back when the only cartoon I could recall to use normal guns was Batman: TAS. Everywhere else used lasers or just resorted to physical weapons), additionally, it seems "Never say die" has effectively been removed over the past years.

But it seems that, where censorhip has lightened, it's countered by backpedaling on something else.

Originally Posted by Klonoahedgehog (Post 192233)

So what do you guys think of the new Disney cartoons Camp Lakebottom and Packages from Planets X? Just watched them and i liked them more than i thought i would.

Originally Posted by Kiryu (Post 192126)

Beware the Batman premiered yesterday, and I think it's off to a good start. It really like the fresh ideas they injected into it, and it seems to be focusing on a younger less experienced Batman.

Which would explain the C list villains and younger Alfred. Speaking of Alfred…they made him into a bad ass which I dug.

Professor Pyg and Mr.Toad hasn't won me over as villains quite yet but the opening left a good impression on me. I'm going to stick with it and see where it goes.

I'm hoping it lasts long enough to introduce some of Batman's more famous rouges and characters but I doubt it *Sigh*.

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 192179)

CN has been airing Regular Show on constant loops and I'll admit that I'm warming to it.
Still not a fan of Adventure Time, though.


Beware the Batman was pretty good, yeah. I intend on keeping up with it.

I wasn't a fan of Pyg, but I'll wait to see what else it can bring to the table.



It's rather odd that, in this age, we actually have less strict censorship (I remember back when the only cartoon I could recall to use normal guns was Batman: TAS. Everywhere else used lasers or just resorted to physical weapons), additionally, it seems "Never say die" has effectively been removed over the past years.

But it seems that, where censorhip has lightened, it's countered by backpedaling on something else.

Originally Posted by AoBlue (Post 192251)

Well it turns out with Beware the batman they want to avoid using the famous villains for the show.

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 192259)

I'm fine with not seeing any of the more famous Batman villains. If it's about his early years, it would make the likes of the Joker or the Riddler look like chumps if their losing to an non-veteran Batman.

I am still curious, though, since Bats has tons of "Obscure" villains that never get the limelight or even mild references.

Originally Posted by Matrixbeast (Post 192259)

I'm fine with not seeing any of the more famous Batman villains. If it's about his early years, it would make the likes of the Joker or the Riddler look like chumps if their losing to an non-veteran Batman.

I am still curious, though, since Bats has tons of "Obscure" villains that never get the limelight or even mild references.

Originally Posted by conundrum (Post 192990)

So, I decided to give Kaijudo a chance, because the first season is on Netflix, and I really enjoy it. For a show meant to advertise a card game, they do a pretty good job of fleshing out both the human and kaiju worlds. Unlike similar shows where the creatures are just wild beasts or animals tamed by humans, Kaijudo gives them interesting backstories and personalities that make them stand out among the human cast.

Originally Posted by WhiteRanger (Post 192992)

That sounds more like an anime then American cartoon

Originally Posted by conundrum (Post 192995)

It's owned by Hasbro and first aired in the U.S., however, it is animated in South Korea. I think it's more of a gray area.