stupid American culture

[rosejailmaiden]

I was really excited all morning about the Rocket preview, but now I'm depressed.

Because there is no way this is getting dubbed without major cuts, if it gets dubbed at all. A Leopardas laserbeaming a building from a helicopter and whole buildings getting blown up isn't going to fly on American children's television. Ever.

I hate this stupid idea in American culture now that we have to shelter kids from anything the least bit violent, dark, or morbid. And that if a kid sees people getting hurt/dying, or gets scared, that means they are inevitably scarred for life. I managed to grow up during the golden age of Saturday morning cartoons, back when you didn't have to force in a LET'S ALL HELP EACH OTHER or EVERYONE IS SPECIAL AND AWESOME message, and the stuff I watched was fairly violent by standards of what's "acceptable" for kids, post Columbine and 9/11.

Guess what? I came out relatively well adjusted! I haven't been arrested for a violent crime, I don't steal, I'm generally a nice person, and I think I have a realistic view of life, because I actually watched shows where there were bad people, and where people even... died (gasp!)

And now we have Team Rocket being awesome like they were back in Johto, being badasses in general, being ANTIHEROES fighting Team Plasma (yeah even if it's just in Giovanni's best interests that they're fighting, I say  that still shoves them into antihero territory), and odds are because of the stupid nanny state mentality in this country, where parents can't parent anymore and instead demand the media provide their children with programming that's as inoffensive as possible, we'll never see this get dubbed. 

I feel sorry for this generation. They're going to grow up without decent imaginations because they're being fed the same focus tested bullshit, over and over.

Comments

[blackjackrocket.livejournal.com]

Well, it was fine on Batman: The Animated Series, but that was an extreme case even for the time.

I don't get this whole oversensitivity either. It's illogical.

[caterfree10.livejournal.com]

I completely hear you. I miss when kids shows used to be able to show violence and death, but those tragedies changed so much about the culture and how kids' shows are produced. It's little wonder few shows for kids on TV are any good nowadays. I've been watching "History of the Power Rangers" and looking back at the original seasons, it's hard to imagine half of those episodes being shown with all the buildings that end up destroyed. *sigh*

If there's one thing I hope for in whatever afterlife there is, is that there's a special circle of Hell for censors that involve the most painful torture in the universe. It would be nice, if nothing else.