TheGreatDirector
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Yo don't get my hopes up.
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Western Animation |OT| Cartoon, Cartoon, Cartoon
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Yo don't get my hopes up.
how about an original teen titans marathon ending with the announcement of the teen titans GO! movie
how about an original teen titans marathon ending with the announcement of the teen titans GO! movie
you cracked the code
how about an original teen titans marathon ending with the announcement of the teen titans GO! movie
Nah...worse.
4 is a cutie
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Nah...worse.
only good thing that came out of that show was Tinashe
Jeebsus their schedule makes me so very sad
They literally only air like 4 shows the entire week.
Yep, it's pretty bad. I wonder why they don't play any older shows. They have tons, and it would really help add some variety.
There can be several reasons. One is that showing a standard definition show on an HD TV is kinda awkward (depending on the age of the show, of course).
Two, the show may have been labelled as a "loss" to the corporation, which typically means that it isn't going back on the air ever. (I believe this happened to Megas XLR).
Three, they may just simply believe that the current network audience won't be into it, and if nobody watches something, there is no merchandise to sell and no ratings to keep it going. There is a drought of action shows right now, and I'm not sure if the networks are interested in bringing them back--but hopefully Samurai Jack's success will change some minds.
I'm not an industry expert. But if you keep filling the timeslots with reruns there's no room for newer stuff to enter the scene either.
This was when I knew the CN I had grown up with was gone for good.Nah...worse.
Air one episode of a show people have asked them to show for years, announce it's an all night marathon of it, then just play the first episode again and again.
There can be several reasons. One is that showing a standard definition show on an HD TV is kinda awkward (depending on the age of the show, of course).
Two, the show may have been labelled as a "loss" to the corporation, which typically means that it isn't going back on the air ever. (I believe this happened to Megas XLR).
Three, they may just simply believe that the current network audience won't be into it, and if nobody watches something, there is no merchandise to sell and no ratings to keep it going. There is a drought of action shows right now, and I'm not sure if the networks are interested in bringing them back--but hopefully Samurai Jack's success will change some minds.
I'm not an industry expert. But if you keep filling the timeslots with reruns there's no room for newer stuff to enter the scene either.
Megas was a special case in the writeoff department. There are probably other writeoff shows, but Megas got two full seasons and was pretty popular when it aired, they might have trashed some of the shows that were dead on arrival like Problem Solverz, Robotomy, or Secret Mountain Fort Awesome. However they have plenty of stuff that only recently ended like Regular Show, or stuff that's still airing like Clarence, Adventure Time, Steven Universe, and Powerpuff Girls. Instead they literally just air Teen Titans Go and Gumball all day, every day.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
Cross-quoting this from another thread.
KenzinFive
Member
It took OK KO what felt like an eternity to become a full-fledged series, so there's still hope. Maybe Cartoon Network will have some sort of streaming service or online-exclusive series initiative in the future, and shows with online buzz like Infinity Train will be a part of it. Or maybe it becomes a well-produced miniseries like Over the Garden Wall.
But that would require CN to know what they're doing.
MisterGrey3000
Member
If CN gave the greenlight to an Infinity Train TV series, it'll be years before we get any official announcements.
Be patient folks.
KenzinFive
Member
So is the April Fool's joke "Remember when we actually had a relative variety of shows airing on one day? Let's do that for just today! HILARIOUS RIGHT?"
I think they realized they could never top 2012's Toonami "prank" and said fuck it, just throw whatever we got on there.
That, or maybe it'll be 14 hours of "This show's episode but every time someone says _____ it goes faster".
EDIT: Looks like Clarence has officially ended production. They still have some new episodes left to air but, yeah they done.
That, or maybe it'll be 14 hours of "This show's episode but every time someone says _____ it goes faster".
EDIT: Looks like Clarence has officially ended production. They still have some new episodes left to air but, yeah they done.
Well, as far as I know, only Megas and SBT (why the mech shows, CN, whyyyy????) got written off. As for HD, maybe, but stuff like OG PPG, Samurai Jack, Dexters Lab, etc. still look great, and that's ignoring newer stuff like Regular Show, Adventure Time, Steven Universe, Over the Garden Wall, etc. Stuff like Justice League Action is totally ignored.There can be several reasons. One is that showing a standard definition show on an HD TV is kinda awkward (depending on the age of the show, of course).
