"The news has left fans of not only comic book-based animation but also long term franchises like Scooby Doo and Tom & Jerry speculating on the future of their favorite weekend programs. According to the source, fans of The Batman, Legion of Super Heroes, the upcoming Spectacular Spider-Man and other comic book and animated stables should not be too concerned.
Simply put, the end of Kids WB! does not mean the end of Warner Bros. Animation, the source explained, pointing out that they are two completely separate entities. For many shows, Kids WB! was the outlet Warner Bros. Animation series used, but those series aren’t going to be cancelled at the end of the 2007-2008 season. “We are exploring a number of other avenues to direct this programming, from other networks to direct-to-DVD options,” the source said. “There are a wide field of possibilities to be explored.”
So, if we want to add our two cents, it's Warner Bros. Animation we should contact.
From: Reimagined Trom | Registered: Jul 2003
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Well, all I can do in my little corner of the world is tell more people to watch the Legion on cable (I've already turned some friends into fans of the Legion because they watched the cartoon and loved it) and buy the dvd. I wanted to wait until the season 1 set was out but maybe I'll buy the 4-episode dvd now.
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From: Somewhere in the Multiverse | Registered: Apr 2006
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I know there's a topic about Legion cartoon toys/action figures but there's no definite release date for them, is there? I'd buy the figures anyway but if they have high sales, that will certainly have a very positive impact re the cartoon's future. Also, it *would* be kind of silly to release a line of merchandise for a....shudder...cancelled show, wouldn't it?
Which department of WB Animation should we send a letter to and to who? Anyone has that info? I'll write them and I can tell/beg/blackmail/cajole several friends of mine to write a letter too.
I'll get the 4-episodes dvd but if they include "special" features in the set not included in the 4-ep. dvds I'm gonna scream louder than Tyroc would if Blok stepped on his toes!!!
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From: Somewhere in the Multiverse | Registered: Apr 2006
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quote:Originally posted by Dain: I know there's a topic about Legion cartoon toys/action figures but there's no definite release date for them, is there? I'd buy the figures anyway but if they have high sales, that will certainly have a very positive impact re the cartoon's future. Also, it *would* be kind of silly to release a line of merchandise for a....shudder...cancelled show, wouldn't it?
The figures were never put on a release schedule. The pics that made it onto the net were prototypes to show at trade shows like The Licensing Trade Show and ToyFair. Mattel was very quick to ask the posters to pull down the shots that leaked out. There were thoughts to put them out in early 2008 but when the license for DCSH opened up to the entire DC universe the Animated line was quickly shelved. My Mattel rep won't even talk to me about the line as "There is no official announcement that Mattel is supporting the Legion animation"
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Thank you for the info Tekwych. It seems that except for the dvds there's no other merchandise related to the LSH cartoon we can buy to indirectly support the show.
After reading Tromium's post I remain optimistic about the cartoon's future. They have a winner with the LSH cartoon and I'm sure they know it by now!
From: Somewhere in the Multiverse | Registered: Apr 2006
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Sort of related to this, but is anyone else having the Legion and Batman pre-empted for college football? Because this has happened to me the past several weeks, and the local station's not always been good about reshowing the pre-empted material the next day.
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my biggest problem with direct to dvd is that a lot of the time direct to dvd sucks hard (look at all of the Disney 2 3 and 1/2) even teen titans direct to dvd movie blew hard
the biggest problem with direct to dvd movies is that most of the time they aren't done by people who love and enjoy the show the ideas for them normally come from ceos who come up with bad plots and have plot holes galore they give almost no budget to it and just make good things unwatchable just because they know kids will buy it regardless if it has any quality to it because kids don't know any better
personally if they opt for just dvds i think it will suffer greatly
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From: ny | Registered: Jul 2007
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quote:Originally posted by Dairaioh: I'm 99% certain that season 3 will be on CN... unless they are stupid.
Well, if it is, then I'm up a stump, because we can't get CN in Canada. (It's enough trouble getting the CW.) YTV is only showing season 1 this year; I imagine I'd have to wait an extra year for them to get season 3.
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Whether or not the toon Legion continues on TV, I want DC/WB to do The Great Darkness Saga on direct-to-DVD with *these* characters (a little more grown up).
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I'd like to see Great Darkness on direct-to-DVD too, but I'd like them to do just a straight adaptation of the comics and let the continuity chips fall where they may.
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