CountFrylock Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 seeing comments and responses online that tonight's pre-flight was the last and that it was included in the list of adultswim streaming projects that were shutdown by ATT/Warnermedia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 We have some bad news. Toonami had a Q&A today on the Adult Swim Live Festival onight, and after it was done, DeMarco off-handedly mentioned that this is very likely the last Pre-Flight ever. Sucks. This means we won't see DeMarco or Gills' face on a livestream or episode online anymore, and they'll be even LESS transparent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CountFrylock Posted November 15, 2020 Author Share Posted November 15, 2020 the first step to ATT Just saying "Kill Toonami"....or not? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 I don't think it's AT&T trying to kill Toonami, as it is them successfully killing the [as] streams. Which also sucks, but in a whole different way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketch Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 2 hours ago, PokeNirvash said: I don't think it's AT&T trying to kill Toonami, as it is them successfully killing the [as] streams. Which also sucks, but in a whole different way. Yeah, Pre-Flight is mainly a casualty of all the streaming shows getting canned. And man... I'm really feeling blue about the streaming crew getting shit canned. They even fired Matt Harigan. He's been with WS since Space Ghost. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Hopefully there's a way for them and all the others to come back from this, but I'm not holding out immediate hope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Keep in mind guys, Pre-Flight was never supposed to be a big thing. They don't even save episode past a few weeks after its premiere. In the past year they have used more and more excuses to not do the usual episode, whether it be a panel from a convention, a bracket hosted by other people I never heard of, or rerun interviews. It seems DeMarco got disinterested in it for a long time. That said, ... we have yet to know the real reason for why they ended it now, and likely never will know. I mean everyone's stuck at home with more free time! You'd think they'd double down on the streaming instead! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 Siiiigh. He didn't even make any kind of post about it. The only way he know is from one sentence he said out load on the livestream. Purely an afterthought. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted November 15, 2020 Share Posted November 15, 2020 I honestly lost interest in Pre-Flight once they started talking about anime movies that never aired on Toonami as a plug for a top 100 Demarco was involved in, and also after the Blum Room turned into convention plugs. It's sad to see it go, but it won't impact present me as much as the loss of, say, FishCenter Live will. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted November 16, 2020 Share Posted November 16, 2020 10 hours ago, PokeNirvash said: I honestly lost interest in Pre-Flight once they started talking about anime movies that never aired on Toonami as a plug for a top 100 Demarco was involved in, and also after the Blum Room turned into convention plugs. It's sad to see it go, but it won't impact present me as much as the loss of, say, FishCenter Live will. I did dig a live performance or two occasionally on FishCenter, but the rest of the time, I thought it was a mess. The weird thing is with Crunchyroll potentially leaving HBO Max, this could be Toonami's chance to cement itself there, and if so, we might see the return of Toonami Pre-Flight in some form. I think it would be cool if they took a page out of Talking Dead's playbook and aired a discussion show after the block, but there's no chance in hell you're doing that live at 3 AM. They're gonna need lots of programming with Family Guy leaving, so who knows? Could be something that airs at a weird time like 11 PM on Monday nights... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 (edited) Now literally all Toonami is, is the TV block. Toonami Pre-Flight lasted from March 2015 to November 2020. Hell, I really would only give it about as far as September. While it was kinda cool that it sunsetted as an acutal online program leading-in to Toonami, once Toonami started with a rerun of Dragon Ball Super, I kinda stopped caring about it. And I really feel that it often had very little to do with Toonami as a whole. The Toonami Faithful Podcast, though unofficial, was, and is, living up to its name as often more faithful to Toonami. I do indeed hate to see Pre-Flight go. I guess now the only way Toonami will really communicate with its fans off-air is through streamed con panels on Adult Swim's YouTube channel? Well that, and the old default that is DeMarco's Twitter account. Edited November 17, 2020 by OwlChemist81 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MasqueradeOverture Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 On 11/15/2020 at 1:12 PM, PokeNirvash said: I honestly lost interest in Pre-Flight once they started talking about anime movies that never aired on Toonami as a plug for a top 100 Demarco was involved in, and also after the Blum Room turned into convention plugs. It's sad to see it go, but it won't impact present me as much as the loss of, say, FishCenter Live will. I was afraid Fishcenter would be a victim too. Guess they didn't avoid the hammer coming down either, huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PokeNirvash Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Considering Matt and Choe were among those fired, yeah, guess not. I'm hoping the fishtank remains, even if the commentary centering around it is gone. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viperxmns Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Merged these threads. This is a bummer, I've actually missed a lot of episodes but I enjoyed watching it 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mochi Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Pre-Flight isn't over, it's been moved to twitch as an "unofficial" stream....which arguably might mean they'll be more transparent Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 2 hours ago, mochi said: Pre-Flight isn't over, it's been moved to twitch as an "unofficial" stream....which arguably might mean they'll be more transparent WHUUUU??? 😮 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlChemist81 Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 ...interesting!! Is it still Saturday nights right before Toonami? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The1gairon Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 2 hours ago, OwlChemist81 said: ...interesting!! Is it still Saturday nights right before Toonami? So hey thanks Toonami for TELLING US THIS BEFOREHAND! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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