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Gann Jerrod posted:So you want a realistic down-to-earth Powerpuff Girls that's completely off the wall and swarming with magic robots? *Makes Steven Universe*
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Apr 12, 2016 22:04
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PBS Newshour posted:No because iconic and attitude are two different things  Right, more 'tude it is.
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I'm hoping the writing team figures out what they're doing with PPG. It does seem to lack excitement to it, like it's going through the motions. Every now and again, there's a cool little.. small thing. Like Bubbles refusing bedtime with anger and skull eyes, or Princess using an uber-like app to summon monsters attacks. The unicorn episode was.. pretty weird, and confused. People complain about the first few episodes of SU and Adventure Time. It takes a while for the writers to see what's showing up, and kind of course correct, or find their groove. Hell, even the first few episodes of Venture Bros (as well as the pilot) seem kind of off. So far, it's not a Johnny Test low bar, but it's not anything more than, "A show that is on."
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Apr 12, 2016 22:25
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Sorry guys I kept misspelling altitudeRamos posted:
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PicklePants posted:I'm hoping the writing team figures out what they're doing with PPG. It does seem to lack excitement to it, like it's going through the motions. Yeah, it feels like the writers could still find their place, but it's not guaranteed by a long shot. "A show that is on." is the perfect way to put it. It is weird that people are playing telephone with it, though. Endorses bullfighting, what? 
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This new series of PPG is pretty bad on a lot of levels. The visuals are pretty boring for a show that used to be about using graphic line and iconic style with dynamic compositions that made use of the limited detail, whereas this one feels like a weird synthesis of that and a show like Clarence. Additionally, when they try to break the character designs to give them new expressions, it ends up looking really awkward and weird instead of funny. The background characters also feel like they are from an entirely different show, some of which look like rejects from a Teletoon Family Guy ripoff. The voice acting seems kinda off as well, where the actresses don't really push their performances enough. The new team is pretty young and rookie in VO, right? It might be a relative lack of experience. Bubbles' characterization in particular really lacks the sweet naïveté that makes her explosions of anger funny. Then there's the fact that some of the dialogue sounds like a Hillary Clinton staffer was asked what they think kids these days sound like. This is pretty painful.
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Apr 12, 2016 23:14
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I did some searching and found what seems to have started the bullfighting thing http://bogleech.tumblr.com/post/142397270773/sacculetta-so-thats-two-episodes-of-the-new
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Today's Powerpuffs had a cameo from none other than Jon Miller, the baseball broadcaster. Someone on the production team is a Giants fan. Honestly the show has some positive bits but it's just so punishingly average or bad otherwise. I actually really dig a lot of the background painting, but it belongs on some other show. I'm also OK with the way they play with the girls' facial expressions. But rounding off the professor? That can't stand.  "Going through the motions" sounds right. There hasn't been anything outstanding or worthwhile yet. I'm OK with reboots usually (and I love Teen Titans Go) but why spend money on a middling retread when you could be putting out more great new material like We Bare Bears or Steven Universe?
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Bubbles and Blossom sound the same, and Buttercup sounds like a surfers. The aesthetic that they're going for also seems to be in conflict with the girls' character designs. The side characters aren't too good either, despite having their old voice actors. They didn't bother introducing Princess in the episode centered around her scheme, I guess just assuming that everybody knew her from the old series, and the mayor, instead of being a bumbling politician who relies on his secretary, he just has a pickle obsession. The original series had a bit of a retro feel to it, and it's really jarring that the new show is trying painfully hard to be current and modern. The new show also seems to have a bit of a lack of focus on the whole superhero aspect. That's not to say that it's wrong to make changes, just that after a certain point, they'd really be better off if they just went and made something new instead of digging up an old IP. Also there's no Talking Dog. 0/10 At least it's made me appreciate the original more. Not feeling to optimistic about the new Samurai Jack though.
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SlothfulCobra posted:At least it's made me appreciate the original more. Not feeling to optimistic about the new Samurai Jack though. Well at least the new Samurai Jack has Genndy still involved. Not sure about most of the other crew (guys like Paul Rudish and Aaron Springer are at Disney now)
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Apr 12, 2016 23:57
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Can we just get a My Life as a Teenage Robot reboot instead? That was a show that ended before its time.
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kefkafloyd posted:I'm OK with reboots usually (and I love Teen Titans Go) but why spend money on a middling retread when you could be putting out more great new material like We Bare Bears or Steven Universe? They have been spending money on those, though. They've been renewed for other seasons. PPG isn't taking money away from those projects, if anything it's taking money from other potential pilots being made into series.
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computer parts posted:It's probably not going to inconvenience you too much to watch a 10 minute cartoon and form your own opinion. But then how will I find time to post? I'm a busy man, I only have time to watch the finest in children's television. *swirls wine glass*
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Flobbster posted:Can we just get a My Life as a Teenage Robot reboot instead? That was a show that ended before its time. How about a ChalkZone reboot?
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Neeksy posted:They have been spending money on those, though. They've been renewed for other seasons. PPG isn't taking money away from those projects, if anything it's taking money from other potential pilots being made into series. That's what I meant. New projects that are in the vein of their current successes, in that they give talented creators a chance to put something new out there.
