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.