Nick Cancelling Invader Zim

orn writes "Lots of my slashdotting friends turned me on to Invader Zim not so long ago. Well, aintitcool.com is reporting that the show is being cancelled." Now that really sucks. Zim was absolute genius in terms of art, use of CG, and just flat out hilarious writing. I'll miss this one a lot.

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Not the sort of thing that belongs on kid TV.

[Starship Trooper]

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely loved the show, but I always felt uncomfortable about its placement on Nickelodeon, a kid's network if there ever was one. The show's content, much like the class "Ren and Stimpy" episodes back from when Jim K. still had control of the show, is just too subversive for little kids. The show is more akin to things like "Family Guy" and "South Park" than it is to "Wild Thornberries" or whatever inane kiddie trash Klasky-Csupo is barfing over Nickelodeon these days. Hopefully the show will find a new, better home on Comedy Central or another such station where it would be a much better fit.

Damn. That's it, no more NICK for me.

[Nonesuch]

Zim was the only reason I would ever tune in Nickelodeon. The only other show I ever watched on there is CatDog.

Time to write Nick and your cable company- remember, if you want them to give a damn, send a paper letter, not just a quick email. Companies that totally ignore email will usually at least read a nicely typed non-form-letter via US Mail. If you're lucky, you'll get a form letter in reply...

I'd go so far as to say that Invader Zim is one of the best new shows in years, and by far the most original animated show on the air (only because Simpsons and Futurama have been pretty sucky lately).

No Zim, no more reason for me to watch any of the rest Nicks' sanitized freak show of a network.

In a perfect world

[NiftyNews]

In a perfect world, Zim would be picked up and added to Cartoon Network, who would then play an Adult Swim block every night.

In an even more perfect world they would also pick up and renew The Critic, then steal Family Guy and Futurama from Fox and give them slots where they have a chance at getting eyeballs and ratings.

In a perfect world...

Too subversive for kids? Are you kidding me?

[Fantastic Lad]

The whole point of subversiveness is to open eyes. What's wrong with kids considering the flip-side to the Disney lie which fills nearly all other programming? Even you refered to Nickelodeon's normal children's schedule as "inane kiddie trash".

How is ZIM any worse than, say, MAD Magazine?

Having ZIM around would have made my school years far more endurable. "My GOD! It's not just me! Somebody else out there also sees that nearly all the people populating this school are dangerous, immature, socially retarded, materialist, petty morons! Whew! I was beginning to think there really WAS something wrong with me like everybody keeps saying!"

I guess the only thing that bothers me about ZIM is that it utterly condemns humanity; while ZIM does actively attempt to expose the everyday bullshit we must live with in this world, watching would lead one to think that there isn't anything good or worthwhile out there at all, which is completely false.

Rather than cancel ZIM, I'd prefer to see it stay on while infusing Nick's programming with shows which carry underlying messages which promote honor and noble living. I seem to recall things like, "G-Force" having a positive effect on me as a kid. I'd suggest the promotion of stuff like "Sailor Moon" if it wasn't for the weird sexuality of it, and the whole bit about girls being tough and capable, but only so long as the strong male lead can rescue them on a regular basis. What shit.

And "Pokemon" is basically just, "Cock-Fighting for Kids."

Now THAT'S creepy.

-Fantastic Lad