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http://geekeinc.com/2016/04/30/swat-kats-revolution-gets-turned-down-by-cartoon-network/
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>Hi Fans,
>As per our last update, we mentioned that we had a Major Hollywood Studios ( we can say now: Warner Bros.) that had interest in bringing back Swat-Kats on Boomerang Chanel / Cartoon Network, It took a while to get answers, but unfortunately Warner Animation was unable to convince the parent network to commit for a new series, and thus passed on the project.

>It is a major disappointment, but not a defeat. We are working with investors now about doing episodes independently that will available online for streaming. We are also talking to VOD. We are looking at all the possibilities. We understand it takes more time little more time on the business side to accomplish the goal of producing new episode, and we are as eager to make announcement for you all. We thanks again for all the support and we will keep you updated.

>Christian [Tremblay, co-creator]

Web exclusive incoming?
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>>82462944
I was their target demographic when it aired and I didn't actually think it was that good, even as a kid. I understood the appeal of the violence and the jet fighter, but the whole premise seemed silly to me.

All the hype about it these days is mostly just nostalgia. I'm not surprised CN wouldn't think that is sufficient reason to fund making an entire new season of Swat Kats.
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>>82463002
I'd rather not see this turn into a web show.
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>>82463050
I dunno. I am nostalgic about it but I also think kids of any generation want to see shit go real fast and explode. Also it has cats which alone should satisfy the marketing people.
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Why did CN reject it?

Did it not have enough noodle arms and hipster lingo?
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>Webseries

Unless they find a cache of incredible talented Sri Lankan child animators willing to work for 2 cents and a bowl of rice a day, it's going to look like complete ass if it becomes a web series.

They should have aimed a little lower and used the money to make a single badass episode as a last hurrah instead of going the whole new season revival route.
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Toonami?
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>>82463109
Wrong agenda, I suppose.
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too bad. MAy as well just do the right thing and release the designs for Callie
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>>82463109
Projected animation costs too high
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>>82463109
I know you're joking but that's literally the reason why. CN is not in the market for a pure, unapologetic action show right now, or for the foreseeable future. I suppose when they heard the pitch was about cats in airplanes they thought it would be less serious and more wacky/comedic.
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>>82463100
I understand why it was canceled though. I think cartoons can be beneficial for youth. Unadulterated violence seems like putting money ahead of the greater good of society. I therefore understand why some people may not want to pick it up.
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>>82462944
No shit, did you really think they were going to accept such a complicated art style? Anything that isn't rounded and simple has no place in modern cartoons.
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>>82463212
>I know you're joking

I was?
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>>82462944
If they remade it now the jet would be CGI and look awful.
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>>82463213
Now I'm starting to suspect that you've never seen the show. Its not pure violence. I'm sure today's kids are more exposed to real violence than we ever were.
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>>82462944
Unfortunate
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>>82463286
I saw plenty of the show. It's main premise was violence. Lots and lots of violence. Everything else was secondary.

And what do you mean kids are exposed to real violence? Is this one of those "the world is going to hell, back in my day..." rants?
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Why don't we name everything off of humanity? We can call New York Human City. Fighter jets we can call Turbohumans.
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>>82463185
>Projected animation costs too high
Bingo.
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>>82462944
>>82463109
This apparently came out the year I was born. I don't remember ever seeing an episode of it.

What's the big deal about it anyways? It looks like it's just random "kewl" action scenes and shit. Decently animated jet flight and all, but just what is the purpose of the show supposed to fill aside from machismo?
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>>82463359
>what is the purpose of the show supposed to fill aside from machismo?
Nothing. Absolutely nothing.
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>>82463326
No not at all. I don't think they're any more messed up because of their exposure. I'm just saying swat kats had cartoon violence and kids can play like COD or even league of legends which has substantially more violence. But you never really even take a second glance at those examples. So something like swat kats should be more innocent than anything they're used to.
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>>82462944
meh the original was still shit though
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>>82463346
Are you trying to make a case against doing that? Cause your failing.
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>>82463100
Yeah, because the Thundercats reboot worked out so well.
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Its a forgotten IP only remembered by people who do not make up a particularly great demographic, this really shouldn't be a surprise.
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>>82463398
You are trying to convince me to support the violence of Swat Kats. I was never arguing against it. I simply stated I understand why someone would be against it. If exposing children to violence is bad then existing exposure isn't an excuse for further exposure.
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>>82463445
>letting a waifufag write and control your cartoon
it was doomed from the start
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>>82462944
I hate to say I told you so, but I did. Right in the middle of all the hype surrounding the Kickstarter, I told you this would happen.

