They dont make cartoons like they used to!

[Drichar Deis]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNl3TJ6-RTs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFyE8kLZCMc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6ZSDHvAayw&feature=related

[Hasid Lafre]

I dont recal the first 2 ever being released in the states, my brother even said that we never had cartoons like in the first 2.

We had he man, just about everywhere had he man

[Tom Starkiller]

The second one has Cylon laser sound effects form the original BSG.

The second has Photon Torpedo sound effects form Star Trek.

[SWAT Strachan]

Here's another one for you, remember the good old days...

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Ijzs6_CbvQM

[Draconis Magnus]

I remember Visionaries... and of course He-Man... but who remember Mighty Orbots! There was only one season of it.. but I loved the theme song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gg_jOr0Hjvg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qiFRD0NLzY&feature=related (theme song)

[Hasid Lafre]

I grew up on voltron and was extatic when they brough tit back on CN for the 5am slot but I got to watching it and realized how cheezy it was.

[Angelus Lupus]

Ah, cartoons of my childhood. Another great one that I loved was The Mysterious Cities of Gold (http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=R7puhQpBGrI). Got a spine-tingle of nostalgia when I heard that theme tune years later.

[Drichar Deis]

Classic!

Jayce and the wheeled warriors!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1c1G24GWDg

[Tom Starkiller]

:D

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=hpzFJRAX1dA&feature=related

only ever saw clips of it.

And don't forget Scooby-Doo. (They ruined it with Scrappy :evil: )

[jedi/storm]

Heres another one Galaxy Rangers had the best end tune EVER

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMpsAmWbSJg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvWtI4NZjTI

[Devilstar2k2]

Here's one you guys left out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0BzBFWt8V8


And even though this isn't a cartoon, it is THE best theme song ever (imo)... Well, I dunno... Bosom Buddies was pretty good too. Hrrrmmm... Was I a weird kid? lol...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzEb5IzdcrU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORKyyHBy6JQ

[Draconis Magnus]

Here's one you guys left out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0BzBFWt8V8


And even though this isn't a cartoon, it is THE best theme song ever (imo)... Well, I dunno... Bosom Buddies was pretty good too. Hrrrmmm... Was I a weird kid? lol...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzEb5IzdcrU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORKyyHBy6JQ

OH MAN.. I loved the Greatest American Hero!!! hahahahahaha that was the best theme song! hahahaha thanks guys for taking me for a walk down memory lane... hahahah 80's RULED!

[B5813]

G-Force... from the early to mid 80's...

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Oh wow, what a trip down memory lane! Thanks guys!

I loved G-Force! (I had a crush on Princess.:oops:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWMY4U1g4pg

I've heard that it's available on DVD. I don't know if it's true or not, but I heard that the original Japanese version was very racy, and Cheop swore all the time. When they translated it into English, they made him stutter to account for the extra lip movements.

You're right, they don't make 'em like they used to!

Edit to add: I just looked on Ebay. Yep, they have G-Force on DVD. May have to get those...

[X]

Silverhawks
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzAQu23t19A

and of course Thundercats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Qd_IsxgAf8

these were two of my fav. I read somewhere that they're making a live action Thundercat movie for 2010

[Barmic Rin]

All I can say is:

"This is 29, Acacia road...."

Oldschool Brits will know the rest!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNknWT-agT0


And This!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwH1taatvyM&feature=related

[Leigh]

All I can say is:

"This is 29, Acacia road...."

Oldschool Brits will know the rest!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNknWT-agT0

How could you!!!

G force = Superb,
but I also kind a liked:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxXH_CBrj2A

[Barmic Rin]

That one goes without saying, though I always wondered why Prowl was the first to go down in a firefight.....

He's one of Prime's Top lietenants, yet gets owed every episode!!!!


WWWWHHHYYYY!!!!???!!!!!!!

