>No dialogue
>Excuse plot for slapstick
>Sound effects to compliment it
It's that simple to make Tom and Jerry shorts, why did every single sequel series since Hanna Barbera fail?
>No dialogue. >Excuse plot for slapstick. >Sound effects to compliment it
DOOOOONT YOOOOOU BELIEVE IT
Tom & Jerry Tales was kino
That’s because co creatorJoseph Barbera was still alive at the time to work on it.
Yeah. Not sure why Cinemaphile shits on it so much.
the music fricking sucked.
Lack of budget to do high quality slapstck.
Wasn’t just budget, the skill and timing just wasn’t there in other shorts. The og Tom and Jerry mogged most slapstick back in the 40’s
Budget
Parental outrage over cartoon violence
>Parental outrage over cartoon violence
Why this happens so frequently?
Parents don't actually want their kids to be happy
Women
Fascist chuds who only wants Paw Patrol-tier shit for their kids
Kids think Tom hitting his head with a hammer is only going to lead to funny bump and be alright the next scene and then try it out themselves
there was no outrage over cartoon violence
there is now, but not then. People were more outraged over depictions of sex.
>there is now, but not then
Wrong
While Mr. Rogers did not lead any movement (not that I know of) he did say he did what he did because he didn't like "mindless" television for kids. I don't recall specifically violence, but I guess his sentiment of TV being mindless is a sentiment a lot of adults have even to this day. Even with iPad babies, there are parents who see that as mindless too.
The outrage now hampers good sequels from being made
Instead we get Tom and Jerry inserted into Willy Wonka
People weren't really outraged by the violence in golden age shorts back in the day because they were theatrical releases made for families going to theaters together and jaded salarymen blowing off steam. You had to pay to go see them. It wasn't until they started reruns on TV in the 80s/90s that violence became a concern because inattentive parents were plopping their kids in front of the TV to watch it and then blaming it for them lashing out (probably because they were, again, not getting attention from their parents)
>they were theatrical releases made for families going to theaters together and jaded salarymen blowing off steam
Which still means they complained, because they kept taking their kids with them to the theatre instead of hiring a babysitter.
People used to be more violent in general back then. It was a lot note common to just kick the shit out if someone for looking at you crossways.
These two posts together, although yes, parental concern has only been a thing for the past 40 years or so (although if you think about it, since Tom & Jerry is 83 years old, that's about half of its entire existence now...)
Otherwise, it actually takes a ton of talent and a high budget to do slapstick comedy well. There's a lot of artistry to the timing, visuals, cleverness of ideas and execution...even worse, it's written off as just "dumb humor."
And for really little kids, really inept slapstick works just fine. For your young toddler, a horribly drawn and barely even animated character farting and having a block fall on their head (or a horrible "actor" making a farting noise and tossing a pillow on their head) will be exactly as funny as the most brilliant slapstick, so why the frick would you ever spend any fricking money on it, when kids will laugh at literally anything, including you picking up your phone and making farting noises with your mouth for 15 hours and posting it to YouTube?
You fricking wouldn't, which also gets to your answer. Once, animated shorts were played in theaters, and aimed at families. But when they moved to television, they turned more and more into babysitters aimed at younger and younger children with the idea that they would be watched by those children alone. These days, it's worse than ever, as people crank out bargin bin content for infants and assume that even toddlers have graduated to video games as babysitters instead, and even then some people are figuring out that they can just use ancient content as babysitters instead. If cartoons don't just go extinct in the West for the most part, I'll actually be surprised.
Because they break at least one of those rules every time
I just wanted Tom to win, bros. Frick rats.
He won a fair amount.
I wanted Tom to have owners that didn't treat him like crap
You missed the point of the show
I liked the Sequel also
What if I told you guys the new Tom and Jerry's storyboards are stick figures.