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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by ellie-jessie-eve » Thu Jul 10, 2014 6:47 am
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by ellie-jessie-eve » Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:43 am
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by buckmana » Sat Jul 12, 2014 4:45 pm
I know Phineas and Ferb is Disney's big thing, but while I enjoyed parts of it, it never really drew me in like the shows that preceded it.
I think the last new (well, newish!) cartoons I watched were SymBionic Titan and MegasXLR.
After seeing the season 1 finale of SBT, I got a bit miffed when I found out that the backstory subplot they'd been working on all season was never going to be resolved!
Thinking about watching Generator Rex, but haven't decided about that yet.
I like the first series of Ben10, but I feel the further iterations aren't as entertaining.
Ben and Gwen were much more interesting as kids, they're not as engaging as teens.
Also, I resent the fact that Gwen went from tomboy to girly girl (judging from appearance).
Considering that many of my favorite live and animated shows have been axed before all the plots were resolved, I'm incredibly cautious about watching something new now.
Basically, I want to be assured that all the story points are wrapped up in a neat little package, all the subplots are finished and the show ends not leaving you feeling like it was incomplete.
If the show ends without the story being finished properly, I'll refuse to even start watching it now.
And I won't even consider it until the final episode has been aired with the series being taken off the channel, so I can find out if the stories were finished or not.
I checked 4 days ago to see what else Disney was offering and it was like ordering a dish of bland, a side of disinterest and a meh to go with it.
Live action kids tv has even less appeal to me, it seems like they're just all following the same formula, get kids and/or tweens to make a sitcom, then fire them when they turn 15-17 and make another one.
I'm vaguely contemplating watching the Thundermans, but haven't decided if I should yet.
The only reasons I looked at it in the first place is I like superhuman stuff and thought the idea of a good girl super living with her evil super brother might be funny.
Not so sure the talking rabbit idea was worth including, that's a gimmick prop usually.
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by IncredigirlVirginia » Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:18 pm
On the other hand I hate Nickelodeon and I hope they burn.
Don't care about Disney channel.
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by MonkeeJuice » Tue Jan 13, 2015 5:47 pm
I blame Anne Sweeney for the demise of Disney Channel. Since the mid 2000's, the channel aired nothing but unentertaining tween crap like The Suite Life, Hannah Montana, and High School Musical. I really miss Vault Disney.
Nickelodeon's main reason for their downhill is there dependence on SpongeBob which hasn't been spectacular since before the film.
And Cartoon Network is guilty for showing live-action shows.
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by ellie-jessie-eve » Tue Jun 02, 2015 6:12 am
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by buckmana » Tue Jun 02, 2015 2:53 pm
It's an interesting take on the superhuman story, especially Phoebe living with her "evil twin".
Haunted Hathaways is a crossover show with Thundermans now and that's also entertaining to me.
I've seen the first season of Generator Rex and that was also interesting.
But I don't think that show is still in production.
I'm currently looking for Lab Rats, as the few clips i've seen so far are enough to make me want to see it.
The other live action show though (Kickin' It) didn't appeal to me, from what I read about it.
I gather it's all about aesoping and slapstick comedy, I'm uncertain if it has a serious story to go with that.
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by Pixarfan91 » Tue Jun 02, 2015 4:14 pm
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by buckmana » Tue Jun 23, 2015 6:57 am
I think when someone has those 3 reactions, that tells you everything about the quality of the show in question.
I don't know more then the title about the show in question.
I'm actually afraid to do any research on it, in case it turns out to be one of those things you can't unlearn.
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by ellie-jessie-eve » Tue Jun 23, 2015 7:12 am
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by buckmana » Tue Jun 23, 2015 7:15 am
That's as much as I am comfortable with in identifying the show.
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Re: Anyone else thinks kids channels suck today?
by ellie-jessie-eve » Tue Jun 23, 2015 8:32 pm
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