BLAM! Disney lowers the bar again! - Page 3

flippyshark · 09-01-2010, 08:36 PM

Mouse Factory was certainly a bit less insulting to the intelligence, but it doesn't hold up as must-see viewing. (Even its nostalgia value wears off pretty quickly.)

My main beef with the new segments is that I have seen so much better material for very young children, and I'd love to think that Disney could play in this league, but this stuff is clueless and depressing. If Disney was clever enough to repurpose old cartoons and characters in the same way that Cartoon Network used to do (Space Ghost Coast, To Coast, Birdman: Attorney at Law) I would be all for playing around with the stuff from the vault. (Granted, those were aimed at "boomers," but kids loved 'em too.)

Cadaverous Pallor · 09-01-2010, 08:59 PM

As John Lasseter said, kids will watch anything.

On the other hand, I would never let my kids watch such bastardization.

BDBopper · 09-02-2010, 08:02 AM

I don't really care for the BLAM either.

A little addition to this is that what Disney is currently doing is taking classics from the vault, redubbing them with the current voice actors the kids are used to hearing, and airing them. Then sometimes they are remixing them into BLAM segments to fill some time that a six minute cartoon won't fit into.

The "Have A Laugh" concept is pretty cool...but BLAM is terrible. Get rid of it!

09-01-2010, 08:36 PM	#1
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	Mouse Factory was certainly a bit less insulting to the intelligence, but it doesn't hold up as must-see viewing. (Even its nostalgia value wears off pretty quickly.) My main beef with the new segments is that I have seen so much better material for very young children, and I'd love to think that Disney could play in this league, but this stuff is clueless and depressing. If Disney was clever enough to repurpose old cartoons and characters in the same way that Cartoon Network used to do (Space Ghost Coast, To Coast, Birdman: Attorney at Law) I would be all for playing around with the stuff from the vault. (Granted, those were aimed at "boomers," but kids loved 'em too.)
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09-01-2010, 08:59 PM	#2
Cadaverous Pallor ohhhh baby Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parental Bliss Posts: 12,364	As John Lasseter said, kids will watch anything. On the other hand, I would never let my kids watch such bastardization. __________________ The second star to the right shines in the night for you
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09-02-2010, 08:02 AM	#3
BDBopper Not Taking Any Crap! Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cleaning Up America, One Step At A Time! Posts: 1,694	I don't really care for the BLAM either. A little addition to this is that what Disney is currently doing is taking classics from the vault, redubbing them with the current voice actors the kids are used to hearing, and airing them. Then sometimes they are remixing them into BLAM segments to fill some time that a six minute cartoon won't fit into. The "Have A Laugh" concept is pretty cool...but BLAM is terrible. Get rid of it!
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