Terrence Briggs wrote:
>
>>>Do you think there is any chance that there will be a new Gargoyles
cartoon/toy
>>>line coming out? With such shows like He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja
Turtles,
>>>Transformers (all from many years ago) they have all had new show runs
so I see
>>>no reason why there should not be a new Gargoyles cartoon/toy line.
Think you're getting your cause-and-effect mixed up:
Toy companies think the "coast is clear" to sneak old faded trends back
out every seven years to the unsuspecting (well, it worked *last*
time!), and need a "hip, cool, up-to-date" excuse to make it look new
(ie. not something their parents grew up on in the 80's).
Hence, the CN He-Man, Hasbro's CGI-Joe, the "new, darker" TMNT, etc...So
long as the new animated characters still resemble the *old* toys,
there's less new ones that need to be designed.
To Disney, however, Gargoyles *only* existed as an afternoon cartoon.
> I see a HUGE reason: Gargoyles was never really THAT popular with the
> kids. It was a strong performer in the 2-11 bracket, but it was never
> as popular with the grade schoolers as Aladdin and Timon & Pumbaa were
> at the time. And Power Rangers constantly killed it in the weekday
> afternoon ratings.
Second reason:
Sorry AFDG, but the mainstream's view was the show was too *obnoxiously*
overwritten to appeal to casual watchers tuning in the middle or
mid-series.
Don't get me wrong, personally thought the writers' self-indulgent
College-Lit showoffs worked for the "Team Atlantis" pilot, but most of
us simple, respectable post-"X-Men" and/or post-"Batman:TAS" casual
humorless-super-action fans simply did *not* want King Arthur, Macbeth,
and half the cast of Freshman Medieval Lit 101 showing up for reasons we
still couldn't completely fathom without a few stiff drinks.
When the battle for mainstream hearts and minds comes down to
"Impressive-looking" vs. "WTF-in' *F*???", the battle will unfortunately
always be one-sided.
> Terrence Briggs, being cynical in a Spirited Away Academy Award sort
> of way
Say what you like about SA, but at least you could show it to first-time
mainstream viewers, and they would understand it (and, for the large
part, did)--
Selling "Midsummer Night's Dream" characters battling it out with New
York villains (who now for some reason we didn't tune into find out,
wear armored power suits), while "Mists of Avalon" extras plot with the
main villainess who's now apparently able to shape-change, to anyone
*BUT* pretentious graphic-novel geeks, however....is more of a lost cause.
Derek Janssen (I'll TAKE the weird bathhouse, thanks--It's more
comforting)
djanss@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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