Why, Cartoon Network, why?!

[TMC]

http://realwrestlecrap.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=display&thread=409043

I thought Level Up was just a one off made for TV movie. Today I
learned that it is going to be an actual regular series on Cartoon
Network?

Don't they remember what happened the last time they went with live
action shows? Their ratings tanked.

So why curse us with yet another live action show?

[Starcade]

On Jan 2, 11:32 pm, TMC <tmc1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> http://realwrestlecrap.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=...

>
> I thought Level Up was just a one off made for TV movie. Today I
> learned that it is going to be an actual regular series on Cartoon
> Network?
>
> Don't they remember what happened the last time they went with live
> action shows? Their ratings tanked.
>
> So why curse us with yet another live action show?

Cheaper to make?

Less financial risk??

Mike

[Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)]

As I recall, for reasons known only to the Gods, CN's parent company
has someone in charge of CN who DOESN'T LIKE CARTOONS, and anime in
particular -- thus the death of Toonami, their most popular block of
shows ever, and the move towards live action.


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[Arthur Lipscomb]

Did you see the horrible pilot? They kept promoting the series during
the pilot movie.

[Ian J. Ball]

In article <jdv2ig$45h$1...@dont-email.me>,

"Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor)" <sea...@sgeinc.invalid.com> wrote:

> On 1/3/12 2:32 AM, TMC wrote:
> > http://realwrestlecrap.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=display
> > &thread=409043
> >
> > I thought Level Up was just a one off made for TV movie. Today I
> > learned that it is going to be an actual regular series on Cartoon
> > Network?
> >
> > Don't they remember what happened the last time they went with live
> > action shows? Their ratings tanked.
> >
> > So why curse us with yet another live action show?
>
> As I recall, for reasons known only to the Gods, CN's parent company
> has someone in charge of CN who DOESN'T LIKE CARTOONS, and anime in
> particular -- thus the death of Toonami, their most popular block of
> shows ever, and the move towards live action.

So, Bonnie Hammer, Part Deux, then?...

--
"I'm untouchable, bitch." - Rob Lowe as Drew Peterson,
in "Drew Peterson: Untouchable", on Lifetime, 01/21/11

[Jim G.]

TMC sent the following on Mon, 2 Jan 2012 23:32:06 -0800 (PST):

> So why curse us with yet another live action show?

Can't you avoid the curse by simply not watching the show? That *is* an
option, right?

--
Jim G. | Waukesha, WI
NoCLoDS Founding Member (No Cop, Lawyer or Doctor Shows)

[Arthur Lipscomb]

On 1/3/2012 10:42 AM, Jim G. wrote:
> TMC sent the following on Mon, 2 Jan 2012 23:32:06 -0800 (PST):
>> So why curse us with yet another live action show?
>
> Can't you avoid the curse by simply not watching the show? That *is* an
> option, right?
>

That depends. If I *know* when it airs and it's not opposite anything
else I'm watching, I might not have a choice. Besides, the commercials
during the horrible movie said the series version would be better than
the movie version, and they wouldn't lie during a commercial would they?

[Bobbie Sellers]

Whatever! You should not passively avoid the LA show but
complain to the CN. Everyone that prefers the animated to the
Live should complain.
If you don complain they won´t get it will they?

bliss

[Jim G.]

Arthur Lipscomb sent the following on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:33:13 -0800:

> On 1/3/2012 10:42 AM, Jim G. wrote:
> > TMC sent the following on Mon, 2 Jan 2012 23:32:06 -0800 (PST):
> >> So why curse us with yet another live action show?
> >
> > Can't you avoid the curse by simply not watching the show? That *is* an
> > option, right?
> >
> That depends. If I *know* when it airs and it's not opposite anything
> else I'm watching, I might not have a choice.

I think we're about to disagree on the meaning of "choice." :)

> Besides, the commercials
> during the horrible movie said the series version would be better than
> the movie version, and they wouldn't lie during a commercial would they?

NEVER!!!!!!

[Rob Kelk]

On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:34:00 -0600, Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:

>Arthur Lipscomb sent the following on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:33:13 -0800:
>> On 1/3/2012 10:42 AM, Jim G. wrote:
>> > TMC sent the following on Mon, 2 Jan 2012 23:32:06 -0800 (PST):
>> >> So why curse us with yet another live action show?
>> >
>> > Can't you avoid the curse by simply not watching the show? That *is* an
>> > option, right?
>> >
>> That depends. If I *know* when it airs and it's not opposite anything
>> else I'm watching, I might not have a choice.
>
>I think we're about to disagree on the meaning of "choice." :)

Perhaps his TV doesn't have an "off" button...

>> Besides, the commercials
>> during the horrible movie said the series version would be better than
>> the movie version, and they wouldn't lie during a commercial would they?
>
>NEVER!!!!!!


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"When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear
of childishness and the desire to be very grown-up." - C.S. Lewis

[Warewolf]

Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com> wrote in
news:iki6g715ibb69e1oc...@4ax.com:

> TMC sent the following on Mon, 2 Jan 2012 23:32:06 -0800 (PST):
>> So why curse us with yet another live action show?
>
> Can't you avoid the curse by simply not watching the show? That *is* an
> option, right?

It's actually why I'm 'Occupying' YouTube and other video sites at the
moment - too many crappy animated series and not enough creative/rewarding
ones.

(I mean, when did robot families and six-armed female genies become taboo?)

I'll take a foot-handed supermodel over a generic politician/corporate exec
stomping on the downtrodden any day.

Signed,
Warewolf
who has also grown tired of botched/butchered DVD box sets.

(Daria deserved better)

[Jim G.]

Rob Kelk sent the following on Wed, 04 Jan 2012 21:31:45 GMT:

> On Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:34:00 -0600, Jim G. <jimg...@geemail.com> wrote:
>
> >Arthur Lipscomb sent the following on Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:33:13 -0800:
> >> On 1/3/2012 10:42 AM, Jim G. wrote:
> >> > TMC sent the following on Mon, 2 Jan 2012 23:32:06 -0800 (PST):
> >> >> So why curse us with yet another live action show?
> >> >
> >> > Can't you avoid the curse by simply not watching the show? That *is* an
> >> > option, right?
> >> >
> >> That depends. If I *know* when it airs and it's not opposite anything
> >> else I'm watching, I might not have a choice.
> >
> >I think we're about to disagree on the meaning of "choice." :)
>
> Perhaps his TV doesn't have an "off" button...

Or a power cord or a wall socket...

But knowing a bit about Arthur, I suspect that his tongue was firmly in
cheek when he typed that.

[Antonio E. Gonzalez]

On Mon, 2 Jan 2012 23:32:06 -0800 (PST), TMC <tmc...@gmail.com>
wrote:

>http://realwrestlecrap.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=offtopic&action=display&thread=409043
>
>I thought Level Up was just a one off made for TV movie. Today I
>learned that it is going to be an actual regular series on Cartoon
>Network?
>

It's called a Thinly Disguised Pilot.

>Don't they remember what happened the last time they went with live
>action shows? Their ratings tanked.
>

Lousy marketing will do that. This is also part of why Symbionic
Titan was doomed. See below.

>So why curse us with yet another live action show?

This one can be marketed, it fits their "zany" programing. Paul
Dini explains here why Tower Prep, Unnatural History as well as
Symbionic Titan eventually died:

<http://www.radiorashy.com/radio-rashy-episode-64-2012-and-tower>



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