Steve Reviews: Anti-War Cartoons

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  @SteveReviews · 4 years ago · pinned

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  @poweroffriendship2.0 · 4 years ago (edited)

  <i>&quot;War is where the young and stupid are tricked by the old and bitter into killing each other.&quot;</i><br><br><b>~ Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto 4)</b>

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  @moonbased7796 · 4 years ago

  I honestly find anti war (or war themed in general) cartoons are very interesting to me. I can’t explain why but it’s an interesting theme to explore for me

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  @SamiDC · 4 years ago

  Funnily enough, Peace on Earth is one of my childhood traumas. At the time, Cartoon Network would host Looney Tunes marathons on the weekends. Here I am, watching each short back to back, and finally Peace on Earth was the final one they showed. Left me stunned for a few hours as I was expecting Bugs and Daffy antics, but instead got very dark, very real feeling look at war. Mankind wiping itself out was I think my first brush with existential horror and I was around 8. Probably a factor in why I watch your reviews, Steve.

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  @speedb.bernard5404 · 4 years ago

  Fun fact: in &quot;Educatin for Death&quot; everyone speeks perfect German except for Hitler who speeks giberish (take that how you will).

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  @kingwithoutakingdom · 4 years ago (edited)

  Here&apos;s an interesting bit of additional history. It wasn&apos;t until after WWI that people&apos;s view of war drastically shifted to it being a terrible thing because of how utterly devastating it was. WWI changed EVERYTHING we thought we knew about warfare. Before WWI, wars were things to be excited about because it was an opportunity for the everyman to make something of themselves. To gain fame through their prowess in battle, to gain wealth for capturing enemy nobles or leaders, and to earn land and titles through their deeds. War used to be something that some, not all, people were eager for because it was a way to become something more.<br>I remember this quote, and I don&apos;t know who said it, &quot;When WWI was declared, people cheered. When WWII was declared, people wept.&quot; It really just goes to show how quickly our cultures changed their views with the introduction of weapons of mass destruction and with the way things are going I can&apos;t help think of Einstein&apos;s quote. <br>&quot;I know not with which weapons WWIII will be fought, but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones.&quot;

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  @misterzygarde6431 · 4 years ago (edited)

  I feel that Disney should grow a pair like WB and rerelease many of the stuff they’re trying to bury but adding a disclaimer pointing out it was made in different times.<br><br>Also regarding Education for Death, imagine if Walt Disney did a sequel set during the Nuremberg Trials.

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  @Tired_and_Lazyyy · 2 years ago

  &quot;Mickey Mouse Goes To Vietnam &quot; &nbsp;looks like a creepypasta

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  @nekokaitou4027 · 4 years ago

  As a german I really appreciate that they seemingly used actual german speaking people for the dub of that one animation (sorry, I forgot the name) which is following Hans. My only complain about it is that in <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUwKJ-1dk74&amp;t=497">8:17</a> it shows a kind of punishment that I connect strongly with american school because in Germany, corporal punishment was much more common up until the 60&apos;s. Heck, my dad (born &apos;63) told me about all his time his old teachers or my Gran would beat him up with a ruler or a belt and make him count the hits because he liked to play pranks on other people.

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  @vaggos2003 · 4 years ago

  Here is a cartoon franchise with a strong anti-war message: the Transformers. You can see it just from the basic plot summary. Two factions get trapped in an endless war that lasts for countless years until they eventually waste all their honeworld&apos;s resources and are forced to leave from their home, essentially turning themselves to refugees, only to end up getting stranded on another planet and get its inhabitants trapped in their conflict.

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  @youtubecreators384 · 4 years ago

  Vegetarians vs meat eaters? Oh my god. MGM predicted the internet.

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  @serenitythesiren5031 · 4 years ago

  Suggestion: Restart the Earth.<br>It&apos;s a Chinese sci-fi film, and is live action. I know you usually do animated films, but you have done live action in the past. It&apos;s pretty much a story about how humans attempted to save earth by creating a drug that would save plants, but the drug works <b>too</b> well, resulting in plants taking over the world, and humans becoming endangered. Kind of like Bird Boy.<br>Another suggestion is Wolfwalkers, an animated 2020 film. It&apos;s about the Ireland version of werewolves, and has gorgeous animation, even compared to Studio Ghibli.

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