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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 22, 2021 20:19:50 GMT -5
We got one for the IWC in Wrest, so....
How about "All the kids except Charlie died in Willy Wonka." No. Wonka says they'll be fine...hopefully wiser.
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Post by jimmyjackezekiel on Dec 22, 2021 20:31:51 GMT -5
Porygon made all those Japanese kids have seizures.
It was Pikachu who caused that explosion.
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Post by Johnny B. Decent on Dec 22, 2021 21:23:17 GMT -5
Porygon made all those Japanese kids have seizures. It was Pikachu who caused that explosion. Yup, but Poragon wasn't as popular as Pikachu, so he got scapegoated.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 22, 2021 21:32:25 GMT -5
The classic "Everyone thought Orson Welles's radio adaptation of H.G. Wells's War of the Worlds was real and went into hysteria".
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 23, 2021 7:11:11 GMT -5
Scrappy Doo wasn't initially as widely hated as people would have you believe
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Post by Futureraven: Beelzebruv on Dec 23, 2021 7:25:14 GMT -5
Scrappy Doo wasn't initially as widely hated as people would have you believe If I remember right, Scooby Doo was kinda stagnating, less popular and Scrappy gave it a huge shot in the arm and made it more popular at the time.
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Post by BlackoutCreature on Dec 23, 2021 10:32:25 GMT -5
Scrappy's introduction basically coincided with a downturn in the quality of Scooby-Doo stories in general. The character was perfectly fine, but any premise of the show being about mystery solving was pretty much gone in favor of just having Shaggy and Scooby bumble around and crash into stuff like an old Three Stooges short. That was the real problem.
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Post by EvenBaldobombHasAJob on Dec 23, 2021 11:06:32 GMT -5
Yoko Ono didn't break up The Beatles, Paul McCartney did.
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Post by Perpetual Nirvana on Dec 23, 2021 11:12:59 GMT -5
We got one for the IWC in Wrest, so.... How about "All the kids except Charlie died in Willy Wonka." No. Wonka says they'll be fine...hopefully wiser. Problem is they never included the scene where Charlie sees the kids leaving the factory from the great glass elevator.
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Post by "Evil Brood" Jackson Vanik on Dec 23, 2021 11:19:11 GMT -5
I feel like the American media still treats soccer like this red headed stepchild that almost no one watches here but it's becoming increasingly popular, especially over the last 10 years.
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Post by hassanchop on Dec 23, 2021 11:28:04 GMT -5
Yoko Ono didn't break up The Beatles, Paul McCartney did. I thought the death of their manager caused it Scrappy's introduction basically coincided with a downturn in the quality of Scooby-Doo stories in general. The character was perfectly fine, but any premise of the show being about mystery solving was pretty much gone in favor of just having Shaggy and Scooby bumble around and crash into stuff like an old Three Stooges short. That was the real problem. The other problem is that the others were gone and Scrappy in some specials became the Velma.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 23, 2021 12:09:04 GMT -5
Scrappy's introduction basically coincided with a downturn in the quality of Scooby-Doo stories in general. The character was perfectly fine, but any premise of the show being about mystery solving was pretty much gone in favor of just having Shaggy and Scooby bumble around and crash into stuff like an old Three Stooges short. That was the real problem. This is exactly why I went sour on Scrappy. Because I associated him with the comedy shorts I didn't like, with half the gang gone.
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Post by chrom on Dec 23, 2021 12:13:50 GMT -5
We got one for the IWC in Wrest, so.... How about "All the kids except Charlie died in Willy Wonka." No. Wonka says they'll be fine...hopefully wiser. Problem is they never included the scene where Charlie sees the kids leaving the factory from the great glass elevator. They did in The Johnny Depp version
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Post by greyfmdan on Dec 23, 2021 13:50:26 GMT -5
Agreed on most of the points here re: Scrappy. I’ll add, I wonder how much of the modern Scrappy hate is because of Internet groupthink—or at least, because the Internet has poisoned the well somewhat. I remember watching Cartoon Network reruns as a kid in the 90s, & to be honest, I kind of liked the Scrappy character. I didn’t particularly care for the 3-shorts format change, but I didn’t see that as the fault of the character. Granted, rewatching now as an adult, I find him somewhat cringey. But if not for all the Internet hate, I do wonder if I’d be watching him with quite as critical an eye.
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Post by Cyno on Dec 23, 2021 14:39:14 GMT -5
I feel like the American media still treats soccer like this red headed stepchild that almost no one watches here but it's becoming increasingly popular, especially over the last 10 years. I think that's at the professional level more than anything where it's almost like a regional sport. It's incredibly popular in the Pacific Northwest with Portland and Seattle's MLS clubs about as popular as their Big Four teams. NYCFC is also gaining some traction in New York with their recent success.
As a sport in general, a lot of kids play soccer and it's really popular to play at the high school and college levels. The country also embraces the World Cup and Olympics teams when they make a run (especially the USWNT who are exponentially more successful that the USMNT). But MLS is real inconsistent and when it comes to money, a lot of athletes are going to choose the Big Four or, if they stick with soccer, try to make it in the European clubs.
As for Scrappy, I liked him a lot as a kid. Not as much watching when I was an adult and that's without knowing about how much the internet hated the guy. Maybe it's just a different sensibilities thing.
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Post by karl100589 on Dec 23, 2021 15:24:51 GMT -5
Agreed on most of the points here re: Scrappy. I’ll add, I wonder how much of the modern Scrappy hate is because of Internet groupthink—or at least, because the Internet has poisoned the well somewhat. I remember watching Cartoon Network reruns as a kid in the 90s, & to be honest, I kind of liked the Scrappy character. I didn’t particularly care for the 3-shorts format change, but I didn’t see that as the fault of the character. Granted, rewatching now as an adult, I find him somewhat cringey. But if not for all the Internet hate, I do wonder if I’d be watching him with quite as critical an eye. I compare him to Robin in the 60s Batman; an enthusiastic kid whose over eagerness lands him in trouble.
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Post by The Ichi on Dec 23, 2021 16:25:33 GMT -5
Thing is they made Scrappy the main villain of the live-action movie. Maybe the hate was overblown but it was definitely there.
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Post by James Fabiano on Dec 23, 2021 16:33:55 GMT -5
I got another...
"The Raccoons was an environmental cartoon."
Sure, the first two specials, and the odd episode here and there, but really, they covered a lot of different topics.
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Post by thechase on Dec 23, 2021 16:38:20 GMT -5
Agreed on most of the points here re: Scrappy. I’ll add, I wonder how much of the modern Scrappy hate is because of Internet groupthink—or at least, because the Internet has poisoned the well somewhat. I remember watching Cartoon Network reruns as a kid in the 90s, & to be honest, I kind of liked the Scrappy character. I didn’t particularly care for the 3-shorts format change, but I didn’t see that as the fault of the character. Granted, rewatching now as an adult, I find him somewhat cringey. But if not for all the Internet hate, I do wonder if I’d be watching him with quite as critical an eye. Scrappy's a part of my favourite Scooby Doo era where it's just Shaggy and Daph, which I 'ship hard. I can't hate that era.
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Post by Clash, Never a Meter Maid on Dec 23, 2021 16:41:58 GMT -5
Nobody was badly injured or worse during the making of the Charlton Heston Ben-Hur. That was the 1925 version, Ben Hur: Tale Of The Christ that had all of the accidents. The two sometimes get confused.
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