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Check out a lot of children's shows nowadays, just soulless 3D animation.

dorkwood 4y ago
I feel like this is going to result in a generation of adults with absolutely awful taste. Imagine if your favourite childhood show was, like, a poorly animated spiderman-driving-a-car video on YouTube.
- Barrin92 4y ago
  every generation of adults has absolutely awful taste in general. There's a reason the longest running shows on TV are telenovelas. Or my personal favorite, the readers vs board modern library top 100 books (https://i.warosu.org/data/lit/img/0048/55/1399297062273.png https://i.warosu.org/data/lit/img/0048/55/1399297062273.png) People who grew up and want more out of culture will do what they always have done, which is look for alternative media.
- viraptor 4y ago
  A lot of my childhood shows were poorly animated (https://g.denik.cz/35/bd/jc-rumcajs0617_denik-320-16x9@2x.jpg https://g.denik.cz/35/bd/jc-rumcajs0617_denik-320-16x9@2x.jp...) or shot in stop motion with really simple elements. (http://fototeka.fn.org.pl/public/cache3/1-F-3092-5-1291x629.jpg http://fototeka.fn.org.pl/public/cache3/1-F-3092-5-1291x629....) Everyone who watched those is doing fine. Kids shows don't need to be art pieces - they're simple stories.
- seer-zig 4y ago
  I think it might have more to do with the actual content than the animation. A lot of today's trash on youtube that parents leave their kids watch unattended is dangerous, and seems to promote ADD. Thankfully, there are still youtube channels with shows and cartoons we grew up with, so parents can show those to their kids instead of today's trash.
mherdeg 4y ago
The animation in Paw Patrol is kind of awful. Compare with Wonder Pets and it's night and day.
- socialismisok 4y ago
  Plus, at least one of those pups is a class traitor! (It's a joke.)
- thih9 4y ago
  Thanks, I knew nothing about these shows, I just watched 5 minutes of each and it was an experience. Wonder Pets seemed relaxing and amusing to me; there was a song “you have to la-la-la-la-love yourself”. Paw Patrol seemed high dopamine action; with pets either hustling hard to do what a human told them to do, or providing comic relief.
personalidea 4y ago
To be fair, there was a good amount of soulless, cheap animation back in the 80s and 90s too. Human creativity is still fine and kicking, it’s just that the curator/gatekeeper were removed, so parents are left on their own to select shows for their kids. Which sucks if your parents can’t be bothered.
V__ 4y ago
At the same time, there are some absolute gems which I would have loved as a child. Bluey is a work of art, from the animation and stories to the unique score for each episode. The episode "Sleepytime" was the 2nd highest rated tv episode after BBs Ozymandias. Puffin Rock, Trash Truck or Sea of Love also come to mind as great tv shows. There are even still new episodes of Shawn the Sheep coming out, which are hilarious. It's just harder to find high-quality content, when it's so cheap to produce 10x more garbage.

I feel like this is going to result in a generation of adults with absolutely awful taste. Imagine if your favourite childhood show was, like, a poorly animated spiderman-driving-a-car video on YouTube.

Barrin92 4y ago
every generation of adults has absolutely awful taste in general. There's a reason the longest running shows on TV are telenovelas. Or my personal favorite, the readers vs board modern library top 100 books (https://i.warosu.org/data/lit/img/0048/55/1399297062273.png https://i.warosu.org/data/lit/img/0048/55/1399297062273.png) People who grew up and want more out of culture will do what they always have done, which is look for alternative media.
viraptor 4y ago
A lot of my childhood shows were poorly animated (https://g.denik.cz/35/bd/jc-rumcajs0617_denik-320-16x9@2x.jpg https://g.denik.cz/35/bd/jc-rumcajs0617_denik-320-16x9@2x.jp...) or shot in stop motion with really simple elements. (http://fototeka.fn.org.pl/public/cache3/1-F-3092-5-1291x629.jpg http://fototeka.fn.org.pl/public/cache3/1-F-3092-5-1291x629....) Everyone who watched those is doing fine. Kids shows don't need to be art pieces - they're simple stories.
seer-zig 4y ago
I think it might have more to do with the actual content than the animation. A lot of today's trash on youtube that parents leave their kids watch unattended is dangerous, and seems to promote ADD. Thankfully, there are still youtube channels with shows and cartoons we grew up with, so parents can show those to their kids instead of today's trash.

mherdeg 4y ago

The animation in Paw Patrol is kind of awful. Compare with Wonder Pets and it's night and day.

socialismisok 4y ago
Plus, at least one of those pups is a class traitor! (It's a joke.)
thih9 4y ago
Thanks, I knew nothing about these shows, I just watched 5 minutes of each and it was an experience. Wonder Pets seemed relaxing and amusing to me; there was a song “you have to la-la-la-la-love yourself”. Paw Patrol seemed high dopamine action; with pets either hustling hard to do what a human told them to do, or providing comic relief.

personalidea 4y ago

To be fair, there was a good amount of soulless, cheap animation back in the 80s and 90s too. Human creativity is still fine and kicking, it’s just that the curator/gatekeeper were removed, so parents are left on their own to select shows for their kids. Which sucks if your parents can’t be bothered.

V__ 4y ago

At the same time, there are some absolute gems which I would have loved as a child. Bluey is a work of art, from the animation and stories to the unique score for each episode. The episode "Sleepytime" was the 2nd highest rated tv episode after BBs Ozymandias. Puffin Rock, Trash Truck or Sea of Love also come to mind as great tv shows. There are even still new episodes of Shawn the Sheep coming out, which are hilarious. It's just harder to find high-quality content, when it's so cheap to produce 10x more garbage.