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• Speaking of the Doctor, his new companion's name is -- DUN DUN DUNH! -- Clara. I did not feel this warranted its own news article.
• The ratings for Toonami's triumphant return were good, but not especially triumphant. Ratings were up among Young Males Who Advertisers Give a Shit About, but not much more than the regular Adult Swim Saturday ratings. Basically, please keep watching (Via ANN).
• SlyDante has alerted me to what is very possibly the best bundle in PC gaming -- the Humble pack, which contains Psychonauts, Limbo, Amnesia, Superbrothers: Sword & Sorcery, and Bastion, all for about $7. The proceeds go to charity. Oh, and you get their soundtracks, too. I'm a console guy, but goddamn, that's amazing. I wish these things came to Xbox Live and PSN.
• The heartwarming movie about an alien who keeps touching underage boys with his glowing finger, dresses in women's clothing, and looks for all the world like a giant, sentient scrotum is coming to Blu-ray this fall. (Via /Film)
• If you're in the Wilmington, DE, area between June 7th and June 17th, you might want to check out "Star Wars: A New Musical Hope." There's a trailer here, and you can get more info and tickets here. Although if no one sings "Good Night, But Not Goodbye" I'm going to be incredibly disappointed.
* "Shit That You Need to Know Which Aren't Full-Article Worthy and Aren't Thematically Similar."
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I'd go on about how they basically just took Adult Swim and slapped Toonami on it, but they openly admitted that they didn't have much funding to work with, so I appreciate the honesty, at least. Still f****** lame, but...
Got the TNG/DW comic today. Enjoyed it, even though it is starting out a bit slow.
"Tom's Bakery" in San Fransisco made me LOL, though.
I thought the crossover comic was mostly pretty fun. I thought there were two big downsides. The first was that, and I don't think this is really a spoiler, it was clear from the start that this was going to be one of "those" crossovers. The type where they play on the crossover aspect as the main thing, but the parts people care about don't happen until the second issue. Next is something I really shouldn't complain about too much given that this is essentially a "you asked for it!" type comic. But I felt like there were too many nods to past doctor who stories in it. It just felt a bit forced, like the authors were trying a bit too hard to establish doctor who cred.
That said, it was better than I expected. Enough that I'm certainly going to be going for the next issue, where I suspect the story will really pick up a bit more strongly.
Also, I just learned that we won't even be getting Toonami when CN finally launches here in Canada in July. What the f***, Teletoon.
Jason Demarco, the main man in charge of Toonami, says they're looking into some American action cartoons. The issue is there's not many aimed at adults; all I can think of are some old MTV shows (which they can't air), Spawn (which they won't air), and Invasion America (which I doubt they care about). Some of the canceled Cartoon Network shows (Samurai Jack, MEGAS XLR, Sym-Bionic Titan) have enough adult appeal that they could possibly air (certainly more than Clone Wars which AS has aired at random a couple times, and Titan at least is recent enough that one could hope for a chance at new episodes) but there's apparently other issues concerning those. Black Dynamite might be a good fit and possibly even The Venture Brothers but they get enough of a chance outside of Toonami that they don't need to take the very limited time away from the anime; maybe if they expand Toonami for the whole night. I figure if the block lasts to next year, they'll announce an original show for it. My two top guesses/hopes for what that show would be are either Guardians of Luna, a werewolf show that's been in production for a while and has the advantage of being owned by FUNimation, the provider of a lot of Toonami's anime, or a DC/Vertigo series from Warner Bros Animation (Sandman:TAS, anyone?).
Surprised you didn't report on the Doctor's new waistcoat and jacket costume as well. Lots of Doctor Who news this week!
I'm hoping that Toonami is going to bring more changes. Unfortunately they only brought us 2 new shows however I was wondering if we were going to get any. They must have had to pay a lot for Cowboy Bebop and GITS because they have been going forever. (Don't misunderstand I like these just not on endless loop) Considering this call to get back Toonami only started 2 months ago I find this a good step. Just seeing Tom's segments made me happier to see their commercials. Keep moving Cartoon Network, keep moving.
I thought it was a half-ass effort. All they do is throw in bumpers of Tom like someone dangling keys in front of a baby. The new intros have no pazazz - they are just "here is the show. Enjoy." - and they have no adverts that makes you get excited to watch the show. Its just lazy... like their lineup of original programing. And yet, I'm still going to watch it for the new shows - the rest I'm board with.
GitS and Bebop they've probably paid a ridiculously long license for a long time ago, so they're probably the cheapest anime they can show (other than The Big O Season 2, which they flat-out own).
Just to clarify: It's the Humble Indie Bundle V, located here: https://www.humblebundle.com/ And it's actually a pay-what-you-want service...Beating the $7 or so average will just unlock Bastion for you, but I still recommend beating the average anyway, because A. Bastion is totally worth it, B. HIB tends to reveal other bonuses for those who've beaten the average in the following week(s) anyway, & C. It's for charity, ya cheapskate.
At the very least, it's essentially Psychonauts on sale for about a buck. That's Psychonauts, as in "If you haven't played Psychonauts by now, you have less of a soul than Abraxas. Like, negative soul. If that's possible."
