Spongebob SquarePants 2

[Chili Dawg]

I still like Spongebob. Not as much, but most new episodes are still fairly watchable. The seasons made like right after the movie are pretty mediocre, but the more recent ones haven't been bad. Nowhere close to as good as the old ones, but decently watchable nonetheless.

Not sure if I can see them putting out another good movie though... Hillenburg will probably be involved at least. He is still technically an exec producer on the show, he just doesn't have much involvement int he actual writing. I could definitely see him returning to a more active role for another movie.

[Nintendoga]

Well This was bound to happen eventually, actually surprised it didn't come sooner. 10 years after the first one huh? That's nice.

I'll just get down to my point. If you don't agree with me that's fine, I don't expect you to, I just want to get my point about this series that I've had for awhile.

None of the new episodes are funny to me. None of them have had clever writing, abstract jokes that you miss the first time but catch after, or wonderfully drawn gags that the pre-movie era had. I hate how the Spongebob has gone from a gullible but lovable sponge to a gullible but stupid sponge who literally over-reacts to everything, and boy do I mean everything. Patrick who used to be an idiot with smart hiccups every now and then, into a hollow retarded person who randomly shows up and adds nothing to the plot. Squidward, who used to have emotions and talents but always grumpy, is now everyone's buttmonkey who always gets fucked over in the end.

The rest of the characters besides Mr. Krabs and Plankton (who appear in every other episode, for the same plot) have been reduced to cameos. Don't know who Sandy Cheeks is? Don't blame you, she only appears 1 or 2 times per season. The jokes and gags btw have gotten old and stale. Spongebob screaming, Patrick being oblivious and stupid, Squidward getting hurt, These jokes were funny the first time, but not the 6th time you do it in an episode.

And the visual gags....Let me use an example from an episode that got inplanted in my memory for the wrong reasons. Squidward and Spongebob were moving Squiward's house around for a competition I htink, when they were moving the couch. Spongebob lifted the couch, and unknowingly slid it across Squidward's toe, que him screaming in pain. Not only was that unfunny, but they had to go the extra mile and move it more and more until his toenail broke off, with it bleeding and puss coming out and whatnot. Not only did that make me cringe, but it also put me off from watching Spongebob for awhile. I can usually deal with blood and guts and shit, but the way they did it was just disgusting.

Anyway, you get my point. The show has lost it's ways, and you can only blame the writers for that. The episodes now are simply unfunny, unmemorable, and just plain boring. Nickelodeon depends way too much on this show, and need to branch off from it or end it now. At least with the Simpsons some of the newer ones are somewhat interesting/funny. That's not the case with this show though. I can say now, unless the writers actually put some effort into this movie, or the old writers come back and do this, I'm not gonna go see it. Obviously kids and such are going to go see this movie, but I doubt many old Spongebob fans will go see this.

Just something I had to get out of my head. It seems like I'm over-reacting to a kid's show, which is true and all, but it just pains me to see one of my old favorite cartoons be turned into a horrible tainted mess.

[Pixel Brain]

If it's a film based o. The new episodes, it's nothing more than a mediocre toddler's movie. But if they based it on the older, (good/funny) episodes, count me in, but that's just me dreaming.

[Johnny Boy]

Well hopefully this movie will be good. And hopefully this will let Spongebob leave on high note.

[Ming Ming Hatsune]

I'm going to watch the final movie. I haven't watched SpongeBob for over a year (and that time was because I was forced to watch it). The first movie and the episodes before that is where SpongeBob shined.

I simply can't stand the new ones, the jokes on those aren't even funny. Patrick now is soooo lame to the point I have to ask my cousin to change the channel. SpongeBob's songs today are terrible too. Nothing beats F.U.N. seriously...I haven't watched that episode for years YET I still remember the whole lyrics to it.

SpongeBob is dead, it's been going on for far too long now. I'm even surprised they are still making new episodes to this day. Nickelodeon is treating SpongeBob as the King NickToon, but always in my heart Rugrats is the King NickToon.

