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Bread Fetishist said:
From what I've seen of Harvey Street Kids so far, it's a pretty fun show.
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I watched it recently and it was decent. My problem with it is that the characters are very different from the comic counterparts especially Dot. A major part of her character was that she was obsessed with dots, that she keeps drawing/collecting dots, hence her name.
 
PS1gamenwatch said:
I watched it recently and it was decent. My problem with it is that the characters are very different from the comic counterparts especially Dot. A major part of her character was that she was obsessed with dots, that she keeps drawing/collecting dots, hence her name.
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That is a shame they didn't preserve that. I was expecting a joke to come up of her room being considered off-limits by her friends simply for what they know is in there!
 
Trilby said:
That is a shame they didn't preserve that. I was expecting a joke to come up of her room being considered off-limits by her friends simply for what they know is in there!
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And the other thing they changed was Gerald, Lotta’s boyfriend who went from a shy diminutive nerdy kid to a hip cool new kid that swooned Lotta.
 
PS1gamenwatch said:
And the other thing they changed was Gerald, Lotta’s boyfriend who went from a shy diminutive nerdy kid to a hip cool new kid that swooned Lotta.
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You can just tell who was behind this show.
 
I love how Avatar the Last Airbender ended up becoming popular.
It used it's potential and created a fantastic story and memorable characters. Uncle Iroh being the most popular. First 3 episodes I didn't think it would end up well until Aang reaches the air temple. While keeping kid friendly it mixed in elements that teens and adults would understand and appreciate the heavier things such as spiritualism, death, tyranny and the sacrifices for freedom.
 
With the stores putting out Halloween decorations, I have to wonder if there are going to be any decent Halloween specials this year. It seems with each passing year the networks work on cutting back their Halloween content. Last year the only specials I remember seeing was an incredibly butchered It's a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and that crappy Scary Godmother movie. It really would be nice to see stuff like Halloween is Grinch Night, Garfield's Halloween and some of those Scooby Doo DTV movies from the late 80s and 90s to have some actual scares.
 
8777BB5 said:
With the stores putting out Halloween decorations, I have to wonder if there are going to be any decent Halloween specials this year. It seems with each passing year the networks work on cutting back their Halloween content. Last year the only specials I remember seeing was an incredibly butchered It's a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and that crappy Scary Godmother movie. It really would be nice to see stuff like Halloween is Grinch Night, Garfield's Halloween and some of those Scooby Doo DTV movies from the late 80s and 90s to have some actual scares.
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Seemed like the 1980's was the peak of Halloween specials IMO. I haven't paid attention to network TV in a long time to know what they do anymore, but it doesn't surprise me they still like to hack Great Pumpkin to bits like that.
 
8777BB5 said:
With the stores putting out Halloween decorations, I have to wonder if there are going to be any decent Halloween specials this year. It seems with each passing year the networks work on cutting back their Halloween content. Last year the only specials I remember seeing was an incredibly butchered It's a Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown and that crappy Scary Godmother movie. It really would be nice to see stuff like Halloween is Grinch Night, Garfield's Halloween and some of those Scooby Doo DTV movies from the late 80s and 90s to have some actual scares.
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The only time for specials these days is Christmas, sad to say, but all the great ones are available easily, so why complain?

(Don't forget Witch's Night Out. Or Mad Monster Party. Or the anime Dracula and Frankenstein films.)
 
Steamboat_Bill said:
The only time for specials these days is Christmas, sad to say, but all the great ones are available easily, so why complain?

(Don't forget Witch's Night Out. Or Mad Monster Party. Or the anime Dracula and Frankenstein films.)
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I would say the era of the prime time TV special has practically ended as far as networks are concerned.

EDIT: Going back to my youth, just having something "animated" on after 8PM was a godsend when your folks nagged you to go to bed instead. That was the luxury we don't have anymore in today's world.
 
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