No.1032404
>15 years later
>tfw chkla…
Let us talk about cartoons and comics that ended on an incomplete note that made us yearn for more yet at the same time made us fear wanting to see them again and be brought back in this day and age of disappointment and tainted media.
Let us revel in the bitter yet sweet grief of premature ends in cartoons and comics of days long past.
No.1032407
Could they even bring back Clone High without triggering the loos anymore? That was one of the, if not the main, reasons that the show was cancelled in the first place. Things are already bad enough with Apu, and he's just a regular guy. Imagine what would happen if they unironically used someone that looks like a kid version of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the most famous activists of all time, and was named Gandhi as the butt of a joke or in a crudely humorous way. The outrage from that alone would stop the show dead in its tracks.
No.1032408
>He-Man 2002
>probably one of the best reboots of an old IP out there
>ends with snakes taking over the world and fucking everyone's shit up
>show ends just as Teela's true parentage is about to be revealed
>tfw Man at Arms was…
>tfw been waiting 20 something years
>instead get some tranny She-Ra show
>tfw they'll only ever bring back He-Man as some gay icon show and leave the original epic plot of 2002 to rot
Fuck me on every conceivable level… Christ, everything goes to shit. I can't even enjoy the Smurfs anymore. Fuck me.
No.1032409
>Korgoth of Barbaria
>epic as fuck and filled to the brim with delicious toxic masculinity the modern age hates so
>only had one pilot episode
>ends with Korgoth getting parasitic flesh-eating worms and presumably dies afterwards from a combination of that and crotch rot due to fucking mutant eldritch girls
>>1032408
>I can't even enjoy the Smurfs anymore. Fuck me.
Not sure how that's related since they're still an ongoing thing, but I'm guessing you're talking about how awful its all become. If you are, the new movies are so fucking awful and that I can relate.
No.1032410
>>1032409
>the new movies are so fucking awful
Oh they are but my point was that the Smurfs (the original 80s cartoon) also ended on a terrible note, but I'll get to that in a minute once I get some screenshots.
The movies are terrible too though and make Smurfs harder to enjoy. The plots are mind numbing, the characterizations are one-dimensional and deadpan, and the writing in the films is abysmal. The last one just ended the franchise on such a fucking horrid storyline with that Smurfette shit. Its like Sony is incapable of anything good outside of Hotel Transylvania and Meatballs, and to avoid any criticism they just throw in that shitty forced gay kiss at the end so they can label any potential critics bigots. Fucking Hell I hate that strategy and this decade.
No.1032411
>>1032410
What went wrong with the fully-animated one?
No.1032412
>>1032407
>Could they even bring back Clone High without triggering the loos anymore?
Nope. Apu's death was the ultimate sign that things are fucked beyond reasoning. Clone High will never come back, but in the end its for the best. Look at all the things that have come back and become utterly fucked. Not just cartoons, but even movies, tv shows and don't get me started on comics. Only Samurai Jack was barely able to make it out decently much to my chagrin while somehow miraculously avoiding any modern SJW/PC standards.
No.1032415
>>1032411
Did you see it? Its almost as bad the live action ones except most of it revolves around a secret tribe of strong female smurfs hiding out in the woods (that's part jungle) that no one's ever heard of and most of it just revolves around that single plot point and a lot of toilet humor courtesy of bland character portrayals. The voice acting is even worse than the movie itself with the only decent performance coming from Clumsy Smurf. Then Smurfette predictably sacrifices herself in the most predictable setup followed by some bullshit revival where she poofs back into existence and the smurf and the girl smurfs live happily ever after, except for Vanity who starts making out with another male Smurf (The Hundredth Smurf) at the gay end, a Smurf mind you who he despised in the comics and cartoon for "copying" him. The animation was okay is the only good thing I can say about it but it draws too heavily from the other Sony animated films so it really doesn't offer anything truly unique in terms of visuals.
No.1032417
>>1032404
>the characters still frozen, cracked and falling to pieces while forgotten
Geez this hurts too much to watch… But I guess its better than getting the Current Year treatment or ending up like Spongebob or the Simpsons.
No.1032418
I guess I should say mine too right? I know Samurai Jack got an ending and I'm glad it wasn't as terrible as I had feared. Still, there was a time when I would not have settled for simply okay or "not terrible". I mean have things truly become so terrible that the best I can hope for is mediocre or okay stories? What a hell of a way to spend the final stretch. The comics managed to deliver on a truly great end and season 5 would've been better off just adapting that, but I guess that is too much to ask for in this day and age without risking something you love becoming abhorrent or tumblr trash. And speaking of tumblr, I still cannot believe what Voltron has become and how its being forced to end. Life is suffering.
