After a long, long "animation hiatus", (well not really, John K. animated a couple music videos and created "The Ripping Friends" which went unnoticed, even by fans) came "Ren and Stimpy Adult party Cartoon". The show was billed as a cartoon that John K. really wanted to make in the early 90's: Now that his fans are all grown up, he can make something that the kiddie fans can currently enjoy.
Many of my friends who were die-hard fans of the children's show knocked the new Ren and Stimpy because of the numerous implications that Ren and Stimpy were a gay couple. You heard me right. And after careful analysis of the cartoon, I came to the conclusion that they weren't really "gay" in the true sense of the word. Ren is the masculine, babe-watching tough-guy character, and Stimpy is, well, sort of the sensitive, caring (but still incredibly stupid) "female" character. There are scenes where Stimpy has women's breasts and even a "camel toe", and I believe a scene in which Ren has a noticeable erection. Also, there is an episode where Stimpy gets...pregnant?!? What? Well, not exactly pregnant. Watch the episode and you'll see what I mean. You have to take into account the twisted sense of humor that John K. utilized only subtly in the original series.
Calling it "adult" is an understatement. Actually, "adult" is not the right word. The Godfather was an "adult" movie. "Party Cartoon" is just really, really distasteful. But the old Ren and Stimpy was sort of distasteful. So I don't know why people are complaining. What did you expect? John and his animation/writing team (which surprisingly contains many females) embark upon offensive animated territory the likes of which has not been seen since South Park's debut.
I must admit that I can understand why the concept of Ren and Stimpy being a couple would disappoint some viewers. But what other direction could a cartoon that formerly featured horrific, over-the-top violence and even depictions of blood, surgery, and death go? They had broken all the new ground they could in the old cartoon, the only thing missing was the warped, absurdist sexual humor that John touched upon in the original before Nickelodeon booted him off. I mean seriously, what did you expect, Ren and Stimpy protesting against the war on Afghanistan? Practicing safe sex with human partners? That would be bestiality, friends, and probably twice as many people would have been ticked.
It's not that bad. If there was an updated version of "Doug", Doug would probably get arrested for drugs, get kicked out of his parents house, or knock some girl up. And I think that'd be pretty darn funny.
Many of my friends who were die-hard fans of the children's show knocked the new Ren and Stimpy because of the numerous implications that Ren and Stimpy were a gay couple. You heard me right. And after careful analysis of the cartoon, I came to the conclusion that they weren't really "gay" in the true sense of the word. Ren is the masculine, babe-watching tough-guy character, and Stimpy is, well, sort of the sensitive, caring (but still incredibly stupid) "female" character. There are scenes where Stimpy has women's breasts and even a "camel toe", and I believe a scene in which Ren has a noticeable erection. Also, there is an episode where Stimpy gets...pregnant?!? What? Well, not exactly pregnant. Watch the episode and you'll see what I mean. You have to take into account the twisted sense of humor that John K. utilized only subtly in the original series.
Calling it "adult" is an understatement. Actually, "adult" is not the right word. The Godfather was an "adult" movie. "Party Cartoon" is just really, really distasteful. But the old Ren and Stimpy was sort of distasteful. So I don't know why people are complaining. What did you expect? John and his animation/writing team (which surprisingly contains many females) embark upon offensive animated territory the likes of which has not been seen since South Park's debut.
I must admit that I can understand why the concept of Ren and Stimpy being a couple would disappoint some viewers. But what other direction could a cartoon that formerly featured horrific, over-the-top violence and even depictions of blood, surgery, and death go? They had broken all the new ground they could in the old cartoon, the only thing missing was the warped, absurdist sexual humor that John touched upon in the original before Nickelodeon booted him off. I mean seriously, what did you expect, Ren and Stimpy protesting against the war on Afghanistan? Practicing safe sex with human partners? That would be bestiality, friends, and probably twice as many people would have been ticked.
It's not that bad. If there was an updated version of "Doug", Doug would probably get arrested for drugs, get kicked out of his parents house, or knock some girl up. And I think that'd be pretty darn funny.