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Tom and Jerry was definitely my favorite cartoon growing up. I think what really appeals to me about old cartoons is how they stretched imagination. Animation allows us to do pretty much anything we want, and I think the old cartoons really took advantage of this because there was no previous example to follow. Much like some people say Hollywood is running out of ideas, I think the same could be said about 2D animation now. Is there anything we can still do with 2D animation that hasn't already been done?
This is where Pixar became a pioneer in the field of animation by applying the tried and true principles and techniques of 2D animation to 3D animation. I think there's still a lot of exceptional work being done in feature films now, although the area is starting to get a little bloated. Some studios are just trying to get as many movies out as possible each year, because kids seem to enjoy them regardless of how "good" they are. So I would say that animation hasn't gotten worse, but there's just so much more of it today that you have to wade through some bad stuff to find the good stuff.
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