Simplicity111
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- Feb 2, 2015
Man, where is this "Growing Around has potential" attitude coming from? It doesn't. It really doesn't.
The entire concept is trite and dated, pretty much stolen from an already failed pilot. This is the kind of show that might have had some footing in the late 90's or early 2000's, but now? Every single plot point has been done to death in pretty much every other cartoon ever. And much better in those shows, too. It doesn't have a single original bone in its body and is totally adverse to taking any sort of risk. MrEnter's idea of a "risk" is "oh look the stock picture day plot DIDN'T end with a terrible picture! LOL!". When he could just, you know, use an original idea for once instead of shamelessly riding on old, stale plot tropes.
Now, good characters can save a bad story in my opinion, but these characters are terrible. They're whiny, annoying, useless, and do everything they can to screw each other over. When he tries to write some kind of pathos into the show with these unlikable little bastards it comes across as horribly forced. Bastards can be funny, mind, but when the creator of this series is best known for ranting and raving about unlikable characters, it comes off as horribly hypocritical. Not that these bastards are well-executed in the least, though.
The only thing that can save this show is for it to be rewritten from the ground up. Maybe, MAYBE the basic concept can be saved if the characters were entirely rehauled. But even that's optimistic. The cartoon scene isn't what it used to be, especially on CN where he wants to pitch this.
I agree with you 100% here. This show is dead on arrival, as if it even reached there.