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Post by trainzfan on Nov 25, 2007 15:44:00 GMT
The quote on Horrid Henry being a horrid show was EXTREAMLY shocking, how can you not like Francesca Simon's brilliant work? You two are probably the first HH dislikers >_<; 1. The characters look terrible. 2. The characters' collective IQ fails to achieve even half that of Percy. 3. If I want to see sibling rivalry, I'll watch the Simpsons episode Lisa on Ice. 4. The show is incredibly annoying.
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Post by J.B. King on Nov 25, 2007 20:14:59 GMT
But if there's one program I cannot stand, it's Jerry Springer *shudders* T_T ~Elizabeth Oh boy haha THAT show. I always find myself watching that in the morning. Everybody on that show is either REALLY dumb or REALLY crazy. All hell breaks loose when that sound effects guy lets out the boxing bell sound lol. And I'm not even going to get into how censored it is. It's one of those shows thats so bad, you just WANT to watch it lol, at least for me.
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Post by Little Engine on Nov 25, 2007 20:38:46 GMT
1. These days anything on Disney and Nickelodeon sucks hence why i converted over to Toon Disney and Nicktoons Network. Cartoon Network on the other hand is still watchable to some extent with shows such as Fosters, Billy And Mandy and Adult Swim aka the savor of the network since Toonami sucks now. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this but KidsWB around 2005 stopped becoming watchable sure they still had Pokemon airing but everything else sucked on the network I'm glad Cartoon Network got Pokemon because WB was ordering to many edits in the episodes and Cartoon Network leaves most of the older episodes Edit Free. By that time i stopped watching KidsWB. now 4Kids is buying KidsWB meaning we'll have 2 4Kids channels (let the Khan rants start). Saturday Morning TV is slowly declining and its really sad for someone like me who grew up with Saturday morning cartoons such as Animaniacs, Pinky And The Brain, Power Rangers, and Bobby's World among other things. 2. Another thing thats been bothering me is the decline of Mainframe Entertainment. Mainframe made some of the best shows in the 90's such as Reboot and Beast Wars. However now they've been reduced to making crap *cough*barbie films*cough* hopefully the return of Reboot can save them before its too late. 3. Reality TV read what everyone else posted. I usually stay away from Live Action Shows because i think most of them are terrible. I would say good call on Saturday Morning tv,now the golden age is not Animaniacs,Pinky and The Brain,etc,but now Johnny Test and Chaotic. And Nictoons Netowrk isn't even for the old shows anymore,now it's just having to convert to original productions and anything above the age of 4 gets canned.The only classic Nicktoons we even get over here in America are the occasional Catdog and Rugrats,and Zim only comes back for a short time and then disappears again(No wonder I bought the complete series on DVD) And over Canada they get DVDs of the old Nick Live shows liek Pete and Pete,Clarrisa Explains it All,etc,but I bet they're probably planning one for Mr Meaty in America(wonder how many copies would sell,oh yeah none ) I already wrote a whole rant on CN on the previou page so I can't comment,good call on Kids Wb getting bought out by 4kids and how it went downhill,I hate Reality shows too,mainly the ones form MTV and VH1,and not to mention Big Brother(US). We get Pinky and The Brain reruns as well as Batman and Superman The animed series on Jetix here in the states but I don't have it on my cable sadly,and only get to see it when I'm on vacation in Disneyworld at the hotel room
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Post by JEFF on Nov 26, 2007 2:29:13 GMT
1. These days anything on Disney and Nickelodeon sucks hence why i converted over to Toon Disney and Nicktoons Network. Cartoon Network on the other hand is still watchable to some extent with shows such as Fosters, Billy And Mandy and Adult Swim aka the savor of the network since Toonami sucks now. I'm surprised no one has mentioned this but KidsWB around 2005 stopped becoming watchable sure they still had Pokemon airing but everything else sucked on the network I'm glad Cartoon Network got Pokemon because WB was ordering to many edits in the episodes and Cartoon Network leaves most of the older episodes Edit Free. By that time i stopped watching KidsWB. now 4Kids is buying KidsWB meaning we'll have 2 4Kids channels (let the Khan rants start). Saturday Morning TV is slowly declining and its really sad for someone like me who grew up with Saturday morning cartoons such as Animaniacs, Pinky And The Brain, Power Rangers, and Bobby's World among other things. 