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Site News / Re: Is anyone here?
« on: May 20, 2015, 10:41:08 pm »
Wow, I haven't been here in two years.

I kinda stopped posting here because I was focusing on other, more important things. No offense to you guys, lol.

Perhaps I'll drop in from time to time.

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Series Discussion / Re: Arthur's Missing Pal - What's the deal with the voice actors?
« on: June 30, 2013, 11:21:51 pm »
Quote from: sue_ellens_brother on May 12, 2013, 06:08:31 am
"I think you just answered your own question."

Whelp, thanks for the input! ::) But I was more curious if anybody knew what their reasons were, assuming that's even why they did it.

Perhaps in case the movie was a flop, and he didn't want to be associated with it?

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News / Re: The Arthur episodes for Season 17
« on: June 03, 2013, 10:21:08 pm »
Quote from: Crossover Dreamer on June 03, 2013, 08:00:23 pm
What, no episodes with "Arthur" or "D.W." in the title? I think it's interesting that they're ending season 17 with part 1 being a Binky episode and part 2 being a Brain episode, just like season 9. Incidentally, for years I thought that they should have renamed the Ice Cream Shop "Brain Freeze."


It just goes to show you that they've pretty much stopped focusing on Arthur...even D.W., surprisingly. Even seasons 11-15 (around that time) seem to have a lot more Arthur episodes compared to 16 and 17 ones.

The ice cream shop being named "Brain Freeze" is pretty clever, but Brain is only his nickname...though I do think there are companies where the founder or someone related to him/her was the namesake for the company, even if it was a lesser-know, informal nickname.

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News / Re: The Arthur episodes for Season 17
« on: June 01, 2013, 10:26:05 pm »
Thanks for posting these. A few of us wondered why in the world an episode was named just "Ladonna Compson"...then it turns out to be "Ladonna Compson, Party Animal"

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Characters / Re: D.W. Always Off the Hook
« on: June 01, 2013, 03:54:39 pm »
Quote from: LovingBeagles on March 28, 2013, 05:55:36 pm
I somehow liked Arthur's talking to Fern. Fern offered probably the most logical idea of all of his friends ("But she's just a little girl", with which I have to agree and can see some reasoning in there, as opposed to just condemning him with "Apologize to your sister" or "You're wrong"). Arthur replies with

Scratch that, the fact that D.W. was a little girl still doesn't justify her action. I think I liked this short exchange the most, only for the fact that Fern is more gentle, soft-spoken, and not too quick to condemn Arthur, unlike Francine or Muffy (both of whom I just can't stand, because of Francine's hypocritical moralizing and Muffy's snobbish disposition). So, yeah, Fern's probably one of the more tolerable of Arthur's friends during times like these.

Quote from: LovingBeagles on March 28, 2013, 05:55:36 pm
When Arthur says that he's going to wreck her CD, he gets punished, while D.W., once again, gets to play Crazy Bus day in and day out.

Scratch that, too, I just rewatched the episode, and it turns out that her Crazy Bus CD was gone (accidentally taken by her parents). Though I'll bet anyone can say that she had that coming...I mean, SOMEONE had to take her CD, she deserved it!

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Episodes / Re: Pal and Kate Episodes: Love 'Em or Leave 'Em?
« on: May 31, 2013, 10:31:11 am »
Looks like "Around the World in 11 Minutes" aired again. I think this episode was basically just a remake of Flea to Be You and Me but with the babies, so nothing original here. I guess I'm not too fond of these episodes either, considering how babyish they are...in fact, their overly infantile nature didn't really appeal to me and almost seemed like a totally different show. The places they visited weren't that many, and when they were, they're mostly places we've seen thousands of times in pop culture media, or that have been brought up in the show plenty of times (Istanbul, the Taj Mahal, the Great Wall). It's interesting, though, how in the intro, Arthur points out where the different things were made (and apparently, cheese can be exported from Canada!)

So I don't think there are too many redeeming qualities of this episode.

