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Another fine example of why Millennial children are absolutely brainless

posted 11 years ago by BillyBeefcake
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The cancellation of shows like Thundercats, Tron Uprising, and Green Lantern the animated series, are all fine examples of why this generation coming up is the worst of all time.

They want brainless drooling garbage like Spongebob instead of quality shows like the above mentioned.

These shows harken back to the amazing cartoons of the 1980's that we all enjoyed growing up.

It blows my mind that unless there is a fart or fart joke every 20 seconds kids won't watch it. Also why is it they are drawn to the worst animation there is?

The shows kids watch now are so poorly drawn it is mind blowing. God help us.

[–] Rubixcube10 11 years ago

agreed. disappointed this & tron was cancelled. My kids were on a Beyblade binge at one point, luckily that phase is over with because that was a mindless show. The only cartoon that's interesting besides anime is Legend of Korra.

[–] dubbjac 10 years ago

1. Millenials were born as early as 1980.

2. Those "amazing" cartoons were 30 minute commercials for toys. Have you tried rewatching them? Rubbish, a lot of them.

[–] superturbo4 10 years ago

And those 30 minute commercials for toys lasted for 3 plus decades half of them, in terms of their popularity with a generation of fans the world over?!

Its doubtful if the so-called terrible shows your hating upon will have any trouble at all in keeping their now adult fanbase who tell their own kids how good the animated shows of their generation were. In comparison to many of the shows of the early 21st century which certainly don't even last twice as long in the public's consciousness.

ST4

Name's Django, The "D" is silent.

[–] dubbjac 10 years ago

It's called nostalgia. Kids of today will look back fondly at the horrible cartoons of their youth, as well.

[–] superturbo4 10 years ago

No, thats simply called talking utter bollocks stop talking it o.k.

The 1980's were the era most remember had excellent and rather memorable cartoons. So what if they'll date, everything does but that era was known to have the best of them bar none!

Kids of today don't even have to look back years later, as they have lots of crap to watch right now lol.

ST4

Name's Django, The "D" is silent.

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[–] benelli86 10 years ago

lol. You sound like a insecure little boy!

[–] Oddark123 10 years ago

There's some more sense. Except the use of the word bias. If you are talking about a tv show and what you like, there is no way to not be biased. The only people that think that are uneducated critics.

We should strive to teach people to not attack people with different opinions and think they are a special snowflake that knows what shows are superior and blames anyone's disagreement on their lack of intelligence or by mis-using a word like nostalgia.

There a lot more mature ways for these people to have this conversation, it could not violate logical rules, it could not insult or anger another participant and could promote those behaviors to others. But it seems that not something some of these people are interested in for whatever reason.

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[–] Oddark123 10 years ago

Now here we see biting back and as plenty say "an eye for eye leaves everyone blind".

How exactly do they "have the best of them bar none!"? Of course the 80s have shows that made fans and still do today. Are you going to say that magically isn't true about every other decade just as much? Just because you like it better doesn't give any kind of actual superiority. Just opinions.

Unless you want to bring in some actual data, which while nice really doesn't allow us to paint any large picture. It's true we could say "this show got better ratings than this show" but then that only really provides figures of the other shows in that time slot and based on people that had actual sampling televisions. It's nice but not really conclusive.

But then after all why should it have to be? As stuff like that matters more to the channel and advertisers. Why people feel the need to brag on anything with ratings numbers, critic points or lit head cred is kind of silly when you have to measure it.

Why not just be proud of what you like and agree to disagree with those that see it otherwise. We don't have to fight and claim our show is better than a show another person likes. Why exactly do so many of you have issues with this?

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[–] Oddark123 10 years ago

And people like you need to stop abusing a word like nostalgia to attack people that don't fit your ideals.

Nostalgia in term is a word to describe a longing for times of the past. For whatever reason it's a preference. This word is properly used in general time senses. The way things once were that you missed. Art forms may help represent that time and trigger warm fuzzy moments but you can't sit on a pedestal saying that's the only reason someone watches a tv show.

People watch what they want to watch. Some people probably like yourself have limited your tastes at your own peril as you aged. "this show is beneath me" and other sentiments take over your life. On the internet you'd think this is common place. It's really not that widespread. There are far more people that will retain their tastes throughout life. If you can't accept this, then it is you that have the problem not them.

What we have here is a premiere example of how elitism takes over some of our less educated people. If you don't like 80s shows because of how they are set up, that is your opinion. You have as much right to accept or reject the opinions of anyone else that disagrees. But that does not mean you get to insult anyone that disagrees with you. Why not politely make a point like "They don't work for me. I want more than basic good guys fight bad guys, good guys win and teach a moral"? That would make a decent statement of why you dislike it, others can say "I agree" or "I think a show doesn't need anything more than that to entertain." Now doesn't that sound so much more adult than what you posted?

But chances are this user will just turn on a post like this and insult it before even reading it. It's these people we do better as a society should be educating and not just letting them slum up the internet. There are therapists to help with superiority complexes and community and 4-year colleges can give you much more balanced education in your English and Logic courses.

Not to sound to much like a Thundercat and be preachy, but this is an issue. We would do best not to allow some of these people to continue this arrogant style of posting without at least aiming to show them they could be more polite and logical.

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[–] Monk_Drunk 10 years ago

The generation "coming up" is not the Millennial but rather the post-Millennial. Millennials are from roughly 1980-2000, so only the very youngest members are kids.

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[–] Oddark123 10 years ago

One of the first things you need to learn is what "Millennial" means. You clearly don't know what dates include or do not include that.

The next thing to learn is that while those of us that do studies like classifying groups of people by time period they have never been words to use to capture the complete essence of a generation. The only people that do that are broad generalizations. Typically the only correct uses of those studies will be __% of Baby Boomers or ___% of Millennials are likely to do this. Why? Because most of the time you can't generalize too much.

That being said what a lot of the older people have missed on is that a lot of people in the Millennial generation are sub-cultured even more than past generations. A lot of people my age are very different in lots of ways than the older part of the Millennial group and the younger group. If you are defining Millennial by modern internet culture, you are vastly letting a boy cry wolf on what most people that age act like. Of course there are some generalizations that will hold off, but in your rant about an age group you don't know much about you'd look a lot less snobbish if you didn't generalize that much.

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[–] Fusion72 10 years ago

I think it's unfair to look upon another generations cartoons as 'lesser'. Especially, when you are viewing them through adult/mature eyes.

The creations move through the times and are the norm for todays viewers. It all really depends on what the objective aim is, when assessing whether standards are better now or back in your day.

I personally don't mind DC's output. But beyond that, it's hard to get invested in a variety of shows, because they lack expansive story and overall quality of 20 years ago.

[–] bishop-69757 9 years ago

Who do you think grew up on 80's cartoons?
It was older millennials like myself or younger generation Xers. The youngest millennials now are late teens.

[–] wantutosigh 8 years ago

OP mostly likely means generation Z.

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