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Post by wildojinx on Apr 17, 2019 11:29:23 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2019 13:01:19 GMT -5
I've made it clear that I don't value RebelTaxi's opinion whatsoever, so I'm not watching the video, but honestly, I should offer my opinion on this; Boomerang never truly was "reborn".
Cartoon Network decided to use Boomerang as a dumping ground for syndicated shows that they didn't want to get in the way of Teen Titans GO! repeats (recent examples being The Garfield Show, Sonic Boom, and, for damn good reason, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs) and unpopular original programs they didn't want to get in the way of Teen Titans GO! repeats (including the 2016 Powerpuff Girls, Mighty Magiswords, the 2017 Ben 10 reboot, and Uncle Grandpa). Although it was designed to skew towards a more older audience while CN was meant to be for a younger audience, the fact executives decided to turn it into a place where they could plop in stuff that didn't work out and couldn't compromise what is working for the main network was an inevitable reality on cable television. People assumed that cable networks could exist solely on fitting a specific genre or catering towards one demographic; thus being immune from network television's need to make all sorts of variety or following trends such as making lots of "reality" programming, and then around the late 2000s, networks like the History Channel and TLC, of all things, decided "Nah, we need more of the viewers", and I still call this "the Pawn Stars effect". Cartoon Network wasn't immune to this, what with "CN Real".
So, I'm going out on a limb and assuming Rebel's saying that Boomerang is now this place for experimental programming and what-have-you for old IPs. Which is nice, but the ultimate reality is that it's small potatoes compared to what WarnerMedia, and in turn, AT&T, would want, and that's why Cartoon Network embraces a show like Teen Titans GO!; it gets ratings, it's cheap to produce, and it's able to be cranked out on the regular (at least 45-50 episodes annually, compared to 18-20 for an average CN show, and 6-8 for Steven Universe, which people like to argue on the Internet should be CN's face of the network, although I can honestly say there's multiple factors going against the show from a logistical standpoint).
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Post by wildojinx on Apr 17, 2019 13:28:51 GMT -5
The video is actually about how Boomerang started as a nostalgia channel for older cartoons, but never updated and then became the dumping ground, while the Boomerang app is what Boomerang used to be.
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Post by eJm on Apr 17, 2019 13:45:25 GMT -5
Speaking of the streaming service...
Can that hurry up and come to Europe please? Every time I see a new video of an added cartoon I’d see myself watching just to see it, a piece of me falls of and floats to America to try and reform myself to be able to get a subscription.
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Post by Captain Stud Muffin (BLM) on Apr 17, 2019 14:17:28 GMT -5
The video is actually about how Boomerang started as a nostalgia channel for older cartoons, but never updated and then became the dumping ground, while the Boomerang app is what Boomerang used to be. That's what I figured because yeah Boomerang isn't what it was when it debut
At this point you have way more current cartoons than the old ones they used to show like inch high private eye, Magilla Gorilla, Jabberjaw, Hong Kong Phooey etc
Hell, they stopped doing the movies on the weekends when they at least showed those
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