At least you got your trailer, right?
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>>82463359
>just what is the purpose of the show supposed to fill aside from machismo?
90s action cartoons defined the genre. They helped the toy industry boom. They created heroes kids could look up to. They had fucking radical theme songs. People liked action cartoons back then. People still do like action for film and television.

Millenials clearly don't like action for cartoons though. It violates their safe space.

>>82463377
Isn't there an episode of SU you should be "discussing" in /trash/?
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>>82463512
>people don't remember it so no one will like it
Guess what anon. Swat Kats didn't even exist until CN aired the pilot episode in the 90s. But it still got greenlit.
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>>82464006
Ok, Anonymous. You sure were right, Anonymous.
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>>82464136
I just felt I had to put it out there after getting constantly shouted down by the fanboys.
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>>82462944
CN kills Swat Cats and Netflix takes their talent to make Voltron. It's like Cartoon Network is actually trying to die at the hands of Netflix.

Holy shit guys are they Hudsucker Proxy-ing themselves and trying to get bought by Netflix?
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>>82463359
>what is the purpose of the show
What is the purpose of any entertainment?
Is it not to entertain?
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>>82462944
It's not tumblr enough for them.
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You just want to fuck that cat lady.
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>>82464417
I want jetts.
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>>82463109
my guess is due to Warner Bros backing it, Warner Bros Animation, CN, and DC don't get along at all despite being owned by the same company(like the only reason Teen Titans Go hasn't been long canceled is cause it makes CN a crap ton of money and is relatively cheap to make)
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>>82464239
Yeah, it entertains, I'm just saying if people are so adamant about it being brought back, you'd think it'd have a specific goal or purpose to the entertainment.
>Ren & Stimpy cemented the idea of a censor-pushing gross out cartoon.
>TMNT created a hugely running franchise based on a comic parodying comics
>Adventure Time, for all the hate it gets, literally changed the face of cartoons for a whole generation
What did Swat-Katz do that was so amazing where it NEEDS to be brought back? It looks like all the other action schlock from the 90s.
Hell, at least Transformers tried tackling some new concepts with their heroic action shit as incarnations went on, like death.

>>82464091
You sound pretty defensive about it.
I mean, sure, it's good to have some action series to give heroic figures and all, but when you think about it, they've at most gone from generic oversaturation inthe 80s/90s to more varied series with focus beyond just being manly action heroes.
>He-man
>Thundercats
>Transformers
>Voltron
>G.I. Joe
90s:
>Swat-Katz apparently
>TMNT (well, late 80s through the 90s)
>All those shows derivative of TMNT like the one with the cows
00s:
>Avatar
>Danny Phantom
>Justice Legue
10s:
>CG Star Wars series'
>The myriad of started then cancelled DC series
>Korra
>Generator Rex

It's certainly less than there was in the past, but it's not nearly as bad as people say it is. We just haven't had a new one in a few years so everyone forgets things from 2005-2014
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>>82463002
>>82462944

They probably don't want to touch another cartoon unless it can net them that sweet Adventure Time market.
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>wanting another reboot after the atrocious PPG one
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>>82463128

They only have enough for a trailer.
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>>82465184

PPG has alot of atrocious reboots. Truth is they were trying to make lightening hit twice without paying attention to quality or talent.
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>>82465110
>Actually knowing that Turtles was a parody.
>Thinks that the transformers pushed boundaries because of the death scenes in the movie.

Your knowledge is uneven. You don't even consider that merchandising was a big factor for these shows.
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>>82465110
>What did Swat Katz do that was so amazing where it NEEDS to be brought back? It looks like all the other action schlock from the 90s.

Maybe the some of the first season episodes did, but the rest looked BETTER than most of the cartoons at the time.
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>>82465110
>you'd think it'd have a specific goal or purpose to the entertainment.