[Leigh]

Jazz was my favourite

[Obi-Dar Ke-Gnomie]

Not a cartoon, but one of my favorite shows from the 80's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M678PVOf5F0

I always wanted the interactive ship that you could use to fire at the guys at the screen. I think that the strobe triggered epilepsy though, and they pulled them.

[SpectreT65]

Wow, there were a ton of shows that were essentially long commercials for toy lines. I'd forgotten how many.

Personally, I liked the second Voltron that was released in the states, the one that was Dairugger XV in Japan. Not the lions. The Lion Force Voltron was way too corny.

[SWAT Strachan]

And even though this isn't a cartoon, it is THE best theme song ever (imo)...Well I'm now half-way through the first series and rather liking it :mrgreen:. It does look vaguely familiar though, I must have watched it once when I was a kid.

[X]

Obi-Dar I had and probably still do somewhere the chair thing that used to strobe and have this ear piercing sound


Not a cartoon, but one of my favorite shows from the 80's:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M678PVOf5F0

I always wanted the interactive ship that you could use to fire at the guys at the screen. I think that the strobe triggered epilepsy though, and they pulled them.

[Mi Gin Gonn]

speaking of this thread's title, nope, they sure DON'T make 'toons like they used to. long gone are the days of roadrunner and coyote or Tom & Jerry. c'mon..."Aqua Teen Hunger Force?" this is what passes for a cartoon nowdays? blech.

[SpectreT65]

Heh. If Wile E. Coyote could afford all that Acme crap, why didn't he just buy himself dinner? :D

[DarthFender]

I can answer that. He wanted the thrill of the hunt. To quote Dr. Grant from Jurassic Park

"T-rex doesn't want to be fed.. He wants to hunt!"

[DDanDevious]

speaking of this thread's title, nope, they sure DON'T make 'toons like they used to. long gone are the days of roadrunner and coyote or Tom & Jerry. c'mon..."Aqua Teen Hunger Force?" this is what passes for a cartoon nowdays? blech.

awww man, Aqua Teen is awesome. Different strokes for different folks I spose. And really, Aqua Teen isnt a cartoon for kids, like tom and jerry or warner bros cartoons so its kind of odd to compare them to each other.... thats why its on Adult Swim and not prime time cartoon network.

now as for cartoons for the kids, Spongebob is amazingly amazing. I still watch that...

DDD!

[DarthFender]

Ok, then. Compare Woody Woodpecker with The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Man, I hate that show.

[Barmic Rin]

Spongebob BLOODY Squarepants. -There is not enough pot in the world to make me wanna watch this.

Pokemon. - Or 'the beginning of the end' as I like to call it.

Yu Gi Oh! - Why did the kid have a Ray Winstone-esque gruff voice?

Aqua Teen Hunger Force (Okay, Hand Banana was funny, the rest is just dumb)

These are just some of those on my list o' destruction.......

[Mi Gin Gonn]

Ok, then. Compare Woody Woodpecker with The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Man, I hate that show.

right on, mayne. an old girlfriend of mine used to try to get me to watch that crap. feh! the closest anyone's come to making a decent modern-day cartoon (other than Southpark or Beavis and Butthead) was the pilot that Evan Dorkin made a couple years back for the Cartoon Network (which is at youtube if you wanna watch it under "Welcome To Eltingville."
try to see how well you do when two of the characters have a geeky "trivia-off" towards the end.

[Barmic Rin]

That Grim & Mandy started as a one off on 'Cartoon cartoons', right? The same a Dexter & Johnny Bravo. Just random 5min episodes if memory serves.

I liked Dexters labs when it was a one off, then they got the 1st season done, and all was good. The second season just stank.....

Talking of Johnny Bravo....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfgZ1HFK4hU

[Angelus Lupus]

If we're talking about more recent cartoons, I liked Fairly Odd Parents.

[Tom Starkiller]

If we're talking about more recent cartoons, I liked Fairly Odd Parents.

seconded.

and now to fill in the post Grrrrrr...

[Barmic Rin]

Slaps being dished out to you both at the shindig.......