Two, the show may have been labelled as a "loss" to the corporation, which typically means that it isn't going back on the air ever. (I believe this happened to Megas XLR).
Three, they may just simply believe that the current network audience won't be into it, and if nobody watches something, there is no merchandise to sell and no ratings to keep it going. There is a drought of action shows right now, and I'm not sure if the networks are interested in bringing them back--but hopefully Samurai Jack's success will change some minds.
I'm not an industry expert. But if you keep filling the timeslots with reruns there's no room for newer stuff to enter the scene either.
CN puts out good shit, but boy does their schedule blow. I like Gumball, but not enough to watch it half the day, and TT Go just annoys me and makes me want the original back. CN's schdule is not something I could watch for more than an hour, and that's a shame. I'm not the intended audience though, and neither is anyone above the age of 10.
You're not wrong.April Fools Day's schedule should be the everyday schedule, c'mon CN.
TTG at this point is popular with the kids through sheer force of having nothing else to watch.
Feel like this was announced ages ago, though I might've confused it with the Oni Press comic launching.
at the very least there is now a teaser trailer in the link and confirmation the original creator is on board.
I think it was just heavily hinted at before this though.
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/nickelodeon-making-invader-zim-movie-144753.html
Greenblatt told some bloke in November that they were making a movie and Jhonen was part of it, there's an official announcement now.
TheGreatDirector
Banned
In more movie news, a Loud House movie is being developed.
http://deadline.com/2017/03/spongebob-loud-house-sherlock-gnomes-1202054433/
http://deadline.com/2017/03/spongebob-loud-house-sherlock-gnomes-1202054433/
SigmasonicX
Member
Is The Loud House big enough that developing a movie for three years from now makes sense?
loud house has a pretty nice following at this point.
that being said the second season has already had a large dip in quality compared to the first (in terms of writing).
I mean to their credit they are trying to flesh out characters a bit more... but it feels like they are being fleshed out by someone who doesn't work on the series or have any idea what the characters have been about to this point. Especially when it comes to Lisa... boy have they been going in a horrible direction with her.
Sibersk Esto
Banned
So what was the argument
Is it wrong that i STILL give this pitch the stink eye over being a rehash of an AT episode premise?
Talking with a friend who is graduating with me this year from an Art college who is an animation major. We got to talking about modern cartoons, She is a fan of Steven Universe because everyone is, and I have a deep love of The amazing world of Gumball because its been the best thing on Cartoon network since it came on because that show is amazing.
Eventually the conversation got to Adventure time. I say that I like adventure time, She said She "Liked adventure time" I ask, why the past tense and she basically explains
" its a show that tricked us into thing that it was going to be good, but it was actually bad"
To which my response was " Get out" remdning me I can remove her from Discord because I don't have that power. I then ask her " why "
She said that adventure time, shows that while the journey is important if that Journey doesn't lead to a semblance of any sort of destination, you have essentially wasted money on gas. Adventure time suffers through out the whole series of a show not understanding what it wants to be, and introducing a lot of plot and world dynamics fairly well and interestingly but never actually goes anywhere with them , to which at some point you need to actually question why these things existed in the plot in the first place.
She goes on to say that she finds the episodes in other sections in time, or whole about other characters for the most part more interesting because a lot of them, because they don't have the luxury of just goofing around like the more important characters in the show do, tell stories that go to a place, and finish a story or kind of finish a story and then you think about the story and its kind of done.
She continues, she suggests that outside of these instances a lot of the conclusions to the plots that actually happen are kind of " we need to end this because we the writing staff realize this has dragged on and is actually going nowhere" with no attempt to hide it , instead of feeling like the cohesive narrative driven world they tried o make, they feel like bandainds put on after the fact. This is even before Pen ward got out.
She then goes onto say " Adventure time is one of my favorite shows ever" , confused I then say " That sounds like you don't like it " she continues, adventure time is a show I enjoyed in the moment and in that moment I enjoy that show. However technically its just kind of bad , a lot of the jokes actually aren't that funny , the catchphrase grows dull after a while, and you kind wish at some point they would have made a show about... every other character in the show, and the world because its wildly more interesting. But I grew up with it in its time, and I appreciate it for what it is, and how it helped lead to more shows doing more, plot ish things for its plots with a comedic and sillier basis with having to establish itself as a serious show. These shows kind of went away for a while, she elements this, along with actual action shows and to see that sort of thing at the time it hit holds a special place in her heart.
