30 Nov 2022 10:06 pm
FOS » 30 Nov 2022, 5:34 pm » wrote: ↑ was just watching a lot of 1930s cartoons (pre bugs bunny)...noticing patterns. I think it says a lot about how much our culture has changed. 1) anthropomorphizing. most obvious one. Of course people knowbthe characters are usually animals. But also you see a lot of inanimate objects being anthropomorphized..and you also will see the opposite (humans/animals becoming inanimate objects/machines) 2) engineering. Massive focus on creativity in using the laws of physics and building of simple machines, especially in order to defeat an enemy that is naturally more powerful. One certainly gets the impression that the people who watched these cartoons enjoyed mechanical engineering far more than any modern audience. Also includes creative designs for musical instruments 3) coordination/harmony...rather fascinating when compared to the extreme individualism of the modern era. Old cartoons were absolutrly full of people singing/dancing/marching/running away/ etc of many different characters in the exact same way 4) promotion of being in a good mood. Often times explicit ('smile darn you smile')...there often seems to bean attitude that even if you have nothing to be happy about you better just be happy anyway. Sad/angry/frustrated characters always lose. This is an aspect of old cartoons I find a bit annoying. Some other odd things about those cartoons: LOTS of farms. Lots of skiing/rollerskates. Lots of implied puns/equivocation (grandfather clock is actually a grandfather etc) anyway...I just felt it was worth noting how much us culture has changed
I can’t stand most modern cartoons. I like the 1980s loony tunes