Cartoon Wars, Part Two
What a fucking letdown.
Previously
- Canonball #993: The Last Temptation of Christ
- Oh crap
- Thank You for Smoking: Burning men [movie note]
- Why do they call it "Thunder" when it's clearly li...
- Like Eminem's "Stan" with the stakes raised
- New sensations
- Since you asked
- I have much to learn about this "blogging" thing
- What's opera, Doc?
- Better lightbulbs won't save the world
Music
- Acclaimed Music
- A.S. Van Dorston
- Chris Monsen
- Freaky Trigger
- Idolator
- Keith Harris
- Michaelangelo Matos
- Nate Patrin
- Paper Thin Walls
- Popjustice
- Robert Christgau
- Sasha Frere-Jones
- Simon Reynolds
- Tom Breihan
- Tom Hull
- Treble
- Tris McCall
Food
Movies
- Stylus & I
- Brian Darr
- Chicago Reader
- David Edelstein
- David Hudson
- Film Comment
- Girish Shambu
- Jane Dark
- Keith Demko
- LA Weekly
- Love HK Film
- Lumiere Reader
- Metacritic
- Michael Guillen
- New York Press
- Salon
- Village Voice
Politics
Sport
- College Football News
- Cricinfo
- Dave Meltzer
- Football Outsiders
- NZ Herald
- Orson Swindle
- Pro Wrestling Torch
Lit
"Friends", most of whom I've never met
- Dickolas
- FahYing
- Keane
- Jerry
- Joe
- Michael
- Michelle
- Quangdiggity
- Priscilla
- Robin
- Steve
- Steph
- Transcience
2 Comments:
At 3:21 pm,
Transcience said…
No kidding -- even if the letdown was entirely predictable. Lately it seems like every time they try to send a message, they back down in the end. They basically said that no one should really drive hybrid cars, even though they're helpful, because it's impossible to drive with your head up your own ass. As for the Cartoon Wars, they basically called out the country for being afraid of showing Mohammed cartoons only to resolve their own dilemma through self-censorship. They want to have their cake and eat it, too. And they never really developed the Family Guy critique, either; they just kept repeating it over and over. Weak.
At 9:51 pm,
Dickolas Wang said…
I personally liked the critique of Family Guy, because it seemed like they were extending an olive branch. First off, they made Cartman the one who hated it; second off, they had one character say "It may just be random jokes, but I like that"; third off, they acknowledged their own tendency to "get all up their own asses" with messages. As for the manatees, that's just good clean fun.
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