• Gigan@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Why does it need to be updated? Just play the originals if they’re still popular and then make something new instead.

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      6 months ago

      Counter argument: sometimes our memory of shows is rosier than reality. Take Looney Tunes, for example. Some of those original episodes made fun of mental illness, PTSD, even suicide.

      In other cases a rebooted show is absolutely stellar, like BSG.

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      6 months ago

      Because children have different tastes in every generation. Would you watch a cartoon from the 1950s? No, because it’s boring by today’s standards.

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        6 months ago

        I strongly disagree. Children have no frame of reference, they’ll watch whatever is on. When I was young I watched a lot of Hanna-Barbera cartoons and they were made decades before I was born.

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        6 months ago

        Are you kidding? Speak for yourself. I loved retro cartoons like Looney Tunes and the Jetsons when they aired on Teletoon Retro as a kid. Everybody has their own tastes regardless of generation.