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Why Character Generation is not an optional add-on for a RPG Starter Set

Started by Windjammer, May 26, 2014, 10:37:21 AM

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Sacrosanct

#495
June 02, 2014, 05:44:46 PM
Quote from: dragoner;754928I agree with mcbobbo that it is pushing risky territory. I can't say I know anything about Teen Titans, the hub or even the Transformer cartoons. I'm 47 though, in my defence.

I wouldn't know either, except I have a 13 year old ;)
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dragoner

#496
June 02, 2014, 05:48:31 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;754931I wouldn't know either, except I have a 13 year old ;)

Mine are 24 and 27; I kind of miss them keeping me current.
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Ladybird

#497
June 02, 2014, 05:51:51 PM
I'm looking forward to mine being old enough to watch interesting things. I've seen every episode of In The Night Garden like five times.
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Emperor Norton

#498
June 02, 2014, 05:53:30 PM
Quote from: Sacrosanct;754931I wouldn't know either, except I have a 13 year old ;)

I have a 12 and a 7 year old.

But, honestly, I just watched the TF: Prime cartoon because I am a huge TF fan and think its a well done show. Both my kids love it, too.

dragoner

#499
June 02, 2014, 05:58:59 PM
Quote from: Ladybird;754934I'm looking forward to mine being old enough to watch interesting things. I've seen every episode of In The Night Garden like five times.

I always had to laugh at the remains of the day, like coming into the living room and finding my wife curled up on couch watching My Little Pony for the Nth time. We owned horses back then though.
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Sacrosanct

#500
June 02, 2014, 06:02:15 PM
Quote from: dragoner;754932Mine are 24 and 27; I kind of miss them keeping me current.

My oldest is 23.  So I've had almost a never-ending stream of cartoons for decades :D
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Endless Flight

#501
June 02, 2014, 06:19:49 PM
The best of both worlds would be to have 1980s ideas with the 2010s animation.

Omega

#502
June 02, 2014, 10:02:41 PM
Quote from: Endless Flight;754940The best of both worlds would be to have 1980s ideas with the 2010s animation.

Alot of modern US TV cartoons are sub-par compared to those from the 80s. With the occasional gems. Im personally getting a little tired of the low-grade flash animated cartoons and even the quality ones tend to be lacking slightly. Im getting exponentially tired of bad CG mixed with standard animation.

For what its worth Hasbro would have had a D&D movie and/or TV series out or soon to be out were it not for WB and Solomon blockading still.

LibraryLass

#503
June 02, 2014, 10:22:22 PM
Quote from: mcbobbo;754919I still think that the name alone pushes it into risky territory,  let alone the content.

But as noted, if they elect to do TV spots at all, they're probably going to run them on the Hub.

If they could do a kids' cartoon in the eighties, at the height of the Satanic Panic, surely they can in these more enlightened times.

And it'll almost certainly be better written and animated into the bargain.
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Endless Flight

#504
June 02, 2014, 11:24:26 PM
Quote from: Omega;754977Alot of modern US TV cartoons are sub-par compared to those from the 80s. With the occasional gems. Im personally getting a little tired of the low-grade flash animated cartoons and even the quality ones tend to be lacking slightly. Im getting exponentially tired of bad CG mixed with standard animation.

For what its worth Hasbro would have had a D&D movie and/or TV series out or soon to be out were it not for WB and Solomon blockading still.

Oh, I agree. I can't stand bad CG. Give me a Justice League cartoon anytime over most anything else.

trechriron

#505
June 03, 2014, 12:42:40 AM
I think the cartoon should start off right in the action! Just POW! Take the blue ray out of the box and just play it. Then later, we can dig in and get to know the characters better, maybe even have a contest where fans can submit their ideas and create their own characters.

Yeah. I think that would make the best cartoon.
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mcbobbo

#506
June 03, 2014, 09:55:36 AM
Quote from: LibraryLass;754980If they could do a kids' cartoon in the eighties, at the height of the Satanic Panic, surely they can in these more enlightened times.

And it'll almost certainly be better written and animated into the bargain.

Is that the right order?  Panic > Cartoon?  Because I always thought the panic killed the cartoon.  It looks like it ended in 85, the same year as the 60 Minutes episode about suicides and murders.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=445_1232224067

Anyway, I just think a certain group of vocal parents is reactionary when it comes to 'kids TV'.
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Haffrung

#507
June 03, 2014, 10:16:48 AM
Quote from: mcbobbo;755048Is that the right order?  Panic > Cartoon?  Because I always thought the panic killed the cartoon.  It looks like it ended in 85, the same year as the 60 Minutes episode about suicides and murders.

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=445_1232224067

Anyway, I just think a certain group of vocal parents is reactionary when it comes to 'kids TV'.

The Satanic D&D panic was 30 years ago. Parents today were kids back then. We've had Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and World of Warcraft, and none of them were suppressed by fretting parents. With the exception of some enclaves of religious conservatives in the U.S., fantasy is about as mainstream pop culture today as you get.
 

dragoner

#508
June 03, 2014, 10:36:54 AM
As a general rule, kid's stuff has become less violent, look at the reaction to "war-toys".
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mcbobbo

#509
June 03, 2014, 11:24:04 AM
Quote from: Haffrung;755054The Satanic D&D panic was 30 years ago. Parents today were kids back then. We've had Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and World of Warcraft, and none of them were suppressed by fretting parents. With the exception of some enclaves of religious conservatives in the U.S., fantasy is about as mainstream pop culture today as you get.

Sure.  But reactionary parenting hasn't changed.

Observe the recent dust up over Jennette McCurdy trying to be sexy.  She wasn't even close to nude, but Nick may or may not cancel the show.  This actress is 21 years old and the photo was meant to be private.  It isn't like she starred in a porn flick or something.   And yet the reaction.

There are other examples I am sure.

And again, I'm not talking about every channel.  Just the middle school targeting channels where the Starter Set ads would be the most effective.

Possible test - is there any progress on a Harry Potter cartoon spinoff?  I'll go google it myself, but I bet it crosses the same line into risky territory.
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