05-28-2014, 10:15 PM
Jesus. I was waiting for this thread to show up. I have a few shows(some of which are animated) that should have had gone at least a few more seasons since they were good.
Spicy City is a first to get mentioned here. Not only was it the first original adult cartoon to be shown on TV(it came out a month before South Park aired) but it showed that television animation can also explore with adult themes(along with content). It had some very well detailed animation along with that gritty film noir feel to the show. Just think Tales of the crypt with film noir. It was that show. However, there was a bit of a fallout with HBO and Ralph Bakshi when it came to the second season. The show did well enough for a second season to be approved. However, HBO wanted to fire off Ralph Bakshi's crew to have some of their people do the second season. Ralph was entirely against(a similar thing happened with Ren and Stimpy with its creator John K). So HBO fired off Ralph, his crew behind Spicy City, and canceled the show altogether. If more people tuned into it. Maybe HBO would have given more of a chance for Ralph and his crew to do a second season. I still think that if Spicy City did well. 'Serious' adult animation(told through dramas with hard subjects) can be unleashed into the world rather than comical adult animation that tries to mimic the likeness of The Simpsons and Family guy.
Swat Kats. Another animated show that had bitten the dust despite being good. Ted Turner made a big fat dick move on canceling this show. He believed it was ''too violent'' and wanted people to watch more of Captain Planet. Captain planet had violence, and one of the episodes had a focus on someone having AIDS(yes, the AIDS. Not HIV full blown aids here). I'll let this sink in your head for a moment. Ted Turner is a hypocrite for not letting Swat Kats stay on the air, and letting the people behind it do more.
Sym Bionic titan and motorcity. What do they have in common? Action shows that have talented people, strong writing in terms of characters, and great animation. Except the companies didn't give a damn about the products. Genndy was very discouraged by Stuart Synder's actions when it came to canceling titan for the lack of finding a toy company to make toys for SBT. Honestly. If you screwed with someone who helped put a channel on a map, then your asking for trouble. I know that Genndy had talked about going back to Titan if he can get the pieces together(by that I can assume he means getting the funds along with most of the people who worked on titan on it). As for Motorcity. The creators tried to pitch it to Adult swim from what I have heard. Except they got a hard grip from Disney to get that out of the way for them. I would love to see more of Motorcity. So many things that should have been answered, but until then. Live fast, live free.
Sonic Satam was a damn favorite of mine back in the day(and it still is) I loved the writing. The dialog is a little silly, but thats a guilty pleasure of mine. The dark elements and themes for the story's episodes made me interested in this show. Along the fact that Robotnik was actually a menace to Sonic and his friends(completed with a dramatic scary toned voice from voice actor Jim Cummings). Lesson learned. I heard that the power rangers had higher ratings over Sonic Satam, and needless to say you can get what happened next afterward.
Spicy City is a first to get mentioned here. Not only was it the first original adult cartoon to be shown on TV(it came out a month before South Park aired) but it showed that television animation can also explore with adult themes(along with content). It had some very well detailed animation along with that gritty film noir feel to the show. Just think Tales of the crypt with film noir. It was that show. However, there was a bit of a fallout with HBO and Ralph Bakshi when it came to the second season. The show did well enough for a second season to be approved. However, HBO wanted to fire off Ralph Bakshi's crew to have some of their people do the second season. Ralph was entirely against(a similar thing happened with Ren and Stimpy with its creator John K). So HBO fired off Ralph, his crew behind Spicy City, and canceled the show altogether. If more people tuned into it. Maybe HBO would have given more of a chance for Ralph and his crew to do a second season. I still think that if Spicy City did well. 'Serious' adult animation(told through dramas with hard subjects) can be unleashed into the world rather than comical adult animation that tries to mimic the likeness of The Simpsons and Family guy.
Swat Kats. Another animated show that had bitten the dust despite being good. Ted Turner made a big fat dick move on canceling this show. He believed it was ''too violent'' and wanted people to watch more of Captain Planet. Captain planet had violence, and one of the episodes had a focus on someone having AIDS(yes, the AIDS. Not HIV full blown aids here). I'll let this sink in your head for a moment. Ted Turner is a hypocrite for not letting Swat Kats stay on the air, and letting the people behind it do more.
Sym Bionic titan and motorcity. What do they have in common? Action shows that have talented people, strong writing in terms of characters, and great animation. Except the companies didn't give a damn about the products. Genndy was very discouraged by Stuart Synder's actions when it came to canceling titan for the lack of finding a toy company to make toys for SBT. Honestly. If you screwed with someone who helped put a channel on a map, then your asking for trouble. I know that Genndy had talked about going back to Titan if he can get the pieces together(by that I can assume he means getting the funds along with most of the people who worked on titan on it). As for Motorcity. The creators tried to pitch it to Adult swim from what I have heard. Except they got a hard grip from Disney to get that out of the way for them. I would love to see more of Motorcity. So many things that should have been answered, but until then. Live fast, live free.
(05-28-2014, 09:31 PM)Hexadecimal Wrote: The Sonic cartoon with Princess Sally ended with only one season and a cliff hanger. The dialog is pretty lame by today's standards, but its dark story was really interesting and Robotnik was a real threat instead of a joke.
Sonic Satam was a damn favorite of mine back in the day(and it still is) I loved the writing. The dialog is a little silly, but thats a guilty pleasure of mine. The dark elements and themes for the story's episodes made me interested in this show. Along the fact that Robotnik was actually a menace to Sonic and his friends(completed with a dramatic scary toned voice from voice actor Jim Cummings). Lesson learned. I heard that the power rangers had higher ratings over Sonic Satam, and needless to say you can get what happened next afterward.