Isn't making it an exciting action show with decent story-telling enough of a goal?


>You sound pretty defensive about it.

Not the person you spoke to, but you DID choose to attack first.
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>>82463300
>>82462944

America truely is the land of the furries
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>>82464417
You're a damn liar. That is only 90% true.
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>>82462944
Goddammit I just want a new action cartoon for gods sake
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>>82465693
The F-14 Tomcat is a cool plane man.
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>>82463528
>If exposing children to violence is bad

It's not. Violence is natural and unavoidable, as any conflict. Children do not suffer negative effects from it as long as their education and parenting explains the meaning of those actions and consequences.

A clear cut good vs bad struggle is in fact ideal, and children are drawn naturally to it.
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Gee Bill, three engines?
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>>82465110
>What did Swat-Katz do that was so amazing where it NEEDS to be brought back? It looks like all the other action schlock from the 90s

It combined actually competent writing with the villain of the week format, solid, entertaining characters that werent catchphrase machines, it excelled at quick pacing and had kept you engaged throughout, it didn't pull any punches and showed more or less realistic action with a high death toll per episode, it didnt neglect subtle humor in dialog and visual gags, it had a fucking great visual style with a mix and match of art deco, gothic and grunge designs animated with a very clear inspiration from classic anime, it had a great soundtrack, etc.

Its not every other 90's show, it's the ultimate 90's show.
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>>82466498
Gotta go fast
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>>82466537

I want XB-70 chan to afterburner on my face
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>>82466683
That's pretty lewd anon.
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>>82463185
>>82463347
Fuck off Toonzone
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>>82462944
could a netflix exclusive work?
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>>82467200
Possibly. Just keep it on hold after they're done with Voltron.
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>>82465110
>Generator Rex was 2010
Damn. I had almost forgotten about that show.
Now there was a show that had a cool run.
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>>82466362
>Who cares about Syria? I see violence in muh cartoons all the time. They taught me that violence is normal.
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>>82464091
Nice non-argument there, bro.

You don't have to respond if you don't have an actual response just because someone said something that wasn't positive about your favorite cartoon.
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>>82468076

What kind of argument is THAT
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>>82465974
With metal, and maybe some in-character drama.
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>>82468199
Desensitization.

Also I'm not really arguing it. I'm simply stating I understand where other people are coming from when they refuse to produce cartoons that focus so heavily on violence.
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>>82464417
Can you blame us?
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>>82468319
You know, I think she was hotter in season 1over season 2.
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>>82468224

I believe people are far more sensitive now because they've been shit scared of everything after so many years of media exploiting the post 9/11 fears.

It doesnt affect children, only adults that have been through enough psychosis.
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>>82468469
There's also the knowledge that everything is connected now and everything you do will be recorded by social media and likely preserved forever for the whole world to judge, which results in a climate of self-censorship.

Recent research calls that the "extended chilling effect."
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>>82468469
IDK, but I would rather children think of violence as exceptional rather than the norm. Exposing them to excessive violence implies that violence is normal, that conflicts are always about fighting it out. At least more so than had they not watched a lot of violent stuff growing up.
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>>82468622

This isnt a show about friends in a suburban neighborhood anon, the swat kats deal with straight up terrorists and invading armies, and the city suffers terrible damage all the time.

The context is important. Violence has an effect on a lot of people.
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>>82468561

That in particular sucks but it's a kind of paranoia that's affecting society at a deeper level than in media. Media plays it safe for economic reasons.

IMO swat kats would succeed as long as the right marketing and means of distribution were possible. Sell it as the triumphant return of cartoon action, use nostalgia and new appeal alike, go for on demand platforms and put forward every means available for word of mouth advertising. In other words, don't be afraid of the adult consumer.
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aw man i was sure it would be on Cartoon Network but the dumb decisions that they are doing is stupid and its 2016 things change and we need violences shows like this but that's that and what does VOD means?
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>>82468960
I'm wasn't thinking about the kids directly being involved in violence. I was thinking about them being fine with violence throughout the world, as in being okay with war and shit. Every enemy being an evil military force or terrorist cell that needs to be blown up then that makes such things seem normal.
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>>82464091
>Millenials clearly don't like action for cartoons though. It violates their safe space.
Nobody is making cartoons for millennials, jackass.
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>>82463445
The issue with Thundercats was that the head writer was a total fag for Tigra
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>>82464091
> more SU scapegoating

