Thread 149221976

I'll start. There's less time between the airing of the first Flintstones episode and the airing of the first Simpsons episode than there is between the airing of the first Simpsons episode and today.

>>149221976 (OP)
My life as a Teenage Robot is over 20 years old. Jenny is no longer a teenager no matter how you look at it.

>>149221976 (OP)
That most if not all child characters (from 90s-00s) would be adults like you and me

>>149222050
Even into the 2010s by now. The CMCs from horseshow would probably be pushing 25 now, and Finn would be 27 if we go by him being 12 in 2010.

>be me
>Eat at diner
>Overhear conversation by some college kids
>The topic turns to Teen Titans adaptations
>They call the 2003 cartoon "the classic show"
>Realize the first episode may well have aired before any of them were born
>Feel like a geezer

I remember when a season for a show was 20+ episodes and there was a new season every year

>>149221976 (OP)
My favorite voice actors are dead, my favorite channels are dead, my favorite shows are dead (or so unrecognizable they may as well be dead).

I've lived through multiple eras of animation trends and now I can spot them and lament how long they'll last

>>149222663
Look on the bright side anon you’re still alive, isn’t that Great!

>>149222745
Tim Curry being alive, and the hope of him getting work is my anchor.

>>149222663
I'm kinda on the opposite side. I'm not happy anyone's dead but I am happy that we're past that 90s trend of hearing the same 10 guys doing all the voice acting in every cartoon. Even Grey Delisle is stepping aside now.

>>149221976 (OP)
>playing advance wars in college in 2015
>rando comes up like
>"oh you have a vintage Gameboy? retro is cool as hell
>in 2015
is it still the current year, or will i wake up in another era

>>149222042
>My Life as a Self Checkout

>>149222831
There's a difference between Grey letting other women try to be the voice of sex, and John Witherspoon or Kevin Conroy being dead imo.

>>149222935
Robots aren’t human I’m fine she’s just a thing.

ITT: shit zoomers say
>Surfin Bird is only popular because of Family Guy! Nobody knew about it before!
>pre-2015 video with surrealist/absurd humor
>"woah, this video was ahead of its time!"
>Boomers are the reason why I'm a loser.
>It aged poorly
>It doesn't hold up
>It's 20 years old. That means it's retro
>Fanboy and Chum Chum wasn’t that bad
>Early 2010s was the Cartoon Network renaissance
>Family Guy has improved
>Superman was the first superhero
>Gross-out cartoons are bad
>Cartoons peaked with Avatar
>Teen Titans was the first cartoon with an ongoing story
>Spongebob shovelware on PS2? Now that was kino
>Post-sequel Spongebob is good
>Pokimane is hot
>Bomberman is a literal who
>Jimmy Neutron is better than Dexter’s Lab
>Butch Hartman is a hack
>Sonic X is /co
>PS2 had the best library of all time lmao
>Dreamcast superior to PS2? This is just ridiculous and untrue
>Wii was soul
>Skibidi Toilet is better than TF2 freaks
>Seth MacFarlane is funny
>fr no cap

>>149223002
20 years old being retro seems fair desu.

>>149221976 (OP)
Every time I watch a cartoon and self insert as my own oc, I always circle back to that same line of thinking I had as a kid "If I were a grown up here..." and then I realize that I am.

>>149223002
More than half of these are said by the previous generation and the generation after.

>>149221976 (OP)
I Hate Fairyland is 10 years old

>>149223002
>>It's 20 years old. That means it's retro

yeah we were saying this about the 70s in the 90s

>>149222150
Kinda this, but it's more the audience I think of. The target audience of MLP are like in fucking college now, or older.

>>149223002
>It's 20 years old. That means it's retro
I'm a late 80s millennial and I'm pretty sure that has always been the definition, Anon. '80s stuff was definitely seen as retro in the 2000s. We just got old enough to be able to remember the retro things.

>>149223046
>>149223191
>>149223208
There are people out there who think retro is an "aesthetic" that only applies to the 80's and 90's.

>>149222042
Wasn't her oldest sister was a baby.
Either way, robots don't age.

