There's absolutely nothing to whine about this week. At all. I'm stunned.
However, do check ytmnd.com!
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Sunday, December 04, 2005
Today's Cable...What a Shame....
Geez, I've been so busy, I realized that I can't post every day at all. So therefore, I have decided to post on a twice-a-week basis to give myself some breathing room for some of my other, er, projects. And relationships. And possibly angry budgies who believe it is their sole right to glide about my home, chew up my walls and furniture, and poop every fifteen minutes (on average for their species, anyway) on important documents. They need so much attention. Ugh.
Just to get that out of the way.
Onto today's topic: why today's children's networks suck so badly.
Cartoon Network I once respected completely. I mean, they even ran Looney Toons back then. The good ones by Friz Freeling and Chuck Jones and the stuff by Tex Avery. Those actually had quality invested in them. The old Scooby Doo, The Adventures of Captain Planet, and even the Pirates of Dark Water. What happened to these?
Now we have some of the most impotent garbage I have ever witnessed. If CN ever crashes, I only want these shows to survive: The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, IGPX, possibly Code Lyoko, and Ed, Edd, and Eddy. These can actually garner, oh, I don't know, actual maturity and respect. (Seriously, you know you laugh at Billy and Mandy. It rocks.)
The real reason, anyway, that these networks are being such morons about their programming is because they want to appeal to a whole mass market as well as advertise to future consumers. Just like NeoPets. That was cool, until every freaking name brand chain of stores found it. Now, everything there is nothing more than "cool" surveys and brand name, for the love of God, in-game items. Where is the sense in having NAME BRAND ITEMS in your inventory?! Why?! Do you five-year-olds even know what a McDonald's even IS?! Or the GAP?!
CN wants to attract the largest base of customers possible, but at the cost of older consumers who would'nt even respond to really lame commercials for so-called video games. A lightgun hooked to your TV which does not feature quick-reload or the words Time Crisis II on the start menu a video game does not make. You cheap, name brand imitations, with your fancy girl's life sim. You can also do the same thing, kiddies, for obviously a much lower price. Write a freaking book.
I rest my case.
Just to get that out of the way.
Onto today's topic: why today's children's networks suck so badly.
Cartoon Network I once respected completely. I mean, they even ran Looney Toons back then. The good ones by Friz Freeling and Chuck Jones and the stuff by Tex Avery. Those actually had quality invested in them. The old Scooby Doo, The Adventures of Captain Planet, and even the Pirates of Dark Water. What happened to these?
Now we have some of the most impotent garbage I have ever witnessed. If CN ever crashes, I only want these shows to survive: The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, IGPX, possibly Code Lyoko, and Ed, Edd, and Eddy. These can actually garner, oh, I don't know, actual maturity and respect. (Seriously, you know you laugh at Billy and Mandy. It rocks.)
The real reason, anyway, that these networks are being such morons about their programming is because they want to appeal to a whole mass market as well as advertise to future consumers. Just like NeoPets. That was cool, until every freaking name brand chain of stores found it. Now, everything there is nothing more than "cool" surveys and brand name, for the love of God, in-game items. Where is the sense in having NAME BRAND ITEMS in your inventory?! Why?! Do you five-year-olds even know what a McDonald's even IS?! Or the GAP?!
CN wants to attract the largest base of customers possible, but at the cost of older consumers who would'nt even respond to really lame commercials for so-called video games. A lightgun hooked to your TV which does not feature quick-reload or the words Time Crisis II on the start menu a video game does not make. You cheap, name brand imitations, with your fancy girl's life sim. You can also do the same thing, kiddies, for obviously a much lower price. Write a freaking book.
I rest my case.
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