Appeal to teenagers?

The JAM · Post by **The JAM** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:45 pm

Wait, then does she speak Japanese, or did she just do the English dub?

Mikhail Dragoslav · Post by **Mikhail Dragoslav** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:18 pm

Um....question? If the executives wanted teenaged appeal, then why hire a twelve year old??

Maxgoof · Post by **Maxgoof** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:42 pm

1) The show was probably originally in English, and was trying to imitate Anime, much like Teen Titans does. Hence, she did not speak Japanese, but was taught enough words to carry off the anime impression.

2) Executives change their minds about shows all the time. One exec likes a show, and gives it the green light, another comes along and nixes it for another set of reasons.

TMLutas · Post by **TMLutas** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 8:20 am

maxgoof wrote:1) The show was probably originally in English, and was trying to imitate Anime, much like Teen Titans does. Hence, she did not speak Japanese, but was taught enough words to carry off the anime impression.

This is the great american culture absorption machine at work. Remember, pizzas once were foreign food. I suspect sometime this century that the "anime import" trade will balance betwee US imports from Japan and Japanese imports from the US.

RHJunior · Post by **RHJunior** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:19 pm

Executives can and do cancel shows for far more insignificant reasons.
As the creator of the Incredibles noted, it's all politics. Executive X approves a project, project lingers in production, executive X gets fired, and his replacement executive Y is terrified of being associated with anything executive X touched. So they'll either drop the project entirely or shuffle it off to development hell to die.
Back when they were still shopping "the Incredibles" around, one exec tried to ashcan the project by telling him "your main character is wearing red-- our focus groups show that audiences don't like characters who wear red."

Spacewolfomega · Post by **Spacewolfomega** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 5:35 pm

Mikhail Dragoslav wrote:Um....question? If the executives wanted teenaged appeal, then why hire a twelve year old??

I'm guessing they meant that teenage boys were more interested in watching G.I. Joe type stuff as opposed to Barbie type stuff.

I don't know... I think I figured it all out a long time ago. See, when most boys my age were watching He-Man, I was watching She-Ra. Was it because I was a bit quirky or something? Not really... Let's see what each show had to offer.

He-Man: Half-naked men with big muscles running around fighting.
She-Ra: Slender, shapely women running around in mini-skirts fighting evil.

Hmmm... for me, it was a no-brainer. Plus, Catra won me over, too. Sure, she was a dork, but something about her voice...

LoneWolf23k · Post by **LoneWolf23k** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 6:33 pm

RHJunior wrote:Executives can and do cancel shows for far more insignificant reasons.

Yep.. Even moreso the Executives at Fox.. They cancel great shows all the time.. Firefly, John Doe, Greg the Bunny..

Namrepus221 · Post by **Namrepus221** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:43 pm

LoneWolf23k wrote:
RHJunior wrote:Executives can and do cancel shows for far more insignificant reasons.
Yep.. Even moreso the Executives at Fox.. They cancel great shows all the time.. Firefly, John Doe, Greg the Bunny..

Family guy... The Tick...

Anyways I've been wondeing. If Eugene is a fan of the show and it was done almost before he was born and only lasted 12 episodes. Umm how?

Did they remake it or something?

RHJunior · Post by **RHJunior** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 9:26 pm

Heheheheh.

Dude. How long ago was the original Star Trek aired? And how many episodes?

And HOW MANY trekkies were still running around before even the first Star Trek movie?

Sharuuk · Post by **Sharuuk** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 10:10 pm

*waves*

Here's one...a-standin' ra'chere!!!

S'aaruuk

Wallaroo_Blacke · Post by **Wallaroo_Blacke** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:32 am

Spacewolfomega wrote:I'm guessing they meant that teenage boys were more interested in watching G.I. Joe type stuff as opposed to Barbie type stuff.

I rather bathe in Love Canal than touch that one... circa 1977.

Spacewolfomega wrote:He-Man: Half-naked men with big muscles running around fighting.
She-Ra: Slender, shapely women running around in mini-skirts fighting evil.

