Kid's cartoons these days - Blu-ray Forum

SixSpeedSamurai · 09-06-2016, 05:20 PM

I don't want to sound like I'm going on a old man rant, but this is just an observation I've made recently about a lot of kid's cartoons on now.

We've been chord cutters for a long time, but we do have Sling now with Cartoon Network, XD, and Boomerang, so my kids watch a fair amount of shows on there. Is it me or are many of the shows just weird for the sake of being weird? It's like we have a generation of animators who grew up on Ren and Stimpy and decided that the cartoons should be weird for no reason now.

I enjoy Teen Titans Go, Rebels, and my wife has always loved the Powerpuff girls, but there seems to be a lot of nonsense on now.

I'll be the first to admit I'm a man child, so I don't think it's just me getting old LOL.

hagios · 09-06-2016, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by SixSpeedSamurai

I don't want to sound like I'm going on a old man rant, but this is just an observation I've made recently about a lot of kid's cartoons on now.

We've been chord cutters for a long time, but we do have Sling now with Cartoon Network, XD, and Boomerang, so my kids watch a fair amount of shows on there. Is it me or are many of the shows just weird for the sake of being weird? It's like we have a generation of animators who grew up on Ren and Stimpy and decided that the cartoons should be weird for no reason now.

I enjoy Teen Titans Go, Rebels, and my wife has always loved the Powerpuff girls, but there seems to be a lot of nonsense on now.

I'll be the first to admit I'm a man child, so I don't think it's just me getting old LOL.

Could not agree more, bring back those great Hanna-Barbera cartoons!

Michael24 · 09-06-2016, 08:06 PM

Awhile back my brother and I were at a pizza place for lunch, and one of the TVs was tuned to Cartoon Network. I don't know what the cartoon was that was playing but I remember watching it and saying "This is just . . . weird." It was a bit of a distance so I couldn't hear the dialog clearly but just based on the actions happening on-screen and some of the visuals, it seemed really strange and bizarre. Even a little trippy at times from what I recall.

I don't mean to sound like a "kids these days" kind of guy, and I'm sure there are some cartoons out there that are perfectly fine. Just saying I've definitely noticed a sort of weirdness in some of today's cartoons, so I know where the OP is coming from.

09-06-2016, 05:20 PM	#1
SixSpeedSamurai Blu-ray Samurai Top contributor Member since:Apr 2010 Location:Bruce Wayne lives in my attic 4K collection:168 Blu-ray collection:667 DVD collection:33 MA collection:2 Digital collection:267 Blu-ray reviews:2 Trading Score:33	Kid's cartoons these days I don't want to sound like I'm going on a old man rant, but this is just an observation I've made recently about a lot of kid's cartoons on now. We've been chord cutters for a long time, but we do have Sling now with Cartoon Network, XD, and Boomerang, so my kids watch a fair amount of shows on there. Is it me or are many of the shows just weird for the sake of being weird? It's like we have a generation of animators who grew up on Ren and Stimpy and decided that the cartoons should be weird for no reason now. I enjoy Teen Titans Go, Rebels, and my wife has always loved the Powerpuff girls, but there seems to be a lot of nonsense on now. I'll be the first to admit I'm a man child, so I don't think it's just me getting old LOL.

09-06-2016, 08:06 PM	#3
Michael24 Blu-ray Champion Top contributor Member since:Nov 2009 Location:California 4K collection:11 Blu-ray collection:552 DVD collection:164 Trading Score:2	Awhile back my brother and I were at a pizza place for lunch, and one of the TVs was tuned to Cartoon Network. I don't know what the cartoon was that was playing but I remember watching it and saying "This is just . . . weird." It was a bit of a distance so I couldn't hear the dialog clearly but just based on the actions happening on-screen and some of the visuals, it seemed really strange and bizarre. Even a little trippy at times from what I recall. I don't mean to sound like a "kids these days" kind of guy, and I'm sure there are some cartoons out there that are perfectly fine. Just saying I've definitely noticed a sort of weirdness in some of today's cartoons, so I know where the OP is coming from.

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