On Dec 25, 7:32 pm, "Frank J. Lhota" <FrankLho.NOS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Chris Sobieniak wrote:
> > Quite interesting when you think of it in that sense. Of course many
> > would like to think Tezuka was a robot who came to earth with the
> > intent of doing these things within a life-span of a human being
> > (reasons for the 150,000 pages drawn detailing everything)!
>
> LOL! Actually, I'm amazed at all that Tezuka was able to do as a human.
Noticed one hardcover at Borders today of his called "MW". Haven't
checked it out more than a glance, but it's interesting the kind of
stuff he did that isn't ever seen before outside Japan finally showing
up here (I'm still interesting in reading the Jungle Emperor manga
however).
http://tezukainenglish.com/?q=node/46
> > People in Europe did have Teletext in the 80's, that was a close
> > equivalent to what The Jetsons had displayed.
>
> Teletext had some similarities to the Jetson newspaper, in that it did
> present headlines. But AFAICT Teletext was text-only (no pictures) and
> never presented anything more than headlines.
That's very true.
> Adult Swim should be commended for showing first generation Anime.
> Undoubtedly these shows are aired to attract the huge baby boomer
> audience. But programs such as "Astroboy" have a value beyond pure
> nostalgia: these cartoons were the foundation of modern Anime. Watching
> these shows gives you the chance to witness the birth of an art form.
You only wish they'd have them on at a better time slot though. Too
bad this isn't like the days when an indie station might have it on at
4PM or such, perhaps stick on some cartoons at 4:30 before leading to
the live teen dance program hosted by a popular radio DJ at 5, follow
up with news at 6 which would probably only be on for 15 minutes with
something else filling up the void before the prime-time schedule
shows up. Really, it's a shame I couldn't be there when TV was still
young and filled with potential that had yet to be tapped.
> > But at any rate,
> >> there were cartoons that were at least bold enough to forecast the
day
> >> when on-line newspapers would replace the dead tree editions.
>
> > True. And I hate it at times!
>
> Yeah, hard copy can come in handy at times.
Especially since I was once a paperboy!
> >> Now if we can only find a twentieth century cartoon that predicted
the
> >> Nintendo Wii ...
>
> > Of course I hadn't seen a pre-70's cartoon that thought it could
> > predict the future of video games for that manner.
>
> This may be a stretch, but how about the classic "Star Trek" episode
> "Shore Leave"?
Only a shame I'm not that big into Star Trek at all or I would've
appreciated it at a young age (having been bored those weekends with
my dad would be watching it on ch. 50). Just never clicked for me (of
course if a station have aired Star Blazers then, I probably would've
watched it because it was a 'cartoon', and it was something to shut up
my 5 year old mindset). :-P
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