Quote from: ChrisDilke on April 26, 2013, 10:38:55 pm
I've got to agree with ralfsmouse here, the Pal and Kate episodes do feel much more like Rugrats than Arthur, even if the sole reason is because they share the same concept. And while it's a cute idea, I don't think it works here, and I think the reason why is because Pal and Kate are too intellectual and perfectly spoken. The reason why it worked so well with Rugrats is because when the babies talked and played together, they still acted like babies, even if most of that came down to how often they would purposely mispronounce their words. When Kate talks to Pal, she often feels more like a child prodigy, and in my opinion, that shouldn't be.

That's a good point. I guess they think that intelligent babies are amusing? But yeah, there's that huge difference between the Arthur babies and the Rugrats.

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Episodes / Re: Older Episode Theories
« on: May 27, 2013, 01:00:40 am »
About "The Play's the Thing" and "The Last Tough Customer": It looks like character continuity for Binky was once again broken, as we see him as a bully two more times, a rare occurrence for Binky these seasons.

Nonetheless, I still see the character continuity as a realistic theory.

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News / Re: Season 16
« on: May 23, 2013, 07:14:03 pm »
Looks like "Baseball Blues/Brain's Biggest Blunder" re-aired. Both were episodes I did not see on their original air date.

Here are my thoughts on each.

"Baseball Blues": I agree with Mr. Rocketburn saying that it was a lot like "Arthur Makes the Team" (you may have noticed that I tend to bold the names of episodes; this is to distinguish them from the rest of the text). Though there's that whole cliche "The expert/hero/legend can't make it so a rookie must take his/her place" that I've seen countless times in other shows and media. This "trope", I guess you could call it, was also seen in "Brain's Chess Mess", except Rattles faked it. And one thing that I really wanted to say is that it was surprising not only seeing Harry Mills reappear, but also that he had buckteeth like Buster. Strange.

It's pretty cool that we see Carl in here, even though I don't think he had any speaking lines (I missed the first part of the episode). So, yeah, looks like they didn't do another one-or-two-time character that would be written out later. It's a sign that we might see him in more George episodes.

"Brain's Biggest Blunder": Surprising seeing that Steve character way back from the older seasons. Anyway, during the actual competition, it seemed more like Buster dozing off and getting distracted in his own thoughts than him actually trying and struggling. I guess that's how a lot of people are, so it's hard for me to make a judgment personally; after all, this is coming from someone whose strengths are math and science. But I like the lesson of using a study method that works for you. That's how many people memorize things that they initially struggle with. Now, I don't know whether Brain's training methods really made him a bad tutor, but it's clear that Buster didn't like them. I mean, if you need something done well, you should put a lot of discipline and effort into it.

As for the voices, it's still hard to get over how different Arthur's voice sounds from the earlier seasons by which I remember him. But when he was whispering to Buster that one time, he actually did sound a bit like Arthur. :)

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Series Discussion / Re: Does Season 16's animation remind anyone of...
« on: May 23, 2013, 07:00:52 pm »
Quote from: Disaster Warning on May 23, 2013, 05:58:52 pm
Pretty much the same thing happened to Cyberchase on PBS. It started out as hand-drawn, but switched to Flash animation in much later seasons. For both Arthur and Cyberchase, the old animations are so much better. Like others have said, the new animations are so robotic. I've also noticed sometimes Arthur's eyes/pupils are crooked and off-center from his glasses lenses... Makes him look silly.



Strangely enough, I actually liked the Flash animation of Cyberchase. It's complicated (my reason, I mean, not the animation).

For Arthur, though, I'm not too happy about the change, as I've stated many times on this forum.

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News / Re: Season 16
« on: May 20, 2013, 07:23:51 pm »
Quote from: Crossover Dreamer on May 19, 2013, 10:49:48 pm
I watched "The Best Day Ever" again. Arthur said that Buster was gone for a whole year! Originally, I thought that he was gone for the summer. For my fanfics I decided that he was gone for about two weeks during the month of September.

If that's true, then why they are still in 3rd grade is what puzzles me. But I think we can all safely assume that they are "perpetually in 3rd grade" and will never grow older. It's pretty much a TV show time warp.

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Series Discussion / Re: It's been going on a while...Overlapping dates are in order.
« on: May 16, 2013, 02:40:05 pm »
Quote from: MC CJ on May 16, 2013, 02:31:48 pm
Information can be unreliable.

