to bring up anime again, even less successful anime can run for a time that it breaktaking by American standards, because our industry doesn't encourage long runners in the same way.
That used to be true, but not so much anymore. Ongoing long running anime are a real rarity now; most of the newer franchises stick to a 12 or 13 episodes format, and while several reach a second season of that, it's very unlikely to get a fourth season and beyond.
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Too bad people hate you if you admit to liking those kind of shows - usually for good reasons, like holding the industry in general back, or worse, encouraging the further creation and continuation of crap (that earns everyone's ire!).
In short - we can have only perfection. OR ELSE blood will be shed.
Even if I had different face, I AM STILL DISGRACED.I don't really have anything against Totally Spies, just that it's writing and animation issues are noticeable. Several of Marathon's show's are like that: I like Martin Mystery, but holy hell does it have its problems.
I will admit, I enjoyed watching Totally Spies when it was on TV, but only insofar as there was nothing else on at the time and I was young and stupid. Looking back, I don't think it's awful, but...it's got issues. Still fun in a cheesy, So Bad, It's Good kind of way, but not the kind of thing where I can understand its huge fandom.
Insert witty 'n clever quip here.I don't remember if I liked Totally Spies as a kid or not (it's been years since I've seen any show on Miguzi that's not Teen Titans and maybe TMNT)
"There's no such thing as a perfect show, but we need cartoons that are of high quality and have a lot of effort put into it."
To quote/paraphrase Mr. Enter:
"Children who watch crap, will become adults who watch crap."
We need more shows that actually have effort put into (thankfully we have a few now: Friendship is Magic, Adventure Time, Gravity Falls, Korra, and Steven Universe are the most liked western animated cartoons nowadays).
I also agree with him that just because kids like a show, doesn't mean that it's a good show.
Anyways, I don't wanna see a teenager PPG show because it's kinda easy to screw up writing teenagers.
AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!Okay, so where do The Powerpuff Girls fall on this sliding scale of quality vs likability?
Whoa there cowboy, Spongebob use to be a bloody awesome show, I don't think that qualify as cheap or poorly written (the earlier episodes anyway.)
And most those show are classic, weren't those icons back in the day? Those for sure would get there own movies someday. Besides I was mostly referring to modern than the past.
edited 14th Aug '14 1:08:47 PM by AfroWarrior27
Nah, brah, Spongebob was never good.
Oh, and for the record, I never liked Harry Potter either. Not related to this thread, just throwing that out there.
edited 14th Aug '14 1:29:45 PM by Odd1
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They were, but you did ask examples of shows that were made on the cheap yet got successful movies anyway. Spongebob is an example of having been poorly written (but not cheap, as far as I know) for a while yet still being popular and money-making enough to get a movie, and another upcoming movie on top of that.
I've been hearing rumors of Total Drama getting a movie too.
edited 14th Aug '14 2:12:53 PM by KnownUnknown
It did, on CN 2-3 years ago.
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Kinda true, I used to watch a lot of crap as a kid/middle schooler that I can't stand as a high schooler. Like the Diary of a Wimpy Kid movies aged horribly against my updated film watching standards.
Some other examples:
The Big Bang Theory
Family Guy
Modern Family
Sonic X
As far PPG on the sliding scale: I think it's slightly more likability.
AAAAUUUUGGGHHHH!!!!It seems there is some resistance to my idea of a series of PPG teens. I guess I should explain my idea. I got it from reading one of the reviews on this site about the PPG special saying something along the lines of "you don't restart a series that's been over for more than a decade unless you've either been suddenly inundated with new stories to tell, or you've got the opportunity to take things in a new direction". Well Dance Pantsed shows that they are now out of ideas with the current format so it is time to take things in a new direction.
