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AduroT wrote: It’s a Venture Brothers thing, I just assume it will take them forever to put it out. That’s kind of how it went with each new season as well.
Sure, but is nice to have an update. The show is twenty years old but only has 7 seasons. I mostly mention that it was twenty years old. TWENTY
Amidst the mists and coldest frosts he thrusts his fists against the posts and still insists he sees the ghosts.
I'm very glad they didn't axe it given the recent purges that have been happening on the side of WB. Especially since the show had been cancelled and the movie was the consolation prize, it would be heartbreaking for such an amazing show to not have its swan song to help resolve some of the remaining plot threads. Either way, totally pumped to see how they end off the series.
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AduroT wrote: They have to wait until it’s finished before they cancel it for maximum effect.
UGH, please don't tempt fate, I could totally see them doing that.
They'll cancel it and then announce a terrible live action version that doesn't have Publick and Hammer involved in it.
I heard over the weekend they’re doing a live action adaptation of the comic Something Is Killing The Children. I… really don’t think I want that. I’d have been down for a sweet Netflix animated adaptation, but live action? ::shudder::
AduroT wrote: They have to wait until it’s finished before they cancel it for maximum effect.
UGH, please don't tempt fate, I could totally see them doing that.
They'll cancel it and then announce a terrible live action version that doesn't have Publick and Hammer involved in it.
I heard over the weekend they’re doing a live action adaptation of the comic Something Is Killing The Children. I… really don’t think I want that. I’d have been down for a sweet Netflix animated adaptation, but live action? ::shudder::
Yikes, I can see it being really cringey if the actors don't hit the notes just right on the delivery for that adaptation. I'll never understand the idea that so many studios somehow treat live action as superior or more desirable to animation, especially when making adaptations for things that were in the drawn medium to begin with. I guess to some extent I can see it saving budget since animation is expensive and time consuming, but with how much CGI is thrown everywhere nowadays, you'd think it would start to blur the lines a bit.
LunarSol wrote: It's a cultural thing. Americans still commonly believe animation is exclusively for children. Making it live action legitimizes it for many.
That would explain Disney's obsession in making their Disney Renaissance animated movies live-action then.
LunarSol wrote: It's a cultural thing. Americans still commonly believe animation is exclusively for children. Making it live action legitimizes it for many.
Not sure how common that attitude really is anymore. In a lot of cases, a live action version 'delegitimizes' a property, just because it goes so poorly.
Things that work in other mediums don't translate well to live action, and either look fake or get skipped.
LunarSol wrote: It's a cultural thing. Americans still commonly believe animation is exclusively for children. Making it live action legitimizes it for many.
That would explain Disney's obsession in making their Disney Renaissance animated movies live-action then.
This one is actually different. It has more to do with copyright and Disney needing a legitimate way to keep their versions of public domain properties in circulation. It's about replicating their specifically copyrighted iconography (Pooh has a red shirt, Belle wears a yellow ball gown, etc).
LunarSol wrote: It's a cultural thing. Americans still commonly believe animation is exclusively for children. Making it live action legitimizes it for many.
That would explain Disney's obsession in making their Disney Renaissance animated movies live-action then.
This one is actually different. It has more to do with copyright and Disney needing a legitimate way to keep their versions of public domain properties in circulation. It's about replicating their specifically copyrighted iconography (Pooh has a red shirt, Belle wears a yellow ball gown, etc).
Ahhhhh, that makes a lot of sense, thanks for the insight regarding Disney! I forgot all about long-standing copyright IP and how it's sort of a "use it or lose it" situation.
LunarSol wrote: It's a cultural thing. Americans still commonly believe animation is exclusively for children. Making it live action legitimizes it for many.
Not sure how common that attitude really is anymore. In a lot of cases, a live action version 'delegitimizes' a property, just because it goes so poorly.
Things that work in other mediums don't translate well to live action, and either look fake or get skipped.
That's because its not common with the social groups you run in, but its still true more broadly. Only three animated films in history have gotten a best picture nomination. They are very much considered second class, which is why its so often that a live action adaptation is considered getting the first class treatment.
LunarSol wrote: It's a cultural thing. Americans still commonly believe animation is exclusively for children. Making it live action legitimizes it for many.
Not sure how common that attitude really is anymore. In a lot of cases, a live action version 'delegitimizes' a property, just because it goes so poorly.
Things that work in other mediums don't translate well to live action, and either look fake or get skipped.
That's because its not common with the social groups you run in, but its still true more broadly. Only three animated films in history have gotten a best picture nomination. They are very much considered second class, which is why its so often that a live action adaptation is considered getting the first class treatment.
I think a big part of the issue with animation being seen as something for children is that animation is seen as a genre rather than a medium.
LunarSol wrote: It's a cultural thing. Americans still commonly believe animation is exclusively for children. Making it live action legitimizes it for many.
Not sure how common that attitude really is anymore. In a lot of cases, a live action version 'delegitimizes' a property, just because it goes so poorly.
Things that work in other mediums don't translate well to live action, and either look fake or get skipped.
That's because its not common with the social groups you run in, but its still true more broadly. Only three animated films in history have gotten a best picture nomination. They are very much considered second class, which is why its so often that a live action adaptation is considered getting the first class treatment.
My... social groups? Not sure what you're trying to project on me here, but your presumption is amusing. As is jumping to the 'authority' of award shows.
I'm saying the people you associate with likely hold animation in a higher regard than the general population. Not trying to directly project anything on you specifically; I assume that to be true of most anyone spending time on a message board for games of tiny toys.
I feel like the animation gap is in part a generational thing. Cartoons being made for adults didn't really start until the 90s on the heels of the success of the Simpsons. As time has gone on and more and more people grew up watching cartoons and moved on to more mature animation, it is in turn more common for there to be adults who like cartoons.
So the scale of what is 'adult' is just sliding as the decades go by and more and more content is made for an audience that wants it.
LordofHats wrote: I feel like the animation gap is in part a generational thing. Cartoons being made for adults didn't really start until the 90s on the heels of the success of the Simpsons. As time has gone on and more and more people grew up watching cartoons and moved on to more mature animation, it is in turn more common for there to be adults who like cartoons.
So the scale of what is 'adult' is just sliding as the decades go by and more and more content is made for an audience that wants it.
Cartoons were original made for adults.
The Flintstones were the first couple in bed together on TV. It was extremely controversial at the time. It was on at night when the kids would be in bed.
The Simpsons started on the Tracy Ollman show as an adult themed skit.
Many classics were from theatrical releases. Kids couldn't afford tickets and didn't have the free time to go to the movies.
I've always heard that the Flintstones was aimed at adults (and that it was reskin of the honeymooners) but the best part is that the main sponsor for the first two seasons were Winstons Cigarettes.
LordofHats wrote: I feel like the animation gap is in part a generational thing. Cartoons being made for adults didn't really start until the 90s on the heels of the success of the Simpsons. As time has gone on and more and more people grew up watching cartoons and moved on to more mature animation, it is in turn more common for there to be adults who like cartoons.
So the scale of what is 'adult' is just sliding as the decades go by and more and more content is made for an audience that wants it.
Cartoons were original made for adults.
The Flintstones were the first couple in bed together on TV. It was extremely controversial at the time. It was on at night when the kids would be in bed.
The Simpsons started on the Tracy Ollman show as an adult themed skit.
Many classics were from theatrical releases. Kids couldn't afford tickets and didn't have the free time to go to the movies.
The one about the Flintstones is not true, they were the 4th couple, Honeymooners among others came earlier:
Polonius wrote: I've always heard that the Flintstones was aimed at adults (and that it was reskin of the honeymooners) but the best part is that the main sponsor for the first two seasons were Winstons Cigarettes.
That's also why there are so many sketches about Itchy&Scratchy making commercials for Laramie Cigarettes on the Simpsons
New movie clip just came out for the Venture Bros movie!
This has been a long time coming, really looking forward to it and in a world filled with Velma and other bleh adult animations, I'm glad there's a cartoon series classic that is guaranteed to be a banger.
I also am pretty sure that the person at the dumpster isn't Hank, probably some vagrant he gave his sweater to.
The callbacks are one of the worst parts of the series to me, because they’ve gone so long between seasons that whenever they’ve done a callback I don’t really remember the thing they’re calling back to anymore. When’s this movie coming out? Maybe I should try and binge the entire series ahead of time…
On May 12, 2021, it was announced that a direct-to-video film The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart is in production from Adult Swim, which will conclude the story from the series, and air on HBO Max 90 days after its home video release.
So apparently there's no official release date as of yet.
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
'It is a source of constant consternation that my opponents cannot correlate their innate inferiority with their inevitable defeat. It would seem that stupidity is as eternal as war.'
- Nemesor Zahndrekh of the Sautekh Dynasty Overlord of the Crownworld of Gidrim
Apparently there was a press release this morning:
[via press release from Adult Swim]
Venture Bros. Fans Rejoice With All-New Original Film
The Venture Bros.: Radiant is the Blood of the Baboon Heart
Purchase Digitally on July 21 and on Blu-ray(TM) Disc on July 25
EDIT: And if you go to YouTube to watch the trailer it says the same:
After Hank suddenly disappears, Team Venture is forced to fight their way through conspiracies, mysteries, and plenty of villains to find Hank and restore the world as they once knew it. Own it July 21 on Digital and July 25 on DVD/Blu-Ray.
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'Next month' (july) according to James Urbaniak's twitter. (he is Dr Venture's voice actor)
The wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Venture_Bros.) is citing the 'futoncritic.com' as July 21 for digital and July 25th for blu-ray.
Premiering on AdultSwim and Max, but I didn't spot any details.
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