tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post4879630620611874082..comments2024-03-26T22:42:06.412-07:00Comments on TAG Blog: Warner Bros. Animation Gets New BloodSteve Huletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-72643607903988707872007-11-28T11:50:00.000-08:002007-11-28T11:50:00.000-08:00Warners and Universal have been the Kings of how t...Warners and Universal have been the Kings of how to miss handle Animation. Finding new and inventive ways to ruin property after property.<BR/><BR/>WB's super hero shows being the exception because for once they listened to the creative forces behind behind the shows rather than leaving it to yet another inflated idiot receptionist turned executive.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-78676689153563023502007-11-28T11:18:00.000-08:002007-11-28T11:18:00.000-08:00Cartoon Network used to be part of Hanna-Barbera. ...Cartoon Network used to <I>be</I> part of Hanna-Barbera. And when H-B merged with WBA, it was part of WBA.<BR/><BR/>So we've already been there.<BR/><BR/>All I know is that Disney (the conglomerate) seems to make its various animation divisions work more smoothly than Time-Warner (the conglomerate).<BR/><BR/>I have no idea why this is, but suspect it occurs because CN reports to Turner in Atlanta and WBA reports to WB in Burbank.Steve Huletthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537689111433326847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-55719420919430396042007-11-28T11:15:00.000-08:002007-11-28T11:15:00.000-08:00They already tried the merge 10 years ago, and fou...They already tried the merge 10 years ago, and found that the 2 studios had totally different content/management styles.<BR/><BR/>But then again, that was back when WB was all about Animaniacs/Batman and CN was still making shorts into series... a lifetime ago on the TV landscape.Chris Battlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01315912681205822163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-3090656041148900632007-11-28T00:35:00.000-08:002007-11-28T00:35:00.000-08:00Maybe the reason WBA and CN don't do more together...Maybe the reason WBA and CN don't do more together is that if they did some bean counter would say "hey, they pretty much do the same thing, why don't we merge them and lay off all the unnecessary duplication in workers?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-14964620922780855772007-11-27T18:01:00.000-08:002007-11-27T18:01:00.000-08:00Oh my God, not Heather at Cartoon Network??!! Goo...Oh my God, not Heather at Cartoon Network??!! Good God!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-5312680574936897652007-11-27T17:47:00.000-08:002007-11-27T17:47:00.000-08:00It looked like he only tried to get shows on the a...It looked like he only tried to get shows on the air, that had his name attached as creator or Co-creator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-37476408344417587472007-11-27T16:56:00.000-08:002007-11-27T16:56:00.000-08:00Sam's one of the better guys in animation. I'm no...Sam's one of the better guys in animation. I'm not a big fan creatively of the shows he's put out, but he works hard to get shows on the air, not just to keep his own job, unlike others at Cartoon Network (a particular female whose first name rhymes with Feather).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-50637356658781257162007-11-27T16:40:00.000-08:002007-11-27T16:40:00.000-08:00But working on something is better than working on...But working on something is better than working on nothing. Trying to find the silver lining, really I am.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-14400237784235665742007-11-27T16:33:00.000-08:002007-11-27T16:33:00.000-08:00That's terrific. Giving money to an idiot who's on...That's terrific. Giving money to an idiot who's only skill is gloaming on to other peoples projects! The system continues to prove that poop does indeed float.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22906998.post-81395703308225591922007-11-27T14:52:00.000-08:002007-11-27T14:52:00.000-08:00I've wondered the same thing myself and asked a fr...I've wondered the same thing myself and asked a friend that works at CN once and they said that though they are "sister companies" that they are two sisters that don't get along very well.<BR/><BR/>Do you think that maybe they are not working closer together because of Cartoon Network's origins as a Turner company? <BR/><BR/>Anyone out there with some insight?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com