Watched old school GIjoe cartoons today

[shimmy2]

Highly entertaining, very racist, yet still the best thing I watched all day. I think I had a great childhood, cartoons had nuts, men were men, women were women, and I just feel bad for the crap my kids have to watch

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v1394370T5GecDRq

 

[domshooter]

exactly. im buying all the good cartoons from the 80's and 90's on DVD when i have kids. theyre not gonna watch any of the crap thats on these days

 

[Moonchild22]

You know, I must confess, I've been watching that show again.
My brother and I used to watch it as kids of the 80's.
My brother was more into Transformers than I was, and I was more into Masters of the Universe than he was (I've always liked swords and sorcery stuff. Yes, I'm a bit of a nerd - yet I was never into Dungeons and Dragons...go figure).
But G.I. Joe was the show we both liked. Funny though - So much gunfire (or..sorry...laser fire), and explosions - yet no one ever died. What a message to send, eh?
I made the same observation about The A-Team. Remember that? So much gunfire and explosions, but no one ever died. Yet, one bad word or too much nudity and look out!

Some channel called hub shows the old Transformers and G.I. Joe episodes at Midnight/11:00pm Central on weeknights.
Apparently there's also a newer version of both shows but I wouldn't watch it. It would just be wrong.

 

[Master Roshi]

Highly entertaining, very racist, yet still the best thing I watched all day. I think I had a great childhood, cartoons had nuts, men were men, women were women, and I just feel bad for the crap my kids have to watch

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/animation/watch/v1394370T5GecDRq

did you get to the episode where Snake Eyes is break dancing in a blond wig while Shipwreck and his parrot watch

 

[lurkingdirk]

Know who else likes G.I. Joe? 'Specially in the tub?

 

[jod0565]

Johnny Quest.

 

[zell]

Find and watch G.I. Joe:Resolute.It's fucking awesome in a way that the original could never have been.

 

[DJCowboy]

:1orglaugh:1orglaugh

 

[Ulysses31]

I would strongly recommend Ulysses31, the complexity of the storylines was unbelievable as it was aimed at kids but it sure as hell broadened my horizons. It was surprisingly gritty, dark and depressing with the overwhelming sense of a futile struggle, a bit like the first Terminator movie.




Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors was also fantastic

 

[busaguy79]

Yeah if we can have the story lines and dialouge of the 80's and early 90's cartoons with todays animation the world would be a better place!!

 

[LaLiLuLeLohan]

Racist? I don't agree. There were some stereotypes applied (Black guy who rhymes everything and the Japanese ninja who speaks like Charlie Chan), but what's "racist"? I think we have let that word become anything that isn't universally beloved by all.

Anyway, I loved the old cartoons, but just the other day I witnessed the most current incarnation. It was on one of the 100+ Cartoon Network channels. It was all flash and cell shading. There was the Baroness (now called Natasha something) but no Destro or Cobra Commander.

Sad shit. Zartan is rolling over in his grave. Right next to Tomax and Xamot (Cobra buried in threes).

Cobra-la-la-la-la-la-la laLiLuLeLohan

 

[fallacy]

Why kid ourselves? It’s crap.

 

[meesterperfect]

I love so called racist cartoons.
just because a cartoon makes fun of some group that aint white doesnt make it racist.
its funny , thats why its a cartoon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WZ5CQzKPdk


btw, i though 80's cartoons weren't that good, thats when they started cheating and using computers.

 

[LaLiLuLeLohan]

I love so called racist cartoons.
just because a cartoon makes fun of some group that aint white doesnt make it racist.
its funny , thats why its a cartoon.

That's fine, but GI Joe doesn't even fit that.

80s cartoons, if anything, made an effort to include various races and ethnicities. They were clumsy about it compared to today's standards, but where is the racism?

I see more "racism" in shows like The Walking Dead where the main black character is called T-Dog or modern cartoons like Dora the Explorer...where Dora is forced to pick strawberries and send a thousand dollars in cash back to Juarez each month...or else her family will be forced to act as suicide bombers for the Pakistani Jihadis. Now that's racist!

Wait, repeat that question please?

 

[meesterperfect]

I meant todays standards suck, pre circa 1980 were much better with some exceptions.

 

[LaLiLuLeLohan]

I meant todays standards suck, pre circa 1980 were much better with some exceptions.

I don't know if kids even watch cartoons these days. But if they do, they must be watching the Cartoon Network. And, no apologies from me, the Cartoon Network toons are fucking gayer than gay dudes fucking.

http://fun140.com/polls/9865-favorite-total-drama-island-character-/take

Can you imagine watching that shit during your childhood Saturday mornings??

 

[meesterperfect]

exactly, cartoons today are soft, including the ones at the cinema.
i've seen kids watching them too and they turn into zombies, kind of spaced out or medicated like.
most cartoons are gay today, generic, no personality .......but not spongebob, he's still got the right idea