When did kids television programmes get so cool ? and is it wrong to enjoy them at my age?

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When I was a lad, I had some cool stuff, but Thundercats, Transformers, He-Man and Action Force have all been replaced with programs like Stormhawks, Justice League and eh?the new Transformers with a much nicer level of animation, technology, cool stories and character?s dying!?!

Is it entirely wrong to prefer watching one of these rather than the news in the morning? I don?t think so. You see more violence on the news, and there is ever any laser guns involved? Nope ? just chav?s (that scum/thugs for any US readers btw) stabbing each other.?

That being said. This morning I watched Justice League?s first episode ? and I?ll be honest, it shocked me slightly. One of the alien bad guys?um?invaded a good guy?s skin and probed his brain, all in graphic detail. Don?t worry though, the good guy got away when he smashed a hole in the roof causing sunlight to pour in and MELT the bad guys skin off?I?ve seen less violence in a Die Hard movie.

I think that, yes kids these days are totally numb to violence due to the TV programmes and internet but perhaps the generation in their teens right now are so awful because they didn?t have good TV ? I mean Teletubbies and the Hoobs, would make anyone mad.?

You get politicians and upper class nit-wit?s blaming the games and films for violent outbursts from teens, but maybe if they saw that each of these programmes has a ?happy ending?, they?d change their tune. Good always triumphs against evil. It just does.

Why do you think we barely ever see a film that ends with the good guy dying? Alright maybe Will Smith died in I Am Legend but to be honest, most people left before the end of it because it was so terrible, and can safely assume he saved the day.?

To be honest I?m ranting. If I needed to sum up the nonsense I just spouted I?d say this: Let your kids watch what TV they want, it won?t affect them if you are there to re-enforce the positive message at the end. Oh and if anyone fancies buying me a Stormhawks lunchbox, I?ll be much obliged.

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