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Apr 13, 2016 01:44
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Neeksy posted:Then there's the fact that some of the dialogue sounds like a Hillary Clinton staffer was asked what they think kids these days sound like. This is pretty painful. This is pretty bad, but kids DO actually sound like that these days.
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Apr 13, 2016 01:48
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ThermoPhysical posted:This is pretty bad, but kids DO actually sound like that these days. As a childless adult who hasn't set foot in a public school since the Bush administration I
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kefkafloyd posted:That's what I meant. New projects that are in the vein of their current successes, in that they give talented creators a chance to put something new out there. I find it hard to really get upset over this sorta stuff because it's kinda the nature of the beast, we get some good innovative new stuff along with some cheap lowest hanging fruit shows that manage to perform well enough in comparison to how cheap/easy it is to make and along with that some IPs get regurgitated because the big wigs that actually put the bill for the network want to see something on the list they recognize and can see that it already made money years ago. If it wasn't PPG it'd be a Hanna Barbera re-re-re-revival.
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ThermoPhysical posted:This is pretty bad, but kids DO actually sound like that these days. If you really want the Powerpuff Girls to be hip, have them dab. I can't get the damned kids to stop doing that.
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As a related note, I keep finding it amazing how We Bare Bears is so good at feeling modern without feeling artificial or condescending.
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Waffleman_ posted:As a related note, I keep finding it amazing how We Bare Bears is so good at feeling modern without feeling artificial or condescending. Does that include Panda's bodypillow?
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mycot posted:Does that include Panda's bodypillow? Yes, it does. I love that Panda is weeb trash.
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Apr 13, 2016 03:54
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Some of the internet stuff is a bit much but the fact that Cartoon Network made a show about three bears living together in San Francisco is enough to make me overlook any criticism.
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Guy Mann posted:Three bears living together in San Francisco More than any other show, WBB makes me double-take seeing random descriptions. Yardbomb fucked around with this message at 04:16 on Apr 13, 2016 |
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The Ayshkerbundy posted:I did some searching and found what seems to have started the bullfighting thing It's really creepy for grown adults to shame children's program storyboarders and animation directors for the alleged quality of the show. It was creepy when Mr. Enter harassed SpongeBob writers and is creepy now.
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Corek posted:It's really creepy for grown adults to shame children's program storyboarders and animation directors for the alleged quality of the show. It was creepy when Mr. Enter harassed SpongeBob writers and is creepy now. Especially considering that Bogleech is some creepy bug fetishist who couldn't make a funny comic to save his life despite many years of failed attempts.
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Waffleman_ posted:Yes, it does. I'm glad the other bears were so accepting of his waifu.
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Corek posted:It's really creepy for grown adults to shame children's program storyboarders and animation directors for the alleged quality of the show. It was creepy when Mr. Enter harassed SpongeBob writers and is creepy now. Mr. Enter did WHAT.
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Guy Mann posted:Especially considering that Bogleech is some creepy bug fetishist who couldn't make a funny comic to save his life despite many years of failed attempts. I read through that guy's old posts now and he's complaining about the ants in Antz not being attractive enough for him http://bogleech.tumblr.com/post/141717419538/bogleech-this-ant-is-expressive-and-adorable Waffleman_ posted:Mr. Enter did WHAT. His fans harassed Casey Alexander for the sole crime of making episodes that enraged the already permanently enranged MrEnter
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I'm surprised they didn't go after any of the TTG writers because Mr. Enter has way more of a chip on his shoulder over that show. Well, if they did, there'd probably be an episode about it.
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The Ayshkerbundy posted:I did some searching and found what seems to have started the bullfighting thing Well of course it's some hyper-reactionary poo poo from Tumblr.
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he's not a bug fetishist, you're being just as annoyingly hyperbolic and miscontexualizing as you claim the tumblrites are.
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Maybe the truth is in the middle. The telephone game stuff is just duuuuumb though. Why would you be outraged over a show you didn't even care enough to watch?
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Acne Rain posted:he's not a bug fetishist, you're being just as annoyingly hyperbolic and miscontexualizing as you claim the tumblrites are. Fully agree(also I'll admit I had to keep myself from making a scene, cause Bogleech is a friend of mine, and calling him a bug fetishist is completely uncalled for, as is mocking his comic and art skills, cause Awful Hospital is really good)
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Acne Rain posted:he's not a bug fetishist, you're being just as annoyingly hyperbolic and miscontexualizing as you claim the tumblrites are. wait, what?
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lady is right in this bug's name what the hell has happened to this thread
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drrockso20 posted:Fully agree(also I'll admit I had to keep myself from making a scene, cause Bogleech is a friend of mine, and calling him a bug fetishist is completely uncalled for, as is mocking his comic and art skills, cause Awful Hospital is really good) I could have sworn he was literally a self-confessed bug fetishist. Like, explicit words to that effect.
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drrockso20 posted:Fully agree(also I'll admit I had to keep myself from making a scene, cause Bogleech is a friend of mine, and calling him a bug fetishist is completely uncalled for, as is mocking his comic and art skills, cause Awful Hospital is really good) Get better friends. Ones who don't advocate harrassment brigades over cartoons for little girls, something he is neither.
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