>>149222663
>my favorite shows are dead (or so unrecognizable they may as well be dead).
The latter makes me appreciate the former, honestly. What's a worse fate; having your favorite show get shit-canned potentially unexpectedly, or to see it go one for so long it's less than a shadow of its former self? Hell, Boondocks was only 4 seasons and the writing quality between S1 and S4 is day and night.

>>149223235
Serious question: how long before that so-called aesthetic creeps into including the 2000s?

>>149221976 (OP)
The beloved Adventure Time original run on Cartoon Network is closer to Dexter's lab first season, the first Cartoon Cartoon, than to us now, by one year.

>>149223002
several of these are just random opinions you disagree with that you're ascribing to zoomers for no discernable reason beyond schizophrenia, and I say that as someone with a general disdain for zoomers

>>149222480
We are almost getting to the point where the teen titans cartoon is as old as new teen titans was when the cartoon was aired

>>149223002
Jimmy Neutron is better than Dexter’s Lab
It's

>>149223002
>Early 2010s was the Cartoon Network renaissance
It fucking was.

>>149225246
Fuck bros, I’m feeling old

>>149221976 (OP)
The last good cartoon was 30 years ago. Now how old do you feel?

>>149227540
Shut up nostalgiatard

Majority of kids don't even read comics anymore, soon they can't even read

>>149223158
Damn

>>149221976 (OP)
I was talking to my students about comics once and one of them said I reminded them Peter Parker from Into the Spiderverse.

>>149222805
Dude's not looking great. He'll be lucky to see 2030. But I'm afraid his time is up. Same for Mel Brooks.

>>149221976 (OP)
although people might say that 90s was peak for adult animation, it was actually 2000s that was more peak for adult animation, which was due in large to Adult Swim being huge for that particular decade. Especially when they have original programming like Aqua Teen, Robot Chicken, Venture Bros., Squidbillies, Superjail, Metalocalypse, Boondocks, Moral Orel and Harvey Birdman and reruns such as Family Guy, American Dad, Futurama, King of the Hill, Cowboy Bebop, FLCL, etc.

>>149221976 (OP)
I don't play that game.

>>149228880
>Mel Brooks
I'm pretty sure his long-awaited Spaceballs sequel would be his huge swan song just before his death

>>149223002
>>Surfin Bird is only popular because of Family Guy! Nobody knew about it before!
To be fair that's any modern entertainment using older music. I wouldn't be into oldies if it weren't for games like Fallout 3 and New Vegas.
>>It's 20 years old. That means it's retro
I mean 20 years is old. retro doesn't mean much beyond "old" unless we need a new term for a "second retro generation" if that makes sense
>>Early 2010s was the Cartoon Network renaissance
No one actually said that, unless it was one zoomer, and that zoomer would be bullied for saying live action CN was anywhere good
>>Superman was the first superhero
I mean to be fair he's the face when you imagine "Superhero" and that's from decades of marketing. It's not correct but I don't blame how Zoomers come to the conclusion
>>Gross-out cartoons are bad
Personal taste; but I also agree. It's fine if you're a smaller kid, but I think they try too hard to one up themselves
>>Bomberman is a literal who
I mean guy get's barely any games and has a cult following. Dunno what you want zoomers to say.
>>Jimmy Neutron is better than Dexter’s Lab
Personal taste
>>Butch Hartman is a hack
Objective Truth
>>Sonic X is /co
I think that's just anime autists demanding anime be treated above "children's western cartoons" more than anything else.
>>PS2 had the best library of all time lmao
Objective Truth
>>Dreamcast superior to PS2? This is just ridiculous and untrue
I mean I heard it had some quality games, but Sega dropped the ball hard and the rest was history
>>Wii was soul
Gamecube was my nintendy. Years later I got on PC and never looked back.
>>Skibidi Toilet is better than TF2 freaks
So?
>>Seth MacFarlane is funny
He *can* be if he's not forced by Fox to keep making Family Guy.
>>fr no cap
At this point that's just a snarl phrase for not caring for modern youth.

Ran out of room so the rest are basically "personal taste"

>>149228991
>He *can* be if he's not forced by Fox to keep making Family Guy.
And that's why American Dad is better

>>149228991
>>149229005
But Seth hasn't even worked on Family Guy or even American Dad in years. He's only the executive producer and voice actor for both these shows and has moved on to bigger projects.