Jesus christ fuck off already.
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>>82469976
Is that a joke?
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>>82470690
Anti-SU fags are so much worse than SU fags, and that's saying something.
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>>82471393
you are wrong
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>>82471393
out of all the things that couldn't possibly be true, this is true the least.
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its for the best
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>>82462944
Don't call it a comeback!
Cause I guess it's not a comeback...
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>>82471393
It's kind of like how any sufficiently sized hatedom eventually becomes more obnoxious than its fandom given time, even if the original fandom is surrounding something that's also bad.

People who wouldn't shut the fuck up about how much they hated Twilight ended up being infinitely more annoying than Twilight itself. People who won't let go of how much they despise Justin Beiber are more cringier than that kid could ever be. People who complain about yearly Call of Duty releases are harder to ignore yearly than the games themselves. People who go out of their way to write angry tirades about bronies have become a bigger nuisance than the bronies themselves.

It's just the way these things tend to go.
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>>82465693
Not according to Google, their search data says its the Scandanavians who are the biggest furries.
Furry sites get the most traffic from there. After the US, so does 4chan actually.
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>>82464433
Honestly, there's not enough animation about cool aircraft/spacecraft. And most of it is NIPPON STRONK animu.

When I was a kid, I was a huge planes nerd. So were many other kids. That hasn't changed, right? It's one of those things boys will always be obsessed about, just like dinosaurs. So there HAS to be money in a cartoon with cool aircraft. Then again, executives saw the success of ATLA and repaid that by cutting Korra's seasons in half, so what do I know?

Pic is a four engine heavy bomber prototype, BTW.
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>>82472421
I always figured the French were the biggest furries because they use "furry" material (that is, sexy animal people) regularly and openly in a lot of their media.
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>>82462944
Yes only calarts cartoons are worthy of being shown on cartoon network
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>>82472421
How about that one pic that shows Germans with the heaviest concentration of furries?
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>>82472568
There simply aren't enough of them on the planet to take that role
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>>82472378
It's weird, but I usually hear about popular things like Twilight and Justin Bieber from people bitching about them rather than the people who like them.
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>>82472531
US cartoons are for literal toddlers and faggot hipsters now>>82472597
We were the last generation raised on violent PATRIARCHY enabling cartoons.
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>>82472568
Nope, they aren't furries cause they don't care, they fuck everything.
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>>82472633
It's a meme picture for retards. First off, it crops down to half of Western Europe, giving it shitty sample size. But the keen observer will also notice that England also features heavily, as does Scandinavia. Of course, Scandinavia less so, but it also has a lower population than the other countries.

The point is, it's more of a map of proficient English speakers than of anything else. Pic related.
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>>82472700
Could have fooled me.
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Net.
Flix.
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>>82463133
>Toonami?
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>>82472774
He means they are ALSO furries, and don't discriminate, be it foreign art-style like animu or other animals like arabs.
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>>82472741
Who's the 5% of Britbongs who can talk?
Pakis and pollacks?
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>>82463050
Or maybe you're not the only person who watched it and the majority of viewers in the age range thought it was cool and fun?
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>Turn down Swat Kats.
>Greenlight the Powepuff Girls reboot.

That's CN for us alright.
I'm almost certain that they turned this show down for few very specific reasons.
First of all it's not what they're currently looking for, which is the Adventure Time style calarts shit that's absolutely eveywhere nowadays.
They higher ups are probably completely convinced that the only thing people want to see, are things drawn in that style.
They're not willing to take any risks here.

Second and what I think is even more important, they would have had to put some money into this one.
Just think about it, they weren't willing to spend ANY money in animating their highest grossing animated show ever.
PPG was done by hiring complete amateurs and probably having to pay them jack shit.
There's no way in hell the exaecutives are suddenly going to put money into a traditionally animated action show.

