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readingatwork posted:I mean, yeah we still need to see an animated gay protagonist at some point, but at the rate we're going I'd be willing to The very second SU starts losing its fandom, it'll do this.
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This might be old news but apparently they're moving on to making Legend of Korra comics now, the first part debuts in late July. This could be interesting based on the description (as an aside, I've never actually read the ATLA comics, are any of them any good?) but we'll see. Larryb fucked around with this message at 23:50 on Jun 19, 2017 |
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Larryb posted:This might be old news but apparently they're moving on to making Legend of Korra comics now, the first part debuts in late July. The ATLA comics are pretty decent. Some are definitely better than others, but it's really nice to have a lot more world to explore
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The comics resolved the plot thread about Zuko's mom.
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I'm never gonna read them, so feel free to post it in spoiler tags.
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raditts posted:I'm never gonna read them, so feel free to post it in spoiler tags. Its been, like, three or four years by now but afaik: Ursa used to be an actress in a town, maybe an ember island play?, anyways she had a boyfriend but ended up with Ozai to help her family or something. Notes and timelines and forgery lead Zuko to think that Ursa actually got with the boyfriend just before marrying Ozai and thus this guy was his real daddy. Anyways, go to the future and Ursa killed Ozai's dad so that he'd become Fire Lord and then removed her own face thanks to The Face Stealer spirit in order to delete all evidence that could stand in the way of Ozai's rise to power. Zuko followed some trails lead by Ozai's plans, found his mom, got her old face and memories back and now sometimes hangs out with her, her new husband from when she had another face and their daughter/zuko's half sister. Ozai's plan fell apart when Zuko realized he was still his son and could just tell him to gently caress off anyway. It was, uh, more interesting I think, but that was my takeaway.
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At this point I'd be more interested in watching the first fake out homosexual relationship just for the controversy seeing as we'll probably have gay main characters in a year or so. Like a deuteragonist in a fantasy world dating a prince, making a perfect sappy couple with the background about how prince can't be who they are because society at least wants them to go with the flow, have a wife and an heir and then keep their interests on the down-low but he keeps saying no; and then he gets killed by Deuteragonist because he's positioned himself to have an easy transition of power and Prince has pissed off enough high rollers for someone to try this sooner or later. You know something at least serious but also would make the internet also go thermonuclear.
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:Its been, like, three or four years by now but afaik: It was something like that. It also had Azula having to lead the way since she knew enough to lead them there before subsequently escaping. I didn't actually read this one myself, but I've read the others. The next arc resolves Azula's escape. Other cool stuff from the comics: Toph starts a Metalbending school and becomes a controlling interest in a mining company. We also see her parents. We see the precursor of those people who end up becoming the Air Acolytes.
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Going back to the discussion of DHM,IS, I enjoy that a lot of modern cartoons do discuss things like that, but in ways that are naturally infused into the overarching thematic layer. Creativity specifically is actually fully explored in Phineas and Ferb in a way that does not simplify it's nature - Phineas, Ferb and Dr Doofenshmirtz are all incredibly creative, allowing the audience to see it used positively and negatively in equal lights. Phineas and Ferb are creative entirely out of impulse, they are actually physiologically addicted to doing elaborate stuff, the show actually shows occasional symptoms when they are unable to do their thing (When climbing the mountain with Baljeet Phineas exhibits a severe lack of focus, is fairly antsy and at one point is literally shaking as be is being pulled up a rock face). On the other side of things Doofenshmirtz is a child who was never validated, so became so desperate for attention that his only friend is also his archnemesis, as his parent's never paid him any positive attention, so he grew to want approval from anyone he could get it from. We also get jealousy and fear from Candace, who tries to bust them out of a combination of the two - She wishes that she could be as memorable as them in one episode in the song Extra-ordinary, but as seen in Phineas and Ferb get busted, her greatest fear is that one day, they will get one thing wrong - doesn't matter what, a missed rivet in the central structure here or an uncarried 2 in the maths there, that will get them badly hurt, or do a lot of collateral damage. Steven Universe is taking the series entire running time not only to discuss love in all it's forms, but discrimination, and the toll that war has on both sides, physically and emotionally, in a way that no side will come out clean. An assassination or geoweapon, regardless of intent or who uses it, that cause nothing but despair to those that they were fighting to protect. There are quite a few themes like these running through a few of these shows, in a smaller way we have Star Vs, which often discusses the importance of both formal education and creative thinking and how they can marry well together with the right encouragement.
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Crabtree posted:At this point I'd be more interested in watching the first fake out homosexual relationship just for the controversy seeing as we'll probably have gay main characters in a year or so. Like a deuteragonist in a fantasy world dating a prince, making a perfect sappy couple with the background about how prince can't be who they are because society at least wants them to go with the flow, have a wife and an heir and then keep their interests on the down-low but he keeps saying no; and then he gets killed by Deuteragonist because he's positioned himself to have an easy transition of power and Prince has pissed off enough high rollers for someone to try this sooner or later. You know something at least serious but also would make the internet also go thermonuclear. I'm not sure if I'm reading this correctly, but if I am and you're really hoping for more killed gays and baiting, screw you. That poo poo's terrible.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q0oFSvOL84 This, in the meantime, lurches ever closer towards being a thing that exists. Was Hotel Transylvania a big success? It felt like such a wet fart of a movie.
