Re: My thoughts on The Weekenders

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> Chika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
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> > > It's the first post of December, the 200th post of the thread, and...
> > > well, it's cut and paste time folks. Thoughts follow real shortly.
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> > So I get post 201. Does that mean I get the free passes to Chumbukkit?

> Hmm, I was kinda expecting a smiley (as in ";-)") at the end of that
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> "post" with "call", of course)?

Sorry! :)

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> And here's another gem I just remembered (BTW, this isn't word per
> word):
> Partner: "I've been using cubbies all my life, and in middle school
> I'll be using a locker, but I'm not sure if my books will fit. What's
> your advice?"
> Carver: "Uh, buy shoes."
> Partner: "Buy shoes?"
> Carver: "Uh... you can fit shoes in your locker..."

Do you deny this?!? :)

> All I can say is, at least it was marginally more interesting than
> that "Are my shoes enough?/Am *I* enough?" speech at the end, which
> seems to have little to do with the plot. Speaking of which, as you
> can plainly see, the writers have once again mined Carv's love of
> footwear... like Chumbukkit, haven't we had enough yet?

It reminds me of that female character in the Fast Show that is always
concerned about "Does my bum look big in this?"

> Meanwhile, I made a post at the Toonzone forums about the theory that
> Rocket Power might have cut short The Weekenders' lifespan. A couple
> of similarities were pointed out, for example:
> * Both take place in California towns with amusement parks
> * Both shows' gangs have regular hangouts (even if the pizza place
> changes trends every darn week)
> * Both shows have mentioned rugby football
> * Both shows have single moms

Let's face it; all te various cartoon channels have a habit of copying
each other. CN comes up with the Powerpuff Girls, so Disney do Teamo
Supremo. Fox does Totally Spies, Disney do Kim Possible. It's nothing
unusual, and doesn't necessarily mean that one or the other is bad, but it
does point to an overall lack of originality in certain quarters...

> I also pointed out some diffs: 
> * TW doesn't use the ep title on the opening caption (or anywhere), RP
> does 
> * RP is all about sports, TW is all about weekend life in general 
> * Since when did you ever see Otto Rocket at a museum? 
> * And since when (besides Tishing) did you ever see TW use fake slang?
> Most importantly, I claimed that since RP was on cable, it couldn't have
> done much damage to TW's ratings. Here's the thread:
> http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=95692 .

I'm not a great one for web forum chatting, but I'll have a look when I
get a moment. As for the differences, some of that has got to be based
around the creative element and the vested interests. Disney spend an
awful lot of their output on moralising, something that the other channels
don't do anything like as much (although it does happen).

> Tell me what you think of it, and while you're at it, why not check
> out this "clichebusters" thread (which also mentions TW quite a few
> times as well)?: http://forums.toonzone.net/showthread.php?t=94296

I suppose the amount of episodes of various cartoons each company is
expected to produce each year means that sooner or later a cliche is bound
to occur...

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