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Like the Decline of Gaming
https://superflashbros.net/2009/02/22/decline-of-video-gaming/
We are having a Decline..... in ANIMATION!
First off, this is similar to what the nostalgia critic pointed out in his video of "Why do we love stupid?"
I want to push this a little further to better understand it.
I don't have a lot of examples to literally point or give out, so I'm trying to stick with what I do know.
TEEN TITANS GO!
The biggest one I want to point out is Teen Titans Go. A cartoon that is directed at preteens and teenagers. The cartoon is so random and disorganized, it seems like the current director for the show is picking topics at random, picking 1-5 of the titans, and putting them into a mixer with their writers to see what it flushes out.
The show has no straight-line story for the characters to follow and there really isn't a recurring villain to give them any issues or any arc where they tackle the villain. You get the H.I.V.E. time to time, but it doesn't exactly work for story nor any character development. A few of the romance scenes seem forced and nothing is permanently adapted nor do they choose to learn from any past experiences.
There's probably a lot more I'm missing, but I'm giving minor examples. Anyone else can fill in the empty spaces if they prefer.
Star vs. The Forces of Evil
This show I've seen online several times. They've established a main villian, Star's purpose to stay on earth, side kick and so on. It's very, unexpectedly random, though it seems to work in favor to keep a story moving. It's the choices made to develop the stories I'm picking at next. The whole birthday party episode where Star decides to attend a party, they get on a bus and their main villian, Ludo attacks. The objective being to drive the entire bus through a portal to capture Star; a plan that can fail in more numerous ways than one. It doesn't even show how Ludo figured out there was a party going on to even devise a plan.
Though I guess I'm nit picking, it seems the random and the unexpected is what this purely rides on.
It feels like cartoons are following a default to purely rely on randomness and the unexpected to keep hold of the audiences attention and they continue to dumb down this aspect for cheap laughs, becoming lazy and no longer relying on smart writing. The stories have a jumbled feeling to where it's not straight forward.
There is a demographic I can understand who continue to watch it like such; though it feels...stupid.
Anyone else have anything to add to this list and point out a problem?
https://superflashbros.net/2009/02/22/decline-of-video-gaming/
We are having a Decline..... in ANIMATION!
First off, this is similar to what the nostalgia critic pointed out in his video of "Why do we love stupid?"
I want to push this a little further to better understand it.
I don't have a lot of examples to literally point or give out, so I'm trying to stick with what I do know.
TEEN TITANS GO!
The biggest one I want to point out is Teen Titans Go. A cartoon that is directed at preteens and teenagers. The cartoon is so random and disorganized, it seems like the current director for the show is picking topics at random, picking 1-5 of the titans, and putting them into a mixer with their writers to see what it flushes out.
The show has no straight-line story for the characters to follow and there really isn't a recurring villain to give them any issues or any arc where they tackle the villain. You get the H.I.V.E. time to time, but it doesn't exactly work for story nor any character development. A few of the romance scenes seem forced and nothing is permanently adapted nor do they choose to learn from any past experiences.
There's probably a lot more I'm missing, but I'm giving minor examples. Anyone else can fill in the empty spaces if they prefer.
Star vs. The Forces of Evil
This show I've seen online several times. They've established a main villian, Star's purpose to stay on earth, side kick and so on. It's very, unexpectedly random, though it seems to work in favor to keep a story moving. It's the choices made to develop the stories I'm picking at next. The whole birthday party episode where Star decides to attend a party, they get on a bus and their main villian, Ludo attacks. The objective being to drive the entire bus through a portal to capture Star; a plan that can fail in more numerous ways than one. It doesn't even show how Ludo figured out there was a party going on to even devise a plan.
Though I guess I'm nit picking, it seems the random and the unexpected is what this purely rides on.
It feels like cartoons are following a default to purely rely on randomness and the unexpected to keep hold of the audiences attention and they continue to dumb down this aspect for cheap laughs, becoming lazy and no longer relying on smart writing. The stories have a jumbled feeling to where it's not straight forward.
There is a demographic I can understand who continue to watch it like such; though it feels...stupid.
Anyone else have anything to add to this list and point out a problem?