agent_deathbat, you are the only person who doesn't see it like us. It's not a matter of all us older generation wanting those 90s Nickelodeon shows back just to reminisce, as you said it being a defining point in our childhood memories, it's ACTUALLY a matter of good scriptwriting and production values. Its popularity would still exist today in the new generation of kids but they don't have a chance to see these shows.
Even shows such as Bill and Ben and the Magic Roundabout (made into a film) etc has been modernized but not really changed because the ideas and stories are good and unique and exciting and will therefore be transcendant over generations. It's not really a case of developing new ideas, as kids are easy to please and aren't demanding of new material and they like repetition. I think that although they cannot just put all the 90s stuff on TV as it's outdated and will cause financial problems as it'll leave lots of producers and screenwriters out of jobs but they should at least consider having a nostaliga marathon and do re-runs of kids shows from the 90s as well as shows from decades before that just to get kids into it and to see their feedback. Obviously nothing like kids quiz shows from the sixties but I mean cartoons or kids programmes where the date it was made does not affect the storyline and messages.
I agree with the majority of the posts on this topic that complain about the quality of 'tween' (Preadolescence, the stage between middle childhood and adolescence in human development, generally in the age range of 8 to 12 years old) programmes that are just being churned out just make the 'Bratz' sales rise and turns girls into wanna be sluts or vain untalented actresses (and we really don't need any more below than mediocre corny young girl actresses)
And NO agent_deathbat, Nickelodeon TV is not maturing with age, as the kids are getting dumber - primarily due to these shows! At least have entertainment with morals etc, not just product placement or fake morals about being popular, fashionable, rich etc (bloody hell you must be biased, do you work for Hannah Montana show or something!?) These dumb down the audience, maybe it's reflecting the current kids audience but this should change or all girls will wanna be actresses or WAG's (footballers wives).
I am bored with all this CGI crap and indeed shows like That's so Raven or Hannah Montana are just bland and commercialised with repetitive storylines and I personally think it's an offense to the kids and doesn't actually teach them anything which a lot of parents are complaining about - particularly as these shows (usually aimed at girls) are coinciding with merchandise and other products such as Bratz, MyScene dolls etc.
I say bring back shows like Sabrina the teenage witch as it's not focused on image, fashion, shallowness etc but focuses on morals, family values and progressing through school and life with the entertainment of being magical. And it's completely story focused and just cos it's set in the 90s doesn't mean it's not relevant today. I think Sabrina should be back on (particularly Season 1-3 cos afterwards when Sabrina went to college and was with that Josh guy the episodes got really boring and the change of setting - an apartment and coffehouse) was trying to be too grown up and the significant change just put off viewers... CHANGE IS BAD!!!!!!!!!!
**Might I add that the first season of Sabrina was released on DVD last year in the UK - I can only assume that it's back by popular demand cos it knows it has an audience.
Although it's financially motivated to create new shows, they are getting worse and worse. People are just not motivated by the content and just aim to please what they think (or what they want) little boys and girls to like due to commercial purposes. This has lowered the standard of kids TV in the 21st century but the kids don't notice as they just watch whatever is on. I think kids should not be watching crap or they will just wanna turn out like Amanda Bynes or Hannah Montana etc and this is not a good example to set them. Talentless actors who are in it for the money, starring in poorly narrativized kids shows (usually US) and who are just doing it to go into mainstream cinema aimed at kids and then eventually be in men's magazines posing semi-nude.
There is currently a petition to bring back 90s Nickelodeon, and if you have Facebook then go onto groups and search for:
' WANT MY 90's NICKELODEON BACK'
There is also this petition which is on the Facebook group page and this is the link (sorry I don't know the HTML to make it clickable)
As Im from the UK I probably watched less (and had less available) programmes to watch on Nickelodeon and Nick Jr (remember 'Face?') but I did particularly enjoy:
Sabrina the teenage witch, Sister Sister, Hey Arnold, Doug, The Wild Thornberries, Jumanji (cartoon), Rugrats, Clarissa Explains it all, The Magic Schoolbus, Are you afraid of the dark?, Aargh Real Monsters!, Kenan and Kel, CatDog, Rocko's modern life, Action League Now! (Remember Melt Man, ThunderGirl, The Flesh, Stinky Diver), Inside out-boy (was a short cartoon), Alvin and the chipmunks, Babar, Casper the friendly ghost, Smurfs, Philbert the frog, Blues Clues, The Junglies, Recess
http://www.petitiononline.com/90snick/petition.html
"Stop dragging things down to your own level, it's immature son." - John Lennon, Help!
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solex10
14 years ago
Sorry buddy/babe, but as was said on a classic Twilight Zone episode, 'we only get one season to a customer'. You had your shows in yourchildhood to watch, enjoy and be nostalgic over-the kids of today have their shows in their childhood happening now to watch. IF a child of today likes older things, that's good by them, but only by them; the rest of the kids should have their own things that reflect their own interests related to their own time good or bad , NOT YOURS OR MINE.
Somebody else said it well about another pop culture icon of the past still with us in the present, which I will post a quote from here:
Just for kicks...
How is Superman “important”? Let alone the “most important fictional character created in the 20th century”?
When was the last time Superman’s mythos was used to parallel a real-world struggle? Unlike a character like “Neo” who I think one could make a strong case for being ‘important’.
Also, Superman didn’t “save” anyone. He’s never saved a single human being from anything, except his owners from poverty.
I’m not saying this fan-film should or should not have been made. That’s irrelevant. It exists. I actually happen to like it quite a bit, but if one were to ask me if I thought it was the best use of one’s creative time (and keep in mind, NO ONE asked me for my opinion on the matter), but I’d have to say absolutely not.
This incessant focus on stuff that has already been made leaves less room for new stuff, since time/money/energy are all finite quantities. We cheat the future when we do this. Our kids will need ideas that have greater relevance to
them, which means they should be relevant to US now. Superman, while profitable, increasingly represents a world that perhaps never existed but certainly has passed away at this point. People’s desire for a ’savior’ is shifting to a personal desire to save themselves and help others in the process. Our mythology must reflect our own lives and not some corporate fantasy if it is to have real relevance. There is a reason why the first Matrix film became the phenomenon that it was, and it had little to do with 360 degree camera movements. The new Superman film had arguably better effects, yet it failed to find resonance.
To sum up my point: I’d argue that when one dies, a person would rather have left the world something original and personal, something that represented their unique view of the world based upon their own experiences and beliefs,
rather than just a really really good fan-film.
But hey, maybe it’s just me.
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/shorts/superman-classic-by-robb-pratt.html? commentSubmitted=true?
commentSubmitted=true#comments
Something for nostalgia-addicted North Americans like yourself to think about.
BTW, why can't you do something else with your time? You've got a nation at war with two other nations simultaneously (with no chance of success), rising inequality and poverty, and a whole lot of other things that should
really be bugging you as an adult-what the *beep* does a kid's network got to do with you
now? Why not concentrate your time and energy on these problems rather than on a kids TV network containing shows that have no
no relevance to you as an adult? As I said above,
why not let the kids of today have something of their own and let the past be the past?
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