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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

Cartoons of the thirties ?

Does anyone really have time for this, nowadays ?

I sure don't !

My fav cartoon character as a boy was Scrooge McDuck!
He had a ten story high money vault that the evil Beagle Boys gang was always trying to bust into.
And Donald and his two duck cousins always wanted money
Why is Scrooge McDuck so rich?
A self-made duck

In the story, Scrooge comes back north with his nephew Donald, looking for gold he left there in the late 1800s. Later on, stories were added to the mythos, explaining how he began amassing his fortune by striking gold in the area during the Klondike Gold Rush.

The allegory today illustrates the huge disparity between haves and have nots, and Scrooge is like the Koch Brothers who is notoriously stingy, and cares not for the poor unwashed masses. They were al ways going on adventures to far off places in search of more riches.

 
 

FOS » 30 Nov 2022, 5:34 pm » wrote: ↑

30 Nov 2022, 5:34 pm

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

SJConspirator » 30 Nov 2022, 11:06 pm » wrote: ↑

30 Nov 2022, 11:06 pm

I can’t stand most modern cartoons.  I like the 1980s loony tunes

1940-1965 more or less for me.

Mid 60's brought Herculoids and other uninteresting ****.
Then Scooby and Powerpuffs... God awful... poor kids...


 

SJConspirator » 30 Nov 2022, 11:06 pm » wrote: ↑

30 Nov 2022, 11:06 pm

I can’t stand most modern cartoons.  I like the 1980s loony tunes

One word


Aqua Teen Hunger Force - Foreigner Belt Episode


 

FOS » 30 Nov 2022, 5:34 pm » wrote: ↑

30 Nov 2022, 5:34 pm

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

when are you going to evolve beyond comparing ideologies? you are reviving something from 4 generations ago. 90 years ago that **** happened. People that did it are dead. 3 times over.