- September 19th, 2015, 4:31 pm#4844051
If you are from my generation (millennials) or may be even a generation earlier, cartoons held such a high regard in our childhoods. They were everywhere in the 80's & 90's! I've often referred to that time & those shows--the great ones anyway--as our Millennial Motown. Speaking for myself, as a latchkey kid, shows like the Real Ghostbusters, Thundercats, Ducktales, X-Men & Batman the Animated Series were weekday afternoon & Saturday morning escapes; immersing me in worlds that were so expertly crafted, I would still [mentally] be in them long after an episode had aired. They were always there, never disappointed & provided the fuel to help me become the creative person I am today. That connection I felt with those characters & their universes, sadly, nothing else in my adult life has ever really come close to paralleling.
Oh, I had real friends growing up, but somehow these shows with their above-average intelligence, memorable characters, true sense of atmosphere & unforgettable themes/scores tapped into the far reaches of my imagination; somehow becoming even closer than of any of my actual friends ever were to me. It's true. When they eventually ended, I felt (still feel) like a best friend had died. No, I don't need to seek counseling or a straitjacket. I am quite content with my affinity for that last golden era of animation & the gift it gave me & so many others as evident by the countless websites (like gbfans), blog postings, tribute videos, etc. that have existed since the infancy of the Internet. You can't deny there's a void that exists now when you wake up early on a Saturday morning as if you had an appointment, but your resulting "entertainment" is surfing the web. -_-
But I digress.
I created this post as a means for anyone who felt like sharing fond memories they have of watching The Real Ghostbusters; any specific episode or the series as a whole. Did it have sort of the same impact on you as it did on me?
If you are from my generation (millennials) or may be even a generation earlier, cartoons held such a high regard in our childhoods. They were everywhere in the 80's & 90's! I've often referred to that time & those shows--the great ones anyway--as our Millennial Motown. Speaking for myself, as a latchkey kid, shows like the Real Ghostbusters, Thundercats, Ducktales, X-Men & Batman the Animated Series were weekday afternoon & Saturday morning escapes; immersing me in worlds that were so expertly crafted, I would still [mentally] be in them long after an episode had aired. They were always there, never disappointed & provided the fuel to help me become the creative person I am today. That connection I felt with those characters & their universes, sadly, nothing else in my adult life has ever really come close to paralleling.
Oh, I had real friends growing up, but somehow these shows with their above-average intelligence, memorable characters, true sense of atmosphere & unforgettable themes/scores tapped into the far reaches of my imagination; somehow becoming even closer than of any of my actual friends ever were to me. It's true. When they eventually ended, I felt (still feel) like a best friend had died. No, I don't need to seek counseling or a straitjacket. I am quite content with my affinity for that last golden era of animation & the gift it gave me & so many others as evident by the countless websites (like gbfans), blog postings, tribute videos, etc. that have existed since the infancy of the Internet. You can't deny there's a void that exists now when you wake up early on a Saturday morning as if you had an appointment, but your resulting "entertainment" is surfing the web. -_-
But I digress.
I created this post as a means for anyone who felt like sharing fond memories they have of watching The Real Ghostbusters; any specific episode or the series as a whole. Did it have sort of the same impact on you as it did on me?