"adult" cartoons are generally hideous

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• MetaFour

  2018-04-15 07:02:27

  For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

  Because they're trying too hard to be "Not for kids, yo!" I suspect.
• Tachyon

  2018-04-15 11:39:59

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  it might be for the best, signalling that they will not appeal to children

  
  

  maybe worth considering that this seems to be a specifically American trend?  doesn't seem to be the case in anime
• Section42L

  2018-04-15 15:52:11 edited 2018-04-15 17:16:11

  We can do anything if we do it together.

  In the case of The Simpsons and Beavis & Butthead, which are the cartoons that started that trend, I think it was meant as a rejection of the Disney Illusion of Life mentality, which is something that I can honestly fully empathize with. I’m pretty over the idea that cartoons desiring to look realistic is a bad thing, especially in the wake of recent events.
  
  However, I feel like those shows went a bit too far in rejecting all tooniness, when artful exaggeration is something that could’ve fit in with their desire to do realistic-looking cartoons that didn’t rely on Illusion of Life cliches.
  
  Adult shows since then seem to have missed the point of why those shows looked the way they did, and just doubled down on the lack of exaggeration with the designs while getting more fanciful with the storytelling. It leads to an unfortunate “worst of both worlds” combination, at least for me.
• MetaFour

  2018-04-15 17:14:13

  For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.

  Tachyon said:

  it might be for the best, signalling that they will not appeal to children

  
  

  Ironically, just from my own experience with The Simpsons and Ren & Stimpy as a youngster, I don't think deliberately ugly animation does that good a job discouraging children from watching.
• Tachyon

  2018-04-15 17:15:40

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  probably not

  
  

  it would have discouraged kid!tachyon, who found both those series visually offputting
• Tachyon

  2018-04-15 17:16:53

  ^{i will watch the heck outta this pumpkin patch}
  

  the simpsons less so, admittedly
• Crystal

  2018-04-15 17:29:11 edited 2018-04-15 17:47:00

  Munch munch, chomp chomp...

  It definitely discouraged me as a wee chick, R&S in particular just made me plainly uncomfortable. But yeah I definitely remember all sorts of folks my age caring for one or both of'em.
• Princess Alice

  2018-04-15 17:33:55

  You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022

  I loved The Simpsons as a kid, but I was introduced to it early on, when it was still The Bart Show, so as a little "boy" I of course was into such things
• Calica

  2018-04-15 22:01:49

  Sup bitches, witches, Haters, and trolls.

  i think for the simpsons that's just how matt groening draws and has since it was a comic about bunny rabbits
  
• Anonus

  2018-04-15 22:22:57

  I've learned to tolerate drama...except on the boat

  the simpsons' look had a very real "indie" vibe about it

  
  

  also i still think the ullman shorts are real kinetic: