Whenever somebody rants about Disney “milking the Star Wars franchise”, I have to wonder what planet they’ve been living on.

because as we all know

star wars

never sold out

until Disney came along

and ruined the purity of it

with their soulless money-grabbing ways

I’d rather take endless disposable merchandise farmed out to companies all over the place over an even larger volume of endless disposable merchandise locked under Disney’s iron grip on top of a new film every fucking year giving everyone franchise fatigue.

LucasArts-era licensing gave us everything from Jedi Knight II, to Knights of the Old Republic, to OG Battlefront II, to LEGO Star Wars (which is absolute kino fuck you), to Republic Commando, etc etc. Disney-era licensing gave us the cancellation of Star Wars 1313, the shuttering of LucasArts as a whole, and granting EA the exclusive video game license that resulted in the NuBattlefront dumpster fires.

It also gave you Masters of Teras Kasi, Star Wars: Obi-Wan, the shitty Atari games, a LOT of shovelware, the cancelation of OG Star Wars: Clone Wars, Star Wars Kinect, Star Wars Holiday Special, Jar Jar Binks -a character created entirely for appealing to kids for toys... Man, in fact, the whole franchise, even the first one, was firmly constructed with merchandising potential in mind. The industry heads literally honed Star Wars for their "toyability" as they referred to it.

Were there a handful good products in Lucas-era? Sure, a lot of mediocre softwares in itself but resonated better with Star Wars fans due to their painting jobs. But how many times people bought into the shit content, made with no regard other than brand recognition? Lucas had no real franchise upkeep and they often just looked out for the cheapest developer there is to give a license. You don't always stumble upon developers with vision and care for the franchise, which isn't something they cared about in the first place. In the end, consumers had to bite the bullet each and every time.

They pushed and marketized Boba Fett toys before he made his outing in the movies. They then recalled one of the toys due to a choking hazard, which caused a huge outrage because people were pumped up with hype and wanted that toy so badly. This created a big attention in the public eye, which they mistook it for character being beloved -- which affected their decision of making Jango Fett very important to the storyline (as Boba Fett wasn't).

Also this also happened: George Lucas's immediate family remagined as star Wars characters and being sold to collectors.

Star Wars was ALWAYS a cynical cashgrab. If you don't believe me, watch People vs George Lucas AND the Star Wars episode of The Toys That Made Us on Netflix.

The Incredibles 2 said “hell” and “I’ll be damned,” also had several scenes with alcoholic beverages. Preview was talking about the 14 year wait. This movie was MADE for kids born from 1990-2002 and not your crying 5 year old, sorry I don’t make the rules

yall are so like. weird like have you ever heard of things being made to be enjoyed by both kids and adults. like what’s yall’s deal with kids

We don't need more of them, there are 8 billion fucking people on this shithole rock. Whatever.

It is perfect!

#LGBTQ

I don’t think it’s proper. You can’t spread equality with a closed fist.

You sound mad fucking stupid man shut the hell up

I think this creates a separation in the LGTB community. Why not just have one flag for everyone?

There are literal hundreds of LGBT flag variations to upfift said Race/Religion/Country 

Even ones for the specific areas in the LGBT community 

How the fuck is this any different? Why is it everytime black people come up with something for themselves y'all have to come out with this show your entire asses with this “"segregation” shit. 

Suck on my entire dick

Also, if you’re in this thread and have never made nor reblogged a post about the way POC, especially Black people are treated in the LGBTQ community then motherfuck you. We wouldn’t feel the need to remind you that we’re here, if you didn’t treat us like we weren’t.

I’ve been redrawing a lot of stuff lately

Put the torches and pitchforks away. Take it from an animation professional.

There are a few reasons why you shouldn’t whine every time there’s a reboot of something. Let’s use the new Thundercats as an example.

1. Thundercats doesn’t deserve to die. It’s a beloved property that should have a fair attempt at reaching a new generation of kids. Don’t let a misplaced sense of ownership to something that isn’t yours in the first place ruin a show for other people. You like the original? Good. You can always go watch it. A reboot of Thundercats doesn’t mean the original never happened. Think a reboot should be more action packed and play older? They tried it in 2011 and turns out viewers didn’t want it.