[kazei maru]

Anyone remember ROBOTECH, GI JOE, & TRANSFORMERS? I think the animation artwork was much better on the older cartoons. It had more detail & was more 3 dimensional with shading, etc. Newer cartoons look like kids drew them up. No depth or details.

[SpectreT65]

Superdimensional Fortress Macross was good stuff - Robotech was a hokey shadow. A fun hokey shadow, and one I always looked forward to watching, But I have a hard time watching the American adaptations after I see the Japanese originals. The originals had more mature themes, and while a little goofy, were nowhere near as silly as the Americanized ones. I highly recommend:

Dairugger XV (Vehicle Force Voltron here in the States)
Superdimensional Fortress Macross (The first Robotech series)
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (G Force or Battle of the Planets here in the states - and don't bother looking for 7-zark-7 in the originals, either :D )

[Drichar Deis]

I got a 2 dvd set yesterday with all episodes of visionaries! Chuffed!

[Drichar Deis]

TRAP DOOR!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDs8VMz-cuc

TALE SPIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIl5YwcO72g

[Tom Starkiller]

Rugrats!!!!!!!

[Angelus Lupus]

God, Trapdoor! That takes me back! Ok then, cartoons that define my childhood:

Danger Mouse. (he's the greatest!)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cw2TDna9NYg

Banana Man (has the strength of ten men, ten BIG men!)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TzKzuCmw8Uk

Superted (so cool I had a toy of him)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=mUUGmos_Kg4

Willo the Wisp (that witch used to scare the carp outta me)
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=k86nv1eamOk

There's more, but that'll do for now.

[eastern57]

TALE SPIN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIl5YwcO72g

Duck Tales

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=34Sb0hGUNIQ


C&D Rescue Rangers

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=2e5q6ubDlZE

[kazei maru]

Superdimensional Fortress Macross was good stuff - Robotech was a hokey shadow. A fun hokey shadow, and one I always looked forward to watching, But I have a hard time watching the American adaptations after I see the Japanese originals. The originals had more mature themes, and while a little goofy, were nowhere near as silly as the Americanized ones. I highly recommend:

Dairugger XV (Vehicle Force Voltron here in the States)
Superdimensional Fortress Macross (The first Robotech series)
Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (G Force or Battle of the Planets here in the states - and don't bother looking for 7-zark-7 in the originals, either :D )

I agree on the original Japanese SDF-1 Macross being a much better storyline. The animation was also much better in detail & realism. Nice to know there are fellow Anime fans here.

[Drichar Deis]

Not exactly a cartoon but a major part of my childhood:

http://www.clivebanks.co.uk/Red%20Dwarf%20Intro.htm

"Smeg it!"

"Smoke me a kipper Ill be back for breakfast!"

http://i166.photobucket.com/albums/u94/sidrioswin/Red%20Dwarf/RedDwarfShip.jpg

[DaJoQuim]

I use to watch top cat and tom and jerry.Then there was the flint stones.

[Tom Starkiller]

I use to watch top cat and tom and jerry.Then there was the flint stones.

:D

The Wild Thornberrys.

[Mi Gin Gonn]

I use to watch top cat and tom and jerry.Then there was the flint stones.

Tom and Jerry may have been great, but c'mon, the Flintstones? one of the first of many horrible 'toons, and one of the first to feature "limited animation." same goes for the Jetsons...same cartoon, just with different characters and a different time frame.

anybody wanna talk DECENT cartoons? how 'bout any of the DePatie-Freleng ones from the 60's, 70's, like the Pink Panther, Tijuana Toads, Ant and the Aardvark, or the Blue Racer? Much less the classics like Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies from the 50's or Tom & Jerry.

[DarthFender]

again, don't forget about Woodie Woodpecker and Chilly Willie, Wally Walrus and Buzz Buzzard.

[Drichar Deis]

What a day for reminiscing(?) Ive had, Just watched the whole series of "VISIONARIES-Knights of the magical light" and "TRANSFORMERS-The Movie", ahhhhh......... memorys!