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MilkandCoffee said:
Live-action shows do sell merch they just don't rely on it the same way animated shows do. Animated shows also have to make back the money they spend on animating their series as well. Animation budgets are very expensive especially for high quality animation. If Young justice didn't have the quality animation it did it could have probably got by even with mediocre toy sales. I compared it to TTG because many fans assume that show was its replacement (as a DC superhero show not as a gritty teen-drama). You could compare it to Nick's Legend of Korra which had twice as many seasons with a similar target audience and animation quality. But Nick pulled the plug on that show for similar reasons.

If you don't like the batman comparison than let's compare Static to Harley Quinn instead. Harley is a little over 20 years old as a character yet she's very popular to fans. Static has been around for about the same amount of time yet he doesn't hold a candle. Fans aren't begging for Static like they are Harley Quinn.

The netflix shows are still recent and they get a lot of help from the resurgence of superhero popularity thanks to the MCU (which they are technically apart of). Once the superhero fad passes and people still know who Jessica Jones and Luke Cage are then we'll talk.
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Legend of Korra did pretty well it got a full season more than the original and honestly that's been the life span of most cartoons as of late.
 
Korra had a pre-existing canon to go by. Nick didn't have anything to risk with it since Avatar did so well before it.

The life span was expected but considering how much praise it got, especially from progressives due to it's openly gay protagonist, it could have gone further. Some say that's why the show ended, Nick didn't want to mess with conservative fans. Dark skin, bisexual, female, tomboy protagonist just screams "liberal agenda" to conservatives.
 
MilkandCoffee said:
Korra had a pre-existing canon to go by. Nick didn't have anything to risk with it since Avatar did so well before it.

The life span was expected but considering how much praise it got, especially from progressives due to it's openly gay protagonist, it could have gone further. Some say that's why the show ended, Nick didn't want to mess with conservative fans. Dark skin, bisexual, female, tomboy protagonist just screams "liberal agenda" to conservatives.
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She was gay? Totally missed that one. Agree with the other though. Story wise it didn't really live up to the original.
 
Note how the conversation is focused primarily on animated shows, live action series and movies, rather than actual comics. You know why? Because those are the primary ways Marvel & DC have been getting a new generation of fans interested in their characters due to their making the mistake of catering to the strictly adult nerds on the actual comic side for the last 25+ years.


The result comics wise is what is going on now trying to appeal to minorities and women because the adult and mostly white male fanbase will eventually die off. Comics being a business, have to get that new/younger fanbase to replace that old fanbase.
 
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DC To Revive WildStorm Imprint

October 2016

Warren Ellis will return to DC, to work on some of the characters that made him a household name among comic book fans, as the curator of a new pop-up imprint called WildStorm.

Following on the heels of the success of Gerard Way's Young Animal imprint, WildStorm will take a similar approach, with Ellis writing the "main" book and curating the others.

WildStorm will debut mid-February 2017 with a regular monthly comic titled The Wild Storm, written by Ellis with art by Jon Davis-Hunt (Vertigo’s Clean Room). This ongoing series will reset the known WildStorm universe and introduce new iterations of WildStorm characters such as Grifter, Voodoo, The Engineer, Jenny Sparks and others.

THE WILD STORM will serve as a launching pad for several future series: Michael Cray, WildC.A.T.S. and Zealot. No creative team announcements have yet been made for those books.

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MilkandCoffee said:
Korra had a pre-existing canon to go by. Nick didn't have anything to risk with it since Avatar did so well before it.

The life span was expected but considering how much praise it got, especially from progressives due to it's openly gay protagonist, it could have gone further. Some say that's why the show ended, Nick didn't want to mess with conservative fans. Dark skin, bisexual, female, tomboy protagonist just screams "liberal agenda" to conservatives.
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Korra wasn't "openly gay." She was only ever depicted as heterosexual throughout 99% of the show.

The producers added a (literally) last minute scene on the series finale, that implied that her friendship with the other girl had romantic underpinnings.

The "revelation" of her sexuality was abrupt and it smacked of pandering.
 
Donald Glover Officially Cast as Lando Calrissian in HAN SOLO Film!

http://geektyrant.com/news/donald-glover-officially-cast-as-lando-calrissian-in-han-solo-film

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It has officially been announced that Donald Glover of Community, The Martian, and Atlanta has been cast in the role of Lando Calrissian in the untitled Han Solo Star Wars movie! The news came straight from the official Star Wars Twitter feed:

https://twitter.com/starwars/status/789573195506524160/photo/1

The casting couldn't be more perfect. The rumor of his possible casting broke back in August and fans were thrilled at the possibility of seeing the actor play the character. Well, now it's all official and we are actually going to get to see Glover as Calrissian! How freakin' cool is that! I have no doubt he'll offer fans a great fun take on the character made famous by Billy Dee Williams.

Glover will star alongside Alden Ehrenreich, who was already cast in the role of Han Solo. Both of these iconic characters are being played by very talented individuals and I'm so excited to see what adventure is in store for them! The press release offers the following details:

This new film depicts Lando in his formative years as a scoundrel on the rise in the galaxy's underworld -- years before the events involving Han, Leia, and Darth Vader in The Empire Strikes Back and his rise to Rebel hero in Return of the Jedi.
Director's Phil Lord and Chris Miller released the following statement:

“We're so lucky to have an artist as talented as Donald join us. These are big shoes to fill, and an even bigger cape, and this one fits him perfectly, which will save us money on alterations. Also, we'd like to publicly apologize to Donald for ruining Comic-Con for him forever.”
The movie is scheduled for release on May 25, 2018. Are you excited to hear that Glover will be playing Lando?
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andreboba said:
How many of you negroes remember Ultraman???

Get ready for the MOVIE.:smt119

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I do. I remember seeing Ultraman in the spring of 1978. It was the year when our.home first got cable television. Most of the channels were from Pennsylvania and New York. It was on channel WPHL channel 17 in Philadelphia. I remember coming home from school in time to catch Ultraman, Spectreman, Marine Boy and Speed Racer. We had HBO at the time.

Ultraman was one of Eiji Tsuburaya's greatest shows. His personal favorite show from his studio was Mighty Jack, an action-adventure show that was inspired by Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds show.
 
Gorath said:
I do. I remember seeing Ultraman in the spring of 1978. It was the year when our.home first got cable television. Most of the channels were from Pennsylvania and New York. It was on channel WPHL channel 17 in Philadelphia. I remember coming home from school in time to catch Ultraman, Spectreman, Marine Boy and Speed Racer. We had HBO at the time.

Ultraman was one of Eiji Tsuburaya's greatest shows. His personal favorite show from his studio was Mighty Jack, an action-adventure show that was inspired by Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds show.
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