It's soft target time once again here at Infinite Possiblogities as I review childrens cartoon Martin Morning. The first odd thing I noticed about this show is a line from the theme song.
"His favourite girlfriend is Roxanne"
First thing that's off here is that Martin is like 7 years old or some shit. He's supposed to fear girls like they've got the plague. And don't think it's an innocent meaning like "a girl that is his friend" because he is seen regularly "gettin' some sweet sweet sugar" (kisses, you sicko's). The more disturbing thing is that it clearly says she's his "favourite" implying that he has multiple girlfriends. So this geeky looking kid is some sort of transforming playboy who ranks is lady companions? Well the show IS French so I guess it's not that outrageous to expect this sort of thing. Now onto the premise of the show. Martin is some kid who wakes up every morning to find he's transformed into something. One morning he's a caveman, then he's a superhero, then he's an alcoholic, you get the picture. Anyway, so the show sounds like it's got alot of variety right? WRONG! The show follows the same rigid formula every single day. First up Martin wakes up and finds many faults with what he's become, his friend thinks it's cool and his creepy girlfriend is always turned on by it. Then a situation occurs in which his brand new form is actually a huge advantage and Martin saves the day and we're all taught the merits of being a mouse or a dinosaur. The show's only short, probably 10-15 mins. One of those shows in the afternoon that get in the way for a bit between the good shows that kids actually like. Also I wanted to know why martin can talk perfectly when he's a mouse but can only grunt when he's a caveman? And why does he still go to school? Why isn't he being mistreated in a laboratory somewhere? For 10 minutes the show certainly raises alot of questions in my mind.
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