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Trust me, i'm not even going to be biased for my favorite tv shows from when i was a kid, i mean that's just stupid, it's only television. The fact is that MOST of the shows on Nickelodeon today aren't even cartoons, i think the only cartoons they show are Spongebob and Fairly Oddparents; which aren't half bad but by no means compare to "timeless" shows like Doug, Rugrats(b4 Dill), Rocko, Hey Arnold, etc.
In terms of cartoons, those "classic" Nick toons appealed to a general audience b/c you could relate to them. Kids aged 8-13 could most likely relate to Doug, if not more, and it was VERY wholesome and just enjoyable. Rugrats, anybody could relate to and was just very easy to watch. Nowadays you see Spongebob, which i will admit is pretty entertaining, but you can't "relate" to it or Fairly Oddparents or w/e the crap they have on there anymore. I mean, the classic shows had somewhat of a purpose. This even brings me to mention an old favorite Nick at nite show, The Wonder Years, b/c it was wholesome and had meaning and was funny. Can you say that about Zoey 101, iCarly, or w/e other kind of crap they have on now? No. I mean how many kid, ehh PEOPLE out there can afford an expensive apt. loft with expensive cameras, their own studio, and run their own website? How many ppl go to a boarding school that is filled with drama based on the latest fashion trends and gossip? Actually... that would probably be a little more realistic, but the fact is that that show just sucks. And it's CLEARLY NOT for kids, and should not be on Nick in the first place. I mean if they had wanted to run a show like that they might as well have sent it to MTV to go along with all the other Laguna Beach, Newport Harbor, and OC shows b/c they're all the same... and lame.
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atomius
16 years ago
i think the whole 'one can't relate to the show' thing is beside the point. shows on now suck and 90s shows are normal. its that simple. take any show, the simpsons for instance, that has been on from then to now and you see it goes downhill. tv has gone downhill. not just cartoons. and what is the culprit? simple, the very thing you're using now. the net. reality tv is stupid and pointless for a reason, its there to generate money not to be good quality viewing. tv channels need to make more as people desert them to use the net and i pods. there is however a light at the end of the tunnel, for we are currently in a transition period between tv and the net. once tv and the net have fully merged and watching tv on the net is not only common practice but the accepted method of entertainment then we can get better shows for there will be way more choice. already with youtube you see what i mean. thousands of videos on all manner of subjects compared to the 90s when you have a handful of channels and cable stations that play reruns of classic shows. so we now have more choice. however that doesnt alter the fact that 90s shows are simply better than current shows, and i don't think you need to analyse the various reasons. isn't the fact something sucks more important than WHY it is so lametarded? a previous poster talked of how his younger sibling enjoyed and even preferred older nick shows. i believe this is not an isolated incident and that if children everywhere were shown classic nick shows they would enjoy them. but frankly there isnt enough. one can't spend all ones life watching rockos modern life and rugrats reruns on video recordings- and so what i would like is if shows in the future had the same good points as those normal shows of the 90s but were available by modern means such as the net. which is excactly whats happening.
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metrobal
14 years ago
Yes, I considered it but then "The Simpsons" put it into perspective for me. The show was awesome growing up. I loved the characters and the stories but the same show today, with the same characters has lost its flare. It's a whole new generation of writers with different ideas.
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