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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 30, 2021 22:56:00 GMT -5
Well, happy birthday to you Belchic.  |
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 30, 2021 3:48:03 GMT -5
UniKitty!
Original run: 2017-2020
Reason: This series was based on the popular film The Lego Movie and enjoyed a successful run on Cartoon Network, but in the end was canceled for a few reasons:
1: The series had a long delay in air time due to the fact they didn't want to overexpose the brand for the eventual release of the 2019 sequel The Lego Movie 2: the Second Part.
2: The series had a set of Lego sets based on the show, but they apparently didn't sell well and were canceled after one wave.
3: The 2014 animated feature The Lego Movie was a very successful movie for the WB, but the other Lego movies they made afterwards began to show a steep decline in profits. The Lego Batman Movie got even better reviews and still made money, but The Lego Ninjago Movie got middling reviews and was a box-office disappointment. Even the 2019 sequel The Lego Movie 2: the Second Part disappointed at the box-office despite getting good reviews.
4: With the Lego movie profits drying up, they felt they had to move on and did so with the Hanna-Barbera Cinematic Universe.
5: The WB sold the rights to the Lego movies to Universal and now no longer have the rights.
6: For the show itself, they probably took the series and the characters as far as it could go.
Side note is there was going to be a sequel to The Lego Batman Movie, but now that Universal has the rights to the franchise and the DC Comics characters are owned by Time Warner, it's future is uncertain unless Universal and the WB can come to some sort of agreement.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 28, 2021 14:58:10 GMT -5
Hmm. Well, here a factoid about another PlayStation property:
Random Fact #4338:
During the PlayStation/Nintendo 64 era, there was once a partnership between Argonaut Software and Nintendo. Argonaut was the company that was responsible for the Super FX chip, which was how the 3D polygon effects were done for the original SNES Star Fox.
They once had an idea for a 3D platforming game in the Super Mario line which the player controlled Yoshi, but the game was ultimately rejected by Nintendo. They left their partnership and was prompted to retool it into an original game that was called Croc: Legend of the Gobbos where the player plays as an anthropomorphic crocodile on a mission to save some furry critters named Gobbos from the evil magician Baron Dante.
The game got mixed reviews; praised for graphics and sound, but criticism was directed at the controls and camera. It still became a successful game for Argonaut, selling over 3 million copies.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 27, 2021 19:00:30 GMT -5
We have another death.
Cloris Leachman, Emmy and Oscar winner, just died of natural causes at age 94.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 27, 2021 9:51:08 GMT -5
Your new pics are really cool my man.
Do you think you'll be adding them to DA?
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 26, 2021 11:09:06 GMT -5
Hey babclayman, cool find.
I'm interested in reading it and will let you know what I think.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 22, 2021 11:46:26 GMT -5
Another death occurred guys.
We just lost Hank Aaron, professional MLB player. Details have yet to be released but he was 86.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 21, 2021 10:35:35 GMT -5
I recently hit this movie up on Wikipedia and they said this was supposed to be the start of an ongoing franchise but due to the movie's underperformance, all those plans were scrapped.
Instead, they are doing what is being done with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and starting fresh with a new film.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 21, 2021 10:28:39 GMT -5
That Corona virus has done more damage than it needed to. First chance I get I am taking that vaccine.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 19, 2021 11:22:40 GMT -5
Random Fact #4329:
In Dolly Parton's home, she likes to put her Christmas decorations up during the holiday season and she leaves them up until her birthday, January 19th.
She does this because she doesn't think Christmas should end after the initial holiday is over.
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 19, 2021 11:19:44 GMT -5
Another one to add: today is the birthday of American entertainer Dolly Parton!
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 19, 2021 11:15:29 GMT -5
Well the 19th is the birthday of Desi Arnaz, Jr., Katey Segal, Thomas Kinkade, Junior Seau and Jodie Sweetin!
Lots of birthdays today!
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 16, 2021 23:22:27 GMT -5
Minions: The Rise of Gru - The Minions are not the reason I love the Despicable Me films. They didn’t need their own spin-off movie, let alone a sequel! I’d rather see Illumination make a third Secret Life of Pets movie. Well remember Belchic. When I complained before about how when the new Animaniacs was coming and they were dropping virtually everything save for the Warners and Pinky and the Brain, you told me this: To be fair, Trey, the Warners were the main sketch of the series. Though it is baffling that they and Pinky and the Brain are the only returning sketches. Maybe this means they’ll be bringing aboard a fresh new assortment of sketches. Ever think of that? It’s like out with the old, in with the new, but keep what worked best. Remember that the Minions are Illumination's mascots for a reason. People remember them best and that being that they are a French-originating studio, they provide the animation team with a potentially limitless assortment of ideas. There's a great supply of themes they can explore and be indicative of French ideologies and culture, not to mention you understand them even though they don't speak English because they communicate with actions and not words, so they'll also hold up well to boot. Compare that to what AniMat had to say about The Secret Life of Pets 2: "However, I won't say that everything from these plots is bad. There are some elements that deliver something unique that can make the experience somewhat enjoyable. The Snowball plot brings out the most energy with all the chase scenes and compared the other two gives the best excuse for the narrative to be in a movie along with an unexpected message about circus animal abuse, Gidget's plot has credit for having some of the best jokes of the film along with some good surprises, and Max's plot... well... it has Harrison Ford..." |
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 15, 2021 16:40:57 GMT -5
Well, back in May, we lost Ray Horn, but now, today, we’ve lost his partner, Siegfried Fischbacher. He died from pancreatic cancer at the age of 81. Man, within such short proximity. |
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Post by Trey_Vore on Jan 14, 2021 10:46:24 GMT -5
Well I looked for Connected on Wikipedia and it seems like there's still no official release date.
I wonder if this means Raya and the Last Dragon will be first.
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