so my favorite cartoon of the 90's, rocko's modern life, got a reboot picked up by [sigh] netflix. naturally, i torrented it because netflix will never get a single shekel from me. now don't get me wrong: for the most part, the reboot is absolutely awesome. the writers, animators, and voice actors didn't skip a beat in the quality of the since cancelled show.
but then the predictable happened. in typical netflix fashion, they undoubtedly funded the special on one condition. hey, could you maybe fag the show up a little for us? for those who are not familiar with the show, there's a character called mr. bighead. his character is relatable to a lot of dads that we grew up with. staunchly conservative, short-tempered, and someone who has been working the corporate grind for far too long. and like many father and son relationships, the son has different goals and passions in life that clash with the ideals of what his father wants him to do (basically the son wants to be a cartoonist and the dad wants him to get a regular office job like he did). it's a story as old as time. his son's "rebellious" nature spawns the catch phrase repeated in several episodes, "I HAAAAVE NOOO SON!"
in the 90's show, the point was that the son ends up succeeding in pursuing his dream and creates a massively successful show called the fatheads. despite this, mr. bighead still resents his son out of not only his own stubbornness to accept that he was wrong about what he thought was best for him, but also out of petty jealousy that he actually became even more successful and more fulfilled with his life by taking major risks that his father never had the stones to go for and instead surrendered to a dull and soul crushing job within a cubicle. moral of the story: parents can make mistakes too, but family should always come before pride. and any attempt by his son to reconcile their relationship is reciprocated with a cold and shrewd, "I HAAAAVE NOOO SON!"
fast forward to 2019 where netflix completely loses the fucking plot to this timeline. it is the current year and we need to sprinkle on some (((diversity))) for these classic characters! now the new "twist" is that his son is a fucking trannie. for no reason whatso-fucking-ever. but of course it doesn't stop there. mr. bighead, being the EVIL, transphobic piece of shit that he is, rejects his son's noble, honorable, and brave decision to be a dick-splitting science experiment for the rest of his life! that's when he delivers the new bastardized punchline, "I HAAAAAVE NOOO DAUGHTER!" because that makes sense. my son's a mutilated faggot now, but i'll be goddamned if i don't respect her pronouns!
and now we have the upcoming reboot of invader zim to look forward to. i wonder what kind of sjw twist they'll ruin that show with. gee, lemme guess. dib's sister is a dyke now? there's a shocker...
tl;dr the new rocko's modern life reboot is actually really fucking good, with the exception of netflix turning one of the characters into a trannie for diversity points.
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[–] BlackSheepBrouhaha ago
Not to burst your bubble or anything, but the actor who plays Mr. Bighead, Charlie Adler, has been married to a man for years. I don't think you could comment on modernity without mentioning trannies, but I haven't watched it so it sounds like the jokes didn't land.
[–] invisiblephrend [S] ago
i don't care about their personal lives, but the show was never heavy-handed in morality and forcing virtue signals down our throats. for the most part, it was just a goofy fucking show with ridiculous characters. the bighead storyline was one of the few instances where the characters became relatable and netlfix just had to fuck that up. god forbid we should ever have a normal story about a father and son bonding with each other without mixing degeneracy into the picture.
[–] BlackSheepBrouhaha 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I just watched it. They were bonding. The whole point was to accept the "Winds of Change" stop living in the past, and look forward to something new and better. Some changes are scary and for the worse, that's what the show always reveled in, but in the end Rocko and company always learned to adapt, improvise, and overcome.
Bighead's son quits animation in favor of a simple life as a girl with an ice cream truck. He rejects the call to action by Rocko to make a new Fatheads cartoon because his father won't accept him. Rocko convinces him because without the special, the Bigheads will lose their home, the son's childhood home.
Spured by the memories of his childhood, the son animates a new Fatheads special. When it debuts, it features a new character, baby Fathead, who exhibits all the traits and tendencies of his parents. Mr. Bighead, while watching this, realizes that the girlish figure that calls itself his son is in fact his child with their same memories together. His son has spontaneously transformed, like a tadpole, into a female, but Mr. Bighead will always have the memories of the past to look back on, and if he accepts his daughter, a future to look forward to. While it may seem strange and different, and we all cope in our own ways, eventually we find our place in this modern life, these very dangerous days.
I'd argue that obesity is more degenerate than trannies anyway, and Rocko put that contagious degeneracy on blast every single episode. The politics of trannies using CPA, media, and public schools to kidnap and indoctrate children for medical experiments is something else entirely; but if you keep telling the truth then in time it will sort itself out.