The Future of Adult Swim is BLEAK 

Preserve is the wrong word. All of these works are being preserved at the library of congress, and can often even be checked out for use. It's to ensure accessibility, not preservation. And that is still an important thing, but a different one.

@@harrylane4 No, they aren't. I don't know where you got that information, but only seminal works of film are entered into the national film registry, and only television shows primarily produced by NBC are preserved within, of which, it's an incredibly varying degree; some shows are held in full, others only have a few episodes. It's not all shows, and it's not all movies. I fully endorse piracy of any work, because while there are people out there who will consume whatever and whenever and then just move on, more often people who love and enjoy a thing will go out of their way to then support that thing, or even go back and purchase that which was pirated. And with more and more paywalls, live services, de-listings, and business manipulations without consequence (the tax write-offs by killing shows for example), and the extremely difficult if not nigh-impossible uphill legal battle it would take to not just slow such things down but outright halt them completely? Yeah, it's just as much preservation as it is accesibility.

Aye brother... From one pirate to another.

Piracy is illegal, dumbass.

@@katsupsauce driving without your seatbelt is too smartass. Legality does not always reflect morality

THIS. I'm serious I would rather have a gang of dojo loaches run WB than these clowns!

Rip Joe Pera

not really if anything as much as i hate the show im about to name I think that throne belongs to rick and morty still. & i enjoyed smiling friends too but its just another adult swim show even if it's powered behind youtubers

@@XZ-III I think Rick and Morty fell from grace tbh

@@prod.icemarisso rick and morty fell off when it leaned into self awareness

@@Rhombusreal And when Dan started integrating his incest fetishes

And just like that, we have our plot hook, don't we?

Yeahh!!! I don't understand why people keep shitting on it for "being inspired by creepypasta" or "Look!!! [Insert character] from [insert series] you watched when you were a child is there!!!" When it isn't even,,, inspired by that or is meant to convey that in the first place. It's a zombie apocalypse show with the spin of your childhood cartoon characters being twisted and mutilated by an unstoppable, inescapable force. And even if it's inspired by that or.. something, there's nothing wrong with that. If it's 'cringe', I don't care, I'll embrace the 'cringe' I've seen so many cool and silly theories come from people in the Pibby fandom, and I hope there's more to come. (((also sorry for being like 2 weeks late on this hghfdgjdfjkg)))

the angry 30 year old balding men on the internet cant go 5 seconds without deeming something cringe simply because kids like it unfortunately. i for one think the concept of pibby is cool.

@@iZaNull The FNF community saw Pibby, thought "This is creepypastas for cartoons!" and then started pumping out the worst mods possible. The only one who is creating decent Pibby FNF content is Jakenutron, and most of the early (critically damaging) Pibby mods traced his artwork and outright stole his music. Not to mention the original Pibby teaser also came out after some creepypasta FNF mods released so the timing couldn't be better (or worse). It hurt both the reputation of the FNF community (before it got even worse) and even Pibby's own reputation for a tiny bit as the only thing from searching Pibby would be the FNF garbage.

The problem with Pibby isn't that I hate the premise or concept. To me, I do believe making an apocalyptic show about long cancelled shows (either forgotten or fondly remembered) rising up from the dead by a mysterious glitchy sludge is intriguing to say the least. The animation is also very stunning as well. What I do hate about Pibby is the entire fanbase itself. Pibby, since her grand debut on this wonderful blue ball we call Earth, has spawned one of the fanbases ever made (I just can't seem to find the right adjectives for it at this point). Sure, fanbases are amazing, but they can be questionable at times. Not the fanbase itself, but more so the people in them. The Internet has taken Pibby and converted this intriguing concept of a show into a corrupted shell of its former self. The FNF community practically had a field day with this concept. What they would do is basically take an existing IP (e.g. any of our favourite forms of media) and glitchify or "Pibbify" them into eldritch abominations similar to either Cthulhu himself or whatever the Thing is. It's absolutely disheartening and unbelievable at what these people are doing with Pibby on the Internet. There are many ways you can support a project, but milking it dry like a cow is not one of them. I'm not encouraging or gaslighting anyone into giving up support for this amazing concept, but I just need to vent my frustrations out. Nowadays whenever I see anything Pibby-related, I no longer see that intriguing concept it once emerged as; I see it more as a corrupted dybbuk lurking in the shadows in the hopes that it would possess an unsuspecting person in order to spread its influence in any form of media. I can't even bring myself to even call the Pibby fanbase as it is. No longer do I see it as a fanbase, but more as a sinister cult who only worship Pibby as an ancient deity 24/7. It's truly heartbreaking at what the Internet could do to a concept like Pibby. This is seriously one of the most disgusting cases of people obsessing over a single piece of media. I, for one, have seen far worse examples.

The rtards in charge of as have been running it into the ground on purpose so they can waste the company money on coke and child hookers

@Jordan Powers I’ll check them out. Even if they can’t replicate that Joe Pera magic, I’m glad to see he’s having a positive influence on other creators

@Jordan Powers painting with John is just a sequel to fishing with John which came out in the 90s. Doesn't really have much in common with Joe Pera since there's not any comedy. How To definitely is a copy cat though you ain't wrong

@Jordan Powers how to is more like Nathan for you Comedy tho

The cancelation of world peace is pretty damn criminal as well

same

I didn’t think close enough was that funny…

@@roswellxo9214 that’s ok, still I liked it though.

God fuckin damn i was really hoping for more from close enough

@@roswellxo9214 just the art style of regular show got me hooked to the show, the show’s episodes were okay.

Same

“Soos, would it be wrong to punch a child?”

I swear at one point in time, shadow around the early 2000's was a bit more popular then sonic, so its kind of crazy for me to hear when he said that lol

@@blueyblue5831 you are so right, I'm pretty sure shadow getting so popular for that short span was why they made that Shadow the Hedgehog video game, where he had the gun and edgy music. "Bow your heads low all hail shadow" has been stuck in my head for YEARS

@@justasimplenobody2666 yeah i remember that game, i think it was on the game cube. super nostalgic lol. Well i hope that kid eventually found out it was actually shadow. Those games are so fun when u just get into them as a kid :) not sure how well those would hold up to the other games kids play now tho lol

The Ultimate Showdown becomes a series? Imagine lmao

final space was made by a youtube feller

The new age has been ongoing? Watch Ballmastrz and The Shivering Truth for example. They're EXCELLENT. And even Joe Pera Talks With You.

I’ve never met someone who watched it and didn’t at least finish it. The whole situation makes me so mad

Sameeeeeee the fact that they stopped at season 3

It's so sad because most People only watched season 1, but season 2 and 3 are so fucking good, it's tragic they decided to cancel it

IKR!

And of course, it had to end on the biggest cliffhanger the show could offer (Spoiler Warning): with Invictus getting out of Final Space and Ash going full evil. Felt like a total slap on the face to see it get canceled.

As evidenced when CN cancelled their only successful live action show and Young Justice, they don’t want to attract girls or people above the age of 12.

i dont think anyone thinks theyre mature for watching reality tv 😂

Fellow elder Millennial here, I agree, you're never too old to love watching animation.

You've been older than someone since the day you were born 🤯

Get ready for that to start happening a lot more.

Welcome to getting old. Being older than a lot of RU-vidrs I watch is still very weird to me as someone who grew up being the kiddo watching people.

Same here, I'm 23 which is basically an Internet boomer at this point

idk the paranoia agent one but other than that, same do you remember that weird one with the catman and it was like an acid trip?

​@@RosenrotRtLiebchen87 Yeah, I remember that show. I still quote ATHF to coworkers and friends lol

I love all of those! I used to stay up late when I was supposed to be asleep and watch them all. I'd be so tired the next morning at school but it was so worth it.

