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Pakled posted:There was a time where even mentioning the show was a probatable offense, if I remember correctly. People used to get straight up banned for trying to be cheeky with MLP related memes in the relevant PYF thread (which explicitly allowed everything), years after the show stopped being relevant so yeah SA definitely was pretty down on the whole topic well after everyone else got over it, 4chan included Anyway, been watching Amphibia this week and wow this is actually not bad so far. Nothing stunning but a solid 8/10, a fun cartoon to watch. Still crazy they're just dumping the whole season in one go through the summer but hey apparently that's in vogue these days, so gently caress it.
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Waffleman_ posted:Also I don't think you have to pretend My Little Pony is verboten anymore. Bronies aren't a problem anymore, Gamergate and Donald Trump happened and they all jumped ship to fascism. Wait am I missing something? Why did MLP appeal to fascists? 
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readingatwork posted:Wait am I missing something? Why did MLP appeal to fascists? It appealed to nerds, some of whom were creepy, some of whom, were chuds. The biggest internet communities for Bronies to congregate on included Equestria Daily which I think had porn and 4chan's /mlp/ which, while SFW, was still on 4chan and considered its own special containment zone for Pony stuff.
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readingatwork posted:Wait am I missing something? Why did MLP appeal to fascists? It's more that the horrible nerd du jour changed from ponies to alt-right stuff and Twitter with Anime Avatars.
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I remember someone, probably in this thread, had a pretty compelling argument that MLP's problem is that it's pretty straightforward, uncomplicated personalities of the cast meant that alt-right could imprint whatever they wanted. They were safe and approachable, and those are appealing to fascists.
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that's all media, also some broke brain goons constantly need a caste of other nerds to look down on and take the SA target of the month to obessive levels. humans are bad.
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The ponies appeared to have a laissez-faire capitalist society for a while, which attracted a huge fanbase of libertarian assholes, and as we all know all the libertarians converted to nazis the instant Trump was elected so that’s where all the nazi bronies came from.
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The actual content of the show never mattered given a repeated theme has been hammering home that racial diversity is good and getting along with people different from you is an absolute requirement for society to continue to exist, and reactionaries will destroy society.
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Craig of the Creek and Victor & Valentino specials were good. Big set up for Craig's "King of the Mill" arc and more info on Vic and Val's family.
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Have we talked about the Dragon Prince much? I wasn't impressed with the first season, was hopeful on the second, only to be disappointed probably even more so. Amusingly enough, it turns out the animation, which was a pretty big turnoff when they unveiled the first trailer was actually the least of my criticisms. After Korra and now this, I'm starting to think TLA was a once in a generation fluke. Mr Interweb fucked around with this message at 07:30 on Jun 23, 2019 |
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There's a Dragon Prince thread here.
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Mr Interweb posted:Have we talked about the Dragon Prince much? I wasn't impressed with the first season, was hopeful on the second, only to be disappointed probably even more so. Amusingly enough, it turns out the animation, which was a pretty big turnoff when they unveiled the first was actually the least of my criticisms. Don't forget about the third Not Avatar, Voltron 
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Voltron was pretty good... for the first 3-4 seasons.
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I don't remember exactly, but think it was the Angry Video Game Nerd who made a good point during the time when the new Ghostbusters came out and was getting lots of backlash. He pointed out how lots of people said they would have killed for another Ghostbusters movie that had the original cast, director, writer, staff members, etc. But the thing is....that DID happen, and it was called Ghostbusters 2, which everyone hated. This isn't unique to either Ghostbusters or with the Avatar crew by any means, but it's a good reminder how sometimes even having all the right people won't mean it'll result in the right product. Mr Interweb fucked around with this message at 08:18 on Jun 24, 2019 |
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Well at least we had the Ghostbusters videogame with all the main cast members
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I'd rather the creatives from Avatar go off to new projects to try new things than circling the same spot hoping for lightning to strike again. I'm definitely not looking forward to Netflix's coming remake. It kinda seems like Dave Filoni and Giancarlo Volpe were the people who worked on Avatar who had the most success afterwards, although I can't really say much from just poking at IMDB entries.
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It's more about trying to achieve other creative objectives instead of trying to create something in the specific mold of a previous show (though you can have some success in that). I do think the whole 'from the people who worked on X' thing is rather fallible, because more often than not it's just a marketing thing and it rarely reflects the person's intent, at least from what I've experienced, especially in the 'followups to Avatar realm'. Heck, I think this even applies to Korra too, though in that situation there was far more holding that show back than just the public's expectation of what an Avatar show should look like.
