woah! people who never heard of the Thundercats!! this made me feel really really old
It just seemed...so odd to me, and it really made me realize that there is a whole generation out there that have truly missed out on the classics, and have grown up on the crap they call 'cartoons' nowadays.
It just seemed...so odd to me, and it really made me realize that there is a whole generation out there that have truly missed out on the classics, and have grown up on the crap they call 'cartoons' nowadays.
That's silly.
I grew up with the works of Stephen Fry, Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie and Monty Python. My childhood resumed of me going outside, making friends and laughing my bum off to the works of the best comedians and child-plays of the world.
Some cartoons were scarred into my mind, such as Lupin the Third, Fist of the North Star, Voltron, Captain Tsubasa, etc. ( In a nutshell I missed out on the classics. )
Now that mentality you hold about calling stuff of nowadays is crap, I agree with you! I swear! But then it's the same as our parents, even worse, grandparents, complaining about us not listening to Charleston and waving our hats at those 'sweet dames' and spit at Germans.
In 20 years from now on, perhaps everyone will wear S&M gear and swear as if it was normal language, just like in Mad Max.
I grew up with the works of Stephen Fry, Rowan Atkinson, Hugh Laurie and Monty Python. My childhood resumed of me going outside, making friends and laughing my bum off to the works of the best comedians and child-plays of the world.
Some cartoons were scarred into my mind, such as Lupin the Third, Fist of the North Star, Voltron, Captain Tsubasa, etc. ( In a nutshell I missed out on the classics. )
Now that mentality you hold about calling stuff of nowadays is crap, I agree with you! I swear! But then it's the same as our parents, even worse, grandparents, complaining about us not listening to Charleston and waving our hats at those 'sweet dames' and spit at Germans.
In 20 years from now on, perhaps everyone will wear S&M gear and swear as if it was normal language, just like in Mad Max.
Hmmmmmmmmm~~~ Mad Max.
*shrugs* Call it silly if you want. I still stand by the statement that describing 90% of the cartoons on tv today as utter rubbish.
And *I* listened to Charleston music, as well as classical and all the 'oldies', and I highly enjoyed watching 'old school' cartoon classics like the Warner Bros cartoons with Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and all the rest. This generation has missed out on a lot of what my generation grew up on, and many of *my* generation have missed out on much of what our parents grew up on. That's just how life is. Doesn't stop me from disliking most of what they call 'entertainment' on tv nowadays. I used to watch all the classic shows on tv when I was younger. Cheers, Facts of Life, Punky Brewster, Different Strokes, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and many more. Now I have almost no reason to watch *anything* on television, except to watch a re-run of an old classic like Buffy or Xena. Tv shows of today barely carry any sustenance to me.
The only cartoons I saw mainly on TV during my childhood were:
Batman Gotham Knight Amazing Spiderman/Spiderman and Friends Hulk X-Men Transformers Droopy Scooby Doo (don't hate you know you watched it when you were a kid ) Dark Wing Duck etc.
JP Animes I only got to saw was mainly Megaman, Street Fighter, and Sonic until way later on I got satellite with Cartoon Network/Adult Swim (Inuyasha/Big O/DBZ/Gundam Wing/Yu Yu Hakusho/Naruto/Full Metal Alchemist/Bleach/ and ect.
Thundercats Silverhawks He-Man Dungeons and Dragons (cartoon) Sky Commanders Captain Planet Defenders of The Earth Smurfs Care Bears The Gummi Bears Pirates of Dark Water Speed Racer G-Force Voltron Old school classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (and like True I spent a small fortune on merchandise, as this is *my* all time fave childhood show =3 ) Old school Transformers Old school classic GI Joe Swat Kats Biker Mice From Mars Rocket Power The Jetsons The Flintstones Old school Scooby Doo Mysteries (and not the bajillion movies/tv series that are out nowadays ) The Fraggles (cartoon and live action versions) The Muppet Show A.L.F (cartoon and live action versions) Gargoyles Dinosaurs Sailormoon Big O Outlaw Star Dragonball Z Cowboy Bebop Digimon Power Rangers (but only the first and second seasons which were the best) VR Troopers Powerpuff Girls Dexter's Laboratory Teen Titans
And I know that there are more I'm missing, but for now these are the shows that I fondly remember growing up watching
Wow, you and I share many of the same cartoons. Don't forget the following also:
Transformers (From Gen 1 to just about current) GIJoe C.O.P.S Robotech MASK The Centurions Super Mario Bros Super Show Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Barnyard commandos Mighty Max Dino Saucers Dino Riders Exo Squad
Much props to you, Blossoms for even mentioning rare ones like Sky Commander. I have several international ones that I think many would not understand like Manzinger Z and Voltes 5. There's probably another 5-10 that I can't recall the titles to.
Uh, not really a reply to the topic, but on a related matter.
Is it bad that Wizards of Waverly Place is currently my favorite thing on television right now? Is it bad that even my little brother and nephew shake their head at me whenever I go off talking about the show?
...does it make me a creep that I'm crushing hard (not really, I just think she's really insanely cute) on Selena Gomez (Alex Russo)? No seriously, she's cute isn't she (Selena, not Alex - yes I know they're the same person, just clarifying I meant the actress and not the character)? For some reason, her "Naturally" music video has me mezmerized every time it plays.
Just wondering as I anxiously wait for my Wizards of Waverly Place downloads to finish.
