Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:And as for the art style of western animation, let's just face it. The "Captain Planet look" for mainstream TV animation died at the end of the 90s. Both the rise of CGI in the mid-to-late 90s and the anime English dub boom of the early 2000s killed it. Those are what led to the trend of mainstream CGI television from the early 2000s to the present and the "faux anime look" of the mid-to-late 2000s.
Following that period, three more trends in western animation arose. CGI shows became cel-shaded, which continues to this day. And the "faux anime look" was succeeded by both the "flash animation look" and the "simplified look" (which one might also consider to be the "Seth McFarlane cartoons look"). These three came into prominence during the 2010s and are where we are currently at the dawn of the 2020s. Though, the "flash animation look" has quieted down a bit, and had arguably become absorbed into the "simplified look" category.
Sure, some outliers still linger, like Young Justice, but which is more inspired by the "Bruce Timm look" of the 90s/2000s DCAU cartoons, which always stood out on their own by not conforming to any of the mainstream art styles of their time (as the "Bruce Timm look" was itself originally inspired by the "Max Fleischer look" of the 1941-1943 Superman serials). So, that look was never as widespread as the above art styles of western TV animation.
In other words, there is no sense hoping for any kind of return to the "Captain Planet look" of yester-decades for mainstream western animation since that art style is long gone and buried. Everything nowadays looks "cel-shaded" in 3D animation and "simplified" in 2D animation because those are the current trends that are mainstream right now, just as the "Captain Planet look" was the mainstream art style of the 1980s, following the "Jonny Quest look" of the 1960s-1970s.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Where is this coming from? No one said anything about either a new show or CGI being bad things in and of themselves.AllNewSuperRobot wrote:I don't see the problem with another animated cartoon? Do Transformers series need to be CG now? Surely animation is cheaper and you can get longer shows out of it??
Did Hanna-Barbera do that? They cut corners all the time and were the undisputed kings of animation for three decades in the 50s-70s.Skritz wrote:Older shows tried to push their budget as best they could.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Skritz wrote:Considering there are still well animated series made in Japan the issue isn't completely related to computers alone but rather lazyness or even complacency. Older shows tried to push their budget as best they could. Modern show just go 'ah well, who care?'.
It was a direct-to-DVD series. I liked it (as a guilty pleasure), but most people derided it for its short 12-minute episode length, its complete lack of any and all facial expression animation for every one of the bots, and its very basic storytelling of simple MacGuffin hunts that were dominated by fight scenes that relied heavily on stock footage transformation/combination/attack sequences.ZeroWolf wrote:Plus how well received was Transformers Go! I know it was a web based series but I never see it mentioned... Which is a shame as I loved the way redecos of Predaking and the Terrorcons it gave us.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Did Hanna-Barbera do that?Skritz wrote:Older shows tried to push their budget as best they could.
Sabrblade wrote:Sure, some outliers still linger, like Young Justice, but which is more inspired by the "Bruce Timm look" of the 90s/2000s DCAU cartoons, which always stood out on their own by not conforming to any of the mainstream art styles of their time (as the "Bruce Timm look" was itself originally inspired by the "Max Fleischer look" of the 1941-1943 Superman serials). So, that look was never as widespread as the above art styles of western TV animation.
In other words, there is no sense hoping for any kind of return to the "Captain Planet look" of yester-decades for mainstream western animation since that art style is long gone and buried. Everything nowadays looks "cel-shaded" in 3D animation and "simplified" in 2D animation because those are the current trends that are mainstream right now, just as the "Captain Planet look" was the mainstream art style of the 1980s, following the "Jonny Quest look" of the 1960s-1970s.
william-james88 wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Did Hanna-Barbera do that?Skritz wrote:Older shows tried to push their budget as best they could.
They did not. In fact, they gave yogi bear a tie so that they could phone in the rest of his body not being animated.
And then there's this:
Quoting this part because it seems to be the crux of the matter, to which the short answer, based both on the history the Transformers brand and the modern history of mainstream Western animation, seems to be "Because they just don't want to."o.supreme wrote:I don't see why, it would be impossible for Hasbro to ask Toei to create something new replicating the Look of Transformers:The Movie. I mean the budget for the average DC straight to home media films, which come out 3 times per year, I don't imagine would be too much different than asking Toei to produce a new 70-80 minute film that mimics as close to possible the look of the 86 film, but of course be an all new story.
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
Sabrblade wrote:Quoting this part because it seems to be the crux of the matter, to which the short answer, based both on the history the Transformers brand and the modern history of mainstream Western animation, seems to be "Because they just don't want to."
Sabrblade wrote:Quoting this part because it seems to be the crux of the matter, to which the short answer, based both on the history the Transformers brand and the modern history of mainstream Western animation, seems to be "Because they just don't want to."o.supreme wrote:I don't see why, it would be impossible for Hasbro to ask Toei to create something new replicating the Look of Transformers:The Movie. I mean the budget for the average DC straight to home media films, which come out 3 times per year, I don't imagine would be too much different than asking Toei to produce a new 70-80 minute film that mimics as close to possible the look of the 86 film, but of course be an all new story.
Many would say that they already have. Its name is Cyberverse Season 3.o.supreme wrote:Sabrblade wrote:Quoting this part because it seems to be the crux of the matter, to which the short answer, based both on the history the Transformers brand and the modern history of mainstream Western animation, seems to be "Because they just don't want to."
Which is sad. I wonder if you asked the powers that be in charge of Animation for Hasbro toy Brands, if they really wanted to produce something amazing, excellent, that would blow the imaginations of both kids and adults, and will be talked about for generations to come, if they would feel the same...
Shadowman wrote:This is Sabrblade we're talking about. His ability to store trivial information about TV shows is downright superhuman.
Caelus wrote:My wife pointed out something interesting about the prehistoric Predacons. I said that everyone was complaining because transforming for them mostly consisted of them just standing up-right. She essentially said, 'So? That's what our ancestors did.'
ZeroWolf wrote:None so far but on thinking about it, they may have been wanting to drop it when SDCC came round, would have been great for promotion
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