OwlChemist81 Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 (edited) So now Adult Swim Music is apparently a thing on TV, and it threatens to take the Midnight Hour from Toonami--or is this a one-time thing!? Edited October 4, 2020 by OwlChemist81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Cool. Because as everyone knows, people like to lose energy from a lack of sleep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted September 21, 2020 Share Posted September 21, 2020 Considering I always record the block each week instead of watching live, I've always planned on voting in this election, and I'm more a fan of EL-P's solo work than his collabs (and even then, it's only a few songs), I'm more likely than not gonna sit this one out. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Okay yes. Voting is important .... but man does it make me wanna watch the dub of Jojo the next day!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daos Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 Demarco the tastemaker is at it again. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, Daos said: Demarco the tastemaker is at it again. This SEVEEEERELY feels like something Adult Swim forced upon DeMarco. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted September 22, 2020 Author Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) Well, if that's the case, then they should do the following: 1. Make this part of Toonami 2. Expand Toonami to 11:30 PM 3. Don't bother to play Dragon Ball Super that night I mean, that's what a SMART network would do, right?? Really, this is the dumbest possible way [as] could market this. The idea of calling it "Midnight Run The Jewels" is just begging for it to be part of Toonami! And I'll bet the special is packed with action too. Just why, [as], why?? Edited September 22, 2020 by OwlChemist81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 22, 2020 Share Posted September 22, 2020 (edited) Did Run The Jewels pay for their homes?? Did they sleep in their beds??? Edited September 22, 2020 by elfie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 On 9/21/2020 at 6:31 PM, elfie said: This SEVEEEERELY feels like something Adult Swim forced upon DeMarco. On the contrary. I suspect DeMarco wanted to do this and his bosses said he could only do it on Saturday during Toonami time. 3 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted September 23, 2020 Author Share Posted September 23, 2020 Then why not officially make it PART OF TOONAMI!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Officially? We have no idea if this will be a regular thing yet. I doubt it, given how the goal of this particular hour is to get people to vote in the election, which won't last for long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 minute ago, OwlChemist81 said: Then why not officially make it PART OF TOONAMI!? I think even Jason see’s that as a bad idea. IMO they should be airing this at 11pm after a 10pm hour of Family Guy. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 2 minutes ago, elfie said: Officially? We have no idea if this will be a regular thing yet. I doubt it, given how the goal of this particular hour is to get people to vote in the election, which won't last for long. This will be a one night thing. No reason to assume Toonami is giving up midnight for a while. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmpressAngel Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 3 hours ago, elfie said: Officially? We have no idea if this will be a regular thing yet. I doubt it, given how the goal of this particular hour is to get people to vote in the election, which won't last for long. The tweet in the first post literally says this is a special performance. It's no different than the block being hijacked for Batman movies and isn't a permanent change. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 On 9/21/2020 at 12:34 PM, OwlChemist81 said: So now Adult Swim Music is apparently a thing on TV, and it threatens to take the Midnight Hour from Toonami--or is this a one-time thing!? based on the wording it's a one night thing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 ITT: Al acts like an idiot. Again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 This is a novel idea, but focusing the special around the idea of getting people to vote when so many companies are also parroting that advice makes it come off as forced. They must really be banking on Toonami viewers liking RTJ or Ben and Jerry's (which, admittedly, I'm a huge fan of) so they'll watch this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katt_goddess Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 It's currently meant to be a one-time thing because this year has been a shitshow in more ways than one and getting people out to vote is one way to hopefully start turning that around. It also ties in with recent messages regarding BLM, racism and not being bullying dicks in general that have run on Toonami. Personally, I think they should have scheduled it for the hour before Toonami and leave the rest of the schedule alone because if you haven't seen whatever episodes of 'Family Guy' are airing at that time, you've been living with the Amish for the past x years. But I'm guessing they need to milk that show as much as they can before they lose it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) 41 minutes ago, Blatch said: This is a novel idea, but focusing the special around the idea of getting people to vote when so many companies are also parroting that advice makes it come off as forced. They must really be banking on Toonami viewers liking RTJ or Ben and Jerry's (which, admittedly, I'm a huge fan of) so they'll watch this. That said, I think this may be benefitial because, and I'm only saying this as an observation, Adult Swim is aiming at younger audiences who are undecided and/or non-conformist, and this hour may make them think about voting for the right decision. In the end, though, this is clearly yet another type of experiment that DeMarco is enacting right along with playing two weekends of Batman movies in order to plug a virtual convention. This is anything to fill out the gaps between the delays in acquisitions caused by the pandemic. Edited September 24, 2020 by elfie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 (edited) They could have used this to skip Clover for a week and extend JoJo but if they run the whole lineup after the concert then that doesn’t stall anything. Edited September 24, 2020 by Sketch 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginguy Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 I think DeMarco got told "We're doing Batman movies to promo the convention.". This event seems more like a vanity project that screams "I'm still relevant". A series of shorter AMV style promotions between shows would probably have worked better. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jman Posted September 24, 2020 Share Posted September 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Ginguy said: I think DeMarco got told "We're doing Batman movies to promo the convention.". This event seems more like a vanity project that screams "I'm still relevant". A series of shorter AMV style promotions between shows would probably have worked better. The Batman movies fit the block a lot better. Toonami has had a history with DC stuff and I was asking for those films for years. This for better or worse seems like something DeMarco reached out to do. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginguy Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I enjoyed the Batman movies. I think they were a good fit and a good use of Toonami time. This music thing is DeMarco being vain and honestly it reminds me of cringe MTV "Vote or Die" type nonsense. Of course, I'm on the record as saying that Toonami should stay away from politics because it will naturally alienate 40-50% of the audience, an audience that is none to big to begin with. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountFrylock Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 16 hours ago, Quackers said: How does telling people to vote alienate 50% of their audience? apparently some people can't admit this pandemic has been such a dumpster fire due to piss poor leadership the same people who will throw a tantrum and threaten to beat people up simply because a store asked them to wear a mask the same people who will swear up and down that attack on titan isn't a political series 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 1 hour ago, CountFrylock said: apparently some people can't admit this pandemic has been such a dumpster fire due to piss poor leadership the same people who will throw a tantrum and threaten to beat people up simply because a store asked them to wear a mask the same people who will swear up and down that attack on titan isn't a political series the same people in any photo of an endless sea of teeny tiny dots with the occasional red dot signifying a MAGA cap, that you can look up IN ANY SEARCH ENGINE ONLINE RIGHT NOW. A SEA of people! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Gun Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 Don't mind Jingo, his handlers are paying him good money to spew bullshit. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 On 9/23/2020 at 8:32 PM, elfie said: That said, I think this may be benefitial because, and I'm only saying this as an observation, Adult Swim is aiming at younger audiences who are undecided and/or non-conformist, and this hour may make them think about voting for the right decision. In the end, though, this is clearly yet another type of experiment that DeMarco is enacting right along with playing two weekends of Batman movies in order to plug a virtual convention. This is anything to fill out the gaps between the delays in acquisitions caused by the pandemic. Speaking of nonconformism, I wonder if said audiences are likely to realize that this election involves a sitting president who might not agree to a peaceful transfer of power. If it's close enough and Trump decides to call bullshit on the election results, voting will have amounted to jack squat. Frankly, I feel like it would be a better use of our time if all these companies telling us to go out and vote called for more drastic measures, like nonstop civil protest and jamming the gears of the system to a halt. But I doubt they'll ever do that, because it'll impact their yearly profits for some reason. 😐 So yeah, this feels like a means to an end that isn't particularly satisfying. And it's egregious for DeMarco because he's a fairly vocal leftist. More to the left of the majority of TV executives, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 (edited) I do wonder about how every single network corporation besides FOX is leftist. ... I mean, if they weren't, I would probably grow up to a very different person. Edited September 26, 2020 by elfie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) God damn it Demarco, nobody wants to hear your friends' shitty music. And when they say go out and vote, they really mean go vote for who we support. But at least it is just pushing the block back and not taking anything off for a week. Staying up later is no issue for me since I do that anyways. Though I am surprised they didn't do that since it would buy time for dubbing some of the shows. Edited September 27, 2020 by ben0119 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 On 9/21/2020 at 8:31 PM, elfie said: This SEVEEEERELY feels like something Adult Swim forced upon DeMarco. No, he's forcing his friends shitty music on us so we can be enlightened from our plebian heathen stupor. Behold what our tastemaker has bestowed upon us! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 (edited) On 9/23/2020 at 10:25 AM, Sketch said: On the contrary. I suspect DeMarco wanted to do this and his bosses said he could only do it on Saturday during Toonami time. Yup, Demarco is literally getting to Vince McMahon levels of senseless and possibly senile business and creative decisions. And he's not even in his 70s! Edited September 27, 2020 by ben0119 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted September 27, 2020 Author Share Posted September 27, 2020 10 hours ago, ben0119 said: No, he's forcing his friends shitty music on us so we can be enlightened from our plebian heathen stupor. Behold what our tastemaker has bestowed upon us! Yeah, well if that IS the case, not giving Super a break, moving everything up 30 minutes instead of an hour, and making this RTJ special an actual part of Toonami, may be one of his most baffling decisions ever. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountFrylock Posted October 1, 2020 Share Posted October 1, 2020 so now according to twitter the event has been pushed back to 10/17 so toonami on 10/10 will start at it's regular time 10/17 toonami however will not and be pushed back to make way for the event 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Oh and it's confirmed that they're rerunning Demon Slayer at the end of the block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 So they can arbitrarily move the event to a week later but not to 11pm. Sure... 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 Hey, they gotta get in all the Family Guy showings they can before they lose the rights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blatch Posted October 2, 2020 Share Posted October 2, 2020 It's really not even about the FOX shows. They could buffer Holy Calamavote with an hour of Fam Gs if they really wanted to, unless they think switching the slots would decay viewers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben0119 Posted October 4, 2020 Share Posted October 4, 2020 (edited) On 10/1/2020 at 6:59 PM, CountFrylock said: so now according to twitter the event has been pushed back to 10/17 so toonami on 10/10 will start at it's regular time 10/17 toonami however will not and be pushed back to make way for the event Uh, can we have actual proof of this? There, I posted the actual link with embed - Edited October 4, 2020 by ben0119 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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