Third, the Tremblays hold quite a lot of rights when it comes to this show.
So they have some control here and they might not be willing to agree with all of the networks decisions.
So independently funded show might be a better option in the end.
They get to call the shots themselves, without having to give a shit about some major producer telling them that the show needs more romance or fart jokes.
I'm sure they'll pull it off in the end, it's just going to take a bit longer.
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>>82463359
Why don't you actually watch it, fagtron. It's funny because I've seen a lot of "This came out when I was little and I never watched it so I'm going to say it's shit" going around.
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>>82472886
I didn't say no one else enjoyed it. Jesus.
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>>82472894
>mfw the show will end up 3D
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>>82473025
Well obviously the vehicles will be CGI. There is good reason to do that. The characters might still be animated though.
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>>82469951
Your argument is flawed considering the amount of superhero cartoons and movies and anime that do the same thing or even more so are incredibly popular with children not too mention the massive amounts of M rated games played by children nowadays

Swat Kats are just superheroes who don't even kill their enemies
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>>82472877
Very likely. I'm also putting Germany's surprising lack of proficiency down to Turks, Polish, and Östi's.
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It's because it wouldn't appeal to girls and couldn't be tumblrfied.

Action cartoons are dead.
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>>82463212
This, times have changed when it comes to cartoons and for the time being CN is looking for comedic shows.

Dunno, maybe in the future action cartoons will be popular again.
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>>82473564
Who need them, when we have CAPEKINO
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>>82473637
Nope.
Mindless action triggers old ppl, women and nuBeta.
Without toy sponsors, they are dead.
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>>82463359
I don't know how you could've never seen it. CN and Boomerang still played reruns of it until like 2006
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>>82466529
Seems like bringing it back would only risk ruining its legacy, then. Even if it's good, the concept is nothing special and there's no guarantee that the execution would turn out as good as the original.
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>>82472894
Powerpuff Girls is a well known property that has a large fanbase and has nostalgia

Swat Kats is only remembered by a a handful of furries who think that this show is remembered fondly when no one really remembers it at all.

Coupled with the fact that Swat Kats would obviously cost more to make than it's worth and Powerpuff Girls will actually sell toys, t-shirts, posters and so on it's very easy to see why they would remake PPGs.
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>>82474023
>ruining its legacy
>as good as the original
You serious?
It's was a fun show, no masterpiece, and now largely remembered if at all for catgirl nostalgia boners.
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>>82474083
PPG has girl-power shit that is hip with tumblr now, IT'S RELEVANT, you shitlords.
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>>82473761
>CAPEKINO
Oh, fuck you.
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>>82463002

Honestly, if you think about it, it's not that bad.

They won't have to pull punches with the show anymore.
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>>82474166
That is also a major reason why the show was rebooted.

I know you're mad that you furry show didn't get greelit, but calm down.
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>>82474083
>brand recognition is more important than quality

This is the depressing reality of modern media. There's a reason they keep shitting out lukewarm "reboots", and this is it. On the other hand, we'll probably get that Swat Kats reboot eventually as they start trawling for more properties to cash in on.
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>>82474172
Bro, awesome stupid mindless cartoon violence is in theaters, not on TV anymore.
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>>82474262
It's almost as if they are running a TV channel.

Not to mention that, outside of the animation, the original swat katz wasn't even good.
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>>82474262
>eventually
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>>82474300
>Movies existing means tv shows shouldn't
What the hell is even your point?
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>>82463050
It was a shitty TMNT knockoff, along with Samurai Pizza Cats, Street Sharks, and Tae Kwon Do Skater Snakes.
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>>82474301
>It's almost as if they are running a TV channel.

This sort of passive-aggressive bitchery means nothing, Anon. I know they're running a TV channel in order to make money. My complaint is that their way of making money is also risk-averse and derivative. It's not limited to cartoons, either.
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>>82474433
TV toons are ruled by faggot calarts tumblrs, Jewllywood still caters to 10 year old boys and manchildren cause of the world market only wants to see BOOM BOOM, not social politics and gender wars.... I think is his point, obviously, right...?
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>>82474499
It wasn't shitty.
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>>82473025

I'd trade 2D for great choreography and cinematography in fights. If they use cell shading or something of the like to keep the speed lines and hard shadows it could look good.
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>>82473205
Superhero stuff like Batman and Superman put more emphasis on righteousness and morals than Swat Kats. Also mature video games don't matter because if violence is in media is somewhat bad then just because children are exposed to some violence doesn't mean they should be exposed to more violence.