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I think they were successful. Making good amounts of money on a smaller (Compared to pixar) budget. 80 Mil got them 358 in return for the first. Wiki says the first one was 45% on RT, 47% on Mta Critic, and Cinema Score says -A from people who saw it. They kind of come in, make a bunch of money, and vanish from people's minds. I don't think they're very good. I do like the character designs for all the monsters, and the setting designs.
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TwoPair posted:That intro seemed simultaneously too long and too short. Too short to really introduce any characters, too long for an intro without a song or anything. Regardless, wasn't there some goon who posted here earlier saying they were working on it? I wish them well. That was HelloWinter, and I believe she's since left the crew.
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PicklePants posted:I think they were successful. Making good amounts of money on a smaller (Compared to pixar) budget. 80 Mil got them 358 in return for the first. They're not good, but they're not bad, just perfectly mediocre. They're not painful to watch, but I'd never go out of my way to watch them.
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raditts posted:They're not good, but they're not bad, just perfectly mediocre. They're not painful to watch, but I'd never go out of my way to watch them. Eh. The ending rap at the end of the first one was pretty drat embarrassing. I can't even remember if there's an ending song at the second one.
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raditts posted:They're not good, but they're not bad, just perfectly mediocre. They're not painful to watch, but I'd never go out of my way to watch them. I just saw the Pilot, it's kind of the same here, it also takes place before the first movie so no knock off Shaggie.
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http://ew.com/tv/2017/06/22/rockos-modern-life-reboot-title-original-cast/?sf87693195=1 Looks like the Rocko's Modern Life TV movie will be in 2018 with all of the old cast and Joe Murray directing. Then we'll still be getting Hey Arnold this fall and Zim too.
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paradoxGentleman posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q0oFSvOL84 I quite enjoyed the first Hotel Transylvania, though I may have been under the influence of something at the time, it at least had some charm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMW_-mgpOEI This has no charm.
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Sockser posted:I quite enjoyed the first Hotel Transylvania, though I may have been under the influence of something at the time, it at least had some charm Not available in my country. Should I be grateful?
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paradoxGentleman posted:Not available in my country. Should I be grateful? Yes. It's very bland and forgetful. You're not missing anything at all.
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I was thinking of making an OK KO thread once we approach the show's TV premier date. Sound like a good idea?
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When it comes to threads  . If the show is bad or doesn't garner interest, it'll fall into archives and no one will care.
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ThermoPhysical posted:http://ew.com/tv/2017/06/22/rockos-modern-life-reboot-title-original-cast/?sf87693195=1
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Probably worth posting the full version of the Ducktales theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=greRWnaQWc4
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kidcoelacanth posted:Probably worth posting the full version of the Ducktales theme: It's good.
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Does Miraculous Ladybug get significantly better after a few episodes? I watched Star vs due to this thread and really liked it, tried watching the first few episodes of Marvelous and I don't get the love. I know a lot of goon favorites take some time to get going so wanted to check before writing the show off as not for me.
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It has it's moments, but it doesn't get "significantly better" in terms of animation quality or advancing the meta-plot, other than throwing in an origins episode. The best (though groan-worthy) comparison I can make is it's like the first 25 or so episodes of Power Rangers before the green ranger: "This thing will probably get cancelled in two months and then aired in a completely random order on some syndication channel, so let's just make lots of 20 minute self-contained storylines that don't change the overarching universe to any degree." Since it turns out it has fans, you can expect significant plot twists and lasting changes to the status quo in the episodes to come.
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THF13 posted:Does Miraculous Ladybug get significantly better after a few episodes? I watched Star vs due to this thread and really liked it, tried watching the first few episodes of Marvelous and I don't get the love. I know a lot of goon favorites take some time to get going so wanted to check before writing the show off as not for me. I'm honestly a little mystified myself. I liked it enough to watch it the whole way through, but to say the least it's a very repetitive, formulaic show. Not saying that's a reason to hate it, but if you're looking for strong continuity and ongoing storylines you're best off looking elsewhere. Just be sure to watch the last two episodes, which are secretly the first two episodes.
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No idea if it's true or not, but I've read this lack of structure where the show is totally episodic without any growth in the serial plot is common for French TV, because it's a cutthroat market where a lot of shows are taken out back and shot before their first season is finished. So you don't actually grow a linear overarching plot that advances in each episode until you're at least confirmed for a second season.
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There is a bit of ongoing continuity in Miraculous, but you have to look quite hard for it because of the aforementioned "we don't want to appear serialised until we've got a renewal in the bag" issue. There's a definite change in Marinette's reactions to Adrien from 'Gamer' onwards, when she has to work directly with her crush in her own bedroom, and in the episodes after that she's noticeably less hopelessly lovestruck and derpy around him (and he's also more openly friendly to her, to the point of supporting her over Chloe later on). The episodes with Jagged Stone also form a loose arc, Alya and Nino become a couple after 'Animan', and in the last few episodes it becomes clear that Adrien's dad has a very great interest in the Miraculouses. Let's face it, he's Hawk Moth. But yeah, it is kinda repetitive in that there's a fresh villain of the week who inevitably gets schooled by Ladybug and Cat Noir while Hawk Moth shakes his fist and vows revenge. Still a lot of fun despite that, though. And seasons 2 and 3 are reportedly going to do a lot more with ongoing arcs now that it's proven successful and can play with the format some more.
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What Payndz said. Just binge watch it on first run thru and then go back and rewatch the better episodes to put them in context with what you now know of the story arc as a whole. You'll notice certain episodes seem out of order and some are more important than others while some asides or background character building things take on new significance. (Hint: keep an eye on Adrian in any scenes involving Marinette's family)
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