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matt_zimmer) wrote2006-01-12 09:07 am
matt_zimmer) wrote2006-01-12 09:07 am
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Eighties cartoons
I originally wrote this in response to Bleu Unicorn's journal but I had so many nagging questions that I decided to post it here too.
I watched an episode of Thundercats on CN a couple of years ago and I was unsurprised that like practically all eighties cartoons did not hold up well. Like you said all the villians in those days were two-dimensional and I'm kind of jealous that kids in the early nineties got all of the COOL superhero cartoons.
By the way, that day I watched Thundercats I also rewatched an episode of Silverhawks. While Thundercats is kind of dumb Silverhawks is actually bat-poopy insane. What was up with that alien mime kid? Or that toadie who was a cross between a snake and Smithers? (His name was actually Yesman) Or that weird alien cab driver with the crazy bird in the back seat? I am frankly surprised more kids from the eighties didn't grow up to be serial killers.
After I wrote that I realized that Silverhawks had a LOAD of insane crap in it when you come right down to it. It also had that monster that turned into a robot who rode a giant squid in outer space and that guy who was like a giant molecule. That show was MESSED UP. It seriously needs a DVD release so new generations of kids can have their heads explode.
I watched an episode of Thundercats on CN a couple of years ago and I was unsurprised that like practically all eighties cartoons did not hold up well. Like you said all the villians in those days were two-dimensional and I'm kind of jealous that kids in the early nineties got all of the COOL superhero cartoons.
By the way, that day I watched Thundercats I also rewatched an episode of Silverhawks. While Thundercats is kind of dumb Silverhawks is actually bat-poopy insane. What was up with that alien mime kid? Or that toadie who was a cross between a snake and Smithers? (His name was actually Yesman) Or that weird alien cab driver with the crazy bird in the back seat? I am frankly surprised more kids from the eighties didn't grow up to be serial killers.
After I wrote that I realized that Silverhawks had a LOAD of insane crap in it when you come right down to it. It also had that monster that turned into a robot who rode a giant squid in outer space and that guy who was like a giant molecule. That show was MESSED UP. It seriously needs a DVD release so new generations of kids can have their heads explode.
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Yeah, for me, there's always this wild drug-trip esque quality to those toons that is unbeatable, making 90s toons seem almost staid in comparison. (or do I mean "good"? hmm...)
My '80s toon obsession is transformers. Yeah, there's a lot of crap in there, but at it's core I always thought there was a solid premise, and a few great eps/moments from the first season. However, anything after the first season of that show is by and large not worth considering. And Optimus Prime and Soundwave are awesome. And Megatron and Starscream are the greatest married couple ever on television!
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Plus, I was greatly disturbed by the movie after I saw it for the first time a few years ago. In the beginning of it four Autobots were murdered to the Wah wah guitar licks of a heavy metals song. Their deaths were exaggerated to the point of actually being misogynistic and I actually got mad that a movie with a scene that would not feel out of place in an R-Rated Ralph Bakshi flick was targeted at children. I felt so dirty after watching it I had to take a shower. It was animated porn for kids.