Nah you mean Sealab 2021 because Sealab 2020 is not something you wanna watch.

@@Maw0 I completely missed that! Thanks for the correction!

I want to make a show for Adult Swim I had always had that idea in my mind

Same

This is seriously some of the coolest shit. It's so terrifying. What makes it all the more unsettling is it's characters you know too.

Well i don't hate but find it extremely meh, generic zombie apocalypse thing but with Cartoon characters, great if you love cameos but that's really it, it is still just another show the relies on nostalgia

@@ironmaster6496 That is a dumbass take if I’ve ever seen one.

You can thank Friday Night Funkin' for that.

two nights ago I got a memory from my phone that one year ago I was all cozied up to watch the s3 premiere. Gotta admit, I teared up a little knowing I wouldn't be doing the same for a fourth ;-;

They cancelled what!?!?!

They'll raise the bar while keeping the budget for their shows in the dirt.

But the erm incest clone moms was funny and we can’t forget atheist Rick, wubbalubbadub dub 🤓

@@crazemate the show has a lot more to offer than that but I think it’s hilarious how the fandom latched onto those aspects for some reason

From the channel that used to play that fever dream of a show Xavier 😂 the audacity

So kinda like the sponge bob effect were the network would say "drop it" if it's not an instant hit right off the bat.

WHAT WHY IT WAS MY FAVORITE FUCKING SHOW

@@weeb_dweeb It came at the time all those cancellations and removing of the tv shows from HBO Max. I don’t know why, there was no reason given :)))

@@coldlamyeon7506 goddammit, so the show is gonna end in a goddamn cliffhanger, and TEEN TITANS GO GETS ANOTHER FUCKING SEASON.

Edit; so Ben is basically saying he doesn’t know what’s going to happen to it. There still is a good possibility it might be cancelled, because HBO Max will not air it. But it was originally cancelled along with another movie. @@stockp45510 I might have been wrong there but I swear I saw a tweet before that said that he said it was cancelled. Nonetheless, there are plenty of articles online saying that it was cancelled.

@@weeb_dweeb what’s so upsetting is that television companies are INSISTENT that cable is the best way to distribute their shows. Which means only episodic shows and only baby shows. Problem is…streaming is highly successful and extremely popular. But they don’t want to fund shows that thrive on that cuz it’ll reach a demographic they don’t want….women and people above the age of 12. Cuz apparently those guys can’t buy anything. The only profit to be made is by making 10 year olds beg their mothers for toys.

The Shivering Truth captures a lot of that same energy IMO, and the narrator actually sounds strikingly similar to Xavier I need to look up if it's the same voice actor Yeah they're both Vernon Chatman, watch The Shivering Truth man it has a lot of similarities but is also very unique

No, it ended perfectly.

i really want MDE to come back 😔

I love it .

Agreed, however Genndy himself seems interested in doing an anthology thing for a potential third season.

@@kikrinman1450 Oh I forgot about that. If it ever happens in the future, It could be potentially amazing.

I feel like “a bit” is a massive understatement, they crammed a two-part finale into one episode and it ended the otherwise amazing series on a really poor note

@@reduxys4819 I disagree personally. I think it ended just right.

i think genndy has chronic 'idk how to end things' disease. its 'finished' its just not particularly well paced and pretty mid.

This.

I really enjoyed the vibe of it. It's a shame, since it seems I won't get a chance to finish it.

Me too! Love Space Ghost!

Are you getting enough Oxygen in there?

@@nmr7203 true I'm honestly surprised how short lived Disney's let's play show was so it will probably be a fad as well

@@nmr7203 I want to want theodd1sout to succeed but dude's gone way too corporate for me and I saw his show and it just didn't look appealing. And I get that one could say it's for kids and I'm just not one, but I felt even for the kids, they could do better. I believe in Jaiden tho.

