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I think the thing that kills me about some of the kid-centric ones Tuomas is mentioning is how, after taking a class in children’s lit in college, I realized how the writing is pretty bad even for something targeted to five year olds. Not across the board, but it’s pretty clear that they’re just shoveling them out to sell toys.

Nothing is as bad as Thundercats, though. Like, nice character ideas here, but yikes

i made a playlist once + maybe posted it to the adventure time thread. my #1 vote. xxp

oh cool ok!

Adventure Time is very good but I felt like I've seen too random a selection of episodes to give it votes. Have to rate Steven Universe higher even on an unlimited-size ballot. But a good showing for the millennial contingent. And uh anyone under 20 that has somehow joined ILX

I tried watching Adventure Time years ago and I gave up sometime in the first season, I didn't find the hijinks at all funny.

One thing though is that I swear there's a Portishead song that the AT theme cribs from.

My vote for Adventure Time probably would've been higher had I seen more of it, but I was smitten enough by the chunk I did watch back in the day to rate it pretty high up anyway. It's very very good.

I liked Futurama a lot when first broadcast, but didn't have the slightest inclination to check back with the revival, for some reason. There were some DVD comeback movies which were pretty bad IIRC, maybe that killed my interest.

I followed AT closely for several seasons and still rank it highly, I think they started to go a bit too far away from adventure and into surrealism at one point though. This is probably a bit reductive, but it felt like AT (and Regular Show) revitalised kid's TV animation for several years, along with all the shows that emerged in their wake. There was a period of time before AT when Cartoon Network had resorted to showing live action tween sitcoms.

There were some DVD comeback movies which were pretty bad IIRC, maybe that killed my interest.

I think I held the same opinion (probably still do), but when it was (re-?)revived, its quality recovered a lot, and the finale is genuinely beautiful.

https://i.imgur.com/LqkfNe8.jpg

2. Bojack Horseman
258 points, 15 votes, 1 firsts

I LOATHED the episode that I saw of that.

i like bojack but i did not vote for it. i don't think it's this good tbh

steven universe is also a thousand times better than adventure time but my affection for adventure time's whole thing is p boundless. still didn't vote for it, v uneven show

blah blah complacent self-regarding ilxbait blah

it was my #5, it really is a staggering achievement

yeah the latest season was a slight letdown but that's after FOUR SEASONS of increasingly amazing, world-building material

can't think of much else that melds high drama and bonkers surrealism quite so elegantly either

It requires a lot of investment, I think. At first I was pretty dismissive of it just being edgy and insulting and etc but it has a lot of nuance, and as the show went on the stories became very bleak and personal and engaging.

xpost re Bojack

plus it knows when and how to knock out an event episode

AT‘s first three seasons, just like the first half of NGE, are to be watched in very small doses, if at all.

pfft what

One good thing about Bojack I guess is that I automatically feel a spiritual affinity with people who likewise despise it.

Yes trayce, I knew right away who gave furama the #1 vote!

Yeah I voted for Bojack but second is bananas

Me vmic ;_;

Leee, if you've only seen one ep of Bojack you wont have caught its mood/point at all, its very much a longform show.

wow insane showing for this

FOUR SEASONS of increasingly amazing, world-building material

counterpoint: the first season is at least half garbage

Ya I think I had bojack in the mid teens. Really surprised by #2.

this show starts off sucking ass let us not forget

I probably would've voted for Bojack in my top 3. But I also have a 20 yr gap for animated tv.

i only watched the first season but i don't really care for shows where 'just keep going until episode #532 thats where it clicks'. either sell me at the start or be episodic so i can skip the start

TBF well-known good show The Wire isn't arresting TV until several episodes into its first season.

i think the show's appeal is pretty clear by the end of the first season though unless it really pulls a 180

some of these reactions are a little funny given what's about to place

I'm going to laugh my arse off if the expected #1 doesnt happen.

some of these reactions are a little funny given what's about to place

― rob, Tuesday, September 17, 2019 4:34 PM (twenty-three seconds ago) bookmarkflaglink

that show has sucked ass for ages but it started p good let us not forget

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1. Family Guy
524 points, 35 votes, 4 firsts

lmao

*golf clap*

:D

i'm dying

I’m the only number 1 for Bojack! That is a surprise. It’s like the best drama series ever. There’s something about giving such flawed and human scripts to cartoon animals that makes its window to society all the more vivid. I am so invested in all of these horrible characters, and their downfalls and redemptions at the hands of a resolutely indifferent world. It’s just wonderful. The experimentation! J.D Salinger! Todd! xp

Bojack is low-key the Greatest Showbiz satire ever, which is also only a fraction of what it does well.

todd is one of my favorite characters of television i will give bojack that

lol perfect

loooool

with bojack, start with s1e7 if you're not convinced, that's where it gets good. s8 is where it gets really good. etc

The episode where Todd is just quietly and chaotically holding everything together for everyone is one of the best.

It's actually good to know that Bojack doesn't start well, as someone who does want to watch it soon.

todd gave me the biggest laugh i've maybe ever experienced watching tv at one point in (iirc) season 3 (or 4) but i won't spoil it. it involves one of his business ideas, which are plentiful, and all amazing

i expected to hate bojack, but gave it a shot after a friend talked me into it and was instantly in love with the writing. much smarter and nuanced than i would have ever expected (tho again: low expectations)

haven't seen a good fake reveal for a while so [applause]

When it started to get really dark and self-loathing, it caught me off guard actually. Even got weepy once or twice.