Jman

I'm of the belief that the block, as of right now, is at the point where beggars can't be choosers. If we got Ushio and Tora, fine. Older shows aren’t bad if they’re good and affordable. If we have to air DC movies once a month as a "DC movie night", cool. But Velma is the point where they literally have nothing else and are running on fumes. Every other acquisition has failed, and it's time to panic because we have a show with 7% on Rotten Tomatoes on the block.

A lot of what they're getting are cast-offs, or at the very least, second hand, but in the case of DC movies and Primal it fits with the block. I...guess Velma fits that role technically, it's a comedy/horror... Oh who the fuck am I kidding? If Velma is on the block, it's because they have no other options, Zaslav forced DeMarco to air it, and the block is not long for the world. I don't think it will air, it and its 1.4 on IMDB, one of the lowest rated things of all time (lower rated than Annoying Orange, Problem Solverz, and Toddlers and Tiaras) but this is the same block that is going to give us more King Star King.

Keep watching the skies… You know, before whatever you’re looking at eats a Sidewinder.

Trailer.

“Hey everyone! We got a show on loan from HBO Max!”

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-02-14/shogakukan-lists-pluto-animated-series-with-netflix-streaming/.194892 We might get the Akira remake at this rate.

It’s not even a good example of going full anime when we have a proper RWBY anime that doesn’t look like it was made by a college student on their laptop - Between this and Velma, maybe Zaslav’s plan is to convince us that he should kill the animation department lest it keep pumping out crap.

Trigun Stampede 2. Still miss Milly. MHA 129.

I’m genuinely unsure if these sightings make more or less sense after the past few days.

Crunchyroll’ s dub. It’s worth noting Netflix makes a separate dub with union actors and its Thorfinn, Alexis Le, has no such accusations.

No one wanted to at the very least, wait six months for the one day sale at Best Buy.

So no one watched the film besides me? I guess everyone else is waiting for the airing on [adult swim] proper next month, but I give it an 8/10 if you're a fan of Aqua Teen, a 3/10 if you're not.

I was under the assumption Super Show references were off limits, but here we are.

This is getting fucked up. Are we just hypersensitive now? Or is this just a show of force after we downed the balloon last week? We know the F-22 works dammit.

First trailer.

That’s not nearly as bad as making Jessica Cruz a white twink.

I miss SHAFT already.

That trainwreck did permanent damage to the franchise. I remember hearing about the riots and going “this is mass produced sauce for nuggies. You can’t be bothered to go to an actual Chinese restaurant for duck sauce?”

The announcement for movies of canceled shows included Plantasm, a Venture Brothers movie that’s a direct sequel to S7, and a Metalocalypse movie that’s supposed to finally wrap up the Doomstar story. https://movieweb.com/adult-swim-aqua-teen-hunger-force-metalocalypse-venture-bros-movies/ Aqua Teen was first out the door, but I presume because it was cheap as hell (and Plantasm has numerous jokes about it being cheap). And I’ve been admittedly negative about the block, maybe undeserved because Plantasm was vintage Aqua Teen (maybe with some annoying gross out humor but still hilarious more often than not) but it feels like the sun is setting on the block. It’s a bit reminiscent of the last days of Adult Swim Action before Toonami reset everything (and by DeMarco’s admission, if Toonami hadn’t come along, Williams Street was ready to excise anime from the block completely). We’re all waiting on that new spark.

The internet has lost its mind and at this point all I can think is - You’re still buying AAA games Day 1. You know there’s going to be bugs out the ass and a lot of patches.

You neglected one major factor. That in 2008, The Simpsons Movie hit theaters after decades of rumors and rejected scripts being turned into regular episodes. Rick and Morty will never get a movie now.

Counterpoint - Matt Groening isn't looking at 7 years in prison.

https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2023-02-08/attack-on-titan-the-final-season-part-3-anime-1st-half-airs-as-1-hour-special-on-march-3/.194668 Part 1 is a 1 hour special due March 3. Presumably Part II is another special or a film. And we know how Toonami is about movies.

Merchandise is only as relevant as the show, even knockoff merch, like all those Rick and Morty cannabis accessories or those shirts with Kid Goku in bling. It's not self-sustaining. If the show's ratings go to shit and the merchandise is found in bargain bins because people think the show is ruined with all the bad press and new voices, do you really see it lasting that long? No merchandise machine is self-sustaining. At best, if the popularity is compromised, you can return to this in a decade and sell it as sort of a vintage thing. (Member Rick and Morty? Damn if that won't make you feel old). It all depends on if people want to give the show a chance with the new voices.