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Netflix adds 80's cartoons to lineup

Netflix has announced the addition of a few 80s cartoons to its streaming library.

Among the shows coming to Netflix instantly are "My Little Pony," "Transformers Prime," "GI Joe: Renegades," "Pound Puppies," and "The Adventures of Chuck & Friends."



Additionally, "JEM & The Holograms," "Transformers: Generation 1," "G.I. Joe: Real American Heroes," "Transformers: Beast Wars "and "Transformers: Rescue Bots" will hit the catalog later in the year.

Financial details for the deal with Hasbro were not disclosed, and neither was the length of the contract.

Each of the shows will be hosted in the "Just for Kids" section, which launched last year.

Netflix has made many moves in the recent past, including getting exclusive first rights to the "The Artist," 2012's Academy Award for Best Picture.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 10 Apr 2012 17:41

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• LordRuss

  Why? If the 70s was the 'last gasp' for cartoons, the 80s was the moaning, gnashing teeth of the dead coming after you to tear the flesh off your bones.
  
  After Tipper Gore & bunch of 'Save the Fecal Finders' brigade got done doing their damage, everyone just had to jump on the band wagon & throw in their 2 cents about violence & it's affects on children. So much so, it was reflected in cartoons & all aspects of children's programming to the point of most shows looking like they were formatted for the mentally retarded.
  
  I'll bet these idiots are trying to sell this garbage as 'timeless & wholesome'. Other than kids that don't know any better, it's just primary colored, Korean rehash, that sits still with blinking eyes.
  

  http://onlyinrussellsworld.blogspot.com

  11.4.2012 10:22 #1

• Jeffrey_P

  Cartoons for the, "My Little Pony" generation.
  
  What's up doc?
  
  Jeff

  11.4.2012 10:29 #2

• LordRuss

  Originally posted by Jeffrey_P: Cartoons for the, "My Little Pony" generation.
  
  What's up doc?
  Power up BONUS = +100
  

  http://onlyinrussellsworld.blogspot.com

  11.4.2012 11:22 #3

• TBandit

  Would be nice to have Tom and Jerry on there, surprising the trash they put out nowadays.

  11.4.2012 21:36 #4

• Jeffrey_P

  Originally posted by TBandit: Would be nice to have Tom and Jerry on there, surprising the trash they put out nowadays. I was thinking Warner Brother classics when Warner employed creative people unlike today just distributing garbage movies and trying to sue everybody and their dog.
  
  Bugs Bunny
  Daffy Duck
  Yosemite Sam
  Elmer Fudd
  Fred Flintstone
  Wilma Flintstone
  Barney Rubble
  Betty Rubble
  Dino
  Pebbles
  Bam-Bam
  George Jetson
  Jane Jetson
  Elroy Jetson
  
  ...And... other Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
  
  Most of the cartoons of that era were for adults but kids got the hang of it.
  
  Jeff
  

  Cars, Guitars & Radiation.

  11.4.2012 21:53 #5

• getanacct

  Originally posted by Jeffrey_P: Originally posted by TBandit: Would be nice to have Tom and Jerry on there, surprising the trash they put out nowadays. I was thinking Warner Brother classics when Warner employed creative people unlike today just distributing garbage movies and trying to sue everybody and their dog.
  
  Bugs Bunny
  Daffy Duck
  Yosemite Sam
  Elmer Fudd
  Fred Flintstone
  Wilma Flintstone
  Barney Rubble
  Betty Rubble
  Dino
  Pebbles
  Bam-Bam
  George Jetson
  Jane Jetson
  Elroy Jetson
  
  ...And... other Hanna-Barbera cartoons.
  
  Most of the cartoons of that era were for adults but kids got the hang of it.
  
  Jeff Amen.
  
  I enjoyed those cartoons, and now I have to order them through Amazon to get them uncensored and in their original glory.
  
  I wished Warner's would bring stuff like Animaniacs back, for example, even though it came out about 20 years ago, it was funny as all out.
  

  13.4.2012 22:04 #6

• Jim1234567890- (unverified)

  Originally posted by LordRuss: Why? If the 70s was the 'last gasp' for cartoons, the 80s was the moaning, gnashing teeth of the dead coming after you to tear the flesh off your bones.
  
  After Tipper Gore & bunch of 'Save the Fecal Finders' brigade got done doing their damage, everyone just had to jump on the band wagon & throw in their 2 cents about violence & it's affects on children. So much so, it was reflected in cartoons & all aspects of children's programming to the point of most shows looking like they were formatted for the mentally retarded.
  
  I'll bet these idiots are trying to sell this garbage as 'timeless & wholesome'. Other than kids that don't know any better, it's just primary colored, Korean rehash, that sits still with blinking eyes. Originally posted by LordRuss: Why? If the 70s was the 'last gasp' for cartoons, the 80s was the moaning, gnashing teeth of the dead coming after you to tear the flesh off your bones.
  
  After Tipper Gore & bunch of 'Save the Fecal Finders' brigade got done doing their damage, everyone just had to jump on the band wagon & throw in their 2 cents about violence & it's affects on children. So much so, it was reflected in cartoons & all aspects of children's programming to the point of most shows looking like they were formatted for the mentally retarded.
  
  I'll bet these idiots are trying to sell this garbage as 'timeless & wholesome'. Other than kids that don't know any better, it's just primary colored, Korean rehash, that sits still with blinking eyes.
  no violence in kids shows i guess you never seen ren and stimpy

  6.1.2013 23:10 #7

• Jeffrey_P

  Ren and Stimpy is not a network produced cartoon. It is cable broadcast with very few restrictions. Network broadcasting knuckled in the late seventies early eighties do to special interest groups who know what's good for all children.
  
  I never hit somebody with a hammer nor dropped an anvil on somebodies head. The feel good cartoons didn't do a thing to make make kids fluffy or nonviolent. Now kids just take an assault rifle to school and kill twenty something kids and adults.
  
  That's what I call progress! (Not)
  
  Overkill that destroyed cartoons forever.
  
  BTW Hey Netflix, 80's cartoons suck.
  

  Cars, Guitars & Radiation.

  7.1.2013 05:22 #8

• LordRuss

  Originally posted by Jim1234567890-:
  no violence in kids shows i guess you never seen ren and stimpy
  Yes, as I can muster the most sardonic, sarcastic tone possible... To which I can also add, I also WORKED for Nickelodeon back when they were producing the show. However, that means little when there was little if ANY actual violence portrayed on screen (only IMPLIED). Bazaar contortions of the characters or double entendres made by the toons (understood by the adult audience only) does not a 'violent cartoon make.
  
  Pick a better (there is none) example for your argument, then we might discuss it. Otherwise, I still stand behind my original statements that network cartoons have been pretty much nothing more than blinking eyed, talking heads for the mentally retarded since the late 70s. Sans SOME of the work coming out of Japan.
  
  I'm not even considering any of the computerized shit, due to the very nature that the craftsmanship is still left primarily to a machine rather than human nuance.
  

  http://onlyinrussellsworld.blogspot.com

  8.1.2013 15:36 #9

• xboxdvl2

  ren and stimpy was on tv here for a short time.looney tunes was amusing.i use to watch transformers,robotech series,dragon ball z and looney tunes.
  
  if you want really violent cartoons try the manga series and no its not daytime viewing.
  

  i have the big screen tv,a ps3 and 5.1 channel surround sound.car still runs smooth and computer still works but its a bit outdated.

  9.1.2013 00:49 #10