Mid 80s to late 90s: the Golden Age of Animated Series?

[Razgovory]

You guys heard of ReBoot? Was it broadcasted in the US?

Oh god ReBoot.

best season wrap up ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFKHBygDZMY

So what is this?  Tetris blocks become characters.

[FunkMonk]

You know, I looked at some of the old 1990's Batman cartoons and thought they really held up.  I used to like a show called "Tale Spin" that Disney made.  I thought it was pretty cool.

I hated Tale Spin. And Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers. 

Darkwing Duck!

That one was cool. 

[HVC]

You guys heard of ReBoot? Was it broadcasted in the US?

Oh god ReBoot.

best season wrap up ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFKHBygDZMY

So what is this?  Tetris blocks become characters.

day in the life of your computer... If you computer was made up of sentient program parts and viruses were evil and anti-virus programs were heroes. Also, every time you win a computer game you doom innocents to an existence of being electric leeches.

[Barrister]

Anyone who thinks that Transformers is the height of animation needs to be shot.

Seriously, the golden age of animation is right now.  They're not my childhood memories so I don't treasure them as much, but there is simply so much animation being made, and able to be made so cheaply due to computers, that you can't compare.

In the 80s I had to wait for Saturday morning.  Now, not only are cartoons on primetime network TV, but there are whole cable channels dedicated to them.  They run the entire age, from toddler-centred, to children, to adults.

[MadImmortalMan]

Much like video games, better tech does not necessarily make a better quality product. However, there is a lot of good stuff being made, and the sheer volume means that there will be a significant amount of it out there that's good.

[FunkMonk]

Anyone who thinks that Transformers is the height of animation needs to be shot.

Seriously, the golden age of animation is right now.  They're not my childhood memories so I don't treasure them as much, but there is simply so much animation being made, and able to be made so cheaply due to computers, that you can't compare.

In the 80s I had to wait for Saturday morning.  Now, not only are cartoons on primetime network TV, but there are whole cable channels dedicated to them.  They run the entire age, from toddler-centred, to children, to adults.

To follow up on this, the best cartoons since the mid 90s are at the cinema. Just look at Pixar.

[Eddie Teach]

I hated Tale Spin. And Chip and Dale's Rescue Rangers. 

My sister always wanted to watch those. 

[Tonitrus]

Some of my favorites from the period...

- Gummy Bears: it could often be quite a bit deeper than it seemed, especially the backstory.

- Exo-Squad:  Actually had characters die, and a good, continuous plot-arc.

- Cadillacs & Dinosaurs: Very short-lived. but quite good.

[CountDeMoney]

- Cadillacs & Dinosaurs: Very short-lived. but quite good.

Hell, I remember that RPG from the 1980s.  Never knew they ported it into a cartoon.

[Ideologue]

Anyone who thinks that Transformers: The Movie is the height of animation needs to be given a nice blowjob, with a lot of hand action.

[Ideologue]

Anyone who thinks that Transformers is the height of animation needs to be shot.

Seriously, the golden age of animation is right now.  They're not my childhood memories so I don't treasure them as much, but there is simply so much animation being made, and able to be made so cheaply due to computers, that you can't compare.

In the 80s I had to wait for Saturday morning.  Now, not only are cartoons on primetime network TV, but there are whole cable channels dedicated to them.  They run the entire age, from toddler-centred, to children, to adults.

To follow up on this, the best cartoons since the mid 90s are at the cinema. Just look at Pixar.

You know what sucked?  WALL-E.  Besides the fact it was a total ripoff of Kurtzman and Woods's "Blobs*," it was a celebration of fascism.

It was funny, I guess.  And anti-fat.  So that was good.  But everything else was fucked up.

And why the hell do robots have gender?  Is WALL-E going to slip EVE a hot steel injection?  Bullshit.

*Itself a reworking of Forster's "The Machine Stops," albeit done with a lot of new imagination; whereas WALL-E shamelessly plagiarized the visual aesthetic of "Blobs."  You can read it here apparently: http://potrzebie.blogspot.com/2007/09/blobs.html  It's neat.

[jimmy olsen]

You know what sucked?  WALL-E.  Besides the fact it was a total ripoff of Kurtzman and Woods's "Blobs*," it was a celebration of fascism.

Elaborate

[Tonitrus]

- Cadillacs & Dinosaurs: Very short-lived. but quite good.

Hell, I remember that RPG from the 1980s.  Never knew they ported it into a cartoon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evbqRI3wfWk

[Ideologue]

You know what sucked?  WALL-E.  Besides the fact it was a total ripoff of Kurtzman and Woods's "Blobs*," it was a celebration of fascism.

Elaborate

I'M THE CAPTAIN I HAVE DEICIDED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT WE SHALL RETURN TO EARTH FORTHWITH HAHA I AM MAD WITH POWER

[dps]

In the 80s I had to wait for Saturday morning.  Now, not only are cartoons on primetime network TV, but there are whole cable channels dedicated to them.  They run the entire age, from toddler-centred, to children, to adults.

Sheer quantity doesn't really make it a Golden Age.