I'm watching "the CN" right now, and they're playing Jurrasic Park 3 for the kiddies.
...
Okay, let me put that in perspective. The movie is PG-13. This movie has nothing to do with cartoons. Cartoon Network is broadcasting it. So I ask you- in light of all the brain-numbing decisions this network has made for the better part of 3 years, do you think it'll ever go back to quality programming?
Alternatively, feel free to post other reasons why they're sucking a storm, any programs that are worth a view, or any favorites from back when it was good. Heck, tell us why it doesn't suck or if it was ever good if that's what you think.
I miss the good old days of Cartoon Network.
Thundercats.
Johnny Quest
Dexter's Lab
Johnny Bravo
Gundam
08 MS Team
Gundam Wing
DBZ
The channel used to be one of my favorites. Now it's just full of shite. I don't think we'll ever get our beloved channel back.
I don't even watch cartoons anymore. Cartoons are for kids unless you are one of those perverted hentai freaks. :P
I watch cartoons for nostalgia's sake. But because CN and Nick have become so shitastic lately, I can't even do that. I mean, half of the shows on CN now aren't even cartoons. Stupid...
It really is apparent how lowered the standard is now for all tv channels compared to 10 years ago.
Quote from: gameoverman on Jul 14, 2008, 12:40:26 AM
I don't even watch cartoons anymore. Cartoons are for kids unless you are one of those perverted hentai freaks. :P
Take that back! Courage the cowardly dog, was and IS THE best cartoon ever! And i would watch it, if i ever saw it on tv >_>
oh i remember watching those shows every afternoon :'(
I still have this quote in my head from all those years ago, can anyone guess which show it's from:
"Ancient spirits of Eeevil,
Transform this decayed bo-dey,
Into MUM-RAA!
THE EVER-LIVIIING!!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"
I agree with CELTICPRED's post. Except the only Gundam series I watched was Gundam Wing. And the only thing I remember about Johnny Bravo was his gelled up, blonde hair which he would comb 24/7.
My 2 favourite channels were CN and Fox Kids (now called Jetix).
Johnny Bravo, was, still is, and ever shall be the GREATEST most eligible bachelor in history. ;D
Quote from: gameoverman on Jul 14, 2008, 12:40:26 AM
I don't even watch cartoons anymore. Cartoons are for kids unless you are one of those perverted hentai freaks. :P
Simpsons, Futurama...
Adult Swim is the only thing I watch on CN now, and even that is crap compared to the earlier days.
Quote from: The Chibi Kiriyama on Jul 13, 2008, 11:45:09 PM
I'm watching "the CN" right now, and they're playing Jurrasic Park 3 for the kiddies.
...
Okay, let me put that in perspective. The movie is PG-13. This movie has nothing to do with cartoons. Cartoon Network is broadcasting it. So I ask you- in light of all the brain-numbing decisions this network has made for the better part of 3 years, do you think it'll ever go back to quality programming?
Alternatively, feel free to post other reasons why they're sucking a storm, any programs that are worth a view, or any favorites from back when it was good. Heck, tell us why it doesn't suck or if it was ever good if that's what you think.
LOL,did they edit out the blood?
Man Cartoons were so awesome back in the day. I watched them all in the 90's Hate most of the shit they have on there. Adult swim is the only reason to go there. God i miss the 90's
QuoteStupidity and Cartoon Network: Synonymous?
Hasn't it always been like that?
Mind you my kids love the JP films and Cartoon Network. With any luck they'll grow out of the latter.
I feel sorry for kids of this generation. Never had a chance of seeing good cartoons. They probally think these cartoons are the shit. Lol courage the cowardly dog will be on boomberang
I'm a child spawned in the nineties.
So for me my days where filled with:
Pokémon
Power Rangers
Street Sharks
Biker Mice from Mars
Teenage mutant hero turtles (Yes heroes)
Animaniacs
The Simpsons
Spider-man the animated series
Johnny Bravo
Dexters lab
Earthworm Jim
Ren and Stimpy
Rugrats
X-men
Batman the animated series
and any random warner bros cartoon that happened to claw it's way onto the screen.
Oh yeah, and Space Jam. Space Jam was the f**king shit.
QuoteI feel sorry for kids of this generation. Never had a chance of seeing good cartoons. They probally think these cartoons are the shit. Lol courage the cowardly dog will be on boomberang
Based on the vast bulk of cartoons mentioned in this thread I feel sorry for kids of your generation.
You did not just insult the 90's.
Quote from: Huol on Jul 14, 2008, 03:26:46 AM
I'm a child spawned in the nineties.
