Anyway, a lot of retards on Xitter and /co/ are calling it goonslop and Y2Kslop, as well as the pilot not really having a plot nor clear premise(true tho); On the other hand, great reception on Newgrounds and as of me typing, almost 700k views on Youtube. Impressive for a cartoon that came out of nowhere. Nostalgia bait is another term I've been seeing too and it sorta worked on me. I've been reminiscing about those hot summer days between elementary school grades bringing my bionicles to the neighborhood pool since. Gated, no lifeguards, trees all around. Us crackers had the afternoons all to ourselves cuz the Asians went in the morning and the Indians in the evening. It was a more simple time, a more innocent time. Hope this guy makes more.
Yeah, it’s really impressive how accurate they’ve managed to nail that particular era of cartoon and its style. Was pretty entertaining too.
Twitter losing their shit is just icing on the cake.
I gotta disagree, I don't think this is a case of "Libtards seething that the girl's attractive", this cartoon just seems bad tbh. I 100% agree with the Y2Kslop goonslop nostalgia bait accusations. I mean, it's called Planetronika, the alien's called FREESTYLE the girl's called BUTTERFLY, she's a SPACE EXPLORER (Which we never see in the pilot) and the pilot is about BASKETBALL. Genuinely sounds like a show you'd see in GTA, it's such an inauthentic hodge podge of 2000s tropes that it almost feels like satire. And the ass shots are so excessive that I'm convinced it was originally supposed to be porn but the creator repurposed it. The animation's also obnoxious.
I'll tell you where you've seen that style before, from a "How to draw anime" book in your local library. It's the generic western anime style with none of the individual charm, literally just Great Value.
The cherry on top is the creator blocking anyone who DARES to point out the excessive focus on Butterfly's ass, which I just can't respect. If they were telling him "Noooo she's not black enough, she's not fat enough" or some other SJW shit then I could understand, but that is just legitimate criticism he's blocking off because it hurts his feelings and stings his wiener. I shouldn't be able to tell that the creator has a secret porn stash as I'm watching, not that I'm judging him for it, but I don't care. So he should stop shoving that implication in my face every few seconds of the pilot. It's very porn-brained.
A better example is Frankie from Foster's, she's clearly supposed to be an attractive lady, but her ass isn't on constant display and the "Wow Frankie's hot" moments are just that. Moments. Not everytime she's on screen.
All in all I agree with the 4.5/10 rating given in the cartoon industry thread. Bland, inauthentic, unoriginal, made for no reason than for 30 yr olds to go "Ohhh, I remember that!", and way too much ass. Animation is in your face and feels more like a parody of anime than an appreciation. The pilot tells us nothing about the characters and pretty much nothing goes on. My advice to other creators is to
stop trying to copy an entire fucking era, if you genuinely love an era, inspiration will come a LOT more naturally than naming your protags fucking "Freestyle" and "Butterfly".
And most importantly, YOUR trademark will still be visible. Your work should be
your work, if your selling pitch is the fact that your work ISN'T your work but instead a fusion of other people's shit, then what's the point of me watching you? I could just go watch Totally Spies or Pokemon. There
has to be more than nostalgia, otherwise it's no better than a Disney live action remake.
