History Blog / JohnKStuff

* EqualOpportunityOffender: In "I'll Leave This to Mike to Answer--and Anyone Else", John states that comedians and cartoonists should do this and that everybody should be a comedic target, and that this is a big reason [[PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil why Political Correctness is so toxic to comedy.]]

* PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil: The blog has a ''very'' libertarian slant to it, as John believes modern cartoons suffer badly from political correctness, also pointing out the double standard of this kind of people having a HolierThanThou mindset towards the people they consider offensive. In "I'll Leave This to Mike to Answer--and Anyone Else", he wrote a lengthy response to someone accusing a vintage "Injun Orange" flavor of the defunct Funny Face drink mix brand of having racist intentions.

* BrokeTheRatingScale: In his review of ''Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs'', he gives the film an even zero rating, and notes that [[DamnedByFaintPraise it is a higher rating than he will give to other contemporary animated features]], which he would rate thousands of negative points.

* ArtEvolution: The three "Rise and Fall of Construction in Cartoons" posts discuss Disney's evolution in art from the late 20s up to the 30s, 40s and 50s. "Evolution of Macaroni" gives a more general picture of how [[RubberhoseLimbs rubberhose animation]] from the old cartoon studios evolved over time.

* UncannyValley: [[invoked]]

* BadassNormal: In "Wayne Boring's Superman", John talks about how ComicBook/{{Batman}}--a costumed superhero with no powers at all--is almost as ridiculous as Superman (who he considers a very preposterous character as is) because we are expected to believe we can't kill someone like him, and pointing out how the character is beloved ''[[NecessaryWeasel because]]'' [[NecessaryWeasel of this preposterous element]].

* CausticCritic: John K pulls absolutely '''no''' punches when it comes to [[BrutalHonesty ripping into the flaws of other works or taking potshots at other studios]] for not living up to his extremely high standards--and what ''does'' live up to his standards usually consists of a very small and narrow pool of animation and comics, usually consisting of classic movies and TV shows. Ironically, he will also rip into something he likes just as hard--for example, he is a diehard fan of early Hanna-Barbera for elements such as their great design, colors and characters, but he feels the cartoons were too conservative to live up to their full potential, and he also rips into them for their terrible stories and incredibly slow pacing, and he tears apart their works made after the mid-60s for throwing out the good elements of their earlier cartoons. Not even his own productions are safe from this - he constantly advises people not to look at ''Mighty Mouse'' or ''Ren & Stimpy'' as inspiration, and he looks at ''The Ripping Friends'' and ''The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil'' with almost as much contempt as his stint at Filmation.

* CausticCritic: Let's put it this way, John's critiques make ''Creator/HarlanEllison'' [[note]]himself being infamous for his at times tactless and strongly opinionated critiques[[/note]] come off as a children’s picture book. John K pulls absolutely '''no''' punches when it comes to [[BrutalHonesty ripping into the flaws of other works or taking potshots at other studios]] for not living up to his extremely high standards--and what ''does'' live up to his standards usually consists of a very small and narrow pool of animation and comics, usually consisting of classic movies and TV shows. Ironically, he will also rip into something he likes just as hard--for example, he is a diehard fan of early Hanna-Barbera for elements such as their great design, colors and characters, but he feels the cartoons were too conservative to live up to their full potential, and he also rips into them for their terrible stories and incredibly slow pacing, and he tears apart their works made after the mid-60s for throwing out the good elements of their earlier cartoons. Not even his own productions are safe from this - he constantly advises people not to look at ''Mighty Mouse'' or ''Ren & Stimpy'' as inspiration, and he looks at ''The Ripping Friends'' and ''The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil'' with almost as much contempt as his stint at Filmation.

* CausticCritic: Let's put it this way, John's critiques make ''Creator/HarlanEllison'' [[note]]himself being infamous for his at times tactless and strongly opinionated critiques[[/note]] [[UpToEleven come off as a children’s picture book]]. John K pulls absolutely '''no''' punches when it comes to [[BrutalHonesty ripping into the flaws of other works or taking potshots at other studios]] for not living up to his extremely high standards--and what ''does'' live up to his standards usually consists of a very small and narrow pool of animation and comics, usually consisting of classic movies and TV shows. Ironically, he will also rip into something he likes just as hard--for example, he is a diehard fan of early Hanna-Barbera for elements such as their great design, colors and characters, but he feels the cartoons were too conservative to live up to their full potential, and he also rips into them for their terrible stories and incredibly slow pacing, and he tears apart their works made after the mid-60s for throwing out the good elements of their earlier cartoons. Not even his own productions are safe from this - he constantly advises people not to look at ''Mighty Mouse'' or ''Ren & Stimpy'' as inspiration, and he looks at ''The Ripping Friends'' and ''The New Adventures of Beany and Cecil'' with almost as much contempt as his stint at Filmation.

* PoliticalCorrectnessIsEvil: The blog has a ''very'' libertarian slant to it, as John believes modern cartoons suffer badly from political correctness, also pointing out the double standard of this kind of people having a HolierThanThou mindset towards the people they consider offensive. In "I'll Leave This to Mike to Answer--and Anyone Else", he wrote a lengthy response to someone accusing a vintage "Injun Orange" drink of having racist intentions.

* TastesLikeDiabetes:[[invoked]] A big factor in why he's so alienated by Disney and their followers. He finds their films so [[RealMenHateAffection unmasculine]], sentimental and sappy that he says there isn't any Disney film that doesn't make him want to reach for the fast forward button.

** He isn't a fan of live-action movies doing this either. In "Funny Pathos vs Cheap Trick Pathos- Ralph Has Remorse", he singles out ''Film/ETTheExtraTerrestrial'' as an example of a film using trick pathos to elicit an audience response. In general, he loathes Creator/StevenSpielberg and Creator/GeorgeLucas for similar reasons as he does Disney, mainly for what he sees as them having a cynical, insincere and manipulative "Take my cake and eat it too" attitude towards [[OscarBait eliciting serious audience emotion with emotional trip-wiring and pandering]] in films with [[TastesLikeDiabetes trite or]] [[SophisticatedAsHell lowbrow content.]]

** PlayedForLaughs in "Solid Drawing Preview", where he jokes about [[WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet Jim Hawkins]] being in love with John Silver ([[IncestIsRelative and his mom as well]]).

* MumLooksLikeASister: PlayedForLaughs In "Solid Drawing Preview", where he takes a potshot at ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'', joking about Jim being conflicted on whether he should marry John Silver or [[IncestIsRelative his mom]] (who he claims looks the same age as Jim).