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Old 13-08-2009, 06:12
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RED and black striped menace Dennis has apparently seen the error of his ways ... if his new BBC makeover is to be believed.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ge-Dennis.html

I really hope this isn't true, it was bad enough when the nannystate cut Tom & Jerry but this really takes the pi**.
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Old 13-08-2009, 06:14
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Do kids still read comics these days?
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Old 13-08-2009, 07:23
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Do kids still read comics these days?
Only 40 year old "kids" do
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Old 13-08-2009, 07:33
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I read the Beano throughout the 90s and don't remember him getting the slipper

That being said, the new dennis looks like crap someone knocked up on flash.
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Old 13-08-2009, 07:39
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RED and black striped menace Dennis has apparently seen the error of his ways ... if his new BBC makeover is to be believed.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage...ge-Dennis.html

I really hope this isn't true, it was bad enough when the nannystate cut Tom & Jerry but this really takes the pi**.
Why don't they call the character something totally different instead of trying to hi-jack the brand name/character of Dennis (apparently no longer a menace)
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Old 13-08-2009, 07:48
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Makes you wonder what next, the Poisoned Apple banned from Snowhite in case kids wont eat fruit.
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Old 13-08-2009, 07:51
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They'll be making Plug look like Brad Pitt next. Minnie the Minx was deffo a lesbian though....
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Old 13-08-2009, 07:52
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They'll be making Plug look like Brad Pitt next. Minnie the Minx was deffo a lesbian though....
your probably right there.
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Old 13-08-2009, 08:19
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Do kids still read comics these days?
Yes. It was thesun.co.uk


Oh and well done to the OP for getting both WTF and LMAO in thread titles.
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Old 13-08-2009, 08:27
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Ah another PC story, when my daughter gets old enough, i will be letting her watch the original dennis the mennis, just as she will be taught the ba ba black sheep song ...
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Old 13-08-2009, 08:29
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Ah another PC story, when my daughter gets old enough, i will be letting her watch the original dennis the mennis, just as she will be taught the ba ba black sheep song ...
good for you.
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Old 13-08-2009, 17:17
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Is it just me or does this sound like sh!t-stirring? I only say this because in the article there were loads of angry rants from random people who I presume are Sun website members, but no word from anyone from the BBC. The story wasn't really explained either.
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Old 13-08-2009, 17:19
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Is it just me or does this sound like sh!t-stirring? I only say this because in the article there were loads of angry rants from random people who I presume are Sun website members, but no word from anyone from the BBC. The story wasn't really explained either.
Yeah, looks fairly unsubstantiated to me.
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Old 13-08-2009, 17:25
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It's in the Daily Wail as well. Which is strange. They show the original Dennis the Menace then they'd start ranting on how it's promoting violence and chavastic behaviour. Why oh why oh why oh why can't they just disappear into their own logic paradox???
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Old 13-08-2009, 18:17
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Its on the BBC? Well, there you are then-it will definately be PC'd................
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Old 13-08-2009, 18:43
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oh for crying out loud! if this is true then what the heck is this country coming to!!!??? It's gonna become mandatory to only go outside when absolutely necessary and even then wear a fully protective suit and eye/ear protection and breathing apparatus so as to not be exposed to ANYTHING AT ALL! and the media will become like that episode of south park (mr hankey the christmas poo) where they put on a stage show that is so boring and bland as to not offend anyone who's not christian. I might be exaggerating slightly but it does my head in it really does
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Old 13-08-2009, 18:56
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Love the beano, but lets face it, this is a comic. It shouldn't be giving you a coronary!
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Old 13-08-2009, 19:04
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Look, Dennis the Menace is Dennis the Menace. That's it.

If they want to do a cartoon about some other guy who isn't like Dennis the Menace then just create some other cartoon and call it something else.

Next they'll try to recreate the obligatory 'slap up meal' you'd see at the end of some cartoons where the character wins a prize at the end of the strip.
Now they'll have them getting a tofu and lettuce meal which they dig into at the end because it's supposed to prevent global warming or something.

