memphisgirl-73691 In the early years of this show, it wasn't that bad. However, since I grew up (around 2007) the show took an unusual turn. The format completely changed! I may be an adult now, but the old episodes may just entertain me. The new episodes, however, I steer clear from. I don't view the show too badly though. In fact, I would even recommend the old episodes to kids of today. But not the most recent ones (2007-2017).

zsofikam It seems so easy to criticize Dora, or any other kid's show for that matter, just for the sake of criticism, but after rewatching after a long time, I felt that I should write this review anyway. With that in mind, the criticism leveled at Dora seems a bit harsh. Yes, it has its problems but I've seen much worse. What do I mean by much worse? I mean the likes of Secret of NIMH 2, Titanic the Animated Movie, Uncle Grandpa, Breadwinners, Boohbah, and the output of Video Brinquedo. Yes it's repetitive, but did you know that repetition is actually good for young children? I admit that it gets annoying but it helps little kids to learn. Yes her shirt is a bit tight on her, but will the average preschooler care? Plus, to everyone who talks about how useless the "Swiper, no swiping" thing is, if you want young kids to know about the experience of being mugged, have them watch CSI. That's not to say that it's the perfect show. As I mentioned previously, it is very repetitive. Now, all shows, especially kids shows, are repetitive to a certain degree, every single Dora episode that I've seen is almost exactly the same: Dora has to go to a specific destination in order to do a certain task. Before she reaches her destination she has to pass through two other places while accompanied by her trusty companions Backpack, Map, and Boots the monkey. My second problem is the song sung by Map, it feels rather pointless. Overall, I used to really like Dora and while it's not as good as I remembered it still hated on far too much. Even with its flaws, it's a fairly cute fun little show.

TheLittleSongbird I have tried to like Dora the Explorer, as I am all for educational shows. For example Tots TV, Sesame Street and Rosie and Jim were educational and all three of them I loved as a kid because they were also a lot of fun. As an 18 year old girl, I kept in consideration that this was a kids show, but sorry I don't like it. The first problem and my major problem with Dora the Explorer is that it is too repetitive. The scripting, the music, the story lines... they felt the same in every episode. Another problem is that I for one don't find it educational, there was an episode when Dora I think counted to ten in Spanish. Kids will definitely find that educational, but for someone who studied Spanish for two years, I couldn't help rolling my eyes at something I already knew. Then the story lines are unoriginal for the most part, the music is forgettable(to me that is though I do appreciate that they were keeping it simple for kids to remember, but I personally felt they went overboard with the simplicity), the characters are thin, the writing is shallow and for me the voice acting was unexceptional. On a plus, the animation was nice to look at, simple but colourful and bright. Overall, sorry but I don't like it, kids will love it but being older it doesn't appeal to me. 1/10 for the animation. Bethany Cox

dhik24 In case you are not familiar with this show Dora is a 7 year old Latina girl who travels around with a monkey named Boots. The episodes typically consist of Dora traveling to three places with the third place as a goal. That is my first complaint about this show, the repetition is too much for a kid's show. The songs consist of the same words over and over and the plots are also the same thing every time. While there is some repetition in every form of entertainment, especially for children, this is absolutely ridiculous.The second complaint I have about this show is that Dora is not educational. Out of all the episodes I have watched the one that most stands out on this point is the backpack episode. During that episode Dora teaches kids how to count to eight twice. Yes, that's right. Out of a 23 minute show the creators devoted an astounding 16 SECONDS to the educational bit. I do admit that Dora did teach a Spanish word but children should be learning more about ABC's, counting, etc than Spanish. The characters don't even have personality so it's not like they could learn about people through the actions of Dora either.My final complaint is that this show has way too much merchandise. You could even buy your kid Dora cereal if you wanted. Considering that that every episode is the same and there is no educational value to this show is it obvious that it was created for only one thing: money.