Topic: Western Animation Discussion (Cartoons)

@mookysam @ralphdibny This just reminds me of when my younger brother was watching children’s programs back in the day and there would be ‘rhyming words’ that only rhymed in a London accent 😂😂

@nessisonett we have a whole dialect named after our (sometimes questionable) ability to rhyme so I'm not surprised 😅, anyway I'm off to take off my bins and clean up my boat because I got a ruby all around my mouth after dinner

@ralphdibny Noooo, B-Bar has ruined it for me. Oh well, it'll always be Bar-Bar in my head! With my friend, the reverse was sometimes true. She couldn't for the life of her say "arse" and that does have an "r'!

@nessisonett I'm probably now going to spend the rest of the evening thinking of words that only rhyme in a London accent.

@mookysam oh no haha! I'm so sorry, I did wonder after I posted if I'd spoiled it for you as well as myself! I thought you might have remembered how to pronounce it since you've actually watched it. I think I'll stick with Bay-Bar anyway too. I probably look like an idiot saying Bay-Bar but then again I can't imagine in what real world situation as an adult that I wouldn't look like an idiot bringing up King Babar anyway 😅. "I gotta get on the 17:08 train home. Corrr, I wish I was King Babar, then I wouldn't have to take a rush hour train!"

Arse is a funny one because of the word ass. I always say arse as arse and say ass as ass. One is a bum and one is a donkey. I think it's confusing because in America the word ass means both bum and donkey and that's how they say it but I think it is actually two different words over here...at least in the south east where we say ca(r)stle and ba(r)th

I recommend Big Mouth on Netflix, My better half and I have almost finished all 4 Seasons so far, watching it in the morning's before work instead of the news. A show about puberty with musical numbers!

Did anyone watch the Pirates of Darkwater? Now that was the king of Saturday morning cartoons.

(Sorry for letting this thread die, got busy with real life)

I recently finished binge watching Dreamwork's Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts on NetFlix, and also Infinity Train: Season 3 on HBO Max.

Right now I started watching Craig McCracken's new series Kid Cosmic on Netflix, and am also checking out both Tig 'n' Seek and Summer Camp Island on HBO Max.

I watched Mortal Kombat: Scorpion's Revenge last night. It was pretty good. Lot's of gore and deep sounds when someone gets or it goes into x-ray mode to show bones breaking. It told a good story that wasn't hindered by being a fighting game that retcons everyone every game and really felt like Mortal Kombat. A good time with a decent story and lots of good fights packed in.

Got Disney+ recently, and although mostly for their big exclusive live action series like the Mandalorian & WandaVision, am quite interested in checking out some of the classic cartoon shorts featuring Mickey & the gang.

Back when I was a kid it seemed like the classic Looney Tunes shorts were pretty readily available as they were shown all the time in hour long blocks on Cartoon Network, and it always confused me why Disney Channel didn't do the same for the classic Disney shorts, so it's a pretty exciting opportunity to have them on Disney+.

Unfortunately they don't seem to have Mickey's House of Mouse for some reason (unless I didn't look hard enough), which is a bit of a bummer as I loved watching that on Saturday mornings as a kid.

I finished Infinity Train: Book 4 (HBO Max), sad that the series has been canceled. Also binged thru Boss Baby: Back in Business Season 4 (Netflix) and I also started watching Bluey: Season 1 (Disney+).

Planning to finish Kid Cosmic: Season 1 (Netflix) next and resume watching Solar Opposites: Season 2 (Hulu) and Close Enough: Season 1 (HBO Max), I was enjoying both series.

sheesh i haven't watched cartoons since i was ..16 ? as a 00's kid though , i feel i watched cartoons during a golden era too -

ed' edd' n eddy
spongebob seasons 1-3
courage the cowardly dog
codename kids next door
kim possible
the old fairly odd parents pre-poof
fosters home for imaginary friends
futurama
aqua teen hunger force
johnny bravo
power puff girls
rugrats
jimmy neutron
the boondocks seasons 1-3
proud family
lilo & stitch
invader zim
danny phantom
avatar the last airbender
ben 10
the original teen titans
the grim adventures of billy & mandy

goddamn 2000's tv was great

@nomither6 Man, that’s a throwback and a half. 00s cartoons were definitely the best. I love how you mention Fairly Odd Parents but only before they ruined it with that stupid baby 😂

Decent retrospective look at Batman Beyond. The show passed me by originally, if it was ever on a steaming service I sub to I would definitely give it a watch.

@RogerRoger I've had it my Amazon wishlist since Dec 2019. I think I'm more likely to get the Animated Series, as that was something I watched when I was younger.

@RogerRoger Bruce Timm’s also doing a new Batman show! Don’t really know how we’ll get it over here since it’s an HBO Max thing but it’s definitely cool that they’re doing another one.

@nessisonett Most likely on NOW TV, which sucks balls.

@JohnnyShoulder I’ve managed to avoid NOW TV. By all accounts it’s rubbish. I guess we’ll just need to hope someone picks it up.

@nessisonett I think they have lost some content since Disney+ launched the Star channel, but all the HBO stuff they already had is most likely tied down in long standing contracts. Some HBO shows like Pennyworth and Doom Patrol you can get on Starzplay, which is a paid extra channel through Amazon Prime, so it may go on there.

Batman: The Animated Series is the best superhero TV show ever made. Hit the right balance of serious drama and comic book camp, IMO, which is right where Batman should be: somewhere in the middle between Adam West and The Dark Knight Returns. Hamill's Joker is legendary at this point, and pretty much the canon depiction of the character for a lot of fans.

I really liked Nolan's interpretation of that universe, but that always felt like its own thing to me.

@Kidfried There was a long period in Batman's comic book history where that wasn't the case. Although it's definitely unique in its own ways.

Anyway, it's not so much the "broodiness" as it is the way characters were interpreted. The Nolanverse doesn't feel like the comics, or the animated movies, or anything else Batman related.