Gilda Dent
04-01-2006, 10:43 AM
I've seen reruns on various channels of the live action shows I watched as a kid, and they are almost painfully bad. Land of the Lost and H.R. Pufinstuff are almost painful to watch. Shazam and Isis are ok, but they were about as good as it gets. And, Oh. My. God. The Banana Bunch. Monster Squad. The Banana Bunch.
And these were reruns from 70's shows when I saw them as a kid in the 80's. Someone decided that these shows were good enough to keep running them. And I look at them, and think, my dear lord, was I really dull enough as a kid to like this stuff?
Land of the Lost in particular mesmerized me. I saw a rerun a few months ago.
So I'm up a few weeks ago, and Emily has Saturday morning kids tv on, and, well, any opportunity to cuddle is an opportunity to cuddle.
And I'm watching, and these are actually pretty decent shows, galaxies better than the stuff I remember from my childhood.
There are a lot of clones (I'm watching a Lost clone right now), but they're at least well made clones with decent acting, realistic looking locations and sets, and stories that would work for bright ten-year-olds rather than developmentally challenged six-year-olds, with characters who act like real teens, or as close as you'd expect for a low budget tv show. They seem to be conscious of diversity.
The shows are a little didactic, but the lessons do tend to be less preachy than, say Shazam/Isis.
Right now, I'm watching Flight 29 Down, a Lost clone. Here's the strange part. I lost interest in Lost early this season, but I'm still enjoying Flight 29 Down, at least a little bit.
Another decent one is . . . the name escapes me right now. It's about a Malibu valley girl whose been relocated to a rural area in the Northwest. Again, it's not great tv, but compared to the live action stuff I grew up with, it's Citizen Kane.
Do you watch Saturday morning kid's shows? What do you think of them?
Have you seen shows from your childhood and reevaluated them as an adult?
Gilda
And these were reruns from 70's shows when I saw them as a kid in the 80's. Someone decided that these shows were good enough to keep running them. And I look at them, and think, my dear lord, was I really dull enough as a kid to like this stuff?
Land of the Lost in particular mesmerized me. I saw a rerun a few months ago.
So I'm up a few weeks ago, and Emily has Saturday morning kids tv on, and, well, any opportunity to cuddle is an opportunity to cuddle.
And I'm watching, and these are actually pretty decent shows, galaxies better than the stuff I remember from my childhood.
There are a lot of clones (I'm watching a Lost clone right now), but they're at least well made clones with decent acting, realistic looking locations and sets, and stories that would work for bright ten-year-olds rather than developmentally challenged six-year-olds, with characters who act like real teens, or as close as you'd expect for a low budget tv show. They seem to be conscious of diversity.
The shows are a little didactic, but the lessons do tend to be less preachy than, say Shazam/Isis.
Right now, I'm watching Flight 29 Down, a Lost clone. Here's the strange part. I lost interest in Lost early this season, but I'm still enjoying Flight 29 Down, at least a little bit.
Another decent one is . . . the name escapes me right now. It's about a Malibu valley girl whose been relocated to a rural area in the Northwest. Again, it's not great tv, but compared to the live action stuff I grew up with, it's Citizen Kane.
Do you watch Saturday morning kid's shows? What do you think of them?
Have you seen shows from your childhood and reevaluated them as an adult?
Gilda