Before, the word “cartoon” would normally only be associated with detective dogs, colorful bears and ninja turtles made especially for children to watch on Saturday mornings on your local channels.
But indeed there has been an evolution in the world of television, as cartoons or full-length animated series have become a very popular part of the terrain of satellite TV, and the demand for it is only rising.
It started with the rude teenagers from “Beavis and Butt-head” and the crude kids from “South Park”. It seems animation has garnered a following from those who are old enough to watch live-action, but seem to find a unique appeal in cartoons instead.
In today’s trends of computer graphics and special effects in films and TV shows, where HDTV and 3-D has become a norm, it is really refreshing to know that people will still enjoy watching something as “low-tech” as 2-D animation. It seems that the point is not how “hi-tech” the animation is, but the fact that you can let a yellow cartoon person say something that would never fly if a real live actor said it.
Thanks to “The Simpsons” who laid the foundation on local channels, there’s no surprise nowadays that shows like “Family Guy” lead on satellite TV. But if you think that Matt and Trey, the guys from the franchise of “South Park”, would be less controversial in comparison to what Cartmann and his crew does today, you would be wrong. It seems adult cartoons will always be edgy.
Today, if you still haven’t found yourself getting into animated series on satellite TV, apparently there are shows designed to make you think of giving it a try. Shows like “The Life and Times of Tim” from HBO is an animated series about a luckless man living in New York in his mid-twenties and the progressively more awkward situations he gets into both in his work and personal life. The drawing looks like “Dr. Katz” but the dialogues will appeal to the crowd that follows “The Office”. It will be worth your while to try to watch an episode even if you’ve never wanted to see any other animated series aside from “The Simpsons”.
So before crossing out cartoons off your viewing list and leaving it to the kids, you may want to try looking at the latest trends of animated series in 2-D that survive and flourish in the middle of the constantly progressing technology of film and TV.
Looking at the latest breakthroughs in these animated shows, it seems that the simple crude cartoon teenagers and their offensive jokes has been evolving into a more broad range of characters and enjoyable topics with a touch of social commentary here and there that anyone may find more than entertaining.
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