80's Cartoons on Netflix!
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Posted on: 2012-05-02 22:00 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
TF: Prime is a pretty good show. The whole MECH thing is a bit overdone, but come on, it's Spike Spiegel as Starscream! And I think he does the character quite well.
I'm happy about Transformers and GI Joe. My kids are watching He-Man, which I watched thirty years ago when I was their age, often on Netflix. I'm looking forward to showing them some of the other stuff from my youth.
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How about a Cobra Roast?
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Originally Posted by Lucky666
LOL ya that was always awesome
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRQvSt7HHVI Skip to 1:10 if you impatient but it's all funny |
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Originally Posted by Forefinger_
I'm happy about Transformers and GI Joe. My kids are watching He-Man, which I watched thirty years ago when I was their age, often on Netflix. I'm looking forward to showing them some of the other stuff from my youth.
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and they have She-Ra too!
You only fail if you give up. - Dana Scully
Time Jesum Transeuntum Et Non Riverentum - Nick Cave
We're not just destroyers, at the same time we can be saviors. - Allen Walker
just ran the pilot episode of Transformers by my son- he approved.
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They usually are. I've picked up all the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles seasons at launch and they become painful after 4. Well, more painful after season 4. The appearance of one off characters, that became toys, never to reappear makes your head spin.|
Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
So I watched all of the G1 series and wow....it was painful. It really was a show to sell toys. Only a few good one-off episodes...the only other good episodes were usually the ones that had a story (ie. it was continued).
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Another one I was disappointed to see was the Super Mario Bros. 3 show. Even as a kid, I knew the Super Mario Bros Super Show was awful, but I had such fond memories of SMB3. I turned it on for my niece and nephew after talking it up for hours and...well...we just turned it off after 2 episodes.
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Speaking of things that haven't stood the test of time.
This will be a flashback for any British people.
Just bought the entire run of Dark Seasons written by Russel T Davies of Dr Who writing fame.
I remember liking it as a kid but watching it back now....ooh has it aged badly, especially due to the fact the first 3 episodes rely on computers from the early 90s, more specifically early 90s laptops...
Mmm love me that cromatic green and black display.
Not to mention the writing, as is usual among British kids shows of the era, is pretty bad, the main character is basically a young Sylvester Mckoy style Dr Who only not as well written (i.e. Obnoxious).
Yeah it just hasn't aged well at all.
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as the bounty of Netflix streaming continues to grow, my rule of thumb has evolved from OMG I loved that show, MUST WATCH! to Let Sleeping Dogs Lie.
In general, but especially in the case of stuff from my childhood and adolescence. For every show that's still fun, there are ten that leave me shaking my head in disbelieving agony that I could ever like something so awful.
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I'm just waiting for them to put up TMNT,Silverhawks, and Thundercats *original* on streaming.
Honestly there are tv shows and films that are not on streaming that just makes me scratch my head as to why they aren't on there yet.
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Beast Machines: great CGI, a bit too much hocus pocus mysticism for a TF show though. That kind of hurt the overall story, imo TF: RID, Armada, Energon, Cybertron, Bayformers Trilogy = W.W.N.S.O.T WE WILL NOT SPEAK OF THIS |
Beast Machines is in the "WE WILL NOT SPEAK OF THIS" category for me
I just hated the whole "you have to be at one with yourself to transform."
Really? REALLY?!? I'm a robot! grr...
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Originally Posted by terrible_deli
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Another one I was disappointed to see was the Super Mario Bros. 3 show. Even as a kid, I knew the Super Mario Bros Super Show was awful, but I had such fond memories of SMB3. I turned it on for my niece and nephew after talking it up for hours and...well...we just turned it off after 2 episodes. |
haha, I remember that show. I used to like it too
*yes I even liked the SMB real life action movie too
* *no I won't watch it again*
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Probably a combination of needing to be remastered/shined up and of course licensing fees.
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Originally Posted by Matthew_Orlock
I'm just waiting for them to put up TMNT,Silverhawks, and Thundercats *original* on streaming.
Honestly there are tv shows and films that are not on streaming that just makes me scratch my head as to why they aren't on there yet. |
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Yeah Beast Machines took a few liberties with TF history, but still the whole be at one thing was basically to focus their willpower to transform given that they were now cyborgs instead of just robots wearing animal skins as it were in Beast Wars. |
Originally Posted by Energizing_Ion
Beast Machines is in the "WE WILL NOT SPEAK OF THIS" category for me
I just hated the whole "you have to be at one with yourself to transform." Really? REALLY?!? I'm a robot! grr... |
As fun as Beast Wars was, the whole thing of them transforming into assorted animals was like "What do get when you combine Micromaster Transformers with upgraded Pretender armor shells?" You get the Maximals and Predacons of the Beast Wars.
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Two cartoons that also haven't aged that well, imo.|
Originally Posted by Nethergoat
as the bounty of Netflix streaming continues to grow, my rule of thumb has evolved from OMG I loved that show, MUST WATCH! to Let Sleeping Dogs Lie.
In general, but especially in the case of stuff from my childhood and adolescence. For every show that's still fun, there are ten that leave me shaking my head in disbelieving agony that I could ever like something so awful. |
Dungeons and Dragons; anytime I see an episode I want to serve that unicorn up on a barbeque and I want to see Ranger punch Cavalier in his face.
The original Masters of the Universe. Some episodes are still good to watch due to the level of story, like the one where Skeletor tricked He-Man into thinking he accidentally killed a bystander in their fight. He-Man returns to Grayskull and I think this was the only time we actually see how he changes back to Adam and then he drops the sword into the abyss.
The 2002 MOTU cartoon is still fun to watch, too bad we never got the third season with Hordak.
I think it and TF: Animated are the only TF series I've cared for past G1. I think I might like TF: Prime if not for the humans in the show.
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