No.1032421
For fuck's sake you guys. I came to this thread to feel, not contemplate suicide.
No.1032425
>>1032418
Voltron was already kind of rocky. Didn't know how to balance the mecha fights well enough. So you have way too much poor animation full of stills. And character interactions that were entertaining but pretty shallow. Everyone was an archetype without true comradery. Then there's the whole problem with splitting up seasons and just calling batches of 7 episodes new seasons. It's bullshit. Just like how Netflix's Castlevania is just a movie cut into 7 episodes each "season".
No.1032427
>>1032412
>>1032407
We can also put King of the Hill on that list after the Apu shit. I heard talks of it making a comeback, but there's no way they'll bring back Kahn or even John Redcorn unless they make him cuck Dale out of his wife again. But maybe you're all right and its for the best. Dale's story ended on a good note. He got his wife back and his son turned out to actually be his through alien gene fuckery.
No.1032429
>>1032427
It's much better for things to end properly on good notes than to drag on forever or to be rebooted into poor new versions. Just look at cartoons like The Simpsons, Spongebob, Family Guy, and even big two comics. All of them just keep pointlessly going on forever without trying to properly do the things in the past that made things successful for them.
No.1032465
>>1032429
We all know exactly why they won't let something end at the perfect time for one big pile of shit reason.
No.1032477
>made for tv movies
>ending isn't an ending
>crew is split up and being hunted
>16/17 years later rebooted
>a mockery of everything the show once was
Some things are better off not being revisited. Still don't know how Samurai Jack survived its comeback.
No.1032483
>>1032415
>secret tribe of strong female smurfs
>female smurfs
No.1032489
I'm not looking forward to that TTG crossover.
No.1032495
Undergrads was something I wanted back when during the early days of MTV when they were doing cartoons after Beavis and Butthead like Liquid Television. Having the casts friendship break off at the end was a real downer of an ending but current year politics has satiated my curiosity of ever wanting it tarnished further. Sadly, it seems that it might be too late and it is getting some continuation in the form of a kickstarter movie. Maybe it might turn out okay and they will keep it within the time the story is set in and not involve any of the political junk of today. The only other problem is that its kickstarter funded and I've seen a lot of kickstarters crash and burn in how they manage their money. It's wait and see at this point and I don't have that high of expectations for it.
>>1032407
Speaking of being offensive and seemingly having the moral high ground on what's a racist stereotype. South Park calling out Apu when they have a racist stereotype like that Chinese Guy for City Wok. Also, let's not forget about what happened with Muhammad's depiction/ or no depiction when he appeared and was erased from the Super Best Friends. How about Episode 200 when they had a whole speech about this and it was all censored by comedy central? South Park being topical seems more like a double faced farce at this point. Trying to play both sides and being hated at both ends of the spectrum. I guess that would reflect their low ratings at this point because people are seeing through that charade now.
No.1032505
>>1032407
>Imagine what would happen if they unironically used someone that looks like a kid version of Mahatma Gandhi
That's what got it canned in the first place.
No.1032554
>>1032541
why was this one canned? i thought it was ok
Also, whatever happened to Dave the Barbarian being on an endless "hiatus"?
And that one with Frankie Muniz doing the voice of some creepy kid in wacky horror stories?
No.1032567
I want Stormhawks to be completed. I want to know if Cyclonis actually got her shit kicked in despite making it to the Other Side where she'd have more influence since her entire bloodline came from there. Hell even if she could resurrect Dark Ace after fucking obliterating him through channeling and making him into some kind of energy monster.
I wanted to see the crew upgrade their gear and their ship with Other Side tech. Improved jet engines on the bikes, Condor getting a makeover, weapons becoming more extreme.
But I'd never want the show back because I know they'll fuck everything up.
>Cyclonis and her family weren't actually evil, female characters can never be evil! She just wanted to bring the new technology to these people and not take them over
>Finn disappears from the show entirely 'cus he's toxic
>Stork creates ANTIFA and is a super communist
>Piper becomes to new main character since Aerow dies off screen or something, also she's super gay
>>1032477
I also hate how in the Reboot: The Guardian Code they decided to stab their fans in the back and twist it by making a "super fan" that not only says the whole thing was a show but also is made out to be a fat loser and then flanderizing the old characters.
"Let's make a reboot of Reboot! Except we won't appeal to the fans and rake in a new generation, but we'll insult the old fans and make yet another "Teens with attitude" that's been done to death.