Consider that the new Thundercats Roar may actually do well because…

2. …it wasn’t made for you. The tastes of today’s kids are different than ours, just like how ours was different than the generation before us. Test yourself by watching the original Thundercats. And by watching it I mean actually watching several entire episodes from start to finish. Most likely you’re going to get bored and want to change it to something else. A comedic adaptation of it could just be what revives interest in the Thundercats.

3. You already know and trust the artists. You trusted them when they helped make shows like OK KO, Motorcity, Rick and Morty, etc.. They’re bringing that passion and expertise with them to Thundercats Roar.  You’d be surprised at how much a network relies on the artists’ unique voices to make their shows stand out. Just from TC Roar’s sick intro you should know that this show is bringing something to the table.

4. It’s opening doors for the things you love. Whether you like it or not, reboots like Teen Titan GO and Ben 10 are successful and kids love them. While you don’t have to love them too, you should appreciate them. It’s because of the success of shows like these that networks can have the resources to explore new original content. This is how progress is made. This is why cartoons aren’t just cat and mouse chases anymore. Who knows, maybe a network will even end up developing an original show so successful that in 10 years time trolls on the internet will hate its reboot.

5. If you’re an aspiring artist, this isn’t a good look for you. Go through your favorite artists’ twitters and tumblrs and see if they have ever said anything bad about any animated shows. You’ll find nothing, why? It’s because this is an industry of cooperation and support for your fellow artists.

A good portion of the people I follow online are artists trying to break into the industry. We see the things you say. Your rants don’t make you sound like an animation connoisseur. It makes you sound toxic and jaded about an industry you haven’t even set foot in yet. Why would a production want to commit to hiring someone they think will just be rolling their eyes at the designs the whole time?

Fuck you.

Make a new fucking IP if you want to appeal to a new demographic. There is no sense or logic behind using an IP like this but trying to appeal to absolutely no portion of the old demographic. Of course people cry foul towards this standardization of the art style, writing style, deep characterization changes of the beloved characters.

Also, previous Thundercats reboot had decent ratings, they tried to follow the Avatar/Korra formula with that one. It's just that they thought they could sell toys of a show that geared towards adults.

Do you know how much of a toy push Legend of Korra had? Not much. They sold concept arts, wearable merch and comics instead. Merchandising for ADULTS - which made the investors at least a little happier so it got at least 4 seasons (two of which just got pushed out of the pipeline without much care, sure, but it didn't get CANCELLED).

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me: im tired 

Someone in walmart: NOT as tired as our TROOPS! 

Alternatively, a mother: Just wait until you have kids :)

Honestly the two worst kinds of people ever oh yeah and “wait until you’re my age” the fucking three horsemen of undermining your pain

what about the fourth horseman of “what about all those starving orphans in africa”

“Not as tired as our troops!”: War “Just wait until you have kids”: Pestilence “Wait until you’re my age”: Death “What about all the starving kids in Africa?”: Famine

That’s…. surprisingly accurate.

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fuck yes

Awesome!

Blessed tweets from the lovely Chris O’Niell.

Sometimes your “friends” aren’t really your friends.

I do not know who this guy is but he just gave extremely sound advice for most situations. (obviously please do not do illegal things. Feeling uncomfortable talking about doing them is because they are illegal therefore don’t do them). My old “friend” group was kinda like this.

cant believe Erik Killmonger and Valkyrie were a thing

It is the Valkyrie’s duty to escort the fallen to Valhalla, so…

incorrect quotes

Joss Whedon: Your Lordship Kind DCU may I perchance be allowed to write and direct the Batgirl Film

King DCU: Yes but you can’t put any foot shots or boob faceplant jokes in it

Joss Whedon: Oh

Yes because DCEU really really cares about feminism of all things. That is why Joss is out. Not because anyone business-frontrunning DCEU has proven themselves time and time again to be the most entertainment-illiterate, incapable person on the planet. Not because they’re that blind to slate movies in their schedule that won’t even receive STORY IDEAS let alone SCRIPTS for MONTHS after the announcement of it.

Cuz they were really worried that JossI Whedon would put a Batarang between her breastsvraw . The same company allowed the Killing Joke animated movie to happen. The same company that found the character

hey are you ok? did you die in the middle of writing this rant that i don’t want to read? like i’m not invested in this at all cause dc movies are just generally bad and i just want to make jokes about all of the arbitrary shots of summer glaus bare feet Old Weedy tried to cram into his terrible spaceship show but now i’m genuinely worried 

I got a hernia