Oh... just to be clear... Wizards of Waverly Place is the only thing I like on Disney. Selena Gomez is the only tool actress of Disney that I like. I think her acting ability is great and her potential is high.
Edited by Unknown Entity, 07 January 2010 - 07:14 AM.
Actually, you're not the only one. I love WoWP too. My friend actually laughed at me for watching Hannah Montana although in reality I was watching it for the sake of watching the crazy situations Miley & Jackson gets into. (especially Jackson)
The family that couldn't be.
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Mmm, I guess I should also mention that whenever I watch WoWP I wish there was some guy with a "sick" (quotes for a reason) mind in charge. 'Cause my favorite pairing on that show is Alex / Justin, and as evidenced by sites like fanfiction.net I would have to venture a guess that I'm part of a good bulk of the (older?) audience who believe that the chemistry between Alex and Justin transcend brother and sister. The show screams incest at me whenever I watch an episode... and although I'm usually against incest (having a sister of my own), I can't help but throw myself into the wonderful world of the fanfiction (where all our wanted pairings come true) that center around a forbidden couple which will never happen (espeically on a Disney show!).
Ha...
Edited by Unknown Entity, 08 January 2010 - 03:07 AM.
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Posted 08 January 2010 - 07:02 AM
Oh wow, better do this by decades
late 1960's-early 70's Star Trek (the original series) Batman (yep the campy live action show- still think that was the best Batman) Monkees Sesame Street (1 gen viewer! It started when I was around 3 or so) Mr. Rogers Addams Family Speed Racer Super Friends Scooby-Doo All in the Family Partridge Family
Mid-late 70's Star Trek (the original series in rerun syndication and the kids cartoon) Addams Family (in rerun syndication) Maude MASH Battle of the Planets (really badly dubbed and censored to hell and back- but I loved the art) Saw the orginal Gatchman a few years back and while the original was much better than that dub, the voice acting is only so-so, it only mildly enagaged my interest. I doubt I could set through an episode of the dubbed show nowadays! Kids from CAPER (I'll be shocked if anybody else remembers this show! Heck all I I remember was how much I liked that "hurricane" song- someone actually has a clip of this on You Tube- looking at clip now I grin at the mid 70's fashions and hairstyles- I remember them quite well! And I wince at how bad the acting was!
Logan's Run
Early-mid 80's
Star Blazers- the dubbed anime that launched the US fandom explosion (saw an episode a couple of years ago and some of the VA were decent, others were bad. Saw the original Japanese Yamato series and came to a similar conclusion about the seiyuu- this was before seiyuu had acting training before they did shows, that started shortly after that. Yamato, along with the original Gundam series caused a major boom in Japanese fans of anime too, and older fans than before. Once Japanese production studios saw how profitable anime was becoming they began to train the voice actors before they did shows and the skill level of acting made a huge jump.
MASH
Jem (especially when Riot/Rory came in, first season was just kind of ehh- too shallow with kind of childish rivalry with the Misfits, it got a bit more depth in season 2 even before the Stingers arrive on the scene. Never liked Rio, thought he was an ass at heart. Riot's public persona was a protective act. I thought he was more truly in love with Jem than Rio was in love with Jerrica. Jerrica/Jem's attraction to Rory/Riot felt more real than her feelings for Rio, she seemed more like she was constantly trying to placate Rio and plus she was afraid to tell him she was Jem and never did, she knew he'd get mad and break up with her if she ever told. At one point she seems almost ready to tell Rory the truth, and I seriously doubt he would have been offended, he played a persona himself...
(Now I was 19 when this series started so I guess I have to cut it off there)
But a few of the early video dubbed anime came out around then (later 80's). I liked a fair number of them, and think Bubblegum Crisis was my favorite. ADVision offered it in subbed and dubbed (about the first anime officially offered for sale on VHS- before the days of DVDs- in both subbed and dubbed, I of course went for the subbed and was glad I did!)- loved the character Priss loved the first OVA episode opening song- the one Priss is performing as the show starts "Konya wa Hurricane" Found a clip on You Tube showing Kinuko Oomori performing it in a concert. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCUpSaXWZNo Here's a clip with scenes form the anime. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lz2ae32lc0 Heh, and I just remembered watching that how the Priss/Leon dynamic fits along with some of my other faves including narusaku.
Edited by ciardha, 08 January 2010 - 02:25 PM.
Dream you dream alone is only a dream, but dream we dream together is reality- Yoko Ono 1971
When you go to war, both sides lose totally- Yoko Ono
Remember, our hearts are one. Even when we are at war with each other, our hearts are always beating in unison- Yoko Ono 2009
1. Thunderbirds. Still one of my most favourite things
The rest in no particular order and at varying ages - some of these were reruns when I watched them but they were still awesome. Clangers. Most wonderful childhood Trip you've ever been on XD Fireman Sam Thundercats Pokemon Captain Scarlet O O Stingraaaaaaaaay Power Rangers (the original series ) The Silver Brumby (mostly because I loved the book) ...uh, Blue Peter and Art Attack...
Batman (yep the campy live action show- still think that was the best Batman)
I remember watching the reruns of this. I used to love it Bucky O'Hare Dr. Who *cowers behind sofa* The Worst Witch (briefly obsessed with goth bad-guy that had a thing for Millie in later series... my gawd, what was his name??) Animaniacs Tom and Jerry Sabrina
...SMTV live. With Ant and Dec. The golden age of Saturday morning TV... nothing will ever come close.
Edited by DownsEndRoad, 08 January 2010 - 04:46 PM.