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South Park is one of the few shows I constantly follow and I've happened to notice a very bothersome issue:
Every guest appearance in the show has the exact same friggen voice.
I didn't notice anything like this in the first seasons, for all I know they still had a crew back then. This cheap production flaw might just have appeared in the last season(s). But how hard is it to hire some different people to voice a character that only makes this one appearance? It's tedious and annoying to hear the same voice again and again, especially when they sound nothing like the celebrity portrayed (like they always address at the beginning of an episode).
South Park shouldn't act as if they're broke; for all we know they are richer than Bill Gates. Get some employment, guys.
What I can't stand is people who do nothing in their life but yammer about the new Cartoon Network.
You usually find them at places like Deviantart and Youtube, where they complain in the comment section of every video or drawing portraying an old Cartoon Network series.
It's understandable that they are upset, especially about the fact that the cartoons they hate has a large fanbase and the cartoons that were part of their childhood are long gone, but they should also realize that the new generation gets raised with these new collection of cartoons; meaning that the children of today will most likely protect these "awful" cartoons when they get replaced in the future by cartoons they'll consider terrible. Just like we all are doing now.
Some fans give me the impression that they just complain for the sake of complaining, and that is why they don't notice when new shows appear that are just like the ones they grew up with. Cartoon Network gets no mercy, but neither gets a chance.
While they scream "ALL THESE CARTOONS ARE LAME, CLASSICS LIKE DEXTER'S LAB AND COW & CHICKEN WERE THE BEST", they blindly walk past "Chowder" and "Flapjack". Some of the 90s watchers say they actually checked these shows out, but still claim they are horrible just like everything else Cartoon Network offers.
Honestly, if you consider Chowder and Flapjack bad, then you obviously didn't like much of the past cartoons either; these are only some of the newer cartoons that are able to give you that good nostalgia feeling. If you didn't like it, you have no right to complain, since these cartoons are in the exactly the same as the first Cartoon Network shows.
Open your eyes or keep your mouth shut.
If you are a person who appreciates cartoons, I am certain you watch Cartoon Network so now and then. And as you noticed, Cartoon Network stopped living up its own name recently. If you zap through a few random children's channels you'll see that most of today's shows are real-life series, rather than cartoons. This wouldn't be so bad if Cartoon Network chose not to follow this mindless craze.
If you knew Cartoon Network's previous state, let's say, around the year 1999, you would be very disappointed now. Most of the cartoons that used to air stopped making an appearance or only air half a second or around the time you're out for work or school. That means people have no other choice but to watch their favourite childhood shows at sites like Youtube, until these shows get taken off by the "owners". I ask you: If there were never any DVD's sold of these shows and Cartoon Network doesn't even air them anymore, where are we supposed to watch them? Preferably on a channel not everybody has, it seems.
Only a few Cartoon Network cartoons got the honour of getting their own DVD, while Nickelodeon seems to give every single one of their garbage their own DVD set.
Now, not only live actio
n series brought this channel down, but also some of the newer "cartoons". I am not saying this because I'm used to the 1999 treats, but because I'm certain about my case; these cartoons are awful. I actually bothered to watch at least two episodes of every new show that randomly appeared on screen.
A few of the most saddest shows I encountered were "Total Drama Island", "Chop Socky Chooks" and "Skunk Fu".
Total Drama Island is basicly real life being animated, or so it tries to be. With other words, useless.
Chop Socky Chooks is the most racist, fucking, lame-ass show with the worst character design I ever laid my eyes on. These bitches are actually supposed to be chickens.
And Skunk Fu is just one of the million cartoons about martial arts. And not even an interesting one.
I am most certainly not implying that all the past cartoons were the best, but at least they had value. Now I have the feeling that the animators of today are messing with us.
I don't want these cheap Flash animations anymore.
Wowzers, did you see that? That fire looks almost real. And golly gee wizz, those eyes are so detailed, they're filled with so much emotion. Omg, so real.
3D animation, alot of people seem to like it because it's so "realistic". But honestly, if people expect it to be; then what's still the use of live action movies and real actors?
I see 3D animation as the upgraded version of 2D animation, though I can't say I can appreciate this upgrade, since it's pretty much being shoved down our throats.
I remember someone saying that Toy Story was one of the first (if not the first) 3D animated features. And it's nice to have, but it's not like the audience demanded it.
How realistic and "difficult" 3D artists may describe their work to be; nothing is harder than 2D animation, since every frame needs to be redrawn and recoloured each and every single time. And because of this great effort artists put in it, handdrawn animation simply has a higher spot in my heart than 3D.
3D artists only have to design one character and then the computer makes it move. Again, how beautiful this character may look, it's cheap animation. Of course I do like some 3D movies, since story, music and voice acting quality also plays a part in my judgement. I am not that shallow. But when we just take a look at all the the 3D movies that were made, you often see a resemblance; the biggest being these exaggerated, over-detailed, shiny eyes.
Almost every character, whether it's human, animal, or a friggen car, has these huge idiotic eyes. It's like I'm watching anime.
It's save to say Pixar does a good job in story
and characters. Dreamworks does quite alright too, but has a scary habit of portraying their characters on the cover of their videos/DVD's in quite a resembling fashion.
It's called the "Dreamworks Face" and it's this face that feeds my general hatred for 3D animation even more. I noticed 3D characters making this face alot, though I didn't quite realise that Dreamworks is pretty much the only one doing it.
In case you don't have a clue what I'm rambling about, these are the features:
The character..
- Has a crooked smile
- Has one eyebrow raised and one eyebrow down
Even people who live in a cave would know what I'm talking about. Most likely Dreamworks does this to give their characters this "cool look", but meanwhile failed to see that their past 30 movies basicly had the same cover.
What is with this asshole?
Have you ever paid any attention to the clothes stores sell for girls? It's terrible.
Even for toddlers they make the worst clothing; if it's not pink, then it's slutty.
Can someone tell me, what is the use of selling bikinis for 4 year old girls? These little sprouts have no breasts whatsoever, and neither do they have a figure to show off with. And they most certainly would not be interested in doing so. They're children.
Hip pants, small tops and high heels are not suitable clothing for the young and innocent.
This was the idea of some horny adults who thought it was a good idea to dress small children like teenage girls. Personally it sickens me to see toddlers dressed up like prostitutes, but I put most of the blame to their parents.
Like I mentioned at the start, it's not only slutty clothing that makes me hurl, but also this overdose of pink. I know pink somehow became the trademark-colour for girls, but it also sets up a terrible stereotype. As if girls can't like anything else and are cuddly and weak, just like this despicable Barbie colour. You think I'm exaggerating? Then tell me how cool and masculine you'd feel when wearing a pink dress. Or just pink jeans.
South Park shouldn't act as if they're broke; for all we know they are richer than Bill Gates. Get some employment, guys.
