ArcPaladin Reviews

Camp Lazlo! (2005–2008)

Why do People Like This Show?

[2/10 · 16 September 2006]

This cartoon is a lame excuse to keep kids entertained. There is horrible animation, lame plots, and is simply boring. Cartoon Network use to have a great schedule, with classic Looney Tune cartoons and funny shows to watch on Cartoon Fridays like Johnny Bravo, along with Toonami beforehand. The schedule they have now is messed. I can't stand watching today's cartoons, everything that seems funny to people in this show has been done before a million times in older cartoons. I portray this as a low budget cartoon there to make cheap laughs. After watching one episode I decided there were better shows to watch. The characters weren't funny, they were annoying.

Go watch The Animaniacs or Family Guy as comedies, or if you like serious cartoons watch Batman: The Animated Series or Avatar: The Last Airbender. Either way they are more fun to watch than this garbage.

Dragon Ball Z (1996–2003)

Simply one of the best Anime series out there

[10/10 · 20 May 2006]

This anime cartoon in my opinion, is better than any other cartoon I seen. I still watch it whenever I get the chance to. It's character development and the plots of the whole DBZ story is superb, the animation is full of action, and every ending of an episode leaves you wondering what may happen next. It also contains a bit of humor as well as subplots. When I first seen it in 1996, I was overwhelmed at how much action and comedy was fit into one anime series. I found Goku and Vegeta to be serious but a bit funny in between, and the roles of Gohan and Piccolo weren't shabby either. It has a whole saga inside which makes it worth watching.

Overall, I watched this cartoon more than all the other cartoons put together. I like it even better than Inuyasha, which is also good. My favorite episode is when Goku finally becomes a Super Saiyen, and Frieza later gets cut in half by a flying disk. You may have to watch this series from the beginning to get the full meaning of the story and what is going on, but if you see this on Cartoon Network or any other channel, watch it! Don't miss out! It is definitely worth seeing for the eye.

Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1994)

A great cartoon that was short-lived

[10/10 · 30 April 2006]

This is one of the best cartoons made based on a video game. While it didn't follow the Sonic games on Sega it proved a more dramatic, sensitive plot than AOSTH (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog), and it also followed a storyline on the Archie comics. It was called SatAm because it was on air early Saturday mornings, and to make it so people wouldn't get confused with AOSTH. The animation was terrific, the characters had emotions, and it felt like it was one big storyline, not just episodes of random ideas.

I haven't seen this show for a long time, but I do remember it airing on early Saturday mornings on ABC during 1993-1995. I didn't really like any of the other shows that ABC held on it's Saturday lineup, except for "Reboot", which was the first computer animated show. The voice cast who played the characters in this series did an excellent job at it, including Jim Cummings, who really did a superb job as playing Robotnik.

This show contained things that a lot of other shows lacked. It wasn't your average cartoon trying to produce cheap laughs like Ed, Edd n' Eddy or trying to cram as much action into it as it can in a 30-minute show. This cartoon had character development which grew over its span and a more darker serious theme. The characters didn't just go around and destroy things all the time or acting goofy from the start. SatAm combined everything from action to emotions, and thats what made it stand out above. It's intro was one of the best I ever seen from a cartoon. It grabs you on your seat until its finished and people who have seen this cartoon would probably agree with me. It was ahead of it's time.

I was devastated when the show ended on a cliffhanger after 26 episodes. When you really think about it thats not a whole lot of episodes. It mainly died because ABC doesn't let these shows last more than 2 seasons on their network, and the Power Rangers popularity caused this show to be canceled. The president of ABC also didn't like this show either, although I don't know why because many people happened to love it. This show also made some big fan-sites, which you can still find. I haven't seen this show in over 6 years, but I still remember the theme song and some of the episodes than ran on ABC. One thing that kind of made me upset was that "Reboot" was also canceled on a cliffhanger by ABC, but they were able to make a 3rd season out of it on Cartoon Network, which DiC Productions should of done. This was a very good cartoon that is little known nowadays, and since it has been off the air for over 6 years in the US, not a lot know about it. If you can, try to find reruns on the Internet or buy a video on this, its really worth it.