The New Adventures of ILXor: The Animated Series Poll voting and campaigning thread

Guys, I might've had one or two too many last weekend and ordered the GI Joe and Transformers complete series on DVD. That may have happened, who can say, really. But rather than feeling regret and shame in the wake of a grievous lapse of judgment I'm pleasantly surprised to announce that I'm finding GI Joe a goddamn delight. It's no wonder it appealed so heavily when I was age eight because it was clearly created by eight-year-olds. Like Tom Sciolli's revisionist history seems positively restrained the longer I watch this stuff. I don't think I've had such a 'this is nuts but I love it' permagrin plastered across my face since the last time I read Kirby's New Gods material.

I don't think I've had the chance to share this beautiful Yoko Kanno/Maaya Sakamoto opening theme on any other threads. The Record of Lodoss War TV show was pretty bad so I think the song has largely been forgotten

https://youtu.be/9aUfGClzhdI

i'm surprised to see that Gi joe seems like it holds up better than the Transformers cartoon (i'm assuming through omission).

also: the Zim Movie came out on Netflix yesterday! watched it immediately. was not disappointed.

I adore Steven Universe, but agree that, while Peridot and Lapis' character arcs were done quite brilliantly, some of the later character "redemptions" definitely felt too convenient and far-fetched.

Personally I really like how it sticks to its guns and refussd to show violence as the ultimate answer to any conflict, and that there are always other options. Yes, some of the "redemptions" are quite convenient (though the show isn't still over, so we still might sees some repercussions of them), but on the other hand they never come from out of nowhere, it's always estabishled why and how someone might change their minds. Also, it's not like the show has ever said all the deeds of the antagonists are totally forgiven and forgotten, rather than that the antagonists are so powerful that fighting them would be futile, as they would only win, or (in the best case) everyone would die in the fight, with both of those options resulting in massive destruction and collateral damage. So the protagonists trying to come up with a third alternative to that doesn't strike me as bad moral, even if the nuances of guilt and forgiveness are beyond the scope a kids' sci-fi cartoon.

Sorry to be Claymation Guy again but...despite being an Aardman fan I'd never seen Rex The Runt until bow. It is the absolute best! Fine-spirited bonkers meta British surrealism, with a sense of humour well ahead of its time and some of the best callbacks I've seen. If you've ever smiled at Wallace & Gromit, give it a go

I don't love Aardman but always had a real soft spot for Rex the Runt.

So far I've only managed to do Neon Genesis Evangelion out of my 'to-watch' list but it will definitely make my ballot, it's ace.

I think I might have heard the shit things about John K before but forgot them completely until they were raised upthread. I'm torn about what to do but Ren & Stimpy was so ridiculously formative for me that I can't leave it off.

Same. I can’t justify leaving R&S off, but I’ll probably never be able to enjoy his cartoons in the same way. So dropped it down accordingly.

Ditto about Ren and Stimpy. I hadn’t heard anything about the guy until this thread (also, didn’t he get fired in 1992 or something?) and that will make a difference to how I reflect on it, but as an early introduction to surrealist humour (surrealism in general?) it is unparalleled for me.

*surreal humour, maybe. If there’s a difference?

Anyway, I can’t wait to see that anime about the princely girl and the rose queen.

Really digging Gravity Falls now, Mabel is my hero, and the theme song is definitely making my ballot.

when ppl talk about voting for R&S itt seems reasonable to assume they are voting solely based on the first season and a half, which really are amazing cartoons.

oh shit, the deadline is coming up. will hastily assemble a list

can theme songs only come from nominated series?

wanna vote for that catdog theme

ren and stimpy is a tough call because the cartoons (the early, good ones) do hold up beautifully, and a lot of non-awful ppl were involved in their making. but the fact that their creator used them to groom his victims makes it hard for me to vote for it.

i watched some of john k's later cartoons before he was outed as a predator, and they are probably some of the worst cartoons i've ever seen -- not funny, weird timing, incredibly inappropriate adult humor. i saw about 30 seconds of his R&S revival and that was more than enough for me.

as with series themselves, theme songs can be from unnominated works but you risk your vote being discounted if I can't figure out what you mean.

I believe I have 5 ballots so far! Surely there's at least 20 of you floating around waiting to vote.

i'm doing due diligence and finally watching eva this week before i vote

i've been watching stuff too as if my potential ballot needed to be any longer. eventually i'm going to have to prune 40 show down to 25. (it was hard enough getting the list down to 40)

btw if I end up being the only Homestar Runner voter you're all fired

do u like happy tree friends too? i nom'd it but it won't make my list unfortunately i'd love to vote for them all if i could

nah I never got into that

xp i wouldn't worry about that

I wish I had time to watch a bunch of stuff before I made my own ballot but it's probably not happening.

I voted. For this poll, I checked out 10 series I hadn't seen before, and 5 of them ended up in my ballot. I'm glad that Steven Universe and Bee and Puppycat are now in my life.

August 25th is a soft deadline, need confirmation on the actual deadline

Was David The Gnome actually good? How about the original TMNT? X-Men? Etc... I will vote some of these because of nostalgia but I have at least 10 shows from the past decade that I know are good so I don’t really care. I probably will even put Garfield And Friends on my list (I haven’t started).

Oh hey, David The Gnome wasn’t even on the nom list. I’m voting for it anyways.

The hard deadline will come with an unknown amount of warning sometime between Sunday evening and the end of the end of time.

It’s entirely #valid to vote for Garfield and Friends just to honor the inimitable Lorenzo Music

garfield and friends was good

Secret fact: I know G&F was good and own a few seasons on DVD

it features garfield's famous catchphrase, "they should be dragged out into the street and shot"

Damn that's cold, Garfield

i nominated homestarrunner and will def be voting for it! tho wow this deadline is sneaking up and I am moving this weekend so uh

David the Gnome should be on the nom list because I nommed it! Just watch the last episode if you're unsure whether it's up to snuff.

I have never seen any of Garfield & Friends but I don't have any trouble imagining it's Evanier's third-best fictional work

xp and it's all on youtube! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKttx8SgnHA&list=PLrEuz9dJQmAkIYkhcB4iZpoOlUDnMNDif&index=26

My recollection of Garfield & Friends is that it was pretty much a proto-Gen X cartoon. About as sardonic and cynical and meta and edgy as a Saturday morning cartoon could've been at that time, and obviously a big promoter of slack life.

I was going to extend a vain hope that the G&F DVDs might get a reissue after Nickelodeon's recent acquisition of PAWS but I see that someone is rolling out cheap new sets right now.

Ok found it: World of David the Gnome, The

I picked a good episode to watch: Shadowless Stone EP 19

a problem with G&F is that the orson's farm sections were entirely forgettable, and they were half the show.

Yeah, they pushed U.S. Acres a little too hard.

Hell, the tenure of those animated segments far outlasted the comic strip they were based on.

The farm bit was good in its own way but suffered from being the opener to a highly anticipated 3rd act starring Garfield.

Any consideration for setting the ballot deadline after Labor Day?

I can probably give it an official bump back sure

I start a new job on September 9 (!) so no matter what happens I will be sending compiled results to Leee and Thermo to run a rollout before then.

Ah, cool that it's being bumped back, I was just coming on to say that I wouldn't be able to submit by tonight.