Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4884084-20150818050450/@comment-4884084-20150828053953

Oneofthosedf wrote: I don't think of Avatar and Korra as actions shows primarily. Avatar had a lot more drama and humor and balanced with it very well. There was genocide, war, death, enslavement and the action really only came after those. Korra was different, since it didn't have these dramatic elements. Before this turns into an Avatar thread, I'll stop.

There are so many weird concepts that just don't work in UA. We have killers, drug dealers, nazis, medieval knights, demons from other dimensions. So yeah, I agree "for literary standpoint, they're garbage." Because they really are but that's like saying GTA doesn't teach you how to ride a horse. It's not literature that you're looking for in Ben 10, it's action, adventure, drama and comedy. There are shows that can be deep, emotional yet funny but a story about a boy who can turn into dozens of different aliens, it's not one of them.

Also, here comes and old argument, if I want to watch drama and literature, I won't watch cartoons. It's impossible to take them as seriously as live action. They could be dark, but they will never be on the level of non-cartoons. A story about a boy who can turn into dozens of different aliens vs a person who can control the elements? There are so many things those two have in common, so I see no reason for them to be in stories with different genres. I just don't get why shows like Legend of Korra (note I'm using it as an example for comparison) have to be treated like literature as opposed to having their action element played up. Why do people have to give us a hard time with action shows and their writing? I say if any show in Western Animation has an action element, it ought to be given the same treatment as Ben 10--action, adventure, drama and comedy, but no serious drama. That's the problem I have with "Smart Television"--they make a big deal out of writing, and think it's bad if it's anything like Ben 10 or any show written by Man of Action.