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I really hate to ask, but is anyone still monitoring the NG?

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Meepus

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Dec 12, 2007, 12:06:53 AM12/12/07
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Anybody?

Don Del Grande

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Dec 12, 2007, 9:00:49 PM12/12/07
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Meepus wrote:

>Anybody?

Monitoring for what?

(I for one am still waiting for some word, one way or the other, on
whether or not the series will be released on DVD.

I am surprised Adult Swim hasn't picked this show up. It has to be
better than yet another round of "Home Movies" reruns.)

-- Don

Meepus

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Dec 13, 2007, 1:40:41 AM12/13/07
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:00:49 -0800, Don Del Grande
<del_gra...@earthlink.net> wrote:

>Meepus wrote:
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>>Anybody?
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>Monitoring for what?

Activity, posts, whatever

>I am surprised Adult Swim hasn't picked this show up. It has to be
>better than yet another round of "Home Movies" reruns.)
>

Man, the stuff AS chooses to pursue versus the REALLY good stuff that
they already have (I'm thinking Korgoth vs the live-action junk) but
didn't deign popular enough amazes the hell outta me...

There must be some weird legal reason that DM hasn't been released,
kinda like what went on with Heavy Metal, the licensing issues & such.

Invader Zim was heavily traded and even outright sold on eBay until
Nickelodeon (Paramount?) realized how much they were losing and
released it on DVD

My old tapes of DM are failing one by one. Definitely would snap up a
legit release - probably have to settle for bootlegs

=Meepus=

Don Del Grande

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Dec 13, 2007, 8:05:19 PM12/13/07
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Meepus wrote:

>Man, the stuff AS chooses to pursue versus the REALLY good stuff that
>they already have (I'm thinking Korgoth vs the live-action junk) but
>didn't deign popular enough amazes the hell outta me...

I thought they were making Korgoth.

As for the cheap stuff (Tim & Eric, Saul, and even 12 Oz Mouse), the
best theory I've heard was, "They had to save up enough money to make
'The Boondocks' somehow..."

>There must be some weird legal reason that DM hasn't been released,
>kinda like what went on with Heavy Metal, the licensing issues & such.

That's what I think as well, but it's strange - you would think Frank
Zappa's estate would hold the music rights (at least for the first
season), and his son is one of the stars.

>Invader Zim was heavily traded and even outright sold on eBay until
>Nickelodeon (Paramount?) realized how much they were losing and
>released it on DVD

Actually, Paramount sold the DVD rights for Zim to another company.
The only Nickelodeon shows released in season sets by Nickelodeon are
SpongeBob SquarePants and Avatar. (John Kricfalusi released Ren &
Stimpy himself through Paramount, as he wanted to include things
Nickelodeon cut out of episodes - unfortunately, there are a number of
episodes where all he has are the Nickelodeon-cut versions.) It's
fairly obvious that only the shows with strong appeal with adults (who
can spend $40 and up for a season at a time) get the season set
treatment, while other shows like The Fairly Oddparents and Danny
Phantom get the "five random episodes on a disc at a time for $15"
treatment.

-- Don

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