Comments on: Violent Combat Robots: a Saturday Morning Cartoon Mashup http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/26/violent-combat-robots-a-saturday-morning-cartoon-mashup/ The Neat Side of the Web Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:11:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alex http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/26/violent-combat-robots-a-saturday-morning-cartoon-mashup/comment-page-1/#comment-266058 Alex Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:39:46 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/26/violent-combat-robots-a-saturday-morning-cartoon-mashup/#comment-266058 @Carl Huber: that's an interesting idea! @Carl Huber: that’s an interesting idea!

]]> By: L.B. Jeffries http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/26/violent-combat-robots-a-saturday-morning-cartoon-mashup/comment-page-1/#comment-264491 L.B. Jeffries Sat, 27 Oct 2007 06:00:41 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/26/violent-combat-robots-a-saturday-morning-cartoon-mashup/#comment-264491 Y'know, a part of me wants to bitch about someone criticizing a cartoon like Exosquad that dealt with a lot of really adult issues like slavery, poverty, and socialism in a fantasy setting. Just because it is done so rarely these days. On the other hand, I distinctly remember watching it as a kid and thinking, "Holy Crap this is violent" as a character unloaded a chaingun into a mech that had crashed into the ground. The pilot did not eject to safety. Y’know, a part of me wants to bitch about someone criticizing a cartoon like Exosquad that dealt with a lot of really adult issues like slavery, poverty, and socialism in a fantasy setting. Just because it is done so rarely these days.

On the other hand, I distinctly remember watching it as a kid and thinking, “Holy Crap this is violent” as a character unloaded a chaingun into a mech that had crashed into the ground. The pilot did not eject to safety.

]]> By: Carl Huber http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/26/violent-combat-robots-a-saturday-morning-cartoon-mashup/comment-page-1/#comment-264354 Carl Huber Sat, 27 Oct 2007 03:39:22 +0000 http://www.neatorama.com/2007/10/26/violent-combat-robots-a-saturday-morning-cartoon-mashup/#comment-264354 A surprisingly intelligent commentary on how violence is allowed to be shown to children as long as it's faked with "lasers" instead of bullets and "breaking machinery" instead of killing life. Also it was funny. Very NEAT. Hey, have you thought about looking into a way for readers to rank how NEAT a post is? A surprisingly intelligent commentary on how violence is allowed to be shown to children as long as it’s faked with “lasers” instead of bullets and “breaking machinery” instead of killing life.

Also it was funny.

Very NEAT.

Hey, have you thought about looking into a way for readers to rank how NEAT a post is?

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