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Who Else is sad that they dont make movies or cartoons like this Anymore

posted 17 years ago by Phatking1985
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I mean with all the cgi and all the crap cartoons its sad that there is no more good shows for children on tv today,in fact to me only a few cartoons today can match the shows from the 80s & 90s today & they are Avatar the last airbender, the fairy oddparents, Back at the barnyard, the Mr Men Show, Tak & the power of juju, Yinyangyo, Chaotic, Drake & josh, That so raven & Danny Phantom, Kid vs Kit, Jimmy Two Shoes. the point is that I have two little brothers & they often say that there nothing to watch I know what they mean. I maybe 23 year old but still its sad who else agree

[–] Clyburn 12 years ago

Totally disagree. Movies in general - and animated ones in particular - just keep getting better in my opinion, both visually and with the story-telling.

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[–] Zombafyed 10 years ago

Yeah it's a little depressing seeing the trend of animation. We had a great run of hand drawn masterpieces with amazing soundtracks of original music. From both Disney and Bluth, so much win.

I like CGI...it can really be great to watch, but it shouldn't have been a REPLACEMENT for old 2D animation. There is just more "love" in the hand drawn stuff that you just don't get with the mathematics that CGI uses for movement, if that makes sense.

Not only that, but most CGI films don't even bother with original music....Shrek used trendy pop songs, Madagascar did too, How to Train Your Dragon had 0 songs period as do many others.

At least we have these old gems to love, but for me, the problem is not that I'm bored of the golden oldies, but rather just disappointed in how we do things nowadays. I see it as a trend, and the trend IMO is not going in the right direction at all. There is a LOT les s heart in animations these days...just look at things like Ice Age. The last hand drawn animation that really stuck with me was The Prince of Egypt. The music (the songs in the movie, not the horrible R&B covers) is fantastic and the animation is absolutely gorgeous.

[–] mjn-seifer 10 years ago

I mostly agree with the soundtrack; it’s so much better when they create original songs for the movie, and I have fond memories of songs from my favorite movies, and feel that the younger generation should have that too. That said, as someone who likes a wide variety of music I don't mind too much that they use "real" songs in their movies, but it's better if they think more carefully about what song they use, and if it goes with what they are trying to convey in the scene - don't just include something because it's popular now (exception; if the song means something to you, you can risk it). Even "trendy pop" can have some level of heart to it, if used correctly.

All animation styles (drawing, CGI, flash, etc) can look good and have heart if effort is shown on them. It all depends on how they do it.

I will say one thing though; if you're all sad that cartoons and movies aren't made the way they used to be (though sometimes, they come close) be it the animation style, or the lack of heart and emotion in the storylines (I personally hate how a lot of kids movies have to do in your face "adult jokes" just to get more attention, when simply giving it a good storyline with well written characters would help it appeal to both kids and adults) or whatever other reason you feel is lacking in current cartoons and movies that the classics had...

Why don't YOU do something about it? We can sit around and complain about the quality of current things, or we could actually try to turn things around and make an effort to create our own ideas for movies and cartoons, and steer things in the right direction ourselves.

It's time to stop complaining, and start creating.

[–] SuperBobster 9 years ago

I think this is all subjective. If like me you grew up in the 80s and 90s with films like this from Don Bluth and from Disney's renaissance period then those films will always be special to you and you'll think nothing will ever come along that will ever be better.

But consider children born within the last 10-15 years who have grown up with modern animated films like Toy Story, Frozen, Shrek, Despicable Me etc. To them, those films will always be special, and who are we to say that our films were better and our experiences of them were more meaningful? Just because we were born a little earlier, doesn't mean only we can feel a special connection to the films we grew up with.

[–] TutuAnimationPrincess 9 years ago

Topics like this always amuse me. I don't feel like a longer post, so I'll keep it short this time. Movie wise, we're more than fine. Since 2006 or so, animated films have been at their best and most diverse probably ever. TV wise, the late 2000s was certainly a dark age. However, the 2010s have shown quite the recovery and while there are some variety issues, the quality of cartoons today is quite exquisite.

"If life is getting you down and needs uplifting, then please come dance with me!"

[–] blancolechat 8 years ago

Because kids are morons with smartphones. Why do you want they care about hand animation cartoon?

[–] TutuAnimationPrincess 8 years ago

Was this meant to be a response to me? Either way, the capacity for animation respect has always differed with each individual. That's just as true today as it has ever been. All forms of animation are still out there, including hand drawn and great films are still being made. Some kids will gravitate to those films and some won't. But why just talk about kids, animation was never meant solely for kids anyway.

"If life is getting you down and needs uplifting, then please come dance with me!"

[–] blancolechat 8 years ago

Animation are for kids. Not 40-something.

[–] TutuAnimationPrincess 8 years ago

As I said, animation respect is not for everyone. Now move along and crawl back into whatever troll cave you came out of.

"If life is getting you down and needs uplifting, then please come dance with me!"

[–] blancolechat 8 years ago

Grew up with your stupid avatard face.

[–] jdforyou1983 (1470) 4 years ago

I wish Hand drawn animation would make a comeback

[–] PrincessTutu (76) 4 years ago

From whom? Almost all animated film start hand drawn no matter what their actual style ends up being. If you just mean 2D animated films, a few of those are made every year, look them up.