So for me my days where filled with:
Pokémon
Power Rangers
Street Sharks
Biker Mice from Mars
Teenage mutant hero turtles (Yes heroes)
Animaniacs
The Simpsons
Spider-man the animated series
Johnny Bravo
Dexters lab
Earthworm Jim
Ren and Stimpy
Rugrats
X-men
Batman the animated series
and any random warner bros cartoon that happened to claw it's way onto the screen.
Oh yeah, and Space Jam. Space Jam was the f**king shit.
Man you read my mind
Ditto
QuoteYou did not just insult the 90's.
If this is representative of the 90s...
QuotePokémon
Power Rangers
Street Sharks
Biker Mice from Mars
Teenage mutant hero turtles (Yes heroes)
Animaniacs
The Simpsons
Spider-man the animated series
Johnny Bravo
Dexters lab
Earthworm Jim
Ren and Stimpy
Rugrats
X-men
Batman the animated series
and any random warner bros cartoon that happened to claw it's way onto the screen.
...then yeah - pretty much.
You, me, outside you heartless lovable bastard.
Nobody shits on my shitty childhood icons!
Oh HELL No! just kidding man you are entitled to your opinion. I personally love the 90's very much so please don't insult the 90's
Quote from: That Yellow Alien on Jul 14, 2008, 02:06:18 AM
Adult Swim is the only thing I watch on CN now, and even that is crap compared to the earlier days.
The Venture Brothers and Aqua Teen Hunger Force are Adult Swim's saving grace.
I can't remember what Adult Swim was about. All I know is that it came on late. Was it the show that included Space Ghost Coast to Coast ::)?
When I first saw adult swim home movies was on but i didn't know what that was it was a very confusing time for me when i was 5 because of that and when I accidentally saw a porno. wow what a confusing age
QuoteThe Venture Brothers and Aqua Teen Hunger Force are Adult Swim's saving grace.
Our Adult Swim consisted variously of ATHF, Venture Brothers, Brak, Space Ghost, Tom Goes To The Mayor, Sea Lab, and Harvey Birdman. I like all of them, but we were indundated with endless repeats. I musta seen some episodes of Brak 6 or 7 times. Same with Venture Brothers.
It's now shifted to the Comedy Channel is essentially just Robot Chicken and Harvey Birdman.
I remember Sea Labs and Space Ghost. There was porno on CN? O.o
Quote from: The Diesel on Jul 14, 2008, 03:46:16 AM
Quote from: That Yellow Alien on Jul 14, 2008, 02:06:18 AM
Adult Swim is the only thing I watch on CN now, and even that is crap compared to the earlier days.
The Venture Brothers and Aqua Teen Hunger Force are Adult Swim's saving grace.
Agreed 100%. AS has gone down hill, and it only took about 6 years for it to happen. I remember when it started, it had home movies, space ghost, and ATHF. Then they got more comic strip based shows like the oblongs, mission hill, that one about the family with the 2 kids... Anyways, now they have stupid ass shows like assy mcgee and fat guy stuck in internet. And dont get me started on tim and eric. >:( The only shows I watch are venture brothers, robot chicken and ATHF, and maybe metalacolypse and squid billies if I cant sleep. As far as Im concerned, a part of me died when they lost futurama because that show was their frankenstein, they brought it back from the dead and made it their own. They need to go back to the pre-"bump" days with the old people swimming around in the commercials, that was the best!
As for the CN, sometimes I catch courage the cowerdly dog randomly in the afternoon but everything else is crap. I noticed they had JP3 on and wanted to cry, because the cartoon network I remember always played original scooby doo and classic cartoons before live action shows. Hell, I can probably blame scooby and his hippie friends for my love of horror, especially masked monster films. :D I will say it isnt as bad as Nick anymore, that channel has been crap since they started marketing to tweens.
I would like to see more sealab and space ghost. lol. i just realized sealab 2021 was a spoof of sealab 2020http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=os6kkM1yS10
^
2020
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2021
Quote from: Blitzx on Jul 14, 2008, 04:31:30 AM
I remember Sea Labs and Space Ghost. There was porno on CN? O.o
There was on my brother's computer lol
I miss old CN, these days I only watch Adult Swim.
I'm in the UK so I don't get AS...
I do try to watch robot chicken on the net though.
no AS bumer
CN has deviated so far from it's original purpose it's not even funny. Scooby Doo, Dexter's Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, Courage The Cowardly Dog....those were real cartoons, cartoons worth being watched. The Boondocks? What kind of jive-talkin, afro-thunder lookin shit is that??