Or Tom and Jerry will be revamped to show them never getting angry and resolving their differences like mature adults using intellectual mediation techniques.
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Old 13-08-2009, 19:13
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Why are people giving a stuff about Dennis the Menace? When will people get it into their thick skulls that kids still sing Baa Baa Black Sheep, so getting your kids to sing it isn't exactly a right-on streak of rebellion?

Why do you want to watch Tom and Jerry? Are you four years old? My 5-year-old watches Tom and Jerry. It's on the Cartoon network. It's crap. And so is Ben 10.

Political correctness gawn maaaad. Political correctness gawn maaaaaad. Save us from the voices in our heads!!!

Nutters.
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Old 13-08-2009, 19:16
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Is it just me or does this sound like sh!t-stirring? I only say this because in the article there were loads of angry rants from random people who I presume are Sun website members, but no word from anyone from the BBC. The story wasn't really explained either.
Yes, I think it probably is shit stirring if I'm honest.

But that doesn't take anything away from the fact that I still think that they should leave it alone.
One of the reasons being is that it has that feel of that form of political correctness that has 'clever smug dick' written all over it. As thought to say "Hey everybody, look what we've done. Aren't we so progressive and modern for 'moving on'?" as they give themselves a mighty big pat on the back.
It's the feeling that they've seen something, decided that it's wrong, and are trying to bring attention to that fact that they believe that they've somehow made it better than it was.

Just create a new character and make a new cartoon.
Mind you that would take the imagination to be creative in the first place.
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Old 13-08-2009, 19:19
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Ah another PC story, when my daughter gets old enough, i will be letting her watch the original dennis the mennis, just as she will be taught the ba ba black sheep song ...
Yeah i'm sure a kids programme from years ago that you enjoyed will really excite her

If my parents had tried to make me watch Bill and Ben i'd have been mortified
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Old 13-08-2009, 19:21
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I'm going to force my kids to watch Muffin the Mule. And I'm gonna tell 'em the connotations of the word muffin even though they are at Primary School. Coz it's, like, dead rude.
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Old 13-08-2009, 19:21
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Why are people giving a stuff about Dennis the Menace? When will people get it into their thick skulls that kids still sing Baa Baa Black Sheep, so getting your kids to sing it isn't exactly a right-on streak of rebellion?

Why do you want to watch Tom and Jerry? Are you four years old? My 5-year-old watches Tom and Jerry. It's on the Cartoon network. It's crap. And so is Ben 10.

Political correctness gawn maaaad. Political correctness gawn maaaaaad. Save us from the voices in our heads!!!

Nutters.
The original Tom and Jerry cartoon shorts were never intended to be a children's cartoon. In fact none of those big cartoons of the 1940s and 1950s were. They were just another form of entertainment at first. Cartoons only really became associated as being for kids when TV networks started creating them.
Especially in the 1960s when Tom and Jerry really did suffer a dip in quality.
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Old 13-08-2009, 19:30
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Yes, because the inherent likeability of a bully who constantly picks on a 'sissy' kid has no conceivable ethical problems in the slightest.

I wonder how many of the people who'd be outraged by this are the ones outraged by any story about youth crime and disobedience. Or rap music - better still, violent TV? I'd be interested ...
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Old 13-08-2009, 19:37
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Yes, because the inherent likeability of a bully who constantly picks on a 'sissy' kid has no conceivable ethical problems in the slightest.

I wonder how many of the people who'd be outraged by this are the ones outraged by any story about youth crime and disobedience. Or rap music - better still, violent TV? I'd be interested ...
Exactly. Removing the Pee Cee element that is so vital an element of these stories, perhaps Dennis just needed bringing into the year 2009 if he were to survive.

I grew up in the 70s/80s and found the Beano concepts of catapults, carties and teachers in mortar boards to be embarrasingly old-fashioned then, so I think it's fair to say that DC thompson aren't exactly masters of moving with the times.
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