> Anthony: > I was just wondering if any of you people here on the list watch any > of the other shows on the "Fox Box". Like "Fighting > Foodons"......and if so....how many times have you tried to commit > suicide while watching them.
GW: > ~Not quite...but I am seriously concerned about the future of > this society.... *comes back in, all pumped up from a really cool New Media presentation at IUPUI* Oh wow, perfect timing! Yes.. I think it's FoxBox in itself that's suffering a bit. The old season, before this new FoxBox facade, seemed much better. Even though I'm not a huge fan of anime shows, I didn't mind watching shows like Digimon, Medabots, and the occasion TF:Robots in Diguise. But now... eh, it is scary that the only good show I like on the Fox Box is TMNT. It's the only thing I watch there. Before that, I'm sleeping, and as soon as the Crap Twins come on, I'm fleeing from that to watch the Rugrats and the Wild Thornburry's. Which brings me back to this New Media presentation, called the Interface Symposium. It's the first time they did this, so there were some bugs, but I thought it was great! The folks in charge of this, had invited 10 guest speakers from around the country, in various mediums. http://interfacesymposium.iupui.edu/ We had a couple Marvel comic book artists, a variety of CGI and traditional animators, video game developers, and graphic artists for TV and web. The big animation company was none other than Klasky Csupo Inc. This is the one that puts out such features like the Simpsons, Ren & Stimpy, the Rugrats and the Wild Thornberry's. You know, the well done animated shows! And.. they are always looking for new talent! http://www.klaskycsupo.com *grumbles about the fact this is in LA* Why is everything cool out in California? :P But anyway, the spokeslady Rachelle Lewis, agrees that it seems that good quality shows are going down... suffering from this new outcry for that crazy reality TV. But she's not gonna give up the fight. They are going to continue pushing what they can in hopes of turning it around. And... there is news that they are planning to bring Ren & Stimpy back with all new episodes. I was also motivated with the really good advice she (and the rest of the speakers ont he panel) about reassurinf us that we still have the opportunity to built a career in animation, CGI, veido game designing, etc if we have the will. And what it takes to built a portfolio with concept sketches and other design work for companies like this to look at. So... even though it seems that the Fox channel can't pick the right kind of shows, doesn't mean all cartoons everywhere are going down the sewer. I still have hope for the future... especially if talented artits types like us can change that! :D ~HT ===== "A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself." ~Master Splinter ---== ] http://www.turtlequest.com [ ==--- __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com