Have you seen the new scooby doo series?
It's shit.
The voices are awful impersonations of the old actors.
The art style is totally different.
They're wearing different clothes.
The monsters are always robots.
And Shaggy and Scooby have different scooby snacks that give them special powers.
;_;
Quote from: SM on Jul 14, 2008, 03:11:54 AM
QuoteStupidity and Cartoon Network: Synonymous?
Hasn't it always been like that?
Mind you my kids love the JP films and Cartoon Network. With any luck they'll grow out of the latter.
they won't.
All I see is a plethora
*cough wheeze*
BACK IN MY DAY MY STUFF WAS WAY COOLER THAN MY KIDS STUFF
*cough wheeze*
Which said kids will complain about to THEIR kids, etc etc.
Nostalgia be a two way mirror.
Quote from: Huol on Jul 14, 2008, 04:25:27 PM
Have you seen the new scooby doo series?
It's shit.
The voices are awful impersonations of the old actors.
The art style is totally different.
They're wearing different clothes.
The monsters are always robots.
And Shaggy and Scooby have different scooby snacks that give them special powers.
;_;
Shaggy Scooby and Fred are the same voice actors they've always been.
Quote from: Huol on Jul 14, 2008, 04:25:27 PM
Have you seen the new scooby doo series?
It's shit.
The voices are awful impersonations of the old actors.
The art style is totally different.
They're wearing different clothes.
The monsters are always robots.
And Shaggy and Scooby have different scooby snacks that give them special powers.
;_;
It's the foreshadowing of a Terminator/Scooby-Doo versus movie.
Quote from: Xhan on Jul 14, 2008, 04:26:59 PM
Quote from: Huol on Jul 14, 2008, 04:25:27 PM
Have you seen the new scooby doo series?
It's shit.
The voices are awful impersonations of the old actors.
The art style is totally different.
They're wearing different clothes.
The monsters are always robots.
And Shaggy and Scooby have different scooby snacks that give them special powers.
;_;
Shaggy Scooby and Fred are the same voice actors they've always been.
They are? They sound REALLY different.
I miss the old stoner shaggy :'(.
Quote from: Iron Hide on Jul 14, 2008, 04:20:47 PM
The Boondocks? What kind of jive-talkin, afro-thunder lookin shit is that??
Don't hate on the Boondocks man. It's one of the good shows on AS. I looks like a stereotypical black show on the outside, but it raises a lot of points about race, both against black people and white people. It's funny yet has a point, my favorite.
Quote from: That Yellow Alien on Jul 14, 2008, 04:51:50 PM
Quote from: Iron Hide on Jul 14, 2008, 04:20:47 PM
The Boondocks? What kind of jive-talkin, afro-thunder lookin shit is that??
Don't hate on the Boondocks man. It's one of the good shows on AS. I looks like a stereotypical black show on the outside, but it raises a lot of points about race, both against black people and white people. It's funny yet has a point, my favorite.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqsDRQJesMI
Yeah I know, I've caught a couple of episodes (and have to admit Rosa Parks being hit in the head with a piece of chicken was f**king hilarious) but every time I see that little bastard with that "mean mug" look on his face I just wanna.........ugh! GRRRRR!!!!!!!!! ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAARRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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i hate riley too but uncle ruckus is awesome. A black man racist against blacks lol
Ya, Riley is annoying, but that is how he is supposed to be. He represents the ignorant black kids who worship rap singers and think being in gangs is cool. Huey hates it. "Read a book!"
I have a favoring of the under-appreciated SilverHawks. Damn they were cool. Now of days, I've got only Family Guy to keep me sane. They canceled The Critic eons ago. And the Simpsons has jumped the shark more times than Harry Potter has said Expeliarmus! On occasion, I do catch Robot Chicken, and that's enjoyable; but its technically not a cartoon.
I love the old cartoons! my favorites are:
I am 23 just so you know...
1. Rocko's Modern Life #1 of all time IMO
2. Doug
3. Rugrats
4. AHH! Real Monsters
5. Dexter's Lab (The old ones)
6. Johnny Bravo
7. Animaniacs
There are a few new shows that are pretty good.
Chowder is a very cool show with very creative animation
The Mighty B is pretty damn funny and created by people from SNL and Spongebob
I've never liked these kind of cartoons. I only like the ones by Matt Groening.
I was born in the late 80's, so i don't remember that much of it but Cartoon Network sucks now.
