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SpaceCase
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« Reply #1 on: 12-10-2008 23:08 »
« Last Edit on: 12-11-2008 02:00 »
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Obviously adult cartoons aren't supposed to be 'cutesy'. However, do you all think Futurama is a 'cute' cartoon show? No. these are "cute:" Cute:1) Attractive or pleasing, especially in a dainty, childlike, quaint, or fun-spirited way. 2) Possessing physical features, personality traits, or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals. 3) Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy. 4) Mentally keen or discerning; clever; shrewd. One might make an argument for the original sense of the word, from some hundreds of years ago, or sense 4 above. Therefore, you may put me in the 'no' column. The only things I remember that were intentionally "cutesy" were the "Lovey-Bears" from "Love & Rocket." I have too much free time...
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Smarty
Professor
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Japan's top export is 87% of the worlds weird shit.
Examples of weird Japanese cartoons: vs. Futurama: Quite the difference.
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gudbjorg
Liquid Emperor
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Obviously adult cartoons aren't supposed to be 'cutesy'. However, do you all think Futurama is a 'cute' cartoon show? No. these are "cute:"
Cute: 1) Attractive or pleasing, especially in a dainty, childlike, quaint, or fun-spirited way. 2) Possessing physical features, personality traits, or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals. 3) Affected or contrived to charm; mincingly clever; precious; cutesy. 4) Mentally keen or discerning; clever; shrewd.
One might make an argument for the original sense of the word, from some hundreds of years ago, or sense 4 above. Therefore, you may put me in the 'no' column.
The only things I remember that were intentionally "cutesy" were the "Lovey-Bears" from "Love & Rocket."
I have too much free time...
Most of those are more scary than cutesy.
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SpaceCase
Liquid Emperor
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Most of those are more scary than cutesy. First, I am not an aficionado of 'cute', but it seems scary vs cute is a matter of interpretation. Second - and the following is an invitation not a challeng e - If you have better examples, please share them. I'll just ooze back out under the door now...
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Earthican
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I don't think Futurama is a cute show, but it can have it's moments such as Lrrr and Ndnd in "Spanish Fry" or such moments of not too serious romance-y-ness. To me that's what makes Futurama so good though. It is able to cover various emotions without being 'unnatural'.
In short, it can but I wouldn't say it is.
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me,bender
Crustacean
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In BBwaBB they were throwing lab animals in the street5 that proves its not a cutesy show
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SpaceRugger
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I don't think Futurama is a cute show, but it can have it's moments such as Lrrr and Ndnd in "Spanish Fry" or such moments of not too serious romance-y-ness. To me that's what makes Futurama so good though. It is able to cover various emotions without being 'unnatural'.
In short, it can but I wouldn't say it is.
I think that sums it up the best. Due to the animated and often light-hearted comical nature of the show it can be and easily has the power to be cutesy but, since it covers such a wide spectrum of emotions and topics it wouldn't be categorized cutesy.
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THM
Bending Unit
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« Reply #23 on: 02-17-2009 00:22 »
« Last Edit on: 02-17-2009 00:30 »
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And for the record, the japanese don't like most western animation - including Futurama - because of our habit of giving characters four fingers instead of five. They see that as bizarre and disgusting and unrealistic.
Waitaminute... This from the country that brought us Evangelion, Dragon Half, tentacle porn, Dead Leaves, Elfen Lied, and... (I could go on)? Who created a series called Read or Die where the British Library tries to take over the world? They're pointing fingers about realism? Well, I guess we all have different ideas about what constitutes 'real'. (Not that I'm down on anime, I own all of the series that I name above - not the porn, though - and I love them to bits, but they're all, to a man, barking mad. Fun, but utterly bonkers.)
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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Obviously adult cartoons aren't supposed to be 'cutesy'. However, do you all think Futurama is a 'cute' cartoon show?
I wouldn't call Futurama an 'adult' cartoon. An adolescent cartoon perhaps, but not adult. Ghost in the Shell is an adult cartoon. America doesn't really make adult cartoons. No, not even South Park.
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