Reactions to first animations

Winsor McCay seemed to use a lot of repetition in his movements. That probably had a lot to do with all the loops that were applied in the animations. Prince Achmed was a more old school, 1920's I think, animation that actually had some crazy designs. The colors were simple and that actually aided in making the animation look more complex. The same can be said about the Bendito Machine animation. Very simple color palette and a reliance on using silhouettes. They both used very basic shapes. The final animation was a simple one with a single point of view. It seemed very odd, especially how it was always changing, and it leads me to question why it was done that way. Were people bored of it? I don't know.