Unpopular Opinions You Hold About Animation

[Avaitor]

I don't know why Boomerang or [as] can't just add Cartoon Planet repeats alongside Space Ghost. Just double up on SG to fill a half-hour and add CP in after a full SG run before you pick them up again.

I don't think too many Space Ghost fans hate Cartoon Planet that much that they would hate that.

[Silverstar]

I don't know why Boomerang or [as] can't just add Cartoon Planet repeats alongside Space Ghost. Just double up on SG to fill a half-hour and add CP in after a full SG run before you pick them up again.

I don't think too many Space Ghost fans hate Cartoon Planet that much that they would hate that.

I'd watch that. Especially if it were the original CP wraparounds and it didn't show the same 5 or 6 cartoons over and over. It would give me a reason to watch Boomerang again.

[Jay L. Corbell]

I can not honestly understand bronies.
  Besides the ones who are just in it for the porn, I will admit that I've fapped to stranger things.

[Avaitor]

You know, I've never really been able to comprehend why hardcore Gargoyles fans go out of their way to say that it's the best thing to ever come out of Disney.

I mean, it's a great show, and I wouldn't say it's overrated at all (Kim Possible is their most overrated series, btw), but the studio had about 70 years of quality stuff being made prior to Gargoyles' release, and has had about another 20 years of good stuff come out ever since. Can you really pinpoint their single greatest work to one TV series and call it a day?

[Spark Of Spirit]

I would agree. It's kind of insulting to narrow down a studio with almost three quarters of a century history to one particular thing that ran in less than five years of it to be the only great thing they've done. That said, it is great, but there are quite a few works that can easily equal or surpass it... even in the TV realm.

[Dr. Insomniac]

He-Man and the Masters of the Universe is a better animated sitcom than the best seasons of The Simpsons.

[Avaitor]

The more I think about it, the more I realize that I don't like Bob's Burgers much at all. I mentioned before that an annoyance of mine in animation is when men attempt to voice the roles of women, but besides that, Bob and Louise are very dull characters, and the kids don't do much for me either.

Every now and then, there's a great joke or two, but it's not worth them.

While catching up on some of the more recent episodes, I think I know what my problem with the show is- I want to like Bob and Linda (I got her and Louise confused? wtf), but the creators want us to like the kids instead. My problem with this is that the kids just aren't likable in any conceivable way.

[gunswordfist]

You don't have to hate a show just because it's popular and you are not a fan of it. I can't get into the new Scooby Doo or Adventure Time but I can see why those shows are popular (I'm assuming Mystery Inc. is popular...and still on air?! I don't have CN anymore.)

[Dr. Insomniac]

Yeah, try telling that to the cheesy one. Also, Tina and Louise are likable. What are you talking about?

[Avaitor]

Louise is a flat psychopath and Tina's too wishy-washy for my tastes.

[Silverstar]

I don't like when hardcore fans of a show say to non-fans of said show, "Anyone who doesn't like this show clearly just doesn't get it". That to me is the ultimate form of condescension. What that translates to in my mind is "My tiny mouse-like brain can't comprehend the notion that someone else doesn't revere this show like I do, and therefore anyone who doesn't worship this show must obviously be a moron".

Just because you're not into something doesn't automatically mean that you're ignorant of it. I've had too many people jump in my face with that whenever I have the unmitigated gall to say that I'm not into a show that they live and breathe. "Oh, you just don't get it!" No, you don't get it, ass-wipe. I understand it fine, I just don't like it.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I don't like when hardcore fans of a show say to non-fans of said show, "Anyone who doesn't like this show clearly just doesn't get it". That to me is the ultimate form of condescension. What that translates to in my mind is "My tiny mouse-like brain can't comprehend the notion that someone else doesn't revere this show like I do, and therefore anyone who doesn't worship this show must obviously be a moron".

That's always terrible justification when people play that card. It's the artist's job to convey their art to the masses, if the masses don't understand it, then it's the artist's fault. If people don't "get it", it's because it wasn't explained well enough.

If you need five people to explain a piece of art to you, then it's poorly made. The explanation has to be obvious on some level.

[gunswordfist]

I don't like when hardcore fans of a show say to non-fans of said show, "Anyone who doesn't like this show clearly just doesn't get it". That to me is the ultimate form of condescension. What that translates to in my mind is "My tiny mouse-like brain can't comprehend the notion that someone else doesn't revere this show like I do, and therefore anyone who doesn't worship this show must obviously be a moron".

That's always terrible justification when people play that card. It's the artist's job to convey their art to the masses, if the masses don't understand it, then it's the artist's fault. If people don't "get it", it's because it wasn't explained well enough.

If you need five people to explain a piece of art to you, then it's poorly made. The explanation has to be obvious on some level.

The hell?

[Spark Of Spirit]

I don't like when hardcore fans of a show say to non-fans of said show, "Anyone who doesn't like this show clearly just doesn't get it". That to me is the ultimate form of condescension. What that translates to in my mind is "My tiny mouse-like brain can't comprehend the notion that someone else doesn't revere this show like I do, and therefore anyone who doesn't worship this show must obviously be a moron".

That's always terrible justification when people play that card. It's the artist's job to convey their art to the masses, if the masses don't understand it, then it's the artist's fault. If people don't "get it", it's because it wasn't explained well enough.

If you need five people to explain a piece of art to you, then it's poorly made. The explanation has to be obvious on some level.

The hell?

The artist's job is to express themselves to the world. If the world doesn't get it, then the artist has failed.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

I don't think that was Silverstar's point at all, though. The point was that you CAN "get" a show (or any other form of art, for that matter) and still not like it. Then some people might say "if you don't like it, then you just don't get it," which is a shitty defense for a show (or, once again, any other form of art).

I pretty much agree with that point. Its OK if you like something and someone else doesn't, but its stupid to automatically assume that the person who doesn't like it doesn't get the subject material.