I loathe the idea that the Cartoon Network has moved into the live action arena. It was bad enough when they started showing live action movies and even crappy variety-style shows but now they’re moving into the Sci-Fi (oops..meant Scy-Fy) Channel arena of terrible original movie concepts.
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| Cartoon Network sets up King Arthur movie Live-action movie described as modern retelling of tale By Nellie Andreeva April 15, 2009, 11:00 PM ET Written by Travis Wright ("Eagle Eye"), the project, tentatively titled "Reborn," is inspired by the legend of Merlin. It is described as a modern retelling of the King Arthur tale, with archetypal characters from the legend transported to the present. |
Does the world really need yet another bad re-imagination of the King Arthur myth? I doubt it.
Are the ratings that much better for live action? I realize live action is cheaper and faster to produce than animation but a zillion channels already do shoddy sf/f live action. What about the shoddy original animated films? They need love, too.
I really like the idea of a network that shows nothing but cartoons.
What’s next? Comedy Central to air Sopranos?