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NEWS: Cartoon Network Less Cartoony

1) Also, I can't think of ANY US animation studio that's made any serious drama the quality of Cowboy Bebop, Paranoia Agent, or Fullmetal Alchemist in history. But here we go. What about Bruce Timm's Justice League and Justice League Unlimited? That was very successful and has been running on Cartoon Network for quite a while. The DC animation universe has always been remarkably strong and given us good storytelling, and compelling characters. Especially through dark times such as Batman and Robin.

2) They've shown animated movies before. I think showing Batman, Roger Rabbit, and Honey I Shrunk the Kids is better than showing crap like Balto 2.

1) And yet Cartoon Network just canceled Justice League Unlimited. Therefore your arguement for the show just makes CN look even worse (and you're right about it being a great show, and therefore I'm right about CN's decline).

2) Yeah, but they have the rights to the entire libraries of both Dreamworks Animation AND Studio Ghibli. 2 of the greatest animation studios around today. They should be airing Shrek and Spirited Away instead of Honey I Shrunk The Kids and The Goonies. I'm sure that Oscar-winning animated movies from the past few years would get better ratings that obscure 30-year-old live-action movies that no one in the target audience of CN has even heard of.

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People know what the Goonies and Honey I Shrunk The Kids are. And they are not 30 year old movies. They are movies a lot of people grow up with and watch in their childhood.

TheVileOne wrote:

[ People know what the Goonies and Honey I Shrunk The Kids are. And they are not 30 year old movies. They are movies a lot of people grow up with and watch in their childhood.

i guess i'm weird or too young, but i've never heard of the goonies until this news post

1) They are cancelling after running it for over several seasons and giving the whole Justice League series well over 100 episodes. That's nothing to scoff at. A lot of network TV series don't even make it that far.

2)People know what the Goonies and Honey I Shrunk The Kids are. And they are not 30 year old movies. They are movies a lot of people grow up with and watch in their childhood.

1) Actually, Justice League only had 55 episodes. There's actually been more episodes made but for whatever dumb reason CN refuses to air them. They aren't even airing reruns. And any network who refuses to air their #1 show ratingswise must be a bit looney.

2) But not a lot of people who are in CN's target demographic of 6-11 year olds know about those movies, because they are pretty old. You could say "Well, they're good movies and we should expose kids to classics", but CN refuses to air any animated program from before 1998 that doesn't start with "Dragonball" and end with "Z". Therefore making CN seem more suspiscious.

Mugen The Great wrote:

1) Actually, Justice League only had 55 episodes. There's actually been more episodes made but for whatever dumb reason CN refuses to air them. They aren't even airing reruns. And any network who refuses to air their #1 show ratingswise must be a bit looney.

1) More like 55 episodes with 2 seasons alone. Along with 4 seasons of JLU, it will be like 100 episodes. So bleh .

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2) But not a lot of people who are in CN's target demographic of 6-11 year olds know about those movies, because they are pretty old. You could say "Well, they're good movies and we should expose kids to classics", but CN refuses to air any animated program from before 1998 that doesn't start with "Dragonball" and end with "Z". Therefore making CN seem more suspiscious.

2) Yes they do. Powerpuff Girls, Dexter's Lab, and Johnny Bravo all started pre-1998. Original shows.

1) But JLU isn't getting a fourth season and the 3rd season isn't even airing in America. We aren't even getting reruns or a decent DVD release.