No.1032570
>>1032554
The sad tale of Pirates of Dark Water's cancellation is simply that the animation team demanded the best of themselves. This caused later episodes to face delays, which in turn led to the first cancellation.
When Fox picked it up for continuation, they continued to run into the same problem of taking too long to produce episodes, leading to the final cancellation of the show with 8 of the 13 treasures found.
It's still quite a good watch overall, with a pretty badass fantasy heavy metal design aesthetic, good storytelling, and substitute cuss words with construction behind them ("noi jitat" meaning not "fuck" but "holy fuck", as "jitat" is also used on its own in the show)
The best upload of it you can find nowadays is Ecclesiast's on TPB
No.1032577
>>1032404
It's been 10 years and it still hurts, but I just know nuMarvel Animation will force Weisman and Cook to put as much MCU pandering and synergy as possible.
They'll probably force them to introduce Miles and give Gwen powers.
No.1032593
>>1032570
Did Dark Water at least get a comic book continuation or novelization? Anything that tells me the fucking end? As a kid I was a huge fan of that crap and would tune in every time it would air in the hopes of seeing them get the final treasure. Instead I felt cockteased for 2 years.
No.1032614
>>1032483
Gargamel looks like he came straight out of a tootsie pop commercial.
No.1032622
>>1032614
That's what happens when you actually succeed at eating Smurfs.
No.1032642
>>1032593
Nope. Just the 21 episodes.
No.1032643
>>1032622
Wonder what they taste like haha
No.1032647
>>1032643
Gargamel once tasted a stew they'd been bathing in for a while and licked some too and said they were delicious or some shit.
No.1032654
>>1032622
Them's the dubs.
No.1032656
>>1032577
Not to mention Greg Weisman doesn't seem to have the magic that he used to have
No.1032657
>>1032577
Did this at least get a comic continuation?
No.1032660
GI Joe Renegades.
It was an interesting take on the Joes and set them up for a more traditional GI Joe at the end of the season. But it never came.
No.1032667
>>1032657
They can't. Sony owns the specific rights to Spectacular, and again, Marvel would have to pay them to do anything with it.
Besides, the comic tie-ins Marvel did with their cartoons got so lazy they just started screenshotting actual episodes, and eventually just ended them entirely.
No.1032670
>>1032660
This was the best GI Joe ever made.
No.1032674
>>1032577
Why is that Ultimate Spiderman of all the fucking Spiderman cartoons was the only one to actually get an ending and not end up cancelled early?
No.1032679
>>1032642
Did some of the writers or someone from the show at least say how it ended or what they would've done? Or even some old scripts?
No.1032686
>>1032679
Nope. Production stopped after the 21st episode, so no more scripts, plans, or story drafts were made.
No.1032687
>>1032686
So not even the writers or creators themselves know? Do they at least have a shitty social media account?
No.1032690
Invidious embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>1032404
Sonic SatAM
>Sonic overthrows Dr. Robotnik
>the lackey Snively threatens a comeback
>nothing happens
I hate cliffhangers.
No.1032693
>>1032690
I think the comics sort of continued that plot point, and although Archie comics and Ken Penders are shit, you can just isolate the few issues that directly follow up the ending of SatAM and treat them as stand-alone from the rest of the shitty comic series. It all ends with Eggman being disintegrated and Sally's dad being saved from the void.
No.1032694
>>1032687
All of the people who worked on that series are like 50-60 years old. None of them have active social media accounts.
No.1032695
>>1032690
There was supposed to be a movie to wrap SatAM up, but Ken Penders botched the pitch to Sega, and the project was scrapped. You can find more information on the plans for SatAM's continuation here:
http://www.sonicsatam.com/information/the-lost-3rd-season/
No.1032699
>>1032695
>but Ken Penders botched the pitch to Sega
Its always that faggot ruining things. He also botched the sequel for Sonic Dark Brotherhood despite that the shits at Bioware actually bothered to honor him in a sense and actually make something likeable out of his crap ideas. Why does Sega keep letting that abominable Chris-chan/MovieBob hybrid do whatever he wants?
No.1032701
>>1032674
Bad luck.
Really, because, for once, it was placed on a stable network and Disney/Marvel clearly needed for it to succeed since it was the start of their new animation projects. The ratings were middling (Spectacular reruns did better than its premieres), but there was a lot riding on its "success".
Also, it was supposed to end in the third season, but apparently, it did well enough on Netflix that they greenlit one more season before ending it and rebooting months later.
No.1032703
>>1032699
The courts ruled in Penders' favor when he sued them, so they can't do anything to him unless he uses current Sonic characters in his shitty OC comics. Which I fully expect to happen, it's only a matter of time.
