Reviews for When Cartoons Go Bad

Reviews For: When Cartoons Go Bad

writersk 2007-10-28 ch 1,	abuseYou know I sometimes watch the cartoons you mention(I'm 15), and I never actually thought about it that way. And I do think that some cartoons need to be changed. Like, Johnny Bravo. That damn show should be for teenagers. All that idiot does is flirt with girls and watch girls in swim suits. You should have mentioned that in your essay. And Billy and Mandy is just a joke. I don't think even kids who can understand the cartoon will take it seriously. Although, sometimes it gets too disgusting. Foster's home for imaginary friends, is just a fun to watch cartoon. With all different types of friends. Even though Blue is very shellfish, aren't most kids anyway? It's in their nature. I agree with most of your opinions. And man, do I love The Simpsons! It is hilarious.
NathanDavis 2006-12-25 ch 1,	abuseYou make some good points. I have to say I agree with a good bit of what you say. And though I disagree with what you say, I will deny, to your death, your right to say it. Just kidding. Now begins the spamming: please review some of my stuff.
Lady Glass 2006-12-23 ch 1,	abuseFirst, let me just say I don't watch South Park. I've never been interested in the show, I think it's absolute crap and not because it's offensive, although it can be but what "adult cartoons" aren't offensive most of the time? I just think it's a stupid show and it's never caught my attention. With that said, I think we underestimate children's ability to seperate real good morals and a funny joke in their cartoon. My brother, who is now ten, has been watching The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Codename: Kids Next Door, Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends (still one of his favorite shows), and many other Cartoon Network cartoons since he was five, although of course many of the shows have changed as some of them are newer than others, but he is a normal little boy. He's not a troublemaker and is in fact very respectful when around adults, finds fart jokes funny but most little boys do, and is overall normal. The real influence on children is their parents. My brother and I have excellent parents who teach us how to behave properly, teach us what our morals should be, etc. Cartoons are entertainment and children know this. Since I was a kid people have become so paranoid about their children being "abnormal" that they are looking for anything to blame if they think their child is not normal. Currently it's TV (primarily cartoons) and video games. They have medicine for every little thing (such as ADD and ADHD) when really kids a hundred years ago were doing just fine without those things. People get so hyped up when really we were all watching similar things when we were kids, although the jokes and characters were different. Things haven't necessarily gotten worse since we were kids, just fads have changed, different things are funny and so different things seem offensive to us because we didn't grow up with that kind of humor. Much love and BIG KISSES, Steph
Amrun 2006-12-22 ch 1,	abuseI myself have written discourses on this subject, or ones near it. Your point is valid, but you don't prove it very well. You need more than one example from one show, and you need to explain your examples well. I had to read the Billy and Mandy thing about four times, but after I did, I must say that the whole point of the episode was probably to discredit the frat boy mentality and therefore prove wrong everything he said. You need powerful examples, and a couple of them along with your own thoughts. Research, or even personal experiences, showing HOW cartoons influence children would be helpful. Make no statement in an essay that you don't back up. I found the entire discourse on South Park to be tangential. It doesn't really add to your point, because it's not meant for children's eyes anyway. It's also hard for me to take an essay seriously that relies on rich text for emphasis. Essays are more of a formal exercise, and should be treated as such. This piece has potential, but it needs work. Good luck!
Spare Change 2006-12-20 ch 1,	abuseSigh. I'm not sure if I agree with you about the wonders of South Park, but I do agree that it's better than the new cartoons on Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon or even Disney, just because it was meant as something that kids SHOULDN'T watch. The Adventures of Billy and Mandy, (as well as the other cartoons you mentioned), is really a stupid cartoon that should limit its audience for older kids who know better.
Formerly 2006-12-19 ch 1,	abuseThe problems you're talking about would all be solved by halfway decent parenting.
John Westcott 2006-12-19 ch 1,	abuseYour points are all well made. Today's cartoons for kids are horrendous. The only reason TV programmers get away with making this crap is because most parents are more than willing to prop their kids in front of the television for hours on end just to shut them up. I know. I've seen my niece, a normally ebullient child who's a dynamo of energy, suddenly sit down and stay in one place, sucking her thumb contentedly when the television comes on. Parents, lazy that they are, are more than willing to let their children be inundated with horrible messages and endless amounts of violence as long as they get some peace from their children. So, of course, they don't sit down and watch or pre-screen anything on television nowadays. Why bother as long as the little farts shut up? So who's to blame? The television programmers or the parents who allow it to continue, blissfully ignorant of whatever messages their children are getting as long as Little Johnnie stops banging on the pots and pans for a few hours? Of course, shows like South Park, The Simpsons, etc. are not designed for children at all. Many people make the mistake that, because it's animation, it's automatically for kids. Again, a huge mistake on the parent's part. These shows are clearly aimed to and written for adults. Parenting today is no easy task, but one we have to take to heart or our children will be raised by televisions more than by ourselves, and really, all television programming teaches you is what you should buy. Capitalism is a fantastic form of economy, but it makes for a lousy parent.
SapphireIris 2006-12-19 ch 1,	abuseI've noticed this stuff, too. Really, it gets on my nerves sometimes. I'm an avid South Park fan, but in no way would I ever suggest letting little kids watch it. That's why it's on at eleven at night :) I agree with everything, basically. OK, now that opinion is out of the way, I actually think this has a good structure, too. You covered all of your bases and made good counterarguments, too. Very few grammatical errors, and I didn't see any misspellings. I think you may have gone a little crazy with bolding, but that's just me. I just like italics better 'cause they're easier to read :) Eleven on a scale of one to ten. -SapphireIris

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