Davros1 posted:

That's got to be a shock to discover in the movie he's essentially the villain.

feedmyleg posted:

C'mon, y'all:



From the sounds of it, could've been rad. And the art is fantastic, even if the quasi-Moebius style wouldn't have made it to air. Apparently they wanted to make it a prime-time thing rather than a kids show. There's a trailer out there somewhere, but it probably won't ever be released and may be lost. But apparently the series was never a real possibility because Spielberg was too burnt out on JP merchandising to consider a show.

BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:

Same thing with Ghostbusters and Slimer

SCheeseman posted:

At least Slimer wasn't a pedophile.

Tars Tarkas posted:

Jurassic World 3 Lego set spoilers:

BaldDwarfOnPCP posted:

Never occurred to me that bj was grooming Lydia.

Big Mean Jerk posted:

Beetlejuice tries to coerce a minor into marriage in exchange for a favor.

Young Freud posted:

The death of both syndicated cartoons and Saturday morning blocs, as well as the proliferation of cable, which gave rise to Nickelodeon, Disney, and Cartoon Network monopolizing children's entertainment for the most part.

Detective No. 27 posted:

Spielberg produced like half the Kids WB cartoons at the time. Tiny Toons, Animaniacs, Freakazoid... Uh... That one cartoon about the dogs of various world leaders being a superhero team.

Who else would make a cartoon about a Jerry Lewis internet superhero?

SomeJazzyRat posted:

And not to mention the lucrative merchandising market. Why work with some producers to make a, say, Dredd G-rated cartoon and have to split the toy profits with guys who own the IP? And then when the producers back out of the deal, you suddenly have 13-100 episodes that you can't do anything with (unless you renegotiate with the money guys to allow the opportunity to make more money), and a toy line you can't profit off of. But if you go with some brand new, never before seen pilot from some guy fresh out of CalArts, you can completely own the idea and make even more revenue for the network, and forever own the IP in perpetuity, and eventually revive it as some nostalgia bait. Case in point, Cartoon Network made hand over fist with Adventure Time, and they will continue to forever as long as people will pay for it (which might have slowed down, but HBO max hopes to revive that market).

I'm pretty sure the only licensed shows happening these days are either Superhero cartoons (and that happens because Disney owns both Marvel and several Channels, while Warner owns both DC and Cartoon Network), or shows produced by lego. And I imagine lego is footing a huge portion of the bill, as they own the toys and the factories making the show. And thus, the shows become the most lucrative commercials there could be, provided they hit their market.

And in case of Lego, they're in a very similar position as the cartoon channels these days. Take a look at the sets lego lego releases these days: Marvel, DC, Star Wars, Minecraft, Overwatch, Harry Potter, etc. A lot of IP they do not own, and some traditional set lines that aren't nearly as pop-off-the-shelf exciting as the licensed ones, like city and creator. So a non-IP line of toys that can connect with kids in the same way the IP toys do are a huge vector for major profits, and thus how you have over 10 years of 'Ninjago' and 'Lego Friends' toys and cartoons.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

There was a short in Animaniacs iirc with the Warner Siblings, Pinky and the Brain, and Freakazoid arguing over which are Spielberg's favourites.

And do you mean Road Rovers? That show was apparently super weird, and not just for being a TMNT knockoff with dogs, but one that was Disney styled with musical numbers. (While the Disney take on TMNT was super weird in a different way, The Mighty Ducks. I was a big fan)

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Through the 80s and 90s it's kinda crazy how 'TMNT knockoff' practically became its own genre. Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs, The Mighty Ducks, Road Rovers, Dinosaucers (though that struck me as taking a lot of Transformers inspiration too), and probably Samurai Pizza Cats. (in the original anime, they're ninjas, who are routinely shot out of a cannon. And TMNT was always popular in Japan, I'm pretty sure)

Super Dan posted:

How many Jeff Goldblum toys were there? This one and probably one for ID4? Or was there a Brundlefly action figure?

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Cartoon Network is a funny case since for a while it seemed like they really hated any show that they didn't make, and were constantly screwing over DC shows like Young Justice for flimsy reasons. (until Teen Titans Go came along anyway, now that literally makes up 90% of their schedule) To the point where Hasbro got sick of their poo poo and ended Transformers Animated prematurely to go make their own network, The Hub, though I don't think anything on it besides My Little Pony (yes, that one) was really a breakout hit and iirc they rebranded to Discovery Family.

Mywhatacleanturtle posted:

The Hub also had Dan VS (which owned), which was baffling because it was an adult swim-lite type show that aired on a network whose target audience was 8 and under.

Ghost Leviathan posted:

Through the 80s and 90s it's kinda crazy how 'TMNT knockoff' practically became its own genre. Street Sharks, Extreme Dinosaurs, The Mighty Ducks, Road Rovers, Dinosaucers (though that struck me as taking a lot of Transformers inspiration too), and probably Samurai Pizza Cats. (in the original anime, they're ninjas, who are routinely shot out of a cannon. And TMNT was always popular in Japan, I'm pretty sure)

galagazombie posted:

And after TMNT Power Rangers had producers salivating to buy the rights to a Japanese Toku show to splice with footage of American actors.

Alan Smithee posted:

I watched the beatlejuice cartoon growing up well before I saw te movie as an adult

man that movie had some creepy poo poo in it

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that Big Bad Beetleborgs actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.


This, but for Starship Troopers. Man that was an experience.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters from Beverly Hills actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that C.O.W.-boys of Moo Mesa actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.

Detective No. 27 posted:

I was listening to an episode of Retronauts about TMNT, and I think it was Bob Mackey who recounted an interview with the lead designer of the first TMNT game by Konami and he kept saying "Why turtles!?!?" Just utterly baffled at this weird American franchise. But it made Konami tons of cash so they kept producing the games.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I am totally okay with the fact M.A.S.K. was real and I genuinely look forwards to the inevitable lovely live action version.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that Butt-Ugly Martians actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that Mummies Alive! actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that Monster Force actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that Mortal Kombat: Defenders of the Realm actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that Van-Pires actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that Bucky O'Hare actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.

Magic Pus posted:

Ghost Leviathan posted:

The funny thing is that the very start of the franchise was Eastman and Laird making notebook drawings, and they decided to draw Bruce Lee as the most ridiculous animal he could possibly be- so they drew a turtle-man with nunchucks. And it grew from there. Absurdity is kind of at the very core of it.

MechanicalTomPetty posted:

To this day I still have trouble accepting that a cartoon where Wayne Gretzky and I want to say Michael Jordan and also an American football player have super powers related to their sports all team up to fight crime or something seriously why was this even aired in the UK actually existed and wasn't just some weird half-remembered fever dream I had when I was a kid.

Niric posted:

Mywhatacleanturtle posted:

The Jersey was an actual show on Disney channel where the protagonists jumped into the bodies of actual sportsmen and sportswomen who actually factually acted REALLY BADLY in front of a camera because the premise of the show was that a magical Jersey would let you live a few moments of the lives of your fantasy football picks to teach you about friendship or w/e.