2. Another thing thats been bothering me is the decline of Mainframe Entertainment. Mainframe made some of the best shows in the 90's such as Reboot and Beast Wars. However now they've been reduced to making crap *cough*barbie films*cough* hopefully the return of Reboot can save them before its too late. 3. Reality TV read what everyone else posted. I usually stay away from Live Action Shows because i think most of them are terrible. I would say good call on Saturday Morning tv,now the golden age is not Animaniacs,Pinky and The Brain,etc,but now Johnny Test and Chaotic. And Nictoons Netowrk isn't even for the old shows anymore,now it's just having to convert to original productions and anything above the age of 4 gets canned.The only classic Nicktoons we even get over here in America are the occasional Catdog and Rugrats,and Zim only comes back for a short time and then disappears again(No wonder I bought the complete series on DVD) And over Canada they get DVDs of the old Nick Live shows liek Pete and Pete,Clarrisa Explains it All,etc,but I bet they're probably planning one for Mr Meaty in America(wonder how many copies would sell,oh yeah none ) I already wrote a whole rant on CN on the previou page so I can't comment,good call on Kids Wb getting bought out by 4kids and how it went downhill,I hate Reality shows too,mainly the ones form MTV and VH1,and not to mention Big Brother(US). We get Pinky and The Brain reruns as well as Batman and Superman The animed series on Jetix here in the states but I don't have it on my cable sadly,and only get to see it when I'm on vacation in Disneyworld at the hotel room another thing i've noticed about Cartoon Network is that while the quality of shows in the US has gone down in other countries Cartoon Network is still what it was originally intended to be an all cartoon channel. while i was on a cruise to Mexico i got to see Cartoon Network LA(Latin America) they broadcast everything in English (except for DBZ) and they air stuff that you can't see on CN US anymore such as Looney Tunes, Popeye, I AM Weasel, Kanto episodes of Pokemon to name a few shows. they have not been touched by any live action shows whatsoever I enjoyed being able to watch Looney Tunes on TV again especially since they aired Cartoons you don't see much unless you have the DVDs. so Cartoon Network fares better in different countries because of different rules based on censorship.
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Post by Halstead on Nov 26, 2007 12:24:34 GMT
I have to question the current era of Cartoon Network. The first time I watched it was after 1996 when it timeshared with TNT at 10pm and most of the top cartoons back then like Dexter's Laboratory where in a small time slot called What a Cartoon! also featuring failed cartoons that never got their own series.
My favourites back then were Dexter, Johnny Bravo (and the zone where normal things don't happen so often), Powerpuff Girls and many more. Of course I was confused when I saw Thomas on there too as he was NOT a cartoon at all and even got his own special promotion slide.
I also agree that the quality of cartoons has declined today. Also I think that most of them rely on the cliche where one of the main characters is a blooming idiot and they do idiotic actions that create a nonsensicalplot line. The only current cartoon that I can't resist watching today is Spongebob Squarepants because of the popularity and the gaga that occur in it. I don't mind if Patrick is dumb at all on there because he's child-dumb as opposed to gross-dumb where the character would be stupid enough to eat his own earwax.
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Post by Little Engine on Nov 26, 2007 20:11:00 GMT
I have to question the current era of Cartoon Network. The first time I watched it was after 1996 when it timeshared with TNT at 10pm and most of the top cartoons back then like Dexter's Laboratory where in a small time slot called What a Cartoon! also featuring failed cartoons that never got their own series. My favourites back then were Dexter, Johnny Bravo (and the zone where normal things don't happen so often), Powerpuff Girls and many more. Of course I was confused when I saw Thomas on there too as he was NOT a cartoon at all and even got his own special promotion slide. I also agree that the quality of cartoons has declined today. Also I think that most of them rely on the cliche where one of the main characters is a blooming idiot and they do idiotic actions that create a nonsensicalplot line. The only current cartoon that I can't resist watching today is Spongebob Squarepants because of the popularity and the gaga that occur in it. I don't mind if Patrick is dumb at all on there because he's child-dumb as opposed to gross-dumb where the character would be stupid enough to eat his own earwax. I know how you feel,they air Goosbums here in America and some crap called Fried Dynamite and Out of Jimmy's Head,why is it even called Cartoon Network in the first place? Even though I like Thomas,I woul be shocked to find it on CN,givven model trains aren't what's called a cartoon. And I believe in a promo that was to advertise Out of Jimmy's Head,the announcer said "It's Cartoon Network's first live action original series" They try to use that to add charm to it,but how is that a good thing when the Cartoon Network won't air cartoons anymore and rather some cheap live action shows you could watch on DIsney or Nick? Cartoon Netowrk mght get better ratings if they brought back the old shows with new episodes and not go against their beliefs to host what other networks host.
