The 1980s had some really good cartoons: "Biskitts"..."My Little Pony"..."Tailspin"...unfortunately,"Jem" was not amongst them."Jem" suffers from cheap animation,no plots,and horrible singing that sounds like fingernails on a chalkboard. "Jem" was even guilty of jumping onto the morals bandwagon;while cartoons like "She-Ra" actually gave good morals,"Jem" simply plagiarized the morals that other cartoons featured and made complete messes of the morals by changing words around. "Jem" even tried to impress people by jumping onto the anti-drug bandwagon and tried to act smart by showing an anti-drug episode.The result? A badly made episode that was rushed and had stolen ideas from other anti-drug cartoons and skewed those ideas.In fact,ALL the episodes were rushed and had no plots(anyone remember the migraine inducing episode that had a bunch of untalented jazz artists?).
Celebrities were cruelly mocked and disgraced on this series;great celebrities like Stevie Wonder,Mick Jagger,Tina Turner and even Joan Rivers were made to look absolutely foolish on the series.And not once did the show's staff publicly apologize to these celebrities for embarrassing them on TV. Did this show REALLY need to drag on and on for 3-4 whole seasons? No. The air time that was wasted on "Jem" could've been used to show cartoon classics like "Woody Woodpecker","Pink Panther" or "Looney Toons".
The hair colors and makeup made peoples' eyes bleed;it is obvious the creators of this show decided to give the characters anime hair colors for who knows what odd reason.I really hate to say this,but watching" Billy and Mandy" is 100 times better than watching "Jem".
So,if you want to watch a great video or DVD,do NOT waste your money on "Jem". Get "Bugs Bunny" or "Simpsons" instead.
Celebrities were cruelly mocked and disgraced on this series;great celebrities like Stevie Wonder,Mick Jagger,Tina Turner and even Joan Rivers were made to look absolutely foolish on the series.And not once did the show's staff publicly apologize to these celebrities for embarrassing them on TV. Did this show REALLY need to drag on and on for 3-4 whole seasons? No. The air time that was wasted on "Jem" could've been used to show cartoon classics like "Woody Woodpecker","Pink Panther" or "Looney Toons".
The hair colors and makeup made peoples' eyes bleed;it is obvious the creators of this show decided to give the characters anime hair colors for who knows what odd reason.I really hate to say this,but watching" Billy and Mandy" is 100 times better than watching "Jem".
So,if you want to watch a great video or DVD,do NOT waste your money on "Jem". Get "Bugs Bunny" or "Simpsons" instead.