Seth McFarlane's "The Flintstones"

[dumpling321]

it's been announced that Seth McFarlane (creator of family guy) has gotten his grubby little hands on The Flintstones, what does everyone think of this?

Personally I think it's a complete travesty, I can just imagine Wilma pulling a sabretooth-mouse tampon out of her ho-hah, placing it down, and the mouse saying "It's a living" I'm also not sure I'm ready for Fred and Wilma to share the same bed... this clip is no doubt how it'll turn out =(

http://www.hulu.com/watch/242235/the...nes#s-p1-sr-i1

[corruptbiggins]

Personally, I don't care.

[Secret Fawful]

I've wanted this for a long time. I really really think The Flintstones can be made to work as a more adult sitcom, and frankly I even considered making a couple comics to try the idea out myself, because what the hell, Seth McFarlane, who's perfect for it, would never do it! Ha ha ha, yeah. I'm good with this.

[Rather Dashing]

I miss the days when we got real animation. Hell, I'm starting to miss the days when we got bad animation but, at least, the properties were new. This and the Napoleon Dynamite show on Fox are signs of even worse things to come in the field of televised animation. Here's hoping this bombs.

[Falanca]

IMO, Seth MacFarlane does not make works suitable for only adults, it's more like he treats adults like children by overexposing them to what they like with no depth whatsoever.

I pity the humanity who gave him time blocks for 3 cartoon shows, and my sorrow now only grows stronger.

[JedExodus]

I never liked The Flintstones at all, yet there's something a bit too sacred about it to let MacFarlane get his fingers in there

[GaryCXJk]

Actually, Seth MacFarlane started out as just an average animation guy. One of the animations he made before Family Guy was a short for What A Cartoon, which was the base of Family Guy (at least the talking dog part).

I hate Family Guy's humor, so I have total confidence with the Flintstones. At least there he's confined to a different kind of humor.

[Avistew]

Any video accessible to non-US people?

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by GaryCXJk

At least there he's confined to a different kind of humor.

How so?

[Falanca]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

How so?

Seconding that. He might as well change the overall tone of humor in Flintstones and get a fanbase. Which is actually what I'm scared of the most.

[Secret Fawful]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

This and the Napoleon Dynamite show on Fox are signs of even worse things to come in the field of televised animation.

Oh hey, there's something else I'm excited about too.

[Rather Dashing]

I think anyone excited about this should read Amid Amidi's write-up about the end of the creator-driven era of TV animation. While it mostly ties into the launch of The Hub, which was a significant and painful blow, the effect is only getting worse as we go forward into a world of safe-bet animation for both adults and children.

[Secret Fawful]

The oncoming upside presented in that article is far better than the oncoming downside to me. I say bring on the downfall of television if it means an era of independent work.

[dumpling321]

Originally Posted by Avistew

Any video accessible to non-US people?

oh sorry, it's a clip from "the morning after" a tv talk show on hulu, idk where else to find the clip...

It just basically talks about the situation, and then they end it with a clip of the flintstones with vocals from family guy where they're talking about abortion dubbed over the animation

on a side note, I love phineas and ferb, it's a great, creative, show which was created by ex-family guy writers... so this might not be a disaster, I still HATE the idea, but once I thought about that, it made me feel a WHOLE lot better...

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by Secret Fawful

The oncoming upside presented in that article is far better than the oncoming downside to me. I say bring on the downfall of television if it means an era of independent work.

The upside is far more long-term and less dramatic than the downside. While the power of the internet as a platform does ALLOW for independent work, it's relatively unproven. How many amazing animated web shows can you name?

The creator-driven era had it all. Animators in full control of network-backed projects that truly pushed the medium forward. Now, that medium is dying and the transitional phase leaves us with an uncertain, uncharted future. While the potential is there for something great, I can't help but wonder if it will end up structured and monetized like every other medium before it that came around with promises of bringing vast creativity to a wider audience with greater ease than ever before.

[Secret Fawful]

I have faith in the power of artistic ingenuity and human imagination. With shows like Grickle on the web, I don't have any fear at all that the independent movement wouldn't produce plenty of quality. Sure, not everything it would produce would be good, but that's to be expected. The curiosity of what it WOULD produce is more than enough for me to back it.

The same can be said for The Flintstones reboot. I'm curious as to what a FOX aired Flintstones series would be like. We can speculate all day, and look at McFarlane's track record, but what it might produce is unknown. I'm hoping for something with the same care, gravitas, and good writing given to it as The Venture Bros or Futurama, and I think that moving the show to a more adult medium as a more well-written comedy would make it easier to relate to the characters as characters and not just sit and watch them as just cartoons that make us laugh because they stubbed their toe on a rock then hit their head on a tree. Am I saying I fully expect McFarlane to deliver something like that? Yes, and no. It could go either way, and studio interference will probably taint that quite a bit. Yet I can hope, and when McFarlane isn't stooping to the lowest common denominator, the man does know how to write good comedy. Simply put, I'm happy it's being made because I want to be able to see what it's like.

[doodinthemood]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

I miss the days when we got real animation. Hell, I'm starting to miss the days when we got bad animation but, at least, the properties were new. This and the Napoleon Dynamite show on Fox are signs of even worse things to come in the field of televised animation. Here's hoping this bombs.

Hey, it's only been 6 years since Monkey Dust, the best cartoon of all time.

[Falanca]

Originally Posted by Secret Fawful

Yet I can hope, and when McFarlane isn't stooping to the lowest common denominator, the man does know how to write good comedy.

Theoretically yes, he does use every written rule in his shows. Practically, it's a matter of choice and I choose not to be amused, so I have to decline that statement.

[JedExodus]

Originally Posted by doodinthemood

Hey, it's only been 6 years since Monkey Dust, the best cartoon of all time.

God I loved Monkey Dust, it was such a twisted yet brutally honest show. personal favourites include Essex vs London and the very NSFW Cottaging guy

[Alcoremortis]

Originally Posted by Rather Dashing

The upside is far more long-term and less dramatic than the downside. While the power of the internet as a platform does ALLOW for independent work, it's relatively unproven. How many amazing animated web shows can you name?

Do you count machinima with animated sequences as animation, or would that be something completely different?