Mine is VOLTRON: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE
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Mine is VOLTRON: DEFENDER OF THE UNIVERSE
of course I do!
I'd rather watch just about any animation before watching a movie with live or real-life characters!
I was a HUGE DragonBall series junkie! Yah sure, it could have excluded some of the moral lessons, but what show does not try to ingrain their ethics in to you? (I love the way Family Guy bashes on this.)
Unfortunately, the channel (TeleToon) that played the series did not do so in order, let alone finish it, which is I believe is KINDA important.
The only one I did not get to watch from start to finish was GT!
Dragon Ball - the beginning, so it's a must.
Dragon BallZ - the best 'action', story and animation!
Dragon Ball GT - unable to find on tape, in English (subtitled or dubbed), but it reminded me more of the first.
The best part, DBZ had the same time slot of the 'Friends' invasion (three channels @ same time), so it helped me escape from, and wipe my mind clean of th@ show!
I more or less love all the Japanese animation (excludes the hardcore adult stuff, hentai), especially when it is of the shaolin or martial arts flavour!
Mech. stuff is okay, when the stories are good.
Of course, my list also includes:
- American Dad. I do so love Roger!
- Family Guy. Quagmire(sp?), Stewie and Brian taught me SO much!
I do so love kicking back, munching on a huge bag of zoomers and treating my eyeballs to 8-hours of anime (oh, the tears)!
my current fave is metalocolypse on adult swim. and speaking of adult swim, did you know you can watch their entire lineup free online with only a single commercial at the beginning?
http://www.adultswim.com/adultswimfix/index.html
i love rocky and bullwinkle, george of the jungle and tom slick. and ya can't go wrong with family guy or the now defunct futurama. i liked southpark earlier on but i feel it's gotten bitter and formula - but i loved their movie. and who here remembers the 1939 gulliver's travels?
cartoons rock!
I love Family Guy and American Dad. And of course South Park.
Michael
I really got into Reign The Conqueror when it was on Adult Swim.
Current, I would say Drawn Together. Can I have a mention for Wonder Showzen? it's got animation and live action. Imagine Sesame Street on some really bad acid.
As far as classic cartoons, definitely Warner Bros., Scooby Doo, Rocky & Bullwinkle and the original Spiderman (which often gave me nightmares as a kid). And Patti, yes I remember Gulliver's Travels. It was part of the Banana Splits Show along with the adventures of Tom and Huck, where they were real life but existed on a cartoon world, kind of like Rodger Rabbit on much, much creepier.
As a kid - MunChiChis, Gummy Bears, Thundercats, Speed Buggy, WB Wacky Race, Wuzzles, Simpsons
Now - Family Guy, Simpsons
Sounds familiar. Keep hearing a song in my head. MUN CHI-CHI, MON CHI-CHI ...Quote:
Originally Posted by IdolKnights
Really? I remember being so amused by that cartoon, Especially the way Pete just grabbed a needle and thread and made that costume. To me, making coatunmes with a single needle and thread was his greatest super power.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonMike
I think the 60's Spiderman had the coolest theme song in history too.
Don't think I've ever seen that one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dart
Did he have two wives or what?Quote:
Originally Posted by basschick
Yeah, and this version is even cooler!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by SPACE GLIDER
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiZoMymZQXg
I never thought about the fact that he made his own costume with a needle and thread. All that piping??? OMG!
There was actually only one episode that gave me nightmares, the rest of the series was just cool. The freaky one had something to do with spidey going into another dimension. It was really trippy, obviously fueled by all the acid that was going around in the 60's. I don't remember much other than he was climbing a set of stairs that went up into nothing and a giant eye staring down at him. The backgrounds were all watercolors in dark purples, reds and blues and made it even more creepy.
Geeze, I'd love to have that on DVD now. LOL!
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Yeah, and this version is even cooler!!!
Oh wow that is cooler!
If you're a fan of Aeon Flux, you should check it out!Quote:
Originally Posted by SPACE GLIDER
Anything Bugs Bunny and Bobby's World. Wish they did reruns of BW!
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I remember Bobby's World. It was cute ... and it wasn't written as if kids are morons.Quote:
Originally Posted by Madame0120
I remember that. The live action mixed into the animation. The re-ran it on one the stations not too long ago.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonMike
I'm a huge Family Guy fan but I used to love Duckman, Johnny Bravo and The Max
Wow Family Guy seems to be the current show that most seem to dig. Guess I should check it out moreQuote:
Originally Posted by sXeRyan
Don't waste your time watching them on the tele - grab the DVDs, starting with episode one, and finish off with Stewie Griffin - The Untold Story.
Also, Duckman rocks (Can not believe I forgot about George's character!).
Duckman, create a diversion
okay - I'm a diversion!
Yeah, Drawn Together is funnier on DVD too. There's a lot of stuff that's bleeped out or pixelated on TV that you hear and see. But be warned, it's offensive. Family Guy walks the line about what is outrageous and funny and what is too tasteless, while Drawn Together forgets the line is even there. There is nothing they won't make fun of. And I mean, nothing.
and how could I forget Robot Chicken! This has got to the be the funniest show made with dolls (Barbie, G.I.Joe etc). It too will make you laugh in disgust!
