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I think Soul and a lot of the themes used in older Pixar films really show the potential of this.

I'm not saying kids movies are bad, but I feel like this would be a refreshing change of pace if this somehow became mainstream.

People are really tired of the same tired clichés and tropes that so many modern western animated kids movies have. Professional writers could probably innovate more with more creative freedom.

Posting this to Cartoon Network because I think I miss this channel the most (including Toonami and the Adult Swim block).

Yes, I know they're still around, but for one thing, I can't really afford cable anymore, and two, it just wouldn't be the same.

I miss seeing NEW/ORIGINAL shows and movies actually get marketed. I miss marathons. I miss big premieres for new episodes, movies, specials, etc. I miss creative bumpers, I miss having 24 hour cartoon channels on every day with VARIETY in the schedule, I miss seeing what new thing was on because I didn't know what to watch... I miss when ALL OF US were watching TV at the same time and had something to talk about the next day at work/school/forum sites... Streaming doesn't really have this same appeal at all.

I want to be relieved that it appears that the network has been saved by the merger, but I'm also not relieved. Not only because it's going to suck for people's jobs and the economy, but also because the heads are MAGA. Elon Musk is even investing in it allegedly. Also, the channel could still very well be shut down later because of this. In that case, it wasn't going to survive either way, even if WB had been bought by Netflix.

iCarly and Victorious used to have a bunch of jokes about boobs and panties. Kind of like how shows like As Told By Ginger and Braceface discussed puberty.

To me that's honestly on par with how so many male-aimed cartoons would joke about puberty and ass. Or how Adventure Time, Regular Show, Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, and Star Vs were edgier. Or how a lot of 90s-00s cartoons had a ton of innuendo, and discussed things like war and sexuality.

I think that antis really ruined this momentum. You now see people complaining about the most mild things, like the ass jokes in the new SpongeBob movie. You guys do know this is the same show that had the joke about not dropping soap right?

A more modern example would be Turning Red. So many parents and people were pissed off at the twerking. Conservatives went mad over the period discussion.

I bet Rick and Morty, an adult cartoon, probably would have had a serious discussion about Rickorty by now if people and governments didn't treat drawings like real people.

I'm not a fan of Mr. Enter, but people STILL talk about his old videos where he would insult writers as if he still does that to this day. He literally apologized to a writer on SpongeBob several years ago. I've seen people say he still rants about SpongeBob, Family Guy, and Teen Titans GO too, which isn't true either.

I also saw someone post a video talking about "the worst Inside Out review ever". The review was literally just someone from 2015 stating reasons why they didn't like Inside Out. This person clearly just took issue with the fact that a 2015 reviewer had a different opinion.

Don't translate this to me saying "PG = bad" or "Kids movies = bad". I just hate how mainstream western animated films are practically MANDATED to be PG. I want more experimentation. Y'all who use this argument against me are proving why animation still doesn't get taken seriously as cinema by many.

And yes, I know anime and adult animation is an ongoing thing, but it's not really the same. Anime typically doesn't do various stylizations, and American adult animation usually tries to either be Family Guy 2 or Anime 2.

It annoys me a lot how Kpop Demon Hunters and the upcoming Ray Gunn were aiming for PG-13 but then sanitized because of executive meddling.

PG-13 doesn't even have to be "adults only". They can still be family films. That's why Marvel and DC movies are successful.

I always liked DreamWorks in the 90s-00s because they felt like an edgier alternative to Pixar. Pixar had a different atmosphere back then too, and I wish they'd attempt this too. Brad Bird gets really mad when people call The Incredibles a "kids movie".

Hollywood, take the fucking risk!!!!!!!!

I always liked how Cartoon Network aired a shit ton of DC shows alongside their originals and what they acquired.

I remember there being tons of adult animated DC movies though too.

They were always marketed, but never aired on television. You could say it's because they wanted people to buy the DVDs, but CN was still always airing the straight to DVD Scooby Doo and Tom & Jerry movies. So what gives?

I remember being curious about them whenever I'd see a commercial but I was always too poor to buy them.

Sorry if this is a noob question or isn't the right place to post this. I mainly just want to spread this idea around and ask what y'all think of it.

Not really sure where else to post this.

Dan Harmon said it's hard to pack the show into a 22 minute format and that it ultimately leads to MULTIPLE lines being cut and changes to episodes. He however said making a movie will allow the script to breathe.

This also might be their only chance at ever making a movie. This may be the ONLY Rick and Morty movie ever (unless it somehow becomes a giant box office hit). I personally think they should just make it over 2 hours long.

Also, Harmon's comments kind of make me wonder why they never do more 2-4 part episodes.

I didn't really start noticing antis until about the late 2010s-2020. I used to think that COVID, other countries' laws, and the Bush administration's confusing laws that were later deemed unconstitutional played a part in this, which they do, but honestly I think it's mainly because the animation community got bigger.

You didn't see as many people ranting about cringe culture. I mean sure, you had the likes of Chris Chan, but nobody was making endless amounts of videos talking about "cringey" fetish art. The small amount of people in fandom had a general understanding of Rule 34. If it exists, there's porn of it. Plain and simple. Nothing you can do about it but actually use fucking filters and parental controls if it concerns you.

Elements antis and cringe culture always existed, but I feel like fandom discourse didn't used to be THIS bad.

Also once again, like I said in previous post, YouTube Kids should have never existed. Social media should have never decided children should be part of their main demographic. The internet is not a fucking playground.

Edit: Just remembered when Tumblr banned NSFW posts. That had to have played a role there too.