>>149221976 (OP)
If Judith Barsi had not been murdered, she would be almost 50 now! Yes she would! Almost 50! Yep yep yep!

>>149228972
The best of King of the hill and Cowboy Bebop are from the 90s. Also why the fuck are you including anime in this when it's a separate beast not really influenced by adult swim?

>>149229047
Like I said, reruns count as they aired on the block

>>149229017
don't care, his name's on his shitstains

>>149229047
and another thing, are you implying that Bobby's Goes Nuts, an episode that aired in the 2000s, wasn't iconic?

>>149229053
But that's weird? If tomorrow a channel that runs the best adult animation from the 90s gets made does it mean that the 2020s are the best decade for adult animation?

>>149229076
2000s is a better decade than the 90s, dude

>>149229084
What does that have to do with my question? Idc about which is the better decade. I care about your logic being faulty.

>>149229093
well, you still haven't replied to my second question here (>>149229069)

>>149224510
About 5 years, early stuff already is.
I'd consider Jhorts, capris and cargo pants retro by today's standards.

>>149229076
I suppose. I think most understand that Adult Animation only boils down to three formats

1. Comedy-Drama about life
2. Low Brow comedy with swears, drugs, and sex
3. EDGE

>>149229101
That's because I agree. It is an iconic episode but most of the best KOTH stuff comes from before that.

>>149229115
I dunno, a lot of iconic episodes came between late-90s through early-00s in my eyes, particularly between 1997-2002

>>149229076
>>149229093
and now to answer your question, I guess in the landscape we have, it depends. Smiling Friends is a spectacular return to form to classic 2000s Adult Swim, Grimsburg is a surprisingly decent Fox animated sitcom (I hope it doesn't get cancelled) and Common Side Effects is a great conspiracy drama, and I'm excited for its second season. Plus, the industry has slowly abandoned the whole nihilistic shit (and even beanmouth), so there may be some optimism

>>149229150
Honestly with how shit IRL is, better to go back to optimism or at least tone down the pessimism.

>>149229230
Yeah, there's a reason you saw so many lighthearted musicals come out of 1930s Hollywood.

>>149221976 (OP)
When South Park made fun of Rod Stewart for being old he was 54 years old. Trey Parker is now 56 years old

>>149229104
Cargo pants are already making a comeback

>>149229736
I thought that was because they wanted show off what they could do with the invention of synchronized sound.

>>149230820
Still a more dignified comeback than the fanny pack.

Nothing here depresses me as much as "Smooth" by Rob Thomas and Carlos Santana being played on classic rock radio stations.

>>149230959
Won't be long before Green Day and OutKast start showing up on those stations.

>mfw The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie was released over two decades ago
>mfw ywn buy the movie's soundtracks on CD AND a portable CD player from Best Buy during that time ever again
Boy, we had it good, didn't we?

>>149228988
It's waaaaay late for that anyway. It might have worked if he tried it back in like 1990, and the best possible time was shortly after Episode I in 99.

>>149230758
Jesus, that's crazy. Somehow I always underestimate how long South Park has been on the air

>>149230820
I remember Bellbottoms making a small comeback when I was in middle school. It is past retro if it can make a comeback.

>>149231307
Maybe better if he waits for the prequels to finish.

>149230758
Wonder what he and Matt Stone think of that.

>>149229106
This applies to america only

>>149221976 (OP)
Teen Titans Go survived 3 DC logo changes and 2 mergers.

>>149221976 (OP)
Every space where I used to discuss nerd shit with the bros is dead and forgotten except for this one.

>>149233409
>company owns both Detective Comics and Action Comics
>never changed its brand to "AC[lighting bolt]DC comics"
This vexes me.

>>149230758
That's a good one.

>>149223002
I've never heard anybody, let alone zoomers say any of these things

>>149230982
Green Day already does

All the people who lived in a world without the internet everywhere will be dead over the next century or so. Weirds me out that it'll seem as distant as a world without electricity does to us. People might understand intellectually what it was like, but they won't really feel the difference or know it fully. Kinda cool in a way that we got to live in the transitionary era. Zooming out a bit, the whole 20th century/early 21st was a massive leap and transformation in everything about civilization that's going to be debated and studied forever.