Really?Quote:
Originally Posted by Paco
I only saw it once or twice and wasn't too thrilled.
Did anybody mention Happy Tree Friends? (Funny while the novelty was still there - but not so funny the second time around)
Yes, really!Quote:
Originally Posted by sXeRyan
Here is their take on Calvin & Hobbes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X0S4nYyaTk
and that one is not as funny as most, it's just less offensive.
Problem is, too many get easily offended (not saying you, just the fucking christian coalition th@'s against the show).
Here is what's posted on Wiki about it: Robot Chicken often uses extremely outrageous and twisted humor, much like South Park. However, instead of political issues, the show instead mocks pop culture, referencing toys, films, television, and popular fads of a time period. One particular motif often involves the idea of fantastical characters being placed in a more realistic world or situation (for example, Stretch Armstrong having to have a corn syrup transplant).
Damn, i cant beleive nobody mentioned Tom and Jerry yet, ive loved those cartoons since i was about 5 years old and i think im going to love them till i die, i even have a bunch of Tom And Jerry DVD sets floating around the TV room somewhere LOL
Regards,
Lee
Try one or two more episodes of Robot Chicken. There have been a few clunkers, but most of them are really funny. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by sXeRyan
Yeah I guess I'll have to - If I ever find the time to do it.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonMike
i guess the 'classics' are fading away
bugs bunny and tom and jerry for sure.
of the modern stuff....
fairly odd parents is hilarious
and awhile back there was ned's newt and bump in the night
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Originally Posted by Paco
On my Christmas list.
I've always been a fan of Tom and Jerry ... as long as its the cartoon where they're enemies. Those Hanna-Barbera toons where they're friends are horribleQuote:
Originally Posted by Lee
I caught that once! That is amusing. So is that "Danny Phantom" one.Quote:
Originally Posted by Richard Craver
Okay WHAT is Robot Chicken??
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...02447916665129Quote:
Originally Posted by SPACE GLIDER
Yeah, I hated the ones where they were friends. They were awful.Quote:
Originally Posted by SPACE GLIDER
I remember one of the great old Tom & Jerry cartoons where Tom was going to eat a breakfast of bacon and eggs when Jerry jumps up on the plate, eats the whole breakfast and sops up the excess egg yoke on the plate with the last piece of toast. After seeing that I wanted to try bacon and eggs for breakfast for the first time and to this day when I have them I eat them the exact same way and every time I think of that cartoon.
I also learned to bite my nails from seeing Olive Oil do it in a Popeye cartoon and have done it ever since.
As a cartoon afficianado, I have to say that the old Looney Tunes from the 1940's are hands down the best. Here's why:
The humor is not dumbed down
The animation cels are hand drawn and painted
The backgrounds are hand painted
The animation is fluid, not jerky like EVERY ANIMATED SHOW TODAY!!!
The music was scored by a fucking orchestra
The humor holds up today, over 60 years later...
What makes these cartoons superioir to ANYTHING that is out now or has been put out since???
The subltety of the animation.
Sylvester laughs in his sleep.
Porky Pig's face contorts as he stutters out a word
The other characters in the frame CONTINUE TO MOVE AND REACT as the speaking character delivers lines (which does not happen much anymore as animators are lazy and consider other movement on frame a distraction from the dialogue)
AND the soundtrack in the back reacts to the characters movements, but is not overbearing.
Go get the new Volume 4 DVD and you will see what I mean.
If you are not already a fan, you will be.
Rocky
Hah ... and now I'm hungry.Quote:
Originally Posted by DonMike
I always remember an ep where Tom (wearing a Zoot suit made from a striped hammock) sings "Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby?" to his girlfriend
[QUOTE=EonFilms_Rocky;174682]As a cartoon afficianado, I have to say that the old Looney Tunes from the 1940's are hands down the best.QUOTE]
Hey, I agree. Wasn't crazy about the fat Fudd though.
And I am looking for that DVD. Wonder if it's filtered. Lot of "unpleasant" stuff were in cartoons back then.
Wow. Years ago cartoon were drawn in a bizzare fashion. That trend seems to be back againQuote:
Originally Posted by DonMike
Is robot chicken a cartoon technically? I think it is the best...ever...but I would say it is nt really a cartoon. As far as cartoons go...I really liked the Laugh Olympics back in the day...but I dont even remember what it was on.
Robot Chicken uses "stop motion" animation. Their use of animating toys and stuff is pretty neat. I think I'll watch it more because, after only seeing a few clips in the past couple of days, I see that their parodies of pop culture are at least as funny (maybe funnier) than The Simpsons.Quote:
Originally Posted by TropixxxStudios
As for The Laugh Olympics ... always wondered who decided which team would win. And did each team win on an equal number of episodes? Sounds like something Hanna-Barbera would do.