01-12-2010, 09:48 AM
In my opinion, the reality is that when you're younger, lots of cartoons are enough to ENTERTAIN you, but when you get older (whether you've grown out of them or not), only a handful of them are going to be GOOD shows. Even then it's all a matter of opinion, but usually it's clear when a show will be able to stand the test of time.
Then there are other shows that you bask in purely for nostalgic reasons. One example (of many) that I can think of for me is Beast Wars, the Transformers spin-off toyline/cartoon with animals instead of machines, in case you didn't know. The show was cheese-and-a-half, the dialouge and voices were corny, rules of death never applied unless convenient to the plot, and the primitive 3D animation and textures looked awful. However, I watched it every day, and as a result I brainwashed myself into liking it so much that I bought the box sets for the entire series (they were pretty cheap, I wouldn't have if they weren't).
I've even considered getting the box set for Beast Machines, but that was kinda after my time, and I couldn't see it as much because of its time slot. A shame too, because I did like its darker storyline.
Then there are other shows that you bask in purely for nostalgic reasons. One example (of many) that I can think of for me is Beast Wars, the Transformers spin-off toyline/cartoon with animals instead of machines, in case you didn't know. The show was cheese-and-a-half, the dialouge and voices were corny, rules of death never applied unless convenient to the plot, and the primitive 3D animation and textures looked awful. However, I watched it every day, and as a result I brainwashed myself into liking it so much that I bought the box sets for the entire series (they were pretty cheap, I wouldn't have if they weren't).
I've even considered getting the box set for Beast Machines, but that was kinda after my time, and I couldn't see it as much because of its time slot. A shame too, because I did like its darker storyline.