Yep, Psychonauts was definitely one of the best. Like ever. When I saw it was in this newest Humble Bundle, I couldn't type my PayPal info fast enough.
Just to back you up...Psychonauts was one of the few games I was NOT relieved to finish. It feels more like performing the last show than conquering a nefarious plot. It's like reaching down into the bag and realizing you already consumed the last Oreo. And given the social outcast, nerd-centric protagonist, anyone reading this site should enjoy that game...unless, maybe, they have really bad hand-to-eye coordination and can't beat the Meat Circus.
" Ratings were up among Young Males Who Advertisers Give a Shit About, but not much more than the regular Adult Swim Saturday ratings. Basically, please keep watching"
Because all they did was slap the Toonami label on the regular adult swim Saturday night block and run all the same old crap they have beat to death for like 5 years. ok one new show but still.. why bother.
Actually, it was two new shows. Still, I sure hope they at the very least change the lineup with some old and new shows.
Which DVRers didn't get in some areas. Charter in my area has been doing lousy on keeping the digital schedule updated correctly, which has meant on a few occasions stuff, like two premieres, gets missed. (and they wonder why more people are turning to internet for TV - which I would if I didn't like channel surfing now and again). I don't know how this affects actual ratings collection, but I'd think it'd have some effect.
Part of that was, by their own admission, the fact that they have very little money to spend on Toonami. So they can't secure more licenses unless the block does well so they get more money.
Yeah, I read that too. So if you want new shows, your going to have to grit your teeth and watch it. (I actually didn't think the line-up was too bad. Both Deadman Wonderland and Cashern Sins, the two new shows,were actually pretty promising. Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood is great, and overplayed though they may be, I still love Cowboy Bebop and Ghost in the Shell. That only leaves Bleach on the bad side of things. So in my point of view the lineup wasn't so bad.)
I still think the premise of the Doctor Who/TNG comic is kind of lazy and awful. The Borg and the Cybermen team up? Because they both do the same thing? That's like something a twelve year-old would come up with.
We don't know anything more about it though. I suspect there has to be some further angle to it, as it seems odd that either race would let the other go unassimilated into the other's technological repository.
I'm pretty sure it's going to end with the Doctor convincing them to fight each other or something like that.
If it were me, I'd have it be about The Enterprise and TARDIS showing up on the same wartorn planet and then have The Doctor and Picard clashing because The Doctor pretty much spends his entire life violating the Prime Directive. I mean, to Picard, The Doctor would be practically another Q, showing up and flippantly mocking everything about the Federation's quasi-militaristic and slightly authoritarian culture. That could lead somewhere interesting. But I doubt we'll see that in the middle of a Borg/Cybermen team up.
Yeah, that's what I was thinking in the plotline that I totally haven't spent some time sketching out already.
For what it's worth, I approve of this plot line.
Picard would be the guy to give the Doctor a reality check on his shenanigans. Not that I want his shenanigans to stop or anything. Maybe it could end with Picard realizing that the Doctors craziness does more good than harm and reluctantly respecting him.
No, I really doubt there'll be some sort of further angle to it.
This smack of the time RTD threw the Daleks into "Doomsday" just because he always wanted to see them fight the Cybermen, never mind if it was necessary for the narrative.
this Humble bundle specifically is pretty awesome but it's also awesome in general. anyone who hasn't heard of it, I recommend keeping an eye out for them in the future too (also indiebundle, any others out there I don't know about?)
Well, others who hold regular indie game bundles include...
- Indie Royale, currently running the Graduation Bundle: http://www.indieroyale.com/- Groupees, currently running the Build-A-Bundle: http://groupees.com/bab- Indie Gala, currently running Indie Gala V: http://www.indiegala.com/ ...Although #5 is clearly the weakest they've done so far, IMO. But trust me, they're still worth it the rest of the time.- Indie Face Kick, currently running the Be In The Game Bundle: http://bitg.gamingallthetime.c...
Other ones on right now include Bundle In A Box ( http://www.bundle-in-a-box.com... ), & while it's not a bundle, the Because We May sale ( http://www.becausewemay.com/ ).
Your wallet may produce a screaming sound at some point, but that's normal.
I highly recommend the current Indie Royale...it has a Beta key for Airmech, which should be of interest to Topless Roboteers. Indeed, I bet if Rob did a big enough promotion they could be convinced to create a custom Topless Mech for us.But, yeah, the Humble Indie Bundle is all crazy good stuff right now. I'm a total sucker for these deals.
The Doctor Who/Trek book was pretty decent. The Doctor and the Ponds are fun when they show up, but the Enterprise crew don't show until the last page...and they don't speak.
The way the TNG cast shows up is pure genius, though.
And the Doctor/Amy/Rory get a lot of page time, too.
Doctor who:The Doctor and Clara.
Back To The Future:The Doc and Clara.
...and now I want a Doctor Who/BTTF crossover.
I'm personally hoping Clara turns out to be a young Clara Barton who turns out to found the American Red Cross. But that's just me.
This would be cool. But problematic continuitywise.
I wouldn't mind seeing someone who isn't from our time period or planet join the TARDIS though.
