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Just out of curiosity( as I barely saw many episodes of FHIF, even if I couldn´t help but wonder about the subject of this post, since I love to draw - and in special, fanart; so I need to be awere of what´s actually going on ), but
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I agree with you. Others have complained that Foster's is going down because of this, but while a lot of the episodes try to stress Mac being a normal kid, there are exceptions. I suppose the whole "Mac's special" was to hook people onto the pilot and now that the point has been established, it's all about the imaginary friends and their interaction.
The whole "understanding Coco" thing hardly seems like an accomplishment any more after "Hiccy Burp", since the whole audience understood what she was saying. Either they possess a mystical power like Mac or she's really not that difficult to interpret if you exist in the Foster's universe. If you're in the real world, good luck.
I've noticed that in the later episodes, it's Bloo who comes up with the unusual solutions, thus suggesting that Bloo's smarter than Mac. I see it more as a yin and yang thing, where one supports the other and essentially comprises a whole being.
I agree with you about Foster's versatility; I'm hardly amongst their target age myself. (Unless they're targeting college students, which I sincerely doubt).
What's odd is while I tend to sympathize with the prominent characters (in other shows), I gravitated toward Frankie and Herriman more so than everyone else. Perhaps the allure of side characters is that because the writers spend more time on other endeavours, it leaves the fans room to manuever?
I think the peculiar thing about Foster's is that despite the imaginary friends obviously being creatures rather than humans, their relationships are indicative of humans. They might have odd forms, but they're essentially human children.
And that's just my two cents. I must say, it's a relief to see another post on this community that doesn't relate to Frankie/Mac.
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( as everybody understood its chirps, hums and beeps - no mater if they were robots, commons, aliens or jedis, of course )
Kiddings apart of this now,
I really liked the way you put this:
"I think the peculiar thing about Foster's is that despite the imaginary friends obviously being creatures rather than humans, their relationships are indicative of humans. They might have odd forms, but they're essentially human children."
That´s a really good point.
Actually, I started to like "Foster´s Home" exactly for that emphasis on basically human relationships rather than the interference of any "powers" that couldn´t be applied/related to actual, real-life relationships; that´s why I think that it is about a show that can gather and endear an audience that it´s not restricted to a strict group, as so many,
But MANY people still tend to think that "cartoons are just for kids" - therefore, inferring that kids are somewhat stupid( a thing that they aren´t, by the way )or that an "adult oriented" cartoon should be led into profanity, sex or violence
( if not, all of this altogether )
That just deepened the gap between the audiences, either by giving room to really silly and pointless "kid" cartoons, at the same time that another genre of so-called "adult", implemented relatively just recently.
Since wasn´t found a genre that both kids and adults could appreciate alike, until that; yes, there´s still things airing around here that are just cartoons that even kids couldn´t endure, or "adult cartoons" that aren´t interesting at all, but winds are changing, thank goodness - so, maybe a show like Foster´s could also indicate the path( well, as PPG once influenced a whole generation of cartoons indeed ), estylistically and thematically... so I hope!
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I've explored imaginary friends being similar to humans/children in several of my fanfics. It's always interesting to push and prod characters and see what happens.
The good thing about Foster's is that while you know it's targeted at younger kids, it doesn't suffer the dilemma of other shows in that the moral's not readily apparent and shoved down your throat. I suppose that supports your "cartoons are just for kids" assumption. After all, if kids can't innately gather the "moral of the day", then they must have it thrust at them rudely.
The problem is that cartoons no longer contain the slapstick humor that the kids can enjoy and the writing that the adults can, like Pinky and the Brain and Animaniacs. Foster's has some of that humor and it's not specifically aimed at younger kids, either.
Yes, it'd be nice if Foster's pioneered a little revolution of its own. :)
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Though I´d rather prefer to cosplay Mr. Herriman as C3PO! Kinda because of his attitude, maybe.
( Actually, I´d pity if I had to draw a scene when he should tell Mac - or Make - that he was his father... shudder! )
XD
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