Mature cartoons

[MichelleHW101]

I was watching tv with my neice who is about 18mths now and I couldn't help but notice how immature the caroons are.  Okay I realize they are for children but I grew up in the 80's where things like He-man, She-Ra, transformers, thundercats etc were on tv.  They had such a maturity to them that no matter how old you were anyone from a kid to their parents could watch it.  What happened to that?  Why did all the cartoons 'dumb down'?  I can barely watch anything without rolling my eyes and thinking 'this is so stupid.'  I know everyone is remaking the old cartoons but maybe if someone came up with a more mature cartoon no one would have to remake the old ones going 'why was that a classic'.

[articx]

Yeah, cartoons have been dumb down. I use to watch an X-Men cartoon in the 90th's and it was about prejudice. The Superhero Squad Show, a newer cartoon made by Marvel, has their famous characters pretty much as parodies of themselves. For examples, Silver Surfer talks with a surfer accent and Hulk is stupid instead of angry.

He-Man had a remake and it was done well. Transformers had a few well made remakes except for the most recent one (I think it was called Transformers animated). I've seen Thunder Cats, and they too are also getting a remake but cannot remember when it will air.

Have you seen Titan A.E.?

[workin4alivin]

i think it's because the roadrunner was always beating up the coyote ... early cartoon were violent, so now they have "soft" cartoons that are beyond stupid. 

[thetotalfool]

I think it's the budget and audience.  Most of the old cartoons were aimed at older kids, and had toy lines to support them.  But modern kids only want computer toys, and small kids are the only ones left who still want toys.

Really sad, IMO.

[lynnc35]

When I went to read this, I thought you were going to say the awful cartoons on cartoon network. Yes, they either make them too immature or too bad for your kids to watch. I think they are getting to where they think they have figured out how kids brains work, well no two kids are alike and not all of them like the what were them things that all piled into a small car, the wiggles, haha. or teletubbies. yuck. my kid watched scoobie doo. I would just stick the tv on boomerang for quality cartoons, and yes, they still play the old ones, and the ones you mentioned.

[Striker6]

I agree with what all of you say.
I don't know what the media companies are thinking.
They have even dumped down the animation quality.

[Striker6]

Even Disney, leaders in animation, have made their cartoons an eyesore for me.
No more visually beautiful cartoons on TV, unless they come from Japan (sometimes).

[articx]

Even Disney, leaders in animation, have made their cartoons an eyesore for me.
No more visually beautiful cartoons on TV, unless they come from Japan (sometimes).

Agreed.

Phineas and Ferb is terrible. It has the Scooby-Doo idea (do the same things in every episode) mixed with stupidity.

[Storm61115]

i have seen shows that were stupid. i would sit there with my 2 yr old niece and i say wtf to come cartoons she wants to watch.

[kangagirl1321]

the preschool shows like the doodles, imagination movers, and the wiggles are stupid.

[sdecaro558]

Adult Swim on Cartoon Network is where all the real cartoons are at - of course, kids can't watch those.  Or at least, they shouldn't.

[Striker6]

Even Disney, leaders in animation, have made their cartoons an eyesore for me.
No more visually beautiful cartoons on TV, unless they come from Japan (sometimes).

Agreed.

Phineas and Ferb is terrible. It has the Scooby-Doo idea (do the same things in every episode) mixed with stupidity.

Yes.
I want to be an animator myself, but I don't want to work for a company that doesn't care about the quality of it's animations anymore. If I'm gonna animate, I want it to look like art. 

[JediJohnnie]

Yeah,He-man's recent  remake was class,but it was canceled after only 2 seasons. 

One of my all time favorite animated series was Flash Gordon by Filmation.It was somewhat "mature" for it's time.(At least the first season) Check it out.