I wouldn't compare storytime animators that have other people do all of their coloring/shading, editing, syncing and even draw some of the frames entirely. To actually funny animators creating entirely original works, with proper scripts (not just spouting member-berries) making them with minimal outside help for the drawing. production

Jaiden’s gotten a bit less child friendly on her channel, I SO DESPERATELY HOPE she makes the right move ( i think jaiden probably will, like, come on she’s smart she can do this ) and makes a good show for a multi age audience or even a teen+ show

lol

They made sure of that after Eisner

This sure aged well

You say that despite the fact Disney cancelled one of its best shows in years. A show with ample online support during a time where they’d make a killing cuz it takes advantage of how people watch things. But they were obsessed with staying old school and then realized that they killed their golden goose and admitted their mistake. It’s not as aggregious as what Nickelodeon, CN, ans AS did to their shows tho

@@ma.2089 True, all companies hate admitting that they made a mistake. Thats why they often wrap it up with new show releases. Many people will be more reseptable to a canceling if its addressed with the announcement of new shows.

Thank goodness, I liked that show.

Well smiling friends is the closest we’ll get him and zach tried to get adult swim to pick up hellbenders but they lost out to fuckin mr pickles and its dead on arrival spinoff

@@TheRealRusDaddy Mr pickles in my opinion is RU-vid tier content and not tv quality.

@@joeywheeler3838 Nah Mr. Pickles looks more like some crappy show you'd find on Roku.

@@ExtremeWreck I don't understand the existence of the post happy tree friends happy tree dog on the TV.

@@joeywheeler3838 Happy Tree Friends was a more intelligent show than Mr. Pickles though. It's more like a crappypasta.

I think it's kinda cute because their personalities are really similar to their teenage counterparts... As for the 'how did they not know each other?', I can't even tell you cause Chef didn't age. Aside from that just assume they didn't connect all that much as kids so they were like strangers later on-?

@@queen_zj6136 my thoughts immediately went to connecting the characters from both shows and speculation about how since its like daycare, and daycare kids don’t really remember a lot that they just forgot about each other, and as for Chef. He found the fountain of youth or something

Bro kids thinking ATHF was a Pibby thing made me so mad. Get off of Adult Swim holy hell!

Parasyte is such an underrated anime. The only reason I know about it is cause of toonami. Also sucks that primal is switching to an anthology

As someone who was avoidant of anime, it's just because I grew up on Naruto and similar shonen stuff, you know... badly written/one-dimensional female characters, power level stuff, etcetera. I learned that I just don't like mediocre anime, and there's a lot of it. But with all art forms, there's a lot of good art. People who say they don't like anime usually are people who've just seen the typical anime bullshit and were turned off. All you need to do is show them an anime with very little to no anime bullshit. I still don't watch anime frequently but I also don't dismiss the good stuff. Recently, Mob Psycho and My Little Monster were some I found enjoyable. One even makes fun of some typical anime bullshit tropes in Mob Psycho. And I love Reigen. Someone wrote a tweet way back that I think my brother can relate to-it said something like "Showing anyone anime is hard because you have to know how much anime bullshit they're cool with and you won't know unless you already know them very well".

I don't like anime because of all the sexual degeneracy not only around it but baked right into the content

@@branch7628 That happens in western media as well. If you don't like animated innuendos (because mind you, that kind of stuff is illegal in Japan), you shouldn't be a fan of American/English television (non-animated) which has more than just intention and it's real human bodies/more sexual.

It's funny because 'anime' is just the word for cartoon in Japan. Every country has animated films, but when it comes to Americans, for some reason too many of us (not me) believe it's "kid's media" so they don't both looking at it.

China IL, Rick and Morty, Children’s Hospital, Infomercials. There’s a lot of [as] shows that feature internet talent

@@BHultra Fair. It was just the first time I thought about Brad Neely in forever.