How different would this new direction be? Making the girls older would allow for new stories dealing with the issues of their new age. We could also use a more realistic animation style, perhaps something similar to Fusion Fall animation style? Make the episodes 22 minutes so issues can be tackled in more depth. The tone would be similar to the original series, mostly silly be with the occasional serious/dark episode thrown in. Also, keep the story format episodic, the PPG never struck me as the kind of show that would work well with a story arc.
Now, as for some stories involving an older PPG, let me toss out a few ideas:
Anti-Heroines: The PPG attend a summit for the World Superhero Association. They expect to deal with Major Glory and his jerkassery but what they find instead is much worse. Major Glory has been kicked out and the World Superhero Association is run by dark and edgy anti-heroes who spend more time wangsting than fighting crime. After getting mocked for being too light hearted, not having a traumatic back story, and being well liked by the city they protect, the girls attempt to renovate themselves as dark and edgy anti-heroes who respect no authority. This episode could be considered a metaphor for teen rebellion, although the whole thing would be played for comedy.
Wrath: The girls are on a school field trip, only for the bus to break down in the middle of nowhere. The girls try to fly to help, only to mysteriously keep ending up back at the bus. Worse, something is attacking the students, leaving them traumatized wrecks repeating madness mantra. This is all the work of a former student, a bullied girl who disappeared a year ago after getting pranked on prom night but has not returned, having developed telekinesis and limited telepathy (the ability to project nightmarish illusions into people's minds) and now seeking revenge on her tormentors. This episode is a homage to horror/slasher movies, and the villain an expy of Carrie. This will be a dark episode, in the same tone as 'Speed Demon' from the original series.
Puffing Bad: The girls suspect that their school chemistry teacher, 'Mr Might', is manufacturing and selling drugs under the alias 'Isenburg' and attempt to shut him down. Unfortunately, 'Isenburg' proves to be a much bigger threat than originally thought when he uses his chemistry knowledge to manufacture Antidote X, then infects the girls with it and attempts to murder them in their weakened state.
Do I really need to tell you what this episode is a homage to?
Monarch of the Darkness: PPG/Dexter's lab crossover. Mandark, under the alias the Monarch of the Darkness, is causing chaos in Townsville by hacking into the cities infrastructure, causing road accidents, pile ups and black outs for his own amusement. The girls can't fight him because they can't find where the hacking is coming from, so they enlist the help of Dexter, who can pinpoint Mandark's location, enabling the girls to fight through a wave of Mandark's robots and apprehend the trouble maker. It was strongly implied in the original show that Dexter's lab and the PPG existed in the same universe so I figure it only makes sense to make a crossover episode.
And that's just a few ideas of the top of my head. I'm sure professional writers could come up with more.
edited 11th Dec '14 2:33:25 PM by privilegedwhiteguy
There's just one problem; PPG was NEVER MEANT to be dark and edgy. If this new series is going to take itself into a new route, so be it. I wouldn't even mind if the series is basically just one-upping Teen Titans go or Sonic Boom, making the girls more of a Slice of Life adventure, with fight scenes in small doses. Hell, the only thing that bugs most fans is just the art style(IMHO, it's experimental and cool, but it looks like a DA teen drew The Powerpuffs in the style of Parappa The Rapper)but that's just based on opinion, and mabey they can smooth it out once the series starts.
Dakota's blog An odd agent of justiceI'm not sure where you got the idea that I wanted PPG to be dark and edgy. I said that it would be in the same tone as the original, mostly humorous but with the occasional serious episode thrown in. I did mention an idea for an episode involving the PPG attempting to renovate themselves as dark and edgy anti-heroines, but it would be played for laughs.
As for Dance Pantsed, I didn't like it. The art style of the original doesn't look good in CGI, the animation was off, everyone seemed to be out of character, and the premises was dated (a dance dance revolution parody, in this 2002?). I don't think a series based on it would be a good idea.
edited 20th Nov '14 1:48:28 AM by privilegedwhiteguy

Guys, guys, guys, isn't there a point that's being missed here?
Even if the writing is garbage. Even if the animation is cheap. People can still enjoy such works anyway.