Shit you liked as a kid, does it hold up? - Ineveitably the answer is no

Penultimo said:
Wakfu, both the game and the animated series.

From what I seen, the game still gets updates and has a healthy playerbase.
And the show had a third season not too long ago with the backing of Netflix, I think this is one of the few good moves Netflix has done so far.
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Man, Dofus was the shit, I used to play it a ton before I discovered AoE and WoW. It was Wakfu's predecessor and I'm happy to see its spiritual sequel is doing so well.

I was a bit of a Pokémon autist, and I still play it to this day, mostly for the sake of Nostalgia. Discovering a new generation during some day off is always comfy.
It feels like the series dipped in quality at some point because I was pretty disappointed in Sun/Moon. Nintendo held your hand way too much all the way through and it ended up feeling like more of a sightseeing tour than the Pokémon adventure I got so used to. If the next game is like this too I'll probably end up dropping the series.
 
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Elwood P. Dowd said:
Terminator 2 holds up weirdly well in f/x terms; the first one does not.
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That's because Terminator 2: Judgment Day (budget ~$100 million in 1991, roughly ~$187 million inflation-adjusted) had literally over ten times the budget of The Terminator (~$6.4 million in 1984, roughly ~$15.8 million inflation-adjusted) and showcased what was then cutting edge in not just CGI but also with life-like prosthetics, plus, obviously, $100 million can also buy a lot more vehicles and empty buildings to blow up.

Even if Stan Winston's stop-motion endoskeleton looks a bit rudimentary when compared to the animatronic ones used in the sequel, The Terminator's effects are impressive given the budgetary constraints.

 
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I used to enjoy watching The Simpsons as a kid, and I think the episodes from the 90's hold up very well. The episodes from 2000 onward however generally do not.

Another animated series from my childhood which I think holds up very well is Scooby-Doo. I re-watched some of the old TV movies recently out of nostalgia, and I found that I didn't once get bored or feel reminded that I was watching something meant for children. I actually found the show to be surprisingly wholesome in a way that I didn't really appreciate as a kid.
 
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Dragonheart is one of my favorites from childhood, and although Draco sticks out like a sore thumb, the soundtrack is still stellar, and the dialogue is witty as fuck, I never caught on to it as a kid and I love it.

4KIDS' dubs are hit and miss, of course, but one thing I've noticed when I got older is the dialogue in nearly all of their dubs is really snappy (and full of innuendoes), and I get a lot of lols from watching them when I want a pick-me-upper. Pokémon I think still holds up as one of their better dubs (and honestly just a good kids' show in general, there was heart in early Pokémon), Yu-Gi-Oh has produced memes like crazy, and for a "so bad, it's good" dub, Kirby: Right Back At Ya! has allowed Ted Lewis to shine with his King Dedede and Escargoon performances (Paul Lynde impressions are the greatest). But about a couple of years ago I decided to give Ultimate Muscle another shot (wasn't really into it as a kid, kinda grossed me out a bit), and holy shit it's pure gold, I can't believe I didn't appreciate it back then. The shit they got away with is amazing.

Also 4KIDS produced TMNT 2003, which yeah fell in quality around season five/six, but it's still fucking awesome.

Despite what a lot of the fanbase says, I also appreciate Saban's dub of Digimon a lot for being similar to 4KIDS in terms of dialogue but it didn't treat its audience like idiots (still wonder about the movie, though, but there's still awesome moments to be had). Unlike with 4KIDS who (usually) dumbed down mature subjects brought up in its shows, while Saban kinda beat around the bush in some aspects, they still tackled it head-on. It was quite impressive for a 90s kids' show to have characters (and kid characters, too) being confronted with divorce and adoption without being moralfags about it. Now given that Japan handles such subjects IRL differently from Western society, the gut-punch isn't as strong in the dub, but it's still there. I mean come on, where else are you going to have a character's parents have a talk with their son about his adoption and bring up the heavy implication of miscarriage or just their baby dying in general?

Oh, and Digimon was one of the few kids' shows that showed the parents being involved in their children's lives and being human. Also has one of the most awesome parents in fiction (or just in all of Digimon) in Hiroaki Ishida. The fanbase didn't turn him into a memetic badass for no reason.

If I think of anything else, I'll post again, 'tis spergy enough as-is.
 
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I rewatched The Dark Crystal relatively recently. I remember loving the movie as a kid, and I still really enjoy the character design and general vibe and atmosphere. Particularly the Skeksis.

However the writing is kinda spotty in some areas I noticed. Jen in particular is kind of an idiot.

Aughra: You have to use this crystal shard on The Dark Crystal.

*About five minutes after Jen gets the shard...*

Jen: I have no idea what to do with this.

