LeVar Burton bringing back Reading Rainbow in app form
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3. Sniggly posted on 06 Feb 2012, 18:08 5 0
I loved that show when I was a kid. I didn't get to watch it beyond the age of four though. Kid shows used to be so much better.
7. MichaelHeller posted on 06 Feb 2012, 19:54 1 0
Aren't we a bit young to be pulling the "things were better back in my day" card?
9. -box- posted on 06 Feb 2012, 20:01 3 0
Sadly, no.
I started realizing just how screwed up the following generation to me would be when I saw just how trippy Sesame Street had gotten. This was the mid-90s. I realized then that kids would never has as awesome a childhood as I did
14. MichaelHeller posted on 06 Feb 2012, 22:06 0 0
That is absurd. Everything is better now, and will be better for the next generation. Our TV shows were absolute crap for the most part. Our toys could have easily killed us. And, what we called the Internet was nothing compared to what exists now. I would love to be a kid right now.
15. vijaysivakula posted on 06 Feb 2012, 22:43 0 0
Umm. Just a couple of questions. Just how many toys killed how many kids in those days and how many kids die now-a-days? You would love to be a kid right now but you would enjoy it only with the maturity of your current age of 20 / 30 / 40 years. Kids today are still lost, victimized and being conditioned.
22. MichaelHeller posted on 07 Feb 2012, 10:46 1 0
Kids today are no more worse for wear than ever. The only difference is we have 24 hour news cycles that put it all in your face. Kids are growing up in a globally connected world, sure there are things to be wary of, but kids today are no more bullied or victimized than ever. It's just better publicized now.
17. axllebeer posted on 06 Feb 2012, 23:00 0 0
Na. I don't recall being killed by my toys. But then I never had a Chucky doll lol. Sometimes you just have to unplug all the tech and just live.
23. MichaelHeller posted on 07 Feb 2012, 10:47 0 0
Okay, maybe lawn darts never killed anyone, but there are no toys that dangerous any more.
18. Sniggly posted on 06 Feb 2012, 23:18 0 0
"Everything is better now."
Recess.
Batman: The Animated Series.
Dexter's Lab.
Samurai Jack.
Justice League.
I rest my case. :D
21. MichaelHeller posted on 07 Feb 2012, 10:45 1 0
The Last Airbender.
Adventure Time.
Regular Show.
Flapjack.
Star Wars Clone Wars.
Thundercats reboot.
Just because it isn't filled with nostalgia doesn't mean it isn't awesome.
27. Sniggly posted on 07 Feb 2012, 13:25 0 0
I haven't watched any of those shows, but are you seriously going to tell me that they're all *better* than the shows I listed?
28. MichaelHeller posted on 07 Feb 2012, 13:36 0 0
They don't all need to be better than everything else. Just a point of fact that as many good shows as you can name from the past, there are amazing shows being made right now.
That said, I'd certainly put Airbender above anything else on your list or mine (the cartoon of course, not the steaming pile that M. Night Shyamalan put out in theaters.)
29. Sniggly posted on 07 Feb 2012, 13:48 0 0
I'll reserve judgment on Avatar until I actually watch any episodes, but I'm sure you can forgive my skepticism that anything could be better than Batman and the Justice League. :)
30. MichaelHeller posted on 07 Feb 2012, 14:21 0 0
I fully understand, but trust me on this one. Avatar is one of the best series ever.
20. McLTE posted on 07 Feb 2012, 09:14 0 0
Michael, Do you have kids??
From a Gadget sense, yes kids have it awesome today, but it's not all rainbows and butteflies.. kids today are more tied to their electronics and less social and/or lack good social skills because of it.
They have to deal with issues of bullying and the fun "anonymous" mean stuff that they wouldn't have to when we were kids in the 70's and 80's.
A good example is a good friend's daughter received texts from so called friends calling her all sorts of nasty things.. just for fun! This would have never happened when we were kids.
Kids are forced to grow up much faster than 20 or 30 years ago... exposed to sex at a much earlier age through all media outlets
Also, things are so much more unsafe for kids. When I was young, we could hop on our bikes and take off for the day.. ride 5 miles up to the library if we wanted. We just had to be back by dinner/dark etc. I didn't have bad and irresponsible parents either, that's just the way things were.
Now, as a parent, I'm afraid to let my kids out of the neighborhood, and I live in a good area!
No, you can't things are better today in every regard. Not at all. Many things are better by far, but it's much much worse today in areas too.
24. MichaelHeller posted on 07 Feb 2012, 11:07 1 0
"kids today are more tied to their electronics and less social and/or lack good social skills because of it." really? so all of the communicating that kids do with their friends with those electronics don't count for anything? When I grew up, I had a couple close friends and in my early teens the Internet finally came around. I was incredibly shy in real life, but the Internet allowed me to practice social skills and by the time I hit college, I was out of my shell. If I had Facebook in high school, I probably would have been far less shy because I would have had a much easier way to interact with people.
Bullying has existed forever. I was bullied plenty. Bullying is no more prevalent today than ever, it's just more widely publicized and visible. Just because kids couldn't use texts to degrade each other doesn't mean it didn't exist. And, luckily with texts, you have a written record of the bullying in order to take action rather than just a "he-said, she-said" that existed when we were kids.
"Kids are forced to grow up much faster..." No, not really. There is no reason why kids can't understand the world that they live in and still be kids. Parents have been saying the same things since we were kids, but it still doesn't make sense. People love sex, that's a fact of life. People can also be mean, petty, bigoted, and generally terrible. It's better that kids understand that and are prepared than going in blind. And, on the other side of it, people can also be kind, generous, and helpful. Yet every parent teaches their kids that all strangers are evil, and those lessons can impact a child throughout life. How is that helpful?
Things are actually far more safe for kids these days. Again it's a matter of visibility. Every crime statistic regarding kids is lower than it was when we were young. The only difference is that every crime is splashed in the media as much as possible. The world is safer, but we're more paranoid because we know more.
On the whole, it's a far better experience for kids with easier access to information, easier connections to their friends, quality entertainment, etc. Sure, there are new problems to deal with, but they aren't difficult or impossible, and technology often makes those issues easier to address. Just because its our job to watch out for them doesn't mean we let paranoia blind us.
4. Stuticus posted on 06 Feb 2012, 18:25 3 0
At least he got out before they made the Cookie Monster into the Vegie Monster.
