Burn wrote:So by that reasoning it would be perfectly accetable to let a kid watch American Horror Story.
American Horror Story is not the type of series that could be enjoyed all across the board to begin with, nevermind the maturity level. Even some of its age demographic wouldn't dare go anywhere near that genre. With that aside, adults are mature enough to watch, let-alone analyze, a cartoon. Young children usually don't achieve these skills until they're mature enough to handle the material. Much less would a parent allow their child to watch that in the first place.
Most importantly, the fact that American Horror Story is a show for adults
doesn't excuse it from critique. You claim that because it's for kids, we as an older demographic should not analyze/complain about it. Does that mean that I, as a teenager, cannot break apart the storytelling of Breaking Bad because it is for adults? That's a pretty condescending statement to make.
Storytelling is an art. Whether it's a book, film, or TV series, the art exists to be criticized. Putting down someone who takes a passion in analyzing stories because it's not for their demographic is rather insulting. Avatar: The Last Airbender was for 7 year olds, but its writing challenges the sharpest of minds because the writers took an honest effort in creating something that everyone would enjoy.
And that's the reason Rescue Bots is disappointing. Yes, it's rated TV-Y. But how is it that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic has more competent characters and storytelling as well as a better way of conveying its morals than a show with the same key demographic? And by that, I don't refer to key demographic as children. I refer to key demographic as all ages, since both show's creators made their respective shows not for kids, but kids
and their parents. That's where Rescue Bots fell flat for me. The concepts were clearly written to attract both audiences, but delivers the most elementary storytelling devices ever conceived. There's no excitement, no tension, not even the slightest form of uniqueness in anything it presents, to the point where you start to ask yourself why you should even bother to continue.
In short, "it's for kids" is a cop out. Mature shows are able to challenge their audience. Children's programming should be able to do the same, not just for the children it attracts first, but the adults craving a good story that might stumble upon it. That kind of attitude generalizes people and their interests. "Only these people can like A. And you shouldn't like B because you're supposed to like A." It's basically like saying "girls can't enjoy sports because they're for guys," or "white people shouldn't listen to rap because it's for black people."
And yes, Transformers was never intended for an adult audience, it was aimed at kids to sell kids toys.
Those kids grew up.
Well, sure. But by your logic, y'all should've grown out of Transformers by the time G2 came around. Why are you still here?
Transformers had to grow with them but also be able to relate to the kids, who are the primary target market for the toys.
Toys are a different medium, as you can't exactly analyze a piece of plastic the
same way you can the complexity of a story. However, that doesn't mean adults who collect them shouldn't angrily piss themselves when something like PRiD Airachnid is put out there.
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:43 pm
We're not worthy! We're not worthy! 
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shows up on the sewer pipe walls in the shrink ray episode. 