These where the cartoons i enjoy from the age of 4-13
Doug
Spawn the animated series (HBO)
Biker Mice from Mars
Teenage mutant hero turtles
Animaniacs
The Simpsons
Batman the animated series
Johnny Bravo
Dexters lab
Super Mario Bros 3
The topic is wrong, BTW. If anything is synonymous with stupidity, it's Disney Channel.
HBO and Cartoon Network had great cartoons until now :-\.
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Call that a Hulk?
THIS is the muthaf**kin Hulk!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj26N10Ymlg)
And yield to Captain America's mighty shield while you're at it.
Kids these days...
*cough wheeze*
Ive never understood why the hulk bounces up and down like a rabbit in that opening lol.
Spawn (HBO) was the 90's superhero cartoon, Spawn was the shit. I remember i got Issue #1 in 1994 and it still awesome today.
QuoteIve never understood why the hulk bounces up and down like a rabbit in that opening lol.
The dude got pelted by gamma rays! Give him a break!
Quote from: SM on Jul 14, 2008, 11:42:19 PM
QuoteIve never understood why the hulk bounces up and down like a rabbit in that opening lol.
The dude got pelted by gamma rays! Give him a break!
Ain't he a glamor ray!
I remember the show "Spicy City"? I remember i watch a episode it before Spawn cameon in 1997.
Adult Swim shows are available in the UK. Try Paramount Comedy.
Cuba did not had Adult Swim for a while.
This thread brings back good memories. back when cartoon network had only cartoons (That were good too.) and when Nickiloion or however the f*ck you spell it had cool shows like Ren and Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, AHH! Real Monsters, and when the Rugrats weren't grown up. Plus Animaniacs and some other show like that I can't remember.
I'm going to have to look up these old shows some time maybe tomrrow.
I miss the old Nickiloion, Cartoon Network, KidsWB and HBO. I liked KidsWB but hated pokemon.
Pokemon. Okay, does anyone know how many there are now? Probably reached a thousand by now. ::)
Doesn't matter - you STILL MUST CATCH THEM ALL!!!!
Consume!!! Consume, damn you!!!!
No different to the old Transformers and Masters Of The Universe extended toy commercials TV shows.
The only good pokemon where the originals.
The silver and gold ones where ok... But by that time I was growing out of them.
Yeah, yellow was the best. Then it got lame with the hyper consumerism.
Wasn't that the whole idea though?
Yeah, but by then I had matured enough to see that the quality was replaced by quantity and gave up on pokemon entirely. In fact, I quit all CCGs in order to repent. :D
You're one up on me - never could understand how to play CCGs.
You spend a lot of money on colorful paper and pretend to kick ass with them... not much else to it lol.
Quote from: Huol on Jul 14, 2008, 04:36:20 PM
Quote from: Xhan on Jul 14, 2008, 04:26:59 PM
Quote from: Huol on Jul 14, 2008, 04:25:27 PM
Have you seen the new scooby doo series?
It's shit.
The voices are awful impersonations of the old actors.
The art style is totally different.
They're wearing different clothes.
The monsters are always robots.
And Shaggy and Scooby have different scooby snacks that give them special powers.
;_;
Shaggy Scooby and Fred are the same voice actors they've always been.
They are? They sound REALLY different.
Prolly cause they're an assload older than they used to be.
That might have something to do with it.
I still have loads of old pokémon cards...
I have a few Japanese ones. Where they came from I have NO idea.
I used to watch adult swim for its anime programming, no longer.
Quote from: Huol on Jul 15, 2008, 03:25:26 PM
That might have something to do with it.
I still have loads of old pokémon cards...
I have a few Japanese ones. Where they came from I have NO idea.
pocket monsters ;D
Quote from: gameoverman on Jul 14, 2008, 12:40:26 AM
I don't even watch cartoons anymore. Cartoons are for kids unless you are one of those perverted hentai freaks. :P
I thought I was the only one on this site who thinks that.
But what about shows like futurama and family guy? They are cartoons, they arent hentai, and they arent for kids.
South Park anyone?
Well you can't really include South Park can you? (Btw I love South Park)
Quote from: Private Hudson on Jul 15, 2008, 06:47:32 PM
Well you can't really include South Park can you? (Btw I love South Park)
Why wouldnt you? A cartoon is a cartoon.
The South Park MS clip at E3. Is that a game or are the episodes being put up for download?
Man I remember spending and collecting a heck alot of pokemon started decks. At the time I wasn't even sure how to play the game. Just collected ("Collectable Trading Card Game") them. This was before I found out that this CCG was the crapest out of all CCGs. Over the years I misplaced them so there's nothing left. Now i'm a Yu-gi-oh! fanboi. EXODIA, OBLITERATE!!! (Eng ver) :P.