Ren & Stimpy is over 30 years old
and, stylistically, was a bit of a throwback to the 50s/60s/70s.
Of course some modern animation is amazing, but in terms of like-for-like, vintage T&J batters modern mass-market kids' cartoons to death with an unlikely sequence of falling objects.
Modern 3d CG kids' cartoons are charmless, generic and bland. They are clearly made using video game cut scene technology, clearly not up to video game standards, and even the best video game cut scene looks and sounds like absolute crap next to the average vintage Tom & Jerry.
Even good 2d kids' cartoons are rare. Adventure Time is sometimes bearable. DC and Marvel occasionally put out something authentic looking. Usually it's the same garishly coloured charmless blandness as everything else though. Even Disney have scaled back their quality.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 15:48,
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Love Death Robots
Æon Flux
Futurama
Hell, even Archer is stylistically interesting.
Plenty of good contemporary stuff buried in the dross. Just as there was undoubtedly plenty of old shite now eclipsed by the greats.
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jonbob loves you, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 16:23,
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That's why I was aiming for a like-for-like comparison with mass market kids cartoons.
Archer stole everything from Venture Bros. And why not? Venture Bros is the best TV show ever.
Groening has style and a big budget, but I'd argue his output tends towards Hannah Barbera minimalism compared to a feature length vintage T&J.
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brb Monkhouse Stampede, Sat 5 Feb 2022, 17:28,
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We're going through a bit of a renaissance for cartoons at the moment.
Right now I'm watching "Owl House" with the baby, which is good. Things like "Over the Garden Wall", "Steven Universe", "The Rubbish World of Dave Spud", and "Legend of Korra" blows most of the crap I was watching as a kid out of the water.
I'm comparing it to 90s shit like "James Bond Jr", "Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century", "Tailspin", "The Dreamstone", "New Johnny Quest" and "Spider-Man", most of it looked like garbage.
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maninahat Too many cocks spoil the brothel., Mon 7 Feb 2022, 10:16,
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