Oh... animation update.
"Greg Weisman and Michael Reeves," - big names indeed.
"It would almost be quicker to discuss the classic ‘80s and ‘90s animated classics that you weren’t a part of!" - was Michael involved in the Excelsior series?
"Your new Lex became the epitome of a Machiavellian schemer and manipulative psychopath" - and all the better for us!
"...but for the last decade the buzz in the industry was that you got paid more and treated better there by management." - the Henson Effect.
Roger Rabbit’s Tales from Toon Town- ITTL me would have stopped watching cartoons by then since he'd have left uni and had to get up and work....
"...poking at Bird Brain’s Batman, of course,[snip] sure to self-skewer the X-Men and Spider-Man as well." - Crossover Universe ahoy!
"Y-Nauts," - I wonder what the lineup of the team was?
"...approve the creation of Earth-3825, which is D-U-C-K on touch-tone," - heh very clever.
"led to the inevitable questions concerning Howard the Duck and Duckworld," - Whoops! Time for a side-step...
"...relaunched The Inhumanoids" - Hooray, that was a decent, if silly cartoon!
"The early treatments [of the film] had the gargoyles of Notre Dame coming to life as friends of Quasi’s," - and there is a What If Gargoyles story!
"And thus, Gargoyles was born." - Gargoyles, Gargoyles!
"...basically given free rein to write whatever I want." - within certain guidelines of taste and Disney whimsy I bet.
"Seriously, a rich and powerful man who schemes as a central antagonist. Such a unique idea! So glad I’m the first person to come up with it." - good snark!
"spawning its own Marvel Earth-78663, or “S-T-O-N-E” to allow for limited comics crossovers while keeping the “Goyleverse” self-contained." - so there is " Gargoyle Earths? One in the Marvel Multiverse and one outside? Would that not be confusing for canon?
"We got a lot of crap from moral guardians on that, even though we gave it a hard T rating " - yeah, but cartoons are For Kids don't you know! Idiots.
Hellspawn, The Savage Dragon and Youngblood. - i know Image does not exist, but do these Epic characters cross over?
"The Howard the Duck series became a big hit" - I can see a Howard series working well for a series more aimed at Adults.
"Brian Henson’s Happytown PD adult puppet series," - good for you Brian!
"...by having a brief Duck Avenger crossover." - I am not sure I can conceive of a Howard and Duck Avenger cross over. ITTL me would probably watch it though.
ITTL me would definitely have watched Pirates of the Void though as Planescape and Spelljammer where on the gaming table then.
Spelljammer and MickeyQuest modules for Treasure Planet? Awesome.
"Makiko Futaki, head of Studio Ai." - getting some big contracts there! Congratz.
"and visited every D&D world in one form or another." - Wonder if they visited The Realm where the Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon kids where?
"that season 3 visit to a Totally Not Discworld at All, Really planet" - heh, that sounds fun.
"You no longer needed big, established teams, expensive materials, or contracts with Japanese studios if you had a few DIS stations and a MINIBOG." - Bedroom animation studios ahoy!
"Lisa at Fox spinning up Filmation for a return to the big time," - More Star Trek: Excelsior and Captain Klaag please!
"we talk with Kevin Lima and Brenda Chapman about the Princess Squad and Hero Squad series" - sounds like adventuring teams made up of male and female characters from across the Disney properties, sorta like the Lego games but much earlier!
"tempted to sell bombards (i.e. cannons) and powder to the medieval society of the turtle world," - surprised they didn't ask the Spelljammers to check the sex of the Turtle!
"It served as a parable on climate change and won an Emmy." - wonder if President Gore watched it?
Excellent fun update there @Geekhis Khan
"Greg Weisman and Michael Reeves," - big names indeed.
"It would almost be quicker to discuss the classic ‘80s and ‘90s animated classics that you weren’t a part of!" - was Michael involved in the Excelsior series?
"Your new Lex became the epitome of a Machiavellian schemer and manipulative psychopath" - and all the better for us!
"...but for the last decade the buzz in the industry was that you got paid more and treated better there by management." - the Henson Effect.
Roger Rabbit’s Tales from Toon Town- ITTL me would have stopped watching cartoons by then since he'd have left uni and had to get up and work....
"...poking at Bird Brain’s Batman, of course,[snip] sure to self-skewer the X-Men and Spider-Man as well." - Crossover Universe ahoy!
"Y-Nauts," - I wonder what the lineup of the team was?
"...approve the creation of Earth-3825, which is D-U-C-K on touch-tone," - heh very clever.
"led to the inevitable questions concerning Howard the Duck and Duckworld," - Whoops! Time for a side-step...
"...relaunched The Inhumanoids" - Hooray, that was a decent, if silly cartoon!
"The early treatments [of the film] had the gargoyles of Notre Dame coming to life as friends of Quasi’s," - and there is a What If Gargoyles story!
"And thus, Gargoyles was born." - Gargoyles, Gargoyles!
"...basically given free rein to write whatever I want." - within certain guidelines of taste and Disney whimsy I bet.
"Seriously, a rich and powerful man who schemes as a central antagonist. Such a unique idea! So glad I’m the first person to come up with it." - good snark!
"spawning its own Marvel Earth-78663, or “S-T-O-N-E” to allow for limited comics crossovers while keeping the “Goyleverse” self-contained." - so there is " Gargoyle Earths? One in the Marvel Multiverse and one outside? Would that not be confusing for canon?
"We got a lot of crap from moral guardians on that, even though we gave it a hard T rating " - yeah, but cartoons are For Kids don't you know! Idiots.
Hellspawn, The Savage Dragon and Youngblood. - i know Image does not exist, but do these Epic characters cross over?
"The Howard the Duck series became a big hit" - I can see a Howard series working well for a series more aimed at Adults.
"Brian Henson’s Happytown PD adult puppet series," - good for you Brian!
"...by having a brief Duck Avenger crossover." - I am not sure I can conceive of a Howard and Duck Avenger cross over. ITTL me would probably watch it though.
ITTL me would definitely have watched Pirates of the Void though as Planescape and Spelljammer where on the gaming table then.
Spelljammer and MickeyQuest modules for Treasure Planet? Awesome.
"Makiko Futaki, head of Studio Ai." - getting some big contracts there! Congratz.
"and visited every D&D world in one form or another." - Wonder if they visited The Realm where the Dungeons & Dragons Cartoon kids where?
"that season 3 visit to a Totally Not Discworld at All, Really planet" - heh, that sounds fun.
"You no longer needed big, established teams, expensive materials, or contracts with Japanese studios if you had a few DIS stations and a MINIBOG." - Bedroom animation studios ahoy!
"Lisa at Fox spinning up Filmation for a return to the big time," - More Star Trek: Excelsior and Captain Klaag please!
"we talk with Kevin Lima and Brenda Chapman about the Princess Squad and Hero Squad series" - sounds like adventuring teams made up of male and female characters from across the Disney properties, sorta like the Lego games but much earlier!
"tempted to sell bombards (i.e. cannons) and powder to the medieval society of the turtle world," - surprised they didn't ask the Spelljammers to check the sex of the Turtle!
"It served as a parable on climate change and won an Emmy." - wonder if President Gore watched it?
Excellent fun update there @Geekhis Khan
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