What's that supposed to mean?

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Series Discussion / It's been going on a while...Overlapping dates are in order.
« on: May 15, 2013, 07:29:34 pm »
I just realized that "Sue Ellen Vegges Out" takes place around May 5th, as, during the beginning of the episode, a Cinco de Mayo themed lunch is served.

Yet I remember that one episode (sorry, can't remember exactly which one at the moment) from one of the earlier seasons, where Arthur walks up to his mom who is working at their house computer...on the desk is a calendar that reads May 5 (which, IIRC, flips through several days in May).

It seems like the show's been going on so long, we're starting to see more "overlapping of dates". Plus there's that whole thing about "Sue Ellen Chickens Out" taking place in the fall despite her debut taking place in a winter episode.

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Episodes / Re: Bleep
« on: May 14, 2013, 07:48:15 pm »
Quote from: Snowth Woogle on May 14, 2013, 07:00:54 pm
Well, considering the kids at D.W.'s preschool, let alone D.W. herself, didn't even know what it was they were saying, naturally, they wouldn't know what kind of context to use it in... notice not only do they say things along the lines of, "No, you're a *bleep*!", they also say, "You look like a *bleep*!"... so yeah, it doesn't make sense to use it in those contexts, but the fact the those little kids don't even know what it is they're saying, THAT makes sense.


Yeah, that was something I was going to bring up- how kids D.W.'s age wouldn't know the contexts in which to use a specific cuss word. Looks like you beat me to it, though. :)

Quote from: Mr. Rocketburn on May 14, 2013, 01:19:33 pm
Yeah, I thought it was the B-word, too, judging by how the teenage boy used it at his mom.

Was "chicken" used for "The Altos" opening, too? It was obvious what the bad words were there. :P (But don't TV shows just add bleeps with editing software, not a button?)

I always wondered how Arthur knew the word at age 8. Today, that wouldn't be surprising, but back in 2003, I don't think kids knew as much swear words at that age.


A little fun fact: According to the Arthur wiki, that teenage boy is Slappy Blackhead, the boy in the movie in "D.W.'s Time Trouble", with a different color scheme. I didn't notice that before I read it.
As for 8-year-olds knowing the swear word, it's possible that Arthur went through something similar to what D.W. learned. Maybe he heard the word and asked what it meant, then it was explained to him. But I guess that's either a secret for the show's writers, or open to your imagination.

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Episodes / Re: Bleep
« on: May 14, 2013, 02:02:53 am »
It's a little hard for me to imagine the word as, "F*** off!", when towards the end of the episode, one of D.W.'s friends is heard as saying "No, you're a *bleep*!" or something along those lines. In that context, I think the b-word would have made more sense.

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News / Re: Season 16
« on: May 13, 2013, 07:57:24 pm »
Quote from: GrebeGirl on May 13, 2013, 02:57:20 pm
I promise I won't speak on this again until it does happen, but here's my honest thought.

I haven't seen "Best Day Ever" in full yet. That said, after seeing the intro on YT where Arthur counts down his Top 5 worst days, there is no doubt in my mind now the end is near for this show. I'm not saying I want it to happen, but come on...classic moments from the show, WITH the original animation intact, AND at one point Arthur's original voice wasn't even dubbed over? In fact - correct me if I'm wrong here - wasn't the last time Arthur even had a clip show 12 seasons ago (the DW birthday episode)? To me, everything at this point just screams "last hurrah."
The show has been going on for pretty long now. I guess there is that feeling that the show will end soon. I mean, Arthur has been on for 16 seasons, and there's gonna be a 17th one coming up. For an animated show, that's a lot of seasons. In fact, it was mentioned on another topic that Arthur is actually the second-longest running animated series in the U.S. behind The Simpsons.

Hard to believe that one clip actually was kept intact! Though Snowth has a point, younger audiences might be confused why Arthur sounds different in one clip from his Brain-sounding like voice today.

Maybe if the show does end, the last episode will be a VERY clear sign that it is about to do so. "The Best Day Ever", while I haven't seen it yet, does seem to have that vibe, though, based on a very small fraction of the episode that I watched, and on how others have summarized or commented on it.

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