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jackspencerjr
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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 Posted - 06/16/2006 : 04:57:04 AM
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Originally posted by Flangepart
]Yeesh!
The Vortex coulden't have beenthat expensive! It was a set mikes and a camera! Public access can afford that!
Well, it might have been since they made a cheese CGI intro where the host goes into the Vortex. I have no idea how much it cost, but regardless, they had it and they got rid of it. One assumes because no one watched it. |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 06/16/2006 : 12:57:10 PM
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Originally posted by jackspencerjr
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Originally posted by zombiewhacker
Here's an idea for a Sci-Fi show. We could have this guy trapped in a spaceship in outer space. We'll name him Joel... or maybe Mike. Anyway, he and his two robot pals have nothing to do but spend each week watching...
They did have that, and then it got cancelled.
Sarcasm, hello? |
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Greenhornet
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 06/16/2006 : 2:43:21 PM
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By the way, to answer the question in the title, I would say that they are drinking the same stuff that the CARTOON NETWORK is.
Sterno, is my guess.
"The Queen is testing poisons." CLEOPATRA, 1935 |
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Terrahawk
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 06/16/2006 : 2:53:45 PM
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I think CN went wrong with splitting out the old cartoons from their new ones. The old ones had the appeal of drawing in the adults once-in-awhile who might then watch some of the newer ones with their kids. Without the old cartoons, they really don't have enough material. How does a network go from The Power Puff Girls (which in its prime was brilliant), Samari Jack, Johnny Bravo, etc. to the trash of today? Plus, this is just a feeling on my part, once they started running Adult Swim, they seemed to lose focus on their younger audience.
ZW, I caught your nice little bit of sarcasm, but JSJ and Sardu seem to have been asleep or they are too young to remember.
The ROPe gives you three options, convert, submit, or die. There is a fourth, resist. |
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BrainFromArous
Preeminent Apostolic Prelate of the Discipleship of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 06/16/2006 : 3:50:00 PM
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Remember when Sci-Fi used to have interviews with - gasp - respected science fiction authors? Remember Harlan Ellison's great commentary segments every week?
It's still not as bad as what happened to TechTV, though.
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 06/16/2006 : 9:27:07 PM
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Originally posted by Terrahawk
ZW, I caught your nice little bit of sarcasm, but JSJ and Sardu seem to have been asleep or they are too young to remember.
What, too young to remember MST3K AIRED ON THE COMEDY CHANNEL FOR 8 YEARS before it moved to the SciFi Network? That was my little sarcasm... very little apparently... *g*
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 06/17/2006 : 4:52:02 PM
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| It's okay, Sardu, I caught your sarcasm. You caught mine. We're even. |
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wdorr
Minister of the Sacraments of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 06/17/2006 : 4:57:55 PM
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Originally posted by Terrahawk
I think CN went wrong with splitting out the old cartoons from their new ones. The old ones had the appeal of drawing in the adults once-in-awhile who might then watch some of the newer ones with their kids. Without the old cartoons, they really don't have enough material. How does a network go from The Power Puff Girls (which in its prime was brilliant), Samari Jack, Johnny Bravo, etc. to the trash of today? Plus, this is just a feeling on my part, once they started running Adult Swim, they seemed to lose focus on their younger audience.
I think part of the problem that CN experienced was that it seemed like they got WAY too fixated on anime at the cost of original programming. I think one reason they're so in love with anime is that they're dealing with an already proven and successful show, with a guaranteed fanbase and audience, that could potentially already have a huge merchandising wing behind it in the form of comics, games, toys, etc.
But the truth be told, I don't care a lot about watching Scooby Doo and old Looney Toons, given that I grew up watching those things to death. What I WOULD like to see is a return of a lot of more 80s things that I haven't seen in years: The Alf* and Alftales*, Real Ghostbusters, Transformers, Capt. Power, Silverhawks, etc.
(IIRC, they at one time DID have the rights to the Alf cartoons, which I'd love to see again--a lot better than the TV show, IMO.) |
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MikeC
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
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Posted - 06/17/2006 : 7:02:17 PM
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A lot of the 'classic' CN content (like the old Hanna Barbera shows)
are on BOOMERANG, their digital channel. |
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zombiewhacker
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
USA
1475 Posts |
Posted - 06/18/2006 : 3:18:26 PM
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| One thing I would like to see CN (or Boomerang) do is buy out the Filmation library. Half the cartoons I watched growing up were from Filmation, Hanna-Barbera's then competitor. Shows like The Archies, the original Sabrina the Teen-Aged Witch, The Groovey Ghoulies, Star Trek the animated series and others deserve their place in Boomerang lore at least as much as your average rerun of Scooby Do does. |
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Coldiron
Altar Boy of Jabootu
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Posted - 06/18/2006 : 6:53:33 PM
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Originally posted by Ericb
Or maybe there is an evolutionary law of cable television that states that over time all channels will develope in such a way that they will ultimately have little to nothing to do with their titles, thus after 20 years MTV had nothing to do with music. Perhaps the Sci-Fi channel is another example of this law in action. In ten years there will be no science ficion on their schedule.
"I reserve the right to look as well as be boring." - Robert Fripp
Comedy Central hit that wall several years ago.
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What you never hear of South Park, Chappelle Show, Reno 911, Thats My Bush, Crank Yankers, etc.? Get with it, man.
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jackspencerjr
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 06/18/2006 : 7:49:11 PM
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| Yeah, but those shows aren't all that funny. Maybe they should rename themselves Snarky Central or something. |
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Sardu
Holy Cardinal and Five Star General of the Righteous Knighthood of Jabootu
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Posted - 06/18/2006 : 9:36:38 PM
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South Park and Reno 911 are pretty damn funny. SP is probably my favorite show on TV. The rest- meh.
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