*facedesk*

There was also other stuff that was kinda glossed over or not explained very well. And according to interviews with Jim Henson and his crew there was a lot more to the world of The Dark Crystal than what the movie itself showed.

I still enjoy it for the visuals, but I kinda wished they either had more time fleshing out the story or proofreading.

Nekromantik said:
Oh God, Babysitter's Club. I tried watching some of the old tapes from the show that I begged my mom to order for me when they first came out. Did not hold up at all. Now Goosebumps chose your own adventure books are still fun, just for all the ways you can die.

Edit: Hank the Cow dog is still something I like to read every once in a while to unwind. I'm still a little jealous that my brother in law got to meet John R. Erickson.
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Oh wow, I completely forgot about Hank the Cow Dog. Good times.
 
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Kitty Leaf said:
I enjoyed a lot playing tamagotchi back then but now the ones that are selling in America nowadays are still the same as I had when I was a child meanwhile in Japan are selling newer versions and in color *sigh*
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I had Tamagotchis when I was younger, but they lost their appeal as soon as I got other things like Nintendo DSes and iPods (I did buy 2 when I was in middle school, but I paid attention to both of them for only a few days before moving on to something else).
I'm surprised how well the Disney movies I watched as a child hold up, and how during your adulthood, you discover new things about them.
 
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1980s Saturday morning cartoons, most of them, now when I watch them as an adult, they really suck, I was hoping G.I. Joe, Thundercats and He'Man would be awesome as an adult watching them. They need to make more adult versions of these shows. Thundercats and He'Man can do with a major butch job. Thundercats received a remake in 2011's reboot was awesome, I really loved the Petelars, if I'm spelling it right, Lion'O really got a taste of life on that journey through the brier patch. G.I. Joe had some movies, but a reboot on per with Thundercats with teens in mind would have rocked. There is no saving Street Sharks, the TMNTs seen several reboots, but I never got back into them.
 
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RC cars and as an adult I can buy(and break, things will break) the more expensive nitromethane ones that goes fast as hell and don't need charging, I always wanted one of those as a kid. It's really fun.
 
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Hellbound Hellhound said:
I used to enjoy watching The Simpsons as a kid, and I think the episodes from the 90's hold up very well. The episodes from 2000 onward however generally do not.

Another animated series from my childhood which I think holds up very well is Scooby-Doo. I re-watched some of the old TV movies recently out of nostalgia, and I found that I didn't once get bored or feel reminded that I was watching something meant for children. I actually found the show to be surprisingly wholesome in a way that I didn't really appreciate as a kid.
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I remember being addicted to the old Simpsons Halloween specials and watching them on repeat as a kid.
 
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Lego still holds up and they made even an official movie, but the sets are generally more expensive nowadays. Also, the majority of the sets are based on movie/Warner bros licenses instead of coming up with more original themes like Ninjago (which is still alive after 7 YEARS and there is no sign of stopping).

I used to be a fan of the Goosebumps book series and to an extent even the TV series, but I soon realized the latter to be more trash than I imagined. Some books had interesting concepts and twists for the horror genre. Haven't seen the new 2 movies yet.

Yu-Gi-Oh is now less relevant than before and added way too many new power-creep type of monsters, hence why I stopped caring and I come back only once in a while to check how things are. Too bad, I even played in some real life tournaments back when synchro monsters were the hottest new thing.
 
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Back then I had the shareware episode of Crystal Caves. I loved that game, it was my first platformer and one of the first games I've ever played.

Got the full version for the first time couple years ago as part of the 3D Realms Anthology.
Booted into Crystal Caves, first playing the first episode, which was all I had back then. The game is fun! It's great! All these memories!
Then I eagerly loaded the second episode. Finally! ... Well, I think I played like one level. Those rose tinted glasses are a powerful thing.
 
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As a kid I watched a lot of Monty Python stuff (mostly Holy Grail because it was my dad's favorite) and of course I didn't get a lot of the jokes. I like it much better as an adult now that I know what was making him laugh so hard. My other staple was always Muppet Treasure Island, which will never not be hilarious.
I didn't play a lot of vidya except for Sid Meier's Pirates, but holy fuck did I sink some time into that game. I still play it, and it's still awesome.
 
transformers cybertron, the tf series before the bayformers movies gave the franchise a much needed revival was a show I liked a lot as a kid thanks to the website having all the episodes free to view.

The last three episodes were a excellent send off for the seires, one episode devoted to the ending of the main story arc, the 2nd to last episode dealing with giving Galvatron a last hurrah before killing him off after he lost everything and the final episode and it's end credits tying up nearly all the loose ends.

It's a flawed series that tried to learn from the mistakes of the previous two series before it but it was somewhat decent in my eyes
 
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