No.1032714
>Premature ends
Like what happened to Abe when he has sex with Joanna oh wait
No.1032797
>>1032703
He's literally using Future Knuckles and still calls him the guardian, and he's even wearing the Indiana Jones fedora from the Sonic movie and official Sega artwork, and they still haven't done jack squat. His characters are even called echidnas for crying out loud.
No.1032821
>>1032797
Is Ken Pender's artist Briana Wu?
This is the most vile character artwork I've ever seen, like he couldn't commit and pick between art styles
No.1032822
>>1032821
forgot the image
No.1032826
>>1032822
And he has how many years of experience in the industry?
No.1032827
>>1032821
Its hideous and he's even using Knuckles himself in his story yet Sega refuses to do anything against this turbo autist who does nothing but cockblock their ideas. I wouldn't be surprised if he's the reason why Sega stopped doing stories based on the Echidnas. Also, has Penders actually said anything about Sonic Forces? There's a lot of shit in it reminiscent of the comics and SatAM and Penders hates any references apparently.
No.1032828
>>1032826
More than 30 years and I'm flabbergasted that some out there actually bought his new books.
No.1032853
>>1032828
You'd think he would have actually gotten better with those 30 years, but I suppose even experience can't fix everything.
No.1033120
>>1032853
Penders is in a state of stunted development. He's like an evil and pretentious version of Chris-chan who is actually somewhat competent when it comes to legal shit.
No.1033537
>>1032828
Penders has new books? I thought Lara-Su Chronicles was some kind of eternal vapourware.
No.1033562
>>1032797
I thought he was calling them e'chyyydnas or some shit.
No.1033574
>>1033562
Echyd'nyas. Apparently, the name change was done to make pronouncing the species' name easier.
No.1033583
>>1033574
Does he seriously think echyd'nya is easier to pronounce than echidna?
No.1033674
>>1032409
Oh no, he doesn't die. He just takes his medication and shits a lot.
No.1033675
>>1032427
Also Dale is native american too.
No.1033677
>>1033674
Might as well have died since the pilot was never picked up.
No.1033699
>>1032567
>Stormhawks
it was a decent show but I could FEEL the filler toward the end of the series
No.1033796
Two great examples of a writer struggling to wrap up a whole series in one panel at the last second, when they've just found out their book has been cancelled.
No.1033799
YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
Weekend Pussy Hunt ended on a cliffhanger.
No.1034201
There's been about… five or six? Five or six different distinct versions of this comic, and every one ended on a cliff hanger. Then Gary Chaloner stops, retouches the art, rewrites some dialogue, and does another soft reboot, or he picks up the story years later without resolving the old story.
If memory serves, the first Jackaroo stories were in Cyclone Comics, and shared a universe with the other characters from that anthology, mostly superheroes. Then a magazine-size collection was printed, with new material, and the superhero crossovers clumsily edited out, and copyright-friendly expies substituted.
Then an American reprinting, with new material, some stories reshuffled to fit the series format, and new stubble added to the Jackaroo's face. A couple of old characters were Flanderised, and more subplots were added and never resolved.
Then there were a couple of backup stories in other books, a crossover with Badger, and then a tabloid-size black and white soft reboot continuing the story years later with no resolution of the old plot. Then I think there was another printing of all the material so far but I'm a little hazy on the whole thing by this point.
I love Chaloner's art, but at this stage, after waiting 30 years for him to get his shit together I guess he's a compulsive autodidact and will never finish a damn thing.
No.1041295
>>1032505
Why is India such a shit country?
No.1041300
>>1032404
>OP hasn't seen it yet
It might just been a visual gag with no greater meaning, but I hope it at least brings a smile to your face to know they're free.
No.1041655
>>1033796
>OMAC
I really am bummed how that ended. Seemed like it could have been good fun, sort of like a lighter toned Judge Dredd. Atleast we had a few good stories out of it, and now it's relegated to the forgotten past.
No.1041693
>>1041655
Like a lot of Jack's stuff, it was a pitch for Marvel before they finally pissed him off enough to leave for DC.
Originally it was going to be Captain America having adventures in the future.
I would have loved to have seen that, and New Gods as the sequel to Thor, and Captain Victory as the sequel to the New Gods.
We did get a limited series of OMAC by John Byrne, but it was just another one of the fat man's attempts to rewrite everything that Jack ever did. Guess he never got over Jack and Steve Gerber writing him as a company man with a removable spine and no genitals.
No.1041748
>>1041300
This gives me some hope, not much.