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#1

The Telly / Re: Whatcha Bleedin' Watchin'?

Last post by Dr. Insomniac - November 21, 2024, 03:34:39 PM

I can't even see the appeal to faithfulness working, since looking at the recent trend of HBO shows, an adaptation of Sorcerer's Stone will be around 8 hour-long episodes. You really don't need that much time to adapt that book, and I imagine this will result in either a lot of really bad padding or forcing in subplots for characters who showed up in later books like Luna or Remus, which will end up making them even less faithful than the films were. The first movie already felt very slowly paced, relying on the spectacle and novelty of seeing Hagrid, Hogwarts, and Quidditch for the first time over having a plot that knew how to move, and that's a third as long as what a season of the show will be.

#2

General Animation Discussion / Re: The Simpsons

Last post by Dr. Insomniac - November 21, 2024, 03:12:33 PM

As long as any cast turnover doesn't happen under bad terms like a firing, I assume the show will just keep going regardless. Even if Castellaneta died and they needed to hire 5 people to do his characters, I just can't see it as enough of a dealbreaker to end things. It'll slow down production, sure, but I already saw the recent recasts for the black characters and Russi Taylor's characters as preparation in case this happens.

#3

General Animation Discussion / Re: MeTV Toons

Last post by Daxdiv - November 21, 2024, 02:27:11 PM

Get that balding bastard out of here. Why would a Boomer or Gen X'er be nostalgic for that monster?

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General Animation Discussion / Re: The Simpsons

Last post by Daxdiv - November 21, 2024, 02:24:54 PM

I'm still surprised at this being the first retirement of a cast member rather than one of them dying during the series. Still, good for her to move on. I also look forward to seeing what they do when a core member dies. I can only imagine the scramble they'll have to do when either Dan Castellaneta or Hank Azaria dies.

#5

General Animation Discussion / Re: The Simpsons

Last post by Avaitor - November 21, 2024, 12:46:10 PM

Sad news, but at least she's leaving on her terms and has allowed the crew to replace Milhouse and her other characters.

What I'm curious to see is what will happen when one of the core six dies, but since Harry Shearer nearly left a few years ago and it seemed like they were ready to replace him, they may just keep truckin'.

#6

General Animation Discussion / Re: MeTV Toons

Last post by Avaitor - November 21, 2024, 12:44:03 PM

Clearly the rights holders want it to remain relevant, which also explains its brief run on Cartoonito.

#7

Dreamworks / Re: How to Train Your Dragon

Last post by Avaitor - November 21, 2024, 12:42:29 PM

Part of me hopes this does well to see if Dreamworks will make a live-action Shrek or Captain Underpants next.

#8

The Telly / Re: Whatcha Bleedin' Watchin'?

Last post by Avaitor - November 21, 2024, 12:41:37 PM

Which has me wondering how HBO hopes to pull off that Harry Potter TV show, since you can't memoryhole the movies. They lasted over a decade, adapted all the books instead of only a third to a half like Narnia, were liked by many critics, fans, and casual audiences when they came out, rerun all the time on TV, and are the visual basis for all those theme parks and tie-in games. I just don't see how you can successfully overhaul any of that instead of making a reboot people will watch for one season but then give up in favor of just rewatching the movies again. It'd be like if Amazon announced new TV adaptations of Fellowship, Two Towers, and Return of the King. Everyone would balk at that more than they did with Rings of Power.

I think this is the problem they're going to run into, yeah. I know diehard fans don't love that the movies cut certain things from the books, but even beyond Rowling's heel turn, I don't see this as an attractive endeavor. Is a book report adaptation really that appealing to those fans, especially when the cast still remains so iconic?

The fact that Harry Potter still remains profitable means that I see this still do well initially, but considering how irrelevant Rings of Power feels, I can see it go that way and burn out partway through.

#9

Vidja Games / Re: What Are You Currently Pla...

Last post by Avaitor - November 21, 2024, 12:32:45 PM

It's been interesting to see Sega jump basically fully into Dreamcast/GCN-era nostalgia, especially Shadow, after mining Genesis nostalgia for basically all it's worth.

But I have no problem with that, Shadow Generations looks like fun!

#10

General Animation Discussion / Re: MeTV Toons

Last post by Dr. Insomniac - November 21, 2024, 03:56:21 AM

I continue to be confused by their kitchen sink approach.