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

Started by Syt, August 24, 2012, 02:07:02 AM

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jimmy olsen

#75
August 25, 2012, 03:46:23 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 24, 2012, 10:24:13 PM
Quote from: Tonitrus on August 24, 2012, 08:15:55 PM
- Cadillacs & Dinosaurs: Very short-lived. but quite good.

Hell, I remember that RPG from the 1980s.  Never knew they ported it into a cartoon.
I read the original comic book and I didn't know either.
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Camerus

#76
August 25, 2012, 07:14:19 AM
One '80's cartoon I enjoyed that I never hear mentioned was Count Duckula:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qF6xdUAuPHY

Admiral Yi

#77
August 25, 2012, 07:10:23 PM
Quote from: Ideologue on August 25, 2012, 12:20:36 AM
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He was following the protocol established when the ancestors of the current inhabitants boarded the ship. 

Sophie Scholl

#78
August 25, 2012, 10:23:34 PM
Not sure I entirely agree, as there's a lot of good stuff out now.  That being said, cartoons I loved as a kid not mentioned yet include The Real Ghostbusters, Ewoks, Ducktales, Muppet Babies (especially the Star Wars and Indiana Jones episodes), Voltron, and Robotech.  I'm pretty sure most of them have aged less than well, but I really looked forward to them each week as a kid.  In terms of Transformers and GI Joe, the new shows they have on The Hub are actually quite good.
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Syt

#79
August 26, 2012, 02:10:30 AM
Quote from: Viking on August 24, 2012, 03:10:17 AMHowever, having left the childrens animated tv 'verse for a while when jumping around youtube I found "Avengers: Earths Mightiest Heros" (first season acutally pretty good, second season dumbed down a bit). I thought it was well done and strangely true to my memories of the avengers both on tv and in comic books from when I was a kid.

I've started watching that, and have to admit it's not too bad. I think Hulk is too chatty and too much in control of himself, and the fights are a bit over the top (in the Breakout double episode they level a large section of Brooklyn/Queens?) but it's quite fun to watch. I'm glad they try doing their own stuff, mostly, not copying the new movies 1:1.
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11B4V

#80
August 26, 2012, 10:15:32 AM
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

11B4V

#81
August 26, 2012, 10:50:43 AM
Quote from: Tonitrus on August 24, 2012, 08:15:55 PM
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.

Some of my Favs
Looney Tunes


Speed Racer

Pink Panther

Fat Albert

Mushmouth, Weird Harold, Bucky, Bill and Rudy


"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

CountDeMoney

#82
August 26, 2012, 11:01:17 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on August 26, 2012, 10:50:43 AM
Speed Racer

Yeah, man...between Speed Racer, Marine Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Star Blazers, our generation were into anime before being into anime was cool and subsequently destroyed by fucking hipsters and retardo Timmaytards fucktard fanboi assfucks.



Even with all the Saturday morning cartoons, my high holy hour on Saturdays were the back-to-back episodes of Speed Racer and Ultraman, right after Soul Train on WDCA Channel 20.  Don Cornelius, Speed and Ultraman.  Now that was a day.

Syt

#83
August 26, 2012, 11:09:20 AM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on August 26, 2012, 11:01:17 AM
Quote from: 11B4V on August 26, 2012, 10:50:43 AM
Speed Racer

Yeah, man...between Speed Racer, Marine Boy, Kimba the White Lion and Star Blazers, our generation were into anime before being into anime was cool and subsequently destroyed by fucking hipsters and retardo Timmaytards fucktard fanboi assfucks.

I grew up with Captain Future, a 70s anime version of Edmond Hamilton's 1930s pulp sci-fi stories. One of the first animated series in shown in Germany to feature multi-episode story arcs (most stories were 3-4 episodes), and also featuring people dying. Also, it had a pretty sweet 1970s sci-fi utopia design.
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Darth Wagtaros

#84
August 26, 2012, 11:34:29 AM
Captain something and the Soldiers of the Future.
PDH!

Syt

#85
August 26, 2012, 11:37:21 AM
Quote from: Darth Wagtaros on August 26, 2012, 11:34:29 AM
Captain something and the Soldiers of the Future.

That was live action/computer animation, though?
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Tonitrus

#86
August 26, 2012, 01:34:36 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on August 26, 2012, 10:50:43 AM
Quote from: Tonitrus on August 24, 2012, 08:15:55 PM
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.

Some of my Favs
Looney Tunes

Speed Racer

Pink Panther

Fat Albert


Most of those were late 70's. early 80's...   :contract:

...and I watched all of them as well.  Except Speed Racer...could never get into that.  Though I did enjoy Star Blazers, Voltron, and Tranzor Z (back when we still called it Japanimation).

Ed Anger

#87
August 26, 2012, 01:36:31 PM
And G-Force, where the villain's (dressed like a bat or something) troops wore bell bottoms.
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The Larch

#88
August 26, 2012, 02:19:58 PM
No love for Scooby Doo?

Ed Anger

#89
August 26, 2012, 02:30:20 PM
2 preppies, a stoner, a man hating lesbian and talking dog. And if anybody mentions Scrappy Doo, I'll punch them in the nuts.
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