However when she looks at the show from a technical stand point, its very pretty, very badly paced and written show .
I couldn't really argue that, it reminds me of my relation ship with the reboot of the archie sonic comic of all things. Because I like it, but its actually kind of really bad, my love for the material is actually carrying through what is when I walk outside of my personal enjoyment , its flawed . And I found myself unable to argue her points about it, I never really went back to analyze Adventure time, but this prompted me to, a lot of things with interesting start ups that lead to uninteresting dead ends.
Then again she likes Clarence so, why should I listen to her anyway.
CN posted a new minisode today in the form of "Welcome to my Life." It has a very interesting documentary style. The characters talk in such a real/genuine way that it comes off as really charming.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idT98H8TK-U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idT98H8TK-U
Adventure Time is far from the first to come up with the "mystical train" premise, and it won't be the last. It's well made, why not just appriciate it for that?
Clarence is great! Clarence promotes the feeling of being a kid better than any show since Hey Arnold, and Clarence is still better at being an actual child than Arnold the philosopher. The trippy episodes are a bit much, but the more grounded episodes are tremendous, getting into some slightly more serious issues (like divorce or poverty) without ever feeling heavy-handed.
As for AT, i can see that argument. The latter seasons definitely had a sense of a show that was getting high on its own farts, so to speak, although some of the more abstract concept episodes are also really, really cool.
"Everything Stays" at the end of Stakes was a bit of a copout, but it was also an explanation of the kind of show this is. They're not going to radically change the status quo, but they are going to change folks in small ways. They definitely could have executed the show better in the big picture, so there's a lot of wasted potential, but you can't deny the passion that goes into most of the episodes.
SigmasonicX
Member
Oh right, I suppose this is worth bringing up here. Teaser trailer for the new My Little Pony theatrical film, which is only 30 seconds and has no actual movie footage. Note that the people who made the teaser converted the assets incorrectly and messed up the shadows (EDIT: article about the post, since the post link isn't working), giving everything a weird glossy look, which doesn't reflect how the actual movie looks. It's interesting to get that small peak at how promotions like this are handled, and how it can be messed up. Still, I thought the brief scenes of ponies flying looked nice.
If possible, could anyone here provide more information about what Rebecca Dart means in her tweet when she says, "They didn't convert the 16 bit images to 8 bit properly and it crushed all the shadows"?
If possible, could anyone here provide more information about what Rebecca Dart means in her tweet when she says, "They didn't convert the 16 bit images to 8 bit properly and it crushed all the shadows"?
Part of the waning is attributed to the fact that CN seems to just be running out the clock on their remaining Adventure Time episodes. Steven Universe, at least, still gets promotion from the network.
I respect Ralph Bakshi as a filmmaker even if the man's work often uses the visual aesthetic equivalent of cigarette-stained shag carpets in a vegas motel.
It's great! The art and animation is amazing, and the story is pretty engaging as well. There's one downside, and it's that for whatever reason the Blu-Ray (if you live in the US) contains only the English dub and does not feature the Spanish subtitled version which is a huge bummer as I'm not a fan of the dub.
But if that doesn't bother you, I highly suggest it.
Also (I'm putting this in a separate post because I consider it important enough) the Oscars prove once again how they don't know what the fuck they are doing with respect to animated films.
Bleh. To be honest, I can't tell you why I even bother with the Oscars in the animation category anymore. I hope for a miracle, but we all know it will be Disney/Pixar winning the award year after year after year after year.
Hopefully I'm freaking out over nothing, and the nominations are as excellent this year as ever, but something tells me this won't be the case.
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http://www.cartoonbrew.com/awards/o...-films-best-animated-feature-race-150099.html
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/be...rules-could-impact-animation-community-992096
Bleh. To be honest, I can't tell you why I even bother with the Oscars in the animation category anymore. I hope for a miracle, but we all know it will be Disney/Pixar winning the award year after year after year after year.
Hopefully I'm freaking out over nothing, and the nominations are as excellent this year as ever, but something tells me this won't be the case.
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Honestly should've gone the other way, for having the same voting pool pick the nominees and the winners. The problem with the winners always being the same is a lot of the voters don't even bother to watch any animated movies, they just pick what's hot with their children/grandchildren and move on.
Your first mistake was caring about the oscars.