>>95183735My problem is these shows thinking that anything they do can blend in with anything else. The show started out as a goofy rubberhose world with a DnD theme. It should've stayed that way.
Rubberhose never took itself seriously and almost ALWAYS went the slapstick route. Nowadays however, it takes itself too seriously and water down the comedy to much. Like drinking fruit juice and drinking watery cordial.
Yes Pen Ward and others brought a lot of elements from the rubberhose school of animation, first with Flapjack then with Adventure Time. Too bad they forgot to copy the sense of volume and dynamic angles. The result is pretty flat and kind of Flash-y (as in Adobe Flash).
You've merely mimicked the style without applying any of the polish, and you've taken it and put it into genres where it isn't strong enough to carry itself. Nobody wants to watch an old timey rubberhose cartoon where the characters break down and cry because one character had a miscarriage, or some other edgy serious topic like that. They want pies in the face, anvils and pianos falling, and general slapstick.