I understand why people in charge of cartoon production don't want to sell out and just chug out as much violence as possible for ratings.
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>>82474561
The average person doesn't remember Swat Katz and it's not like when Swat Katz aired that it was some popular series.

The show only got 2 seasons and 6 of the episodes were cancelled.

No one cares about Swat Katz. Just go fap to the cat chick from the show on sadpanda.
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>>82474614
I'm >>82463050 and I agree, it wasn't shitty. For unadulterated violence and explosions, it was the best. But that just wasn't my thing. I appreciated violence but even at that age I wanted more from a cartoon than just that. There were no monologues or morals. It was just deviously smiling cat men blowing mustache twirling villains up with their rad jet fighter.

It did what it did well, but I wanted more even as a kid. That's all I'm saying.
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Is the social climate even right for a show about a swat team?
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>>82474641

>The average person doesn't remember Swat Katz

Maybe if you're under 20 or didn't had cable.
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>>82474641
I'm not even talking about Swat Katz, you mong. Go ahead, read my posts. I'm talking about the culture in media of not wanting to do anything "risky".
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>>82474753
They're vigilantes, not pigs.
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>>82474755
You are grossly overestimating the nostalgic value of Swat Katz.

The show only lasted 2 seasons. It was never really popular.
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>>82474625
>Superhero stuff like Batman and Superman put more emphasis on righteousness and morals than Swat Kats.

Barely. The Swat Kats are two ex-pilots that despite being fired due to the incompetence of their superior, still feel a strong sense of duty and want to keep protecting their city from neverending threats by conceiving and building machines to fight.

They are more of a superhero due than Batman and his psychotic vendetta is.
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>>82474753
Only if you don't havs toys to push.
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>>82474803

Okay, heavily armed vigilantes doesn't sound better.
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>>82462944
I loved this show when I was growing up. Annd now I work on jets and get off to furry porn. I can't believe I forgot about this show.
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>>82474876
People love vigilantes, though. As long as they're on the "right" side.
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>>82474808
>Barely.
True, but like I said, even as a kid I recognized Swat Kats was first and foremost just an excuse for explosions. That's how it was pitched and that's why it got cancelled.
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>>82474807

The show got cancelled because it costed too much money and took too long to start selling merch
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>>82474876
>heavily armed vigilante
You mean Batman?
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>>82463300
This looks like it was probably animated in Japan.
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>>82474807
Swat Kats had great ratings. A good portion of that generation saw it, hence the nostalgia appeal.
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>>82462944
I would loved a reboot, but I can see why they'd pass on it.
It really doesn't fit in their lineup anymore does it?
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>>82475087
Large parts of s2 were.
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>>82474972

And Batman was an excuse for punching and kicking. It makes no difference how.

Swat Kats was cancelled because the toy deal fell through, by the way. They couldnt make the investment cost back.
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>>82462944
>CN airing an action cartoon
>CN paying for a cartoon with animation like SWAT Kats

Even if they did pick it up, it'd probably be aired at 7am on Saturdays.

If you want action cartoons, go to adult swim.
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>>82475170
>And BTAS was an excuse for punching and kicking.
It wasn't and you know it.
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>>82463185
>TFW PPG caused the animation budget to diminish
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Good. I'm all for more action shows but people should stop begging for reboots of original IPs who already have a legacy. Give new artists and new ideas a chance to entertain viewers of new generations, not old ones.
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>>82465184
NuPPG and SK are different. This has the original writers and designers still around.
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>>82475019
Are... Are those guns?
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>>82475941
>They shoot rubber bullets...
>...I promise
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>>82475265

Im talking batman as a franchise, he used to just kill people at a point.

>>82475364

Absolutely no new creator is trying to fill this niche. Dont be a fool.
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>>82475181

Does adult swim even make action shows?
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>>82477217
does toonami count?
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>>82477440
Not really. Adult Swim is best for stoner comedy. now if we had the Metalocalypse animation team doing a SwatKats reboot, it would at the very least look badass.
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>>82477996

they got titmouse to work on black dynamite at least.
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bump because swat kats
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>>82462944
Between this, Uncle Grandpa getting canned, and the PPG reboot Cartoon Network is going to complete shit.
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>People going on about safe spaces, calarts and tumblr

Are you faggots that delusional?
Do you think CN is a bunch of "stronk womyn landwhales" sitting in their offices plotting their DARK AGENDA?

