Why was The Flintstones so well regarded? Watching it today it's easy to see that it was pretty poorly animated, and that can't be blamed on being an old cartoon from the 60s because plenty of much older cartoons had really good animation. Is it just because it was a rare cartoon for adults in an era that did not have many of those?
Why was The Flintstones so well regarded? Watching it today it's easy to see that it was pretty poorly animated...
Kevin James
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Grayson Gutierrez
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Nathan Young
>Is it just because it was a rare cartoon for adults in an era that did not have many of those?
Generally that, and the designs and the voices had appeal.
Julian Rodriguez
There weren't as many cartoons or channels and it was syndicated with many episodes.
Luis Jenkins
The only reason The flintstones are painfully to watch it's because of how much the writers like shit on Fred
Ryan Bennett
MeTV has been showing this every day lately. It's kind of hard to watch. I think it's the canned laughter.
Asher Baker
It was badly animated because it was on a television budget instead of a theater budget like older cartoons. For the time and money they were given it looks fine.
Kevin Hill
It's because it was obviously referencing a comedian of the time, but making his comedy accessible to children.
The same way that Bugs Bunny did earlier. Comedy beforehand was seen as a kinda scandalous and adult thing - by making the obvious reference to the characters for children and adults it became ridiculously successful.
Kevin Collins
The Flintstones wasn’t really meant for children, it was on the same level as The Simpsons back then. It was only until after the show ended that it was changed into a children’s franchise.
Jaxon Ortiz
>and that can't be blamed on being an old cartoon from the 60s because plenty of much older cartoons had really good animation
That's a VERY poor misunderstanding of how animation degraded during the rise of television
Hudson Diaz
Its a cartoon that plays fun on the cultural trends and parodies other tv shows at the time.
How about you actually try to understand the context of a work before you bitch about it.
Noah Howard
>its le mean spirited
Hello Mr. Enter
Nathan Harris
Do you ever wonder if that'll happen with the Simpsons since it's at Disney?
Ethan Torres
- Good animation (for the era)
- Good cast of characters- There's a reason why it spawned a myriad of imitators.
- Innovative for it's era- Fred and Wilma were the first animated couple shown sleeping n the same bed.
- It touched several issues that nobody would ever think to have seen in a cartoon, like Fred and Wilma being parents at nearly 40 years old, and even displaying Wilma's pregnancy, something that no other cartoon had done back then. And then we had the issue with the Rubbles, who couldn't have children because Betty was sterile and both felt miserable and jealous of Fred's baby daughter until they ended up adopting an abandoned child (Bamm-Bamm)
All of this might sound normal by today's standards, but back then it was mindblowing.
Nathan James
That happened with The Simpsons long before it was at Disney, there is tons of Bart-related merchandise out there. So many old Simpsons video games on Genesis and stuff that were obviously intended for kids. It's like, they acted as if the show was something completely different and kid friendly. It's weird.
Jayden Ortiz
No I know about the merchandise and comics being more kid-friendly. But I'm wondering if that'll happen to the show itself.
Camden Smith
The early animation is better.
Alexander Howard
>Fred and Wilma were the first animated couple shown sleeping n the same bed.
The good old early 60s, when showing a couple sharing a bed on TV was scandalous and most likely an attempt to turn kids into commie pinkos.
Grayson Cox
It kind of already has. Simpsons hasn't had a real edge for years, which is why they were able to put it directly onto Disney+ without anyone raising an eyebrow.
Ryder Jones
Because Fred and Barney have a good dynamic and their wives are also good characters. The show itself isn’t as good at individual things as it is in it’s entirety.
Ayden Wilson
it tastes good like a *bang bang* cigarette should.
Jace Mitchell
why must that awful channel still be allowed to be up?
Jayden Perry
It was made for TV and not theatrical and had a much smaller budget, that's why the animation isn't as good as fucking looney tunes or something.
Hanna Barbera basically owned the TV animation space so their mode was about putting out as much content to fill as much airtime as possible; that's why they have so many obscure ass shows and ripoffs of their most popular ones.
Christian Wood
The Flinstones had two self ripoff shows as far I remember, one in Roman times and other during the 1970's where the protagonists were professional soccer players and looked like some blatant Fred and Barney ripoffs.
James Campbell
>where the protagonists were professional soccer players and looked like some blatant Fred and Barney ripoffs.
The show's name was "Where's Huddles?" It wasn't bad, and had more adult tones and jokes than the Flinstones.
The show's antagonist was the Huddles' gay neighbor, who actually liked his wife and daugther, but loathed the guy, and constantly called him "savage".
Benjamin Ramirez
Caleb Foster
So, in a way, Flintstones was woke.
Ayden Mitchell
Must you hamfistedly shove politics into every thread?
Bentley Butler
It was the first Prime-Time TV cartoon.
Carter Hall
Laughtracks really were fucking awful weren't they? Made decades of television unwatchable.
Nolan Ortiz
Dated humor
Jack Jenkins
Elaborate plox
Ryder Morgan
Man that looks bad