Hmmm... think that the boys'll be interested in He-man's sister?

Spacewolfomega wrote:Hmmm... for me, it was a no-brainer. Plus, Catra won me over, too. Sure, she was a dork, but something about her voice...

I agree... superheroines are rather...

Nice!

Politely put!

IronFox · Post by **IronFox** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 9:01 am

Namrepus221 wrote:
LoneWolf23k wrote:
RHJunior wrote:Executives can and do cancel shows for far more insignificant reasons.
Yep.. Even moreso the Executives at Fox.. They cancel great shows all the time.. Firefly, John Doe, Greg the Bunny..
Family guy... The Tick...

Anyways I've been wondeing. If Eugene is a fan of the show and it was done almost before he was born and only lasted 12 episodes. Umm how?

Did they remake it or something?

Same thing goes for Firefly.
Browncoats Forever!!!

Namrepus221 · Post by **Namrepus221** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:36 am

Anyone think on the "How Eugene can be a fan of a show that happened before he was born" thing?

Cause I'd kinda like to know how RH is gonna explain it a bit. I'm kinda confused.

IronFox · Post by **IronFox** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:39 am

Namrepus221 wrote:Anyone think on the "How Eugene can be a fan of a show that happened before he was born" thing?

Cause I'd kinda like to know how RH is gonna explain it a bit. I'm kinda confused.

That's not necessarily a problem with anything. I'm a pretty big fan of Danny Kaye and Abbott and Costello, and they were around a lot longer before I was born.

LoneWolf23k · Post by **LoneWolf23k** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 1:17 pm

Spacewolfomega wrote:He-Man: Half-naked men with big muscles running around fighting.
She-Ra: Slender, shapely women running around in mini-skirts fighting evil.

Well, the He-Man show did have Teela, the Sorceress and Evil-Lynn, so it wasn't just half-naked guys.

Namrepus221 · Post by **Namrepus221** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:04 pm

IronFox wrote:
Namrepus221 wrote:Anyone think on the "How Eugene can be a fan of a show that happened before he was born" thing?

Cause I'd kinda like to know how RH is gonna explain it a bit. I'm kinda confused.
That's not necessarily a problem with anything. I'm a pretty big fan of Danny Kaye and Abbott and Costello, and they were around a lot longer before I was born.

That's a possibility. But what about the Doll that Eugene has?

Found at a garage sale or bargin bin?

IronFox · Post by **IronFox** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:05 pm

Namrepus221 wrote:
IronFox wrote:
Namrepus221 wrote:Anyone think on the "How Eugene can be a fan of a show that happened before he was born" thing?

Cause I'd kinda like to know how RH is gonna explain it a bit. I'm kinda confused.
That's not necessarily a problem with anything. I'm a pretty big fan of Danny Kaye and Abbott and Costello, and they were around a lot longer before I was born.
That's a possibility. But what about the Doll that Eugene has?

Found at a garage sale or bargin bin?

The internets!!!! Ebay most likely, or if he were older, I'd say an Anime convention.

Namrepus221 · Post by **Namrepus221** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:25 pm

IronFox wrote:
Namrepus221 wrote:
IronFox wrote: That's not necessarily a problem with anything. I'm a pretty big fan of Danny Kaye and Abbott and Costello, and they were around a lot longer before I was born.
That's a possibility. But what about the Doll that Eugene has?

Found at a garage sale or bargin bin?
The internets!!!! Ebay most likely, or if he were older, I'd say an Anime convention.

BTW...what age ARE Eugene and Tagger?

BrockthePaine · Post by **BrockthePaine** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:34 pm

Namrepus221 wrote:BTW...what age ARE Eugene and Tagger?

I'd guess 14 or 15...

Namrepus221 · Post by **Namrepus221** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 5:40 pm

They don't look like teenager's from the look of their peer's.

Thelma is roughly 17 which would make eugene somewhere in teh neighborhood of about 12 IMO.