But anyway, I will watch the second movie since it's going to close SpongeBob for good. It's about time. But maybe I'm criticizing it a bit too much. After all, Nick has FRED.

Edited March 1, 2012 by Ming Ming Love

[Echidna Adventurer CC14]

I hate how the Spongebob has gone from a gullible but lovable sponge to a gullible but stupid sponge who literally over-reacts to everything, and boy do I mean everything.

Edited March 1, 2012 by chaoscontrol14

[Stacy]

I am the only the person who never got into Spongebob? Not that its a bad show or anything I kinda wish I did back when it started on Nick (Which was still qutie good as a channel) I never really got into it, I was still watching the Rugrats to be honest. But Peter Griffin seems to enjoy it:

Edited March 2, 2012 by BW199148

[VO.SUPER]

Spongebob, I really miss when I enjoyed that show. I should really buy some of the season boxsets and a DVD of the old movie.

I admit, I enjoyed some of season 4, but the later parts of it along with seasons 5-8 have just bothered me ridiculously. The only episode I thought was ok for the later seasons was the Karate Island episode, because of the jokes suddenly becoming a little more clever. However, most of the jokes have become stale, and very, very loud. There is no timing between gags, and there is very little subtlety to soak up the jokes. It's just all the noise, NOISE, NOISE, NOISE! If there anything I can't stand, it's all that noise!

Not to mention, from an animation standpoint, the new character designs bother me. Some of these characters just don't blend with the older ones, and just make me gag.

[Ming Ming Hatsune]

*video*

Oh God, that clip just reminded me of one of my favorite SpongeBob songs:

[Match]

I'll be honest...

I'm gonna go see this, I don't even give a fuck.

[Ferno]

The thing that got my attention most was the animation thing they mentioned. To my knowledge, the last big cenimatic movie that Rough Draft studios animated was the Simpsons Movie, which imo looked incredible for something not from Disney or Dreamworks/ any Japanese studio, ect. so I can't wait to see what this new movie will look like, seeing as I'm the type that geeks out and anynalizes all the little quirks and details.

Getting the old writers back would be extra icing on the cake. I'll admit that I miss the way the older episodes did things as well. I do like the newer eps, but just not as much, and the frantic nature of most new eps kind of annoy me, as well as the overly vibrant and thickly-outlined new characters.

Edit: I'm now unsure whether it's rough draft or paramount animation is doing this..

Edited March 6, 2012 by Inferno

[Jacky]

Bring back any old writers and THE HOFF and you have motyay

I haven't cared about the talking cheese in years, but seasons 1-3 are god-tier cartoons. I'm not gonna be a butthurt manchild and bash the fuck out of the new seasons because I haven't seen them nor do I care about them, but nostalgia and a little sibling will force me to see this.

(Holy shit, ,this is coming A DECADE after the original movie, what the fuck have I been doing with my life)

[Smock]

I honestly don't bother watching the new episodes for reasons that have been echoed throughout the thread, but I have this horrible weakness for seeing cartoon characters on the big screen, and I still love the stuffing out of the first movie. I'll probably watch this movie either way, but I really don't care what happens to the little yella fella after this considering I ignore his television presence anyway. :T

OH WAIT

IT MUST FOLLOW THIS PLOT

heartwarming family film for all whole the family ages

[Sean]

2014? End of 2014? Why so far off? I can't envision Nickelodeon taking that long to work on a movie about Spongebob, of all things.

[Swiss]

Eh, the first one was surprisingly funny but I always thought Spongebob was pretty irrelevant these days. 2014 though? ...yeeeah, bad idea Nick.

[Arle985]

Seriously, why can't Nick just kill the cartoon for once? I mean, it's been over 8 or 9 seasons now, and it needs to die off. I used to enjoy the first 3 seasons, but after the first movie, it just went down the toilet. Unfunny jokes, characters having different personalities, overused plots, it's just running completely dry.