>>149237914
If I was living in the year 3526, I'd be fascinated by early internet culture (which would be everything from the start to 2200 or some shit).

>>149237914
Leap in what way? We've never been more interconnected with each other at any point in history, yet paradoxically, folks are becoming increasingly disconnected with reality at an astonishing scale. Birth rates plummetting, depression skyrocketting, an upcoming silent generation that legit has no fucking clue what to do with their lives, massive desinformation that would make the fascist empires of the old cum violently, etc, etc.
Shit's grim. Very grim. I don't think we'll last more than another 1000 years.

>>149228988
Dude, space balls itself was a sign that Mel brooks was getting old…

>>149223002
>T. Leaking Millenial hag

>>149224510
Younger Zoomers obsess over Y2K the same way Millenials obsessed over the 80's ten years ago

>>149238142
>We've never been more interconnected with each other at any point in history
In that way, for one. I'm not commenting on whether it's a positive leap or not, only that it's a massive change.

>>149223002
>Surfin Bird is only popular because of Family Guy! Nobody knew about it before!
My dad played Surfin' Bird for me as a kid. Used to sing it to my pet cockatiel. Love that song.

Internet cafes and video rentals are extinct.

>>149230959
It always was. They were playing Smooth on my local classic rock station (WDVE Pittsburgh) in 2000, because it was Santana feat. Rob Thomas. They probably wouldn't have if it were the exact same song but attributed Matchbox Twenty feat. Carlos Santana.

>>149221976 (OP)
what marvel has done to beast has been the biggest character assassination in /co/ history.

but on the other hand, it fits with the scenes of beast in jail in the 90s animated cartoon. at one point, he's reading a book called "you can't go home again". which perfectly sums up not only the character of beast if you ever liked him in the comics, but also the state of western comics

>>149222702
Harry Patridge, is that you?

>>149229150
>return to form
How abot you return to kotaku, urinalist nigger

>>149237914
I really like this SMBC comic about it

>>149236829
Superman is most famous Action Comics character and he is One Man Gestapo and Uncle Tom , he represents The Ultimate end point and The Threat to Them
Batman is the most famous Detective Comics character Even tho Detective Comics #1 started with another Siegel's character ie Dr Occult who literally in the debut issue battles a literal Blood sucking vampire using Georgian style cross and then when it stops working (subverted) he finds another way and ultimately triumphs. Batman on the other hand is enabling Them , Batman is rich first and foremost , Batman is also very easily can be spin into a pedophile power fantasy and LGBT icon too (that's why Batman wiki has pride shit while Superman wiki never did and Never will!)

They are threatened, that's why it isn't Superman - DC Comics anymore but just a DC Comics, that is why they desperately want to spin Superman into illegal immigrant even tho he Is the one illegal immigrant who KEEPS the status quo going on instead of rebelling against it. It's why they desperately want Superman to equate to Moses even tho they are literally 180° opposite characters in their ways and purposes! That's why current Superman movie is fully directed and written by (friends of) pedophiles just like it was before Zack Snyder era.

Siegel predicted their downfall.

>>149238142
This is a tAlk of a pedophile?

>>149239538
>what marvel has done to beast has been the biggest character assassination in /co/ history.
qrd?

>>149241771
He is in the wrong now

Samurai Jack's finale was 10 years ago.

>>149239277
Rentals aren’t extinct, they’ve just taken this completely retarded form where you pay to access a digital file for a couple days instead of a physical tape or DVD. Rentals made logical sense when you were limited to physical media, but it makes no sense to pay for temporary access to data.

>>149240659
This comic makes me wonder what is going to be the Lead or Asbestos of our generation, that thing that it turns out fucked us whitout we ever knowing.

>>149243392
Is it not already obvious that it’s social media?

>>149242846
There're also libraries if you have a half decent one near you.

>>149242846
Digital rentals make as much sense as digital sales where they can revoke your ownership at any time

>>149221976 (OP)
What FACTS are we in now?