[Frank Richards]

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Originally Posted by Dr Kain

Did you watch the entire series or just the first season? Because it is the second season that made the show grandiose and you don't need nostalgia to enjoy such a well written story with amazing characters who could die at any moment because no one is invulnerable.

BTW, the versions they re-aired on the Disney Channel were edited. I'm not sure if Disney+ has the show uncut or not, and includes the episodes they can not broadcast on TV anymore, but the DVDs do and are uncut.

In all honesty, in 2011(-ish), when I was watching the DVDs that I had borrowed from a friend, by Season 2, the show had just become background noise for me. I hate to admit this, but I really didn't approach the series with an open mind, and just wasn't all that receptive to it whatsoever. Granted, at the time, I was diving deep into Star Trek Voyager, as well as re-visiting Star Trek: TNG for the first time in years, after finally picking up those series on DVD. I had also picked up the Blu-Rays of the Eccleston and Tennant eras of Doctor Who, and was excited to finally re-watch those seasons. Frankly, at the time, if it wasn't Star Trek or Doctor Who related, I had little interest in it, lol. Watching Gargoyles seemed like an obligation that I had committed to in order to placate a friend (as odd as that may sound). Oddly enough, I thought it was a cool and unexpected coincidence to find just how many cast members from TNG did voice work for Gargoyles.
Most importantly though, I've never been a huge cartoon fan, which I'll elaborate more on below ...

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Originally Posted by HoovenIV

I'm not going to speak to Gargoyles. But I've always found this thinking weird. Sure, there is the nostalgia and rose-tinted child eyes when you're watching something. But if something is good, it's good.

I loved Batman TAS growing up. But I appreciate it even more watching it as an adult. I watched Avatar the first time as an adult. And it was awesome. I don't think I would have gotten the same appreciation watching it as a kid. I would have enjoyed it, sure. But I wouldn't have gotten the depth and emotional resonance of most of it.

While growing up, I wasn't a huge cartoon fan, so as an adult, it's been hard to develop an interest, even in the really good stuff. As a kid, the only cartoons that I had any sort of serious interest in were the Marvel cartoons from the 90's, up to X-Men Evolution, as well as DC's Timm-verse stuff. I just preferred live-action sci-fi/genre shows, like Star Trek, The X-Files, Buffy, Babylon 5, etc. over most cartoons. Years later, I really enjoyed a few anime series (Trigun, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop), but I just can't muster up enough interest to re-watch them. I guess I just never developed an appreciation for animation.

The lore and world building in Avatar sound amazing, from what I've read, so I feel that my younger self would have eagerly latched on to that series, but the adult me just feels like I can find that sort of thing in more adult-oriented series. I'm sure that last sentence comes across as harsh when reading it, but it really isn't my intention to sound so snobbish and condescending, really, I swear, lol !

But anyways, if I had more free time, far fewer hobbies, and if there wasn't an absolute glut of TV series and movies available at the moment, I'd probably approach more animation with an open mind, because I'm sure there's a lot of great stuff that I'm missing out on .