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https://twitter.com/cartoonbrew/status/1143210988507975682 This looks kind of rad. I really wish more French/European cartoons made their way stateside.
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If the premiere of the next season of Teen Titans doesn't involve the Titans heading toward but never reaching a fireworks factory, I may have a small temper tantrum.
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(The Titans fail to reach the fireworks factory due to Bumblebee's shenanigans)
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Teen Titans: Veteran of the Sidekick Wars
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Is Amphibia the first depiction of a bra in a Disney animated cartoon?
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Beachcomber posted:Is Amphibia the first depiction of a bra in a Disney animated cartoon? Nah. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvh6bbQ-1qw
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Beachcomber posted:Is Amphibia the first depiction of a bra in a Disney animated cartoon? Nah I'm pretty sure one showed up in Gravity Falls
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I guess I need to rewatch. Was it a Big Deal at the time, or did the morality brigade have better things to do?
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Beachcomber posted:I guess I need to rewatch. Was it a Big Deal at the time, or did the morality brigade have better things to do? Eh it was a quick little gag, it's not like that episode of Braceface with the inflating bra or how KND made Bras a major setting element
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Excuse me, you mean Battle Ready Armor.
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Beachcomber posted:Is Amphibia the first depiction of a bra in a Disney animated cartoon? Pepper Anne had an entire half episode about bras, back in 1998.
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I think Pepper Ann was where I first learned support is code for bras.
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Gravity Falls was pretty good aside from all the romance subplots for too-young characters that didn't go anywhere anyways.
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SlothfulCobra posted:Gravity Falls was pretty good aside from all the romance subplots for too-young characters that didn't go anywhere anyways. I mean, a major theme of the show is about growing up and part of that is having a bunch of crushes on people you'll never ever have a shot with. Plus it did go somewhere and was basically resolved when Dipper and Wendy had their honest conversation where Wendy told him it's never gonna happen but he's a good kid. Now if you mean why did neither twin get a real love interest beyond gags, I'm like 90% sure that they would've gone somewhere if Hirsch hadn't suffered creative burnout.
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The beginning part of this video is still my favorite joke in the entirety of Gravity Falls: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN1-3K85DnU
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SlothfulCobra posted:Gravity Falls was pretty good aside from all the romance subplots for too-young characters that didn't go anywhere anyways. There was a really weird creepy trend of that at the time. Adventure Time had it too, and I felt like another show did it.
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So Gumball sure did foreshadow a thing today... >_>’. Legit curious how they’re going to end the show now.
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readingatwork posted:So Gumball sure did foreshadow a thing today... >_>’. Legit curious how they’re going to end the show now.
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SardonicTyrant posted:I'm never going to have time to watch a fraction of the shows I'm interested in. Mind just posting what happened in spoilers? The reoccurring villain of the show gets caught trying to change everyone into human versions of themselves. He declares when cornered that he had to do it to save everyone from “whats to come” before the dinosaur kicks his rear end. He wakes up later and the world starts falling apart. He falls into a hole in reality and presumably dies/ceases to exist. The implication is that he knew the show is ending and was trying to save everyone by rebooting it into a new form.
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Amphibia is scratching that Gravity Falls itch pretty well. It's got cute characters, that are close, an old grandpa and a weird world. I'm digging it so far. Even the opening is VERY much like Gravity Falls. You also get to hear Gravity Falls voices. Gideon's Dad is the town mayor.
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readingatwork posted:The reoccurring villain of the show gets caught trying to change everyone into human versions of themselves. He declares when cornered that he had to do it to save everyone from “whats to come” before the dinosaur kicks his rear end. He wakes up later and the world starts falling apart. He falls into a hole in reality and presumably dies/ceases to exist. The implication is that he knew the show is ending and was trying to save everyone by rebooting it into a new form.
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Macaluso posted:The beginning part of this video is still my favorite joke in the entirety of Gravity Falls: Gravity Falls probably has one of the strongest first episodes of any cartoon I've seen. It just hits the ground running immediately and never lets up.
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SardonicTyrant posted:Looking at tv tropes, apparently that's the last season, so... I believe it's the last season with the series' creator. If the series were to continue, it'd be without him.
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