Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Neonivek]

If the average is great then it's probably not best to be judging things by how they compare to the average.

Unless you are attempting to find how beyond exceptional something is.

[Mageziya]

Finished episode 6 of Gravity Falls.


This is what I feared. I WANT MORE.

Well, new episodes every Friday.

Though technically episode 6 was a leak, soooooooo...

In the mean time you can start analyzing the show for secrets.

[Hawkfrost]

Just watched the first episode of it too.
That was surprisingly good actually, especially for something on modern Disney Channel.

Spoiler: First episode thing. (click to show/hide)

My hatred of gnomes led to joy from seeing them getting tossed about like tenpins.

[Glowcat]

Just watched the first episode of it too.
That was surprisingly good actually, especially for something on modern Disney Channel.

imo, it gets better too. Some of its content is very adult in a family friendly shell.

[Sirus]

It's called a "parental bonus", and it's one of my qualifiers for a good cartoon

[Pnx]

Just watched episodes 1-5, there seems to be at least a few culture references in it, like how the convenience store is named "Dusk 2 Dawn" (which might be a reference to the cult vampire movie, or it could be a coincidence).

My friend said one of the episodes has a reference to code 2319 from Monster's Inc (child contamination).

[kaijyuu]

Am I the only one who doesn't give a damn about pop culture references and "adult" jokes?


I don't care what they "sneak past the radar." If there's anything that could be called a "adult bonus" that I like to see, it'd plain, regular old depth. Kids aren't stupid, but they have short attention spans, so simple plots and easy to understand motivations are necessary for most cartoons. What I like is seeing subtle details that emphasize and flesh out these nominally weak plots and characterizations. Stuff a kid might not notice at all. If I can analyze a scene from a cartoon, pointing out all the little things that emphasize the story but aren't necessary and can be missed, and it comes out to be a long list of things, then I've likely got a goddamn awesome cartoon on my hands. Conversely, if all the scenes are extremely straightforward and shove all the details in your face, I've likely got a boring cartoon.

To put it a bit more simply, if the cartoon I saw as a kid and the one I see as an adult are exactly the same, then it's shallow and dull. But if I see different things as an adult, focusing on different details to put a whole new spin on the same story, then it's deep and interesting. The latter stands up to the test of time, the former doesn't.

[Frumple]

I read that and go: "If it makes a good base for fan fiction, it's an excellent cartoon."

Gummi Bears, your civil war and so on stands tall once again.

[kaijyuu]

New quality metric for everything ever: "Is there good fanfiction written for it?"

I can get behind that.

[MrWiggles]

Well, then you should watch Gravity Falls anyhow. Its a very well constructed show with tightly written stories.

And I'm sure there gruncle slash fiction to read by now.

[kaijyuu]

I've seen the 6 episodes available, and am waiting with baited breath for more. No need to recommend that to me


I'm afraid I'm going to have to pass on the slash fiction, though. I'm quite depraved, but not that depraved.

[MrWiggles]

Yea, who really wants to hear terrible jokes during their gay porn.

Like, whats a knob you use to go in and out of the back door?

[penguinofhonor]

Sounds like my Seinfeld slash.

[Reelya]

Any American cartoons which are not kiddy-ish, comedy or superhero-related?

Someone was asking and I could only think of Aeon Flux

[Sirus]

"Superhero" is a broad term. Are you referring specifically to guys in spandex multi-colored suits?