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Post by shanedooiney on Nov 26, 2007 21:26:30 GMT
I'm probably going to catch a lot of heat for this, and I just want to say that I tried to give this show a chance, but Heroes just doesn't do it for me. I watched the entire first season on DVD via Netflix, and I just wasn't impressed. I don't even know why.
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Post by Little Engine on Nov 27, 2007 0:24:18 GMT
Don't worry,even though I enjoy heroes,you're not gonna get any heat from me
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Post by Oliver Cromwell on Nov 27, 2007 0:32:08 GMT
I dunno, while I sort of enjoyed it, it seemed to be just a rehash of X-Men. 'Mutants with Superpowers Save the World' and all. Also, it seemed somewhat too gorey at first, but I think they toned it down a bit later on.
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Post by shanedooiney on Nov 27, 2007 2:30:49 GMT
I mean, it wasn't a bad show, I just don't see what the fuss is.
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Post by gotSTEAM? on Nov 27, 2007 20:05:28 GMT
Hmmmm... in running into this show on YouTube earlier, I remembered that I do not like Rugrats. Well, the new episodes are awful now, I mean, it was cool when they introduced Dill into the show, but when they put Kimi in... Well, it makes for a nice storyline for Chuckie to have a mom again... but Kimi is just another Tommy. And really, seriously... A Japanese theme park in Paris? Puh-leez! Complete with kimono-clad girls and the whole oriental scheme? I mean, it's interesting but just... not... right... The spin-off Rugrats: All Growed Up was cool in it's first episode with the thing between Angelica and Tommy... but that was it. They didn't need to make more of the programs. It lost it's charm the moment I saw that there were more of the episodes... having just one is great, it's called a 'special' for a reason! ~Elizabeth
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Post by shanedooiney on Nov 28, 2007 19:09:23 GMT
In my opinion, Rugrats started to go downhill after the first movie. Dill was cool, but eventually it wore thin for me.
Anyone ever see Disney's version of Doug? I thought it was pretty godawful.
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Post by Aidan on Nov 29, 2007 4:15:06 GMT
I agree that Disney's "Doug" lacked the style of Nickelodeon's "Doug". It started out all right until that episode where the Beets broke up.
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Post by shanedooiney on Nov 29, 2007 5:42:39 GMT
They broke up the Beets? DAMN YOU WALT DISNEY AND YOUR INSIPID MOUSE!!!
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Post by OJ on Nov 29, 2007 14:41:49 GMT
I agree with Elizabeth. Kimi ruined Rugrats for me. Dil was OK. He's quite funny in All Grown up
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Post by CM on Nov 29, 2007 17:39:13 GMT
Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Camp Lazlo, Robotboy, Codename KND and Class Of 3000 are the only and ONLY new shows on CN that i like, the others crud(A.K.A. Out of Lamo's Head) are just....wierd, and i found some episodes so boring i couldn't finish them.
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Post by shanedooiney on Nov 29, 2007 17:56:47 GMT
Aqua Teen Hunger Force is probably the one show I simply can't stand. And I don't know why.
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Post by J.B. King on Nov 30, 2007 3:26:53 GMT
ATHF is pretty stupid yes...but Meatwad is the man lol.
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Post by shanedooiney on Nov 30, 2007 7:17:42 GMT
Now that I think about it, all of the reality crap pumped out by MTV makes ATHF look........genius.
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Post by douglas on Dec 1, 2007 1:05:37 GMT
As mentioned before, if you've given TV shows to a bisexual MySpace nude modeller, an ex-wrestler, or a skanky woman with "benefits", you know you've become a sellout.
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