>>114324408>Do you think the demand for lore based cartoons is damaging the industry?It's not, as long as there's enough variety.
>I think animation should be based purely on visual storytelling and not writing.Any kind of storytelling needs a good narrative. It's not like more world building = good writing, just like when in comics a bunch of dialogue per page =/= good writing.
>Looney Tunes is ideal: no complex plot, just fun little storiesLooney Tunes are a master class in story craftsmanship, because they have great and diverse characters, somewhat archetypes, that can work in any setting, but you still have to be a good writer in order for them to work really really well. Just because something doesn't get overtly philosophical or doesn't have character development doesn't mean it's written bad. It's the same with film editing/direction - if you don't notice it, and it doesn't take you out of the experience, they did a great job.
>cartoons seem to lean more and more on lore and storytelling, which is sad.I think that the main point here should be that they lean more on BAD storytelling and lore expansion. A lot of creators needlessly over complicate things that lack substance, and it comes out off something a highschooler would think is "deep". Most of the people nowdays who work in any of the storytelling media (animation, comics, vidyas, films, books) lack life experience and true critical thinking, something that they could put in their work, so it could resonate with a broader spectrum.
