movies/tv Why I thought cartoons were dead once upon a time.

[sampsoninc916 27]

It was early January 2006 in Breckinridge, Colorado, a neat little town that is a popular skiing destination for folks going on vacation in the area, right near the Great Divide in North America. I was in my hotel room, my little sister was watching TV, The Disney Channel to be precise, and what I saw on there did not reflect in any manner the Disney I knew, you know, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, those classic Disney movies such as Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, and of course, that loveable bug, Herbie. It was just some show called The Suite Life of Zach and Cody and endless advertisements for a TV movie called High School Musical. The movie aired and became popular spawning a bunch of merchandise. Then this other show called Hannah Montana came along and it too became popular, spawning merchandise. I had to repeatly sit back as my little sis took over my TV time and I had to watch these horrible tween (as I later found out they were) shows and movies such as Cowbelles, Read it and Weep (not the pony episode of the same name), and Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior. The rate that these programs were coming at me, their insepid focus on teenage girls, my animation snobbiness at the time (Home on the Range was supposed to be the final Disney 2D film) for classic animated stuff, and the stuff I grew up with (I watched a lot of cartoons and animated shows as a kid, even the puppet shows I watched) made me think for a while, "Gee, cartoons are like, dead". That statement, as I know now, proved to be "highly illogical" and incorrect. The 2nd animation renaissance helped me out extremely well. Princess and the Frog and Winnie the Pooh were 2D animated, even though that's the best they could do, and CGI animation was starting to gain an asthetic that was reminescent of 2D animation, and next month's upcoming Disney movie Frozen proves that. Also, good cartoons were starting to pop up (tried Phineas and Ferb but gave up on it after "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted"). By the time I started watching everypony's favorite show about candy color equines, all thoughts about cartoons being dead quickly faded away. Well, it wasn't my fault for thinking they were dead, maybe you should ask the Disney channel producers.

[Pomfritter 165]

That wall of text. xD But anyways, when Ed, Edd, n' Eddy ended, I thought cartoons were over. That was my favorite thing ever and it ended. I still miss that show, but things like MLP show me that cartoons aren't dead. It was just a phase of bad cartoons.

[Scootalove 10,689]

After all of the good childhood cartoons on Nick, Disney, and Cartoon Network were gone there was nothing left to do. They were on their last leg, so they made live action shows that couldn't hold a candle to entertainment. At least, there are some cartoons that still give me faith.

[FoxyCryptid 4,330]

I honestly miss the hell out of the kind of cartoons I grew up with(especially the movies). I really miss the kinda cheesy "feel good" idealistic stuff, which explains why I like MLP so much and fell in love with it so quick. 

[Moved to Elsewhere 11,331]

Well I don't think cartoons are completely dead. They are producing crap though. Well with every Johnny Test and Uncle Grandpa there is also and MLP or Gravity Falls. And of coarse I did enjoy my childhood shows.

[Celli 4,338]

I don't think animation is dead either. although I do think it is declining. It's definitely not like it was with things like cartoon cartoon friday on Cartoon Network back in the day. Those were good.  Also the older nick shows.

[Moonlight 7,286]

Personally, I don't believe that animation is dead. I thoroughly enjoy "My Little Pony" (obviously), "Gravity Falls", and "The Regular Show". There will always be good and bad cartoons, no matter what year it is. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoy older cartoons, but I also appreciate some newer shows, even ones I don't like I can admit they're well-made for the most part. Don't assume cartoons are dead just because a bunch of live action shows started showing up. Oh, and I honestly liked "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody". 

[Lunas Husband 2,777]

Truth be told its not dead.. just dying very slow. Its hard to make shows with great characters and a even better story line. I must say I got really lucky my friend pointed out this show to me and made me watch, but ahh I know how you feel.. for  along time I didn't watch any kind of cartoons.

 

All the ones I loved were dead.. or still going! but where better off being dead... like Sponge Bob.... anyway.. shows come and go.. and its like well there are good ones! like MLP and then bad ones.... I don't need to name any off, so just keep your head up high and keep going! sure we find a lot of bad ones! but once you find that good one... oh man it was well worth it..

[Stellafera 3,836]

Honestly, cartoons are doing pretty well. I mean, I wasn't following kid's TV much when I was in elementary school in the 2000s (Mythbusters was more my style), but I don't remember there being as much good stuff out there.

 

Animation is probably undergoing a resurgence as a genre more than anything. Lots of Flash stuff.

Edited October 26, 2013 by Lawful Stella