Generation 1 may not have had the animation kicks that the second and third generations do, but the original generation knew how to tell a story that involved inclusion, acceptance, and how to solve problems. The Generation 1 stories were fun, cute, but held much more meaning, with a storytelling design that was natural and entertaining that respected the audience watching it. It conveyed the messages well and did not rub it in our faces that we were idiots, too much, always maintaining the sense of
adventure.
Generation 2 tried to do the same thing, but it came at the wrong time and the stories were more forced, lamer, and just lacking the pizazz that the built up arcs had done with Generation 1. Yet, it still added character development, natural and funny writing, alongside again a decent cast of characters teaching us a lesson. A tad preachier, the movies at least added some sense of the original, but tried to add its own style, even to the point of causing a little darker atmosphere to the mix for engaging levels. Yet it still respected all audience levels it just did not have the commitment.
Generation 3 has come in this weekend and it's okay for me at the moment, though very much pales to the natural style of the originals. This particular generation is following the trend of the modern day of storytelling of being in your face, simplistic, and more about making sure to raise the banner of the messages they want you to learn. The dialogue is very in your face, cheesy, and patronizing, where all the characters feel whiney, incompetent, and sort of simple minded. I don't enjoy all the changes given how simplified and stupid they come off, but I also don't hate them the further the episodes come into play. And the episodic nature will potentially limit the growth in order to make a fun episode that feels like modern day SpongeBob, silly, over the top, and lacking the general audience the originals did.
It's going to cater to the new age very well, and the excuse that it's not for the older generation does hold some merit. However, the originals knew the importance of bringing families into the fray, and this new style of conveying be who you are and don't follow rules, advice, or other sound words makes for a very limited show. The animation is better, though the design is robbed due to copyrights, making them feel like a combination of MH and Alvin and the Chipmunks. However, the show is cute, representative, and serving the purpose of pushing more dolls for the corporation to make tons of cash.
Thus, at lest for the opening, this series gets a 7 so far, due to the potential for fun, the cuteness, and hopefully toning down the hyper aggressive modern tone for better storytelling and adventures. And please work on the dialogue to not be so juvenile, like the real life Loud House did for Christmas.
