The Worst Children's TV Shows Never Made
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That wasn't a kids' show, it was made to show on midnight right about the time G4 turned to utter crap. I believe it was intended to entertain stoners.Happy Tree Friends.
Picked it up on the Internet couple o' years ago. My friends liked it.
Thought it was a cartoon, but when I watched squirrels having their eyes gouged out...
~The Doctor~
We had a local station that showed movies for kids after school. The day before they showed a Shirley Temple movie. That day they showed A BOY AND HIS DOG with a young Don Johnson. NOT a kiddie film. Showed about 10-15 minutes and shut it down in the middle of the rape scene!
I had somthing like that once. We were doing an ancient world class when i was about 14 , and our teacher thought hed get a video to show us about roman politics. Unfortunately he picked up the Public Library's copy of "Caligula" . needless to say we were all grossly dissapointed that he realised his mistake half way through the bit where he forced himself on his sister.
By personal choice for a poor kids show would be "Postman Pat goes Postal"
By personal choice for a poor kids show would be "Postman Pat goes Postal"
Slut? That's a little harsh.
~The Doctor~
Then you obviously haven't found the Ginny Kill-Off thread yet.
Look, I know she's not a slut. It's just fun to rag on her character.
Honestly, from bit-part character to Mary-Sue, the Hero's Twoo Luv and Soul Mate (OMG, liek, that's sooooo cute!!!1!11111!!!!) in one book? Come on.
"Nap Time". This soporific reality show about a room full of kids sleeping on the floor is popular among working parents who go off to work and leave their TVs on for their toddlers.
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Then you obviously haven't found the Ginny Kill-Off thread yet.
Look, I know she's not a slut. It's just fun to rag on her character.
Honestly, from bit-part character to Mary-Sue, the Hero's Twoo Luv and Soul Mate (OMG, liek, that's sooooo cute!!!1!11111!!!!) in one book? Come on.
I don't recall it being that bad, but I DO recall Harry's "chest monster" whenever he sees Ginny with Michael Corner or Dean Thomas.
Jeez, between Harry's chest monster, the child Snape's "undisguised greed" upon seeing the child Lily, the teen James' "go out with me and I won't lay wand on old Snivelly again," and the Ron/Hermione Jerry Springer show, it seems half the males in the Potterverse come off as stalkers or dysfunctional knot-heads.
~The Doctor~
I stopped reading DH after Harry declared that Hermione "was like a sister" to him, and once she beat him up the redhead once he returned. If it was me, I would have taken his wand and told him to piss off.
Is this "undisguised greed" bit really true? Rowling's favourite character, a crazed stalker? Hmm. Wonder what that says about her...
I stopped reading DH after Harry declared that Hermione "was like a sister" to him, and once she beat him up the redhead once he returned. If it was me, I would have taken his wand and told him to piss off.
Is this "undisguised greed" bit really true? Rowling's favourite character, a crazed stalker? Hmm. Wonder what that says about her...
DH has got some good bits later on. I knew pretty much all of what was going to happen and I found lots of stuff suspenseful and gripping. I'd resume reading if I were you.
Snape is her favorite character? I know she liked writing him, but at one point, she denied viewing him as a hero (a statement she later amended to say he was a "deeply flawed hero") and she did say she liked him but wanted to slap him hard.
There are other ways of interpreting the "undisguised greed." He might have simply been really, really desperate to have another magical friend (given the mediocre people skills he demonstrates in "The Prince's Tale," it's possible he didn't have any other friends prior to befriending Lily at the age of 9 or 10).
If Snape is a stalker, so are half the Potterverse males, including the protagonist (getting upset when he sees his Object of Interest with other guys, for example, is a BAD THING). Someone commented that Rowling might not be good at writing male desire--Harry, his dad, and Ron all come off as buffoons or creeps.
"Hunting for Negroes" would be a really evil television show from a longer-lasting Nazi government or some kind of CSA-gone-really-bad. Basically it would involve hunting blacks for sport.
"Song of the South" as a TV show. I've never seen the Disney movie (only some snippets here and there), but some people have claimed that to please Southern audiences, the black children were pretty much doormats for the white kids, while the old black guy, upset about something, decides to "run away" to Atlanta.
(of course, never mind the fact that this is after Emancipation--"run away" is the wrong word)
This might come around as a result of a delayed Civil Rights movement.
"American Gladiators," only with REAL gladiators and people actually bleeding and dying. A non-Christian or even actively anti-Christian United States, perhaps?
"Bear-Baiting"--a TV show dedicated entirely to fights between chained bears and packs of dogs. People could bet on particularly tough, long-lived bears or particularly effective packs of dogs. Bloody, icky animal amusements have a long history--cockfighting is still big in Mexico, IIRC, while I recall bear- and bull-baiting being the origin of the term "bear market" and "bull market."
"Song of the South" as a TV show. I've never seen the Disney movie (only some snippets here and there), but some people have claimed that to please Southern audiences, the black children were pretty much doormats for the white kids, while the old black guy, upset about something, decides to "run away" to Atlanta.
(of course, never mind the fact that this is after Emancipation--"run away" is the wrong word)
This might come around as a result of a delayed Civil Rights movement.
"American Gladiators," only with REAL gladiators and people actually bleeding and dying. A non-Christian or even actively anti-Christian United States, perhaps?
"Bear-Baiting"--a TV show dedicated entirely to fights between chained bears and packs of dogs. People could bet on particularly tough, long-lived bears or particularly effective packs of dogs. Bloody, icky animal amusements have a long history--cockfighting is still big in Mexico, IIRC, while I recall bear- and bull-baiting being the origin of the term "bear market" and "bull market."