Trek Thread
- uraniun235
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As for why they haven't done a Trek animated series, I'm not entirely sure. I suspect that they're deathly afraid of being labeled a kids' show; Star Trek has had a huge stick up its ass about itself for a very long time.
- Crazedwraith
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I thought there was one in the works? Post apocalyptic war scenario? Security officer uniforms that looked like they incorporated klingon armour?
Think it died well before the 2009 film though.
Think it died well before the 2009 film though.
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Well animation in America is automatically a kids show no matter what
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doesn't america make family guy and robot chicken and shit?
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- uraniun235
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Yeah it was some goofy post-apocalyptic thing where shit got extreme or something.Crazedwraith wrote:I thought there was one in the works? Post apocalyptic war scenario? Security officer uniforms that looked like they incorporated klingon armour?
Think it died well before the 2009 film though.
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Yeap.Crazedwraith wrote:does america make family guy and robot chicken and shit?
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shows for children. manchildren. about fart boners and 80s references.Crazedwraith wrote:does america make family guy and robot chicken and shit?
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well there's two extremes. Either Simpsons level comedy or kids shit.Crazedwraith wrote:doesn't america make family guy and robot chicken and shit?
No one cared about how much work went into Symbiotic Titan because it's a cartoon
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reminder that first season Simpsons was literally considered dangerously subversive when it first came out
- uraniun235
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you ask anyone of my generation, they can tell you about their friend(s) whose parents absolutely forbade them from watching The Simpsons. sometimes going so far as to freak out when they heard ads for it on the TV when they were in another room.
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yeah . . . my family was one of thoseuraniun235 wrote:you ask anyone of my generation, they can tell you about their friend(s) whose parents absolutely forbade them from watching The Simpsons. sometimes going so far as to freak out when they heard ads for it on the TV when they were in another room.
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holy shit
that just... boggles my mind
that just... boggles my mind
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what? What? What?!uraniun235 wrote:you ask anyone of my generation, they can tell you about their friend(s) whose parents absolutely forbade them from watching The Simpsons. sometimes going so far as to freak out when they heard ads for it on the TV when they were in another room.
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parents are paranoid about cartoons that aren't WB or Disney oh noes
- uraniun235
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I'm not exaggerating in the slightest. One of my friends and one of my cousins was just a "yeah, we don't let him watch The Simpsons", but another one of my friends was exactly as I described. I remember being at his house watching TV, an ad for The Simpsons came on, and immediately his mom started yelling across the house. Nice lady in general but convinced that the show was totally inappropriate for children.
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It was common when it started, we weren't aloud to watch it. My kids can but I hate Marge and Lisa so they usually don't.
Spongebob is better anyways.
Spongebob is better anyways.
- Civil War Man
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We do, however, as uraniun pointed out with the Simpsons, you still get self-appointed moral guardians raging against those cartoon because they are not appropriate for children.Crazedwraith wrote:doesn't america make family guy and robot chicken and shit?
The major assumption they make is that any show that is a cartoon must be targeted towards children, and that only children would watch a cartoon, so a cartoon with
The attitude is not as prevalent as it is today, but you still see it from time to time, and not only from the moral guardians. Animated films can win Oscars, but you will never see one go to a voice actor because voice acting is not considered to be "real" acting, regardless of how skilled the voice actor is.
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I think a lot of that was/is subconcious though.
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Possibly subconscious, but also a bit of inertia. In the US, animated stuff is still predominantly targeted towards children, though a lot will primarily market to children, but include in-jokes for older watchers (like Pixar movies and the WB cartoons from the 90s like Animaniacs).
Cartoons marketed solely towards adults are still relatively rare outside Matt Groenig, Seth MacFarlane, and Adult Swim shows.
Cartoons marketed solely towards adults are still relatively rare outside Matt Groenig, Seth MacFarlane, and Adult Swim shows.
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I had friends who were banned from watching The Simpsons, and playing Doom.Stofsk wrote:holy shit
that just... boggles my mind
I was fucking baffled.
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I think my parents tried to ban the Simpsons for a while on the advice of some other parents but they were pretty relaxed about most things and didn't really supervise our television watching. Of course we had cable on and off (mostly off) through most of the 90s so it's not like I got to watch a lot of tv anyway.
I'm still the guy who doesn't get 90% of Friends, Simpsons, and Seinfeld references.
I'm still the guy who doesn't get 90% of Friends, Simpsons, and Seinfeld references.
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It's okay, Phant. At least 40% of all Simpsons jokes are references to earlier comedies anyway.Phantasee wrote:I'm still the guy who doesn't get 90% of Friends, Simpsons, and Seinfeld references.
Wait, that's not okay. You should at least get those ones.
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and so forth, etc.
also STAR TREK
and so forth, etc.
also STAR TREK
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And the Simpson's stopped being worth watching after season 9 or 10 anyway.D_T wrote:It's okay, Phant. At least 40% of all Simpsons jokes are references to earlier comedies anyway.Phantasee wrote:I'm still the guy who doesn't get 90% of Friends, Simpsons, and Seinfeld references.
Wait, that's not okay. You should at least get those ones.
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when was the simpsons ever worth watching
But yeah, I remember it being considered a very naughty show that was shown on the newly launched satellite channel, that only the coolest of kids had.
But yeah, I remember it being considered a very naughty show that was shown on the newly launched satellite channel, that only the coolest of kids had.
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i'm gonna watch wrath of khan
it's been a while since i've seen it
it's been a while since i've seen it