No, they're a bunch of stuffy businessmen and marketers that probably don't even watch cartoons and look at a show based on how much merchandise/advertising it can pull, how well it can directly compete/take viewership from other networks, and how much the production would cost.
Swat-Katz wouldn't pass any of their regards here outside of the idea that "we could use another action show to bring in little boys." The thing is, they already are hitting constant #1s in ratings among teen boys these past years. They don't care about getting more of that right now, especially with the next Ben 10 reboot planned already.
Even if they did, the production cost of both the show and the merch would be MUCH higher than that of something like PPG. Little plastic jets require more effort than plastic balls with cylinders attached. And the animation, for it to be any good, would consistantly cost more than their standard budget. Something like Samurai Jack can skirt by this by having a stylized look that is cheaper to animate but can still look good, so they ok that stuff.

It's got nothing to do with SJW boogeymen controlling the media. It's about how Swat-Katz serves them no marketing purpose they currently are looking for.
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>>82474972
I love the tormenting meme Callie.
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>>82483505
Nice blog.
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>>82484533
They're still right though.
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>>82483580
Stupid sexy cat-lady.
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>>82483505
Especially when /co/ loves to meme that SU is being fucked around by the network because of its lesbianism, it's absurd that people now come and say the opposite is what kept swat kats off here. What a joke.
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>>82484533
>literally only about shit relevant to the thread
>it sheds doubt on my position and is long, better call it a blog so I wreck his argument
fucking pathetic
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>>82477996
>>82477217
Samurai Jack is coming to AS
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>>82487508

well that's far fresher in people's memory but i do wonder now

how adult would swat kats have to be to be in Adult Swim?
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>>82488263

Swat Kats showed a lot of non-explicit deaths in some episodes

If anything, add some swearing.
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>>82488622

honestly, they can be more adult without peppering it with beeped out swear words, which don't really fit with the tone of the show, it's not trashy like that.

just start making direct references to death and killing, show some non-mangled corpses occasionally. Maybe say sensitive words like "terrorism".
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>>82489089

also does anyone have the rest of this artist's pics?
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Maybe? But probably not
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>>82489332

thanks anon
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>>82462944
>not going on CN
this is good news
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>>82463002
Just go to Netflix, those fuckers love their original content.
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>>82489273

I believe he also made the Feral funeral one
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>>82467200

Yeah, it's kind of the new option.
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>>82469768
>>82468561

I would think that only applies if you're the sort to actually post everything you do. It's surprising how much information about you goes undocumented if you don't actually tell people about it.
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>>82469811

That and they probably wanted the rights to the property.
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>>82483505

Oh, I think don't so.

I think it's about IP control. CN intentionally death slots shows that they don't own directly because then royalties and production costs can go to the owners than themselves. By owning theIP they can cut production costs and more of the returns go to them.

Toy industry has been on the ropes for years and were the propelling force do action cartoons. The high rating shows in CN right now have terrible toy tie ins if any, but hit other crowds.
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>>82487508
>>82488263

If you thought PPG was cheap then you ain't seen nothing.
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>>82474499
>a shitty TMNT

TMNT was originally shitty, Gargoyles and SWAT just fixed it
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>>82495796
They had a great car.
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>>82462944

Why not release on Netflix instead?
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>>82462944
Cartoon Network is currently planning their own reboot of Skat Cats. It will feature none of the original voice actors, none of the original creators and will be made for a 1/10 of the budget.

But they'll put in a really half assed episode about transsexuality so we can get an article written about how great we are.
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>>82494736

>90° angle climb
>still speeding up
>enough to BURN A MONSTER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
>ON THE WAY UP

Jesus christ
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>>82462944
Oh shit.
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>>82487454
People haven't seen networks fucking with their show if they're mad about Steven Universe
It gets reruns on the weekend, it gets promotion, they've got it good. I remember what happened to GL:TAS, and that was a good show. Even worse was what happened to Beware the Batman, but that wasn't very good.
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