Hopefully this new movie will officially be the true ending to the series. I'm really tired of this show. :/

Edited March 5, 2012 by Arle985

[MegaMan_EXE]

Seriously, why can't Nick just kill the cartoon for once? I mean, it's been over 8 or 9 seasons now, and it needs to die off. I used to enjoy the first 3 seasons, but after the first movie, it just went down the toilet. Unfunny jokes, characters having different personalities, overused plots, it's just running completely dry.

Hopefully this new movie will officially be the true ending to the series. I'm really tired of this show. :/

Guess what Arle? You typed my message for me. XD

[KHCast]

I really hated the fact that they made Spongebob to be gay for Squidward instead of just a annoying friend. and changing the personality completely for everyone. Only a handful of episodes have caught me as fairly funny. Like everyone else I hope this is the end for the series. But that's 2 years from now. So more stuff to come before that.... My childhood. Kinda curious where nick will go from here. They got nothin else good.

[MegaMan_EXE]

I really hated the fact that they made Spongebob to be gay for Squidward instead of just a annoying friend. and changing the personality completely for everyone. Only a handful of episodes have caught me as fairly funny. Like everyone else I hope this is the end for the series. But that's 2 years from now. So more stuff to come before that.... My childhood. Kinda curious where nick will go from here. They got nothin else good.

Why did they do that to Spongebob?

WHY?

[Mick]

I have no idea how this movie is gonna be successful. I know a ton of people are unhappy with the newer episodes. I got tired of 'em gradually. This movie just may end Spongebob Squarepants for good. Let's see! Woah as I typed in Spongebob Squarepants... a red line was not underneath... I didn't make my computer learn the spelling!

[Red Cap]

My childhood. Kinda curious where nick will go from here. They got nothin else good.

They got nothin else good.

nothin else good.

W-what? WHAT!? Have you never even heard of Avatar:Legends of Korra? And what about Nicktoons? They have some good stuff on there, too. (But considering the wildly different opinion I seem to have I'm not too sure what would classify as good to the rest of you all)

[Gabz Girl]

Jesus...I haven't watched Spongebob since 2006 or 2007 and it STILL shows no signs of stopping! And now they're planning on making a sequel to a film that came out almost 8 years ago, when Spongebob was still at its peak! But hopefully, this will mean the end of Spongebob, and I do hope so 'cos he is soooo annoying and unlikeable in the newer episodes... >__>

Ren and Stimpy anyone?

[Mono]

The new Spongebobs are just...weird. I mean, the show was always weird, but now its weird.

[lounge]

The last episode of Spongebob I liked was from 2005. The one where they go back in time to the Knight and kings era. And the one where patrick loses his brain. I remember seeing those two episodes at a friends house. I remember it clearly. It was funny. After that, the episodes became intolerable to watch. Spongebob's voice became SO IRRITATING and overly high pitched. The animation became really stale looking. I don't know why, but the animation in the newer episodes kind just really annoys me. It looks too perfect and streamlined. The 2001 animation was leagues better. I can't stand it when the characters in any cartoon in general are LOUD LOUD LOUD constantly. How do those new writers get hired honestly? I don't watch the show anymore, but it's sad that it's unwatchable now.

[Match]

Seriously, why can't Nick just kill the cartoon for once? I mean, it's been over 8 or 9 seasons now, and it needs to die off. I used to enjoy the first 3 seasons, but after the first movie, it just went down the toilet. Unfunny jokes, characters having different personalities, overused plots, it's just running completely dry.

Hopefully this new movie will officially be the true ending to the series. I'm really tired of this show. :/

I'm gonna use you as an example, because I thought this would be obvious.

They won't cancel it because it's making money, obviously.

SpongeBob is still Nick's most popular show. Regardless of what you or anyone else thinks of it, it still has a very very large audience. Are most of this audience children? I'm sure. That's how this movie will make money. The audience of children who love it, the audience of those who loved it before and want to see it just because Nick knows how to make movies (The Rugrats Movie) and the people that still find a reason to enjoy the show.

Clearly you don't like it, but that is no reason to cancel the show. Not from a marketing standpoint, and not from a practical one.