Was ADVANCE ROBOTICS Talking About Toonami's Fall?

[JohnCrichton]

I never liked Advance Robotics. I didn't see any meaning behind it, except that Robots were coming to destroy us all.

And I was thinking... "No they aren't. Why aren't you telling us how cool they are and why they're cool?"

Instead it kept going on about how these cold mechanised things were marching in, smarter, and all that rut.... and could not be stopped.

"Let the the fall of mankind give way to a new age...." Meaning that they're talking about Toonami's fall and how they're turning their attention toward Adult Swim?

The last line, "There's litte point why bother... this planet was doomed anyway..." and they show shots of unfeeling bigger bots marching in from the sea as if there was a cold corporate unfeeling take over.

And didn't this come out around the coming of Kellner?

And wasn't this like the last really *great* looking Toonami short?

Hmmmmm...... I know it sounds like I'm a mad man and that I'm reaching for straws, but find a copy of it, or go to the Toonami Digital Arsenal and watch it again and imagine that Toonami's talking about how execs are muscling in on their growing property and there's little they can do about it.

Just.... listen.................... 0_o

[Crickett]

Well, at the time, Toonami was really focusing in on Dragonball Z. I thought the meaning behind it was to remind people that they hadn't forgotten about various shows like Gundam Wing and Big O.

[JohnCrichton]

"...built by man, serve no one."

"...acting without conscience...."

"The robots among us, watching... waiting... calculate their new world order. Their time is coming, they cannot be stopped...."

Remind you of how the execs were watching over the Toonami reps' shoulder when they did that last weak online chat, where we asked questions? Hmmmmm?

I'm watching all this on Toomami Special Edition.

Next episode is called "Broken Promise..." starts off with Gene watching a rocket take off.... Almost as if he were watching his dream take off and away.

"A boy has a right to dream..." and its quiet as if the ones behind this are thinking toward the futuer... trying not to worry about what's past.

"Whatever happens from now, you stay firm and face your destiny without fear..." "You have to trust in your own power..." like they've accepted what was going to be done and the souless merger between Toonami and KidsWB or something. But had to move on, because they had the talent to do it....

It goes on and on, as if something bad had really happened, questions like "What is thy desire..." and word of continuing on the quest float in and out......

"Maybe I'll never get over this.. I've lived my life following my dreams..." I mean, the folk who make these videos aren't just picking and streaming quotes at random.

I'm really believing they're trying to say something here. I've a director's heart, and whenever I watch something... movie, tv show, music video, I'm always wondering.... what's the director trying to say through this story.

Materpieces aren't made thoughtlessly, and Toonami was a masterpiece...

"Are you just going to keep running away?!" "Running away!? .... I'm not running."

Hm....

Gene has a frightened determined look in his eye.... he holds Melfina's hand as the ship seems to take off from us. "Believe in yourself.... do not fear failure..."

And it kinda ends quietly like that... ship taking off and away....

Broken Promise[ Dreams ], is what they call it.

Following right after that...... a promo of Adult Swim.


Am I a madman... or a FRELLING genius....?

You decide.

Hm, was this a JCO?

[Crickett]

I thought Broken Promises was created long before Kids WB Toonami.

[JohnCrichton]

Possibly, but if there was anybody who knew a pathetic version of Toonami was going to KidsWB.... it would've been the Willy Street Boys.

Find a copy... watch it over at the Digital Arsenal.... Advance Robotics and then Broken Promise in a row and see what I'm talking about.

I think... I'm right.

Either that or I'm doing that psychological thing where if you tell yourself enough to see something eventually you will see it.

But what else could those videos mean? Watch 'em and watch 'em closely and think about what each line would mean coming from the people at Willy Street.

[Dark Spider]

Wow JC..... that was deep. Now you're scaring me.

[Spike Mcdougal]

The first time this video aired was August 31st 2 nights before the first Adult Swim.

Yeah i detect a bit of irony

[JohnCrichton]

Oh my gods.... AM I RIGHT!?!?!?!?!

Toonami!!!!!

FRAG!!! Where's Jeff?!?!!? He'd know for sure!

NEEEEMMMMAAALLLLLLKIIII, WHY AREN'T YOU HEEEEEAAAR!!!!!

[Kesh]

Yeesh, talk about paranoia. It was a nifty little music video made with sound & video clips from Toonami shows.

[VinceA]

JC, you may be right but you've got to find a hobby (other than video analysis), women, man, whatever. You're spending your time analyzing a video clip on CN. The Zapruder (I'm sure I got that spelling wrong) film of Kennedy being shot has had less analysis than this (OK, I exagerate - but will Oliver Stone's next film be JCO?)

Of course, if you see black helicopters outside your home... ignore them

[Weatherman]

Me thinks JC needs to unplug for a night. "Broken Promise" was made long before KWB Toonami came onto the scene, and it was probably planed before KWB Toonami was even contemplated. Still, yeah, if they were both produced now, I might see the connection JC's trying to make. Advanced Robotica actualy, to me, seems more like a warning shot to the non-mecha centered KWB Toonami from the more mecha centered CN Toonami.

[JohnCrichton]

I don't know and I don't mean that those two videos were specifically meant about KWB "Toonami" or not.

But at first when I thought they were just a waste of time and talent... videos that didn't really say anything I watched them again.

All I ask, is watch 'em and then try and tell me I'm paranoid.

[Artemis]

Thanks to you, when I watch these videos now I don't go, "Wow! Cool!" but go "Hmmmmm" instead.

Thinking, bleh!

[JohnCrichton]

I ain't happy about it either. Instead of going, "What the hell are they talking about!? This is stupid...." I go, "Oh no!!! Oh noooo!!!!"

[Majin Vegeta]

If they EVER take away ANYTHING out of my beloved Toonami, then I will NEVER watch Cartoon Network again! And that's a PROMISE! You hear me? A PROMISE!

[Deltamon]

See, I *DO* want things taken out of Toonami Prime:

-TAKE OUT the overkilling of DBZ and/or BD reruns. Either get new eps, show the reruns on Fridays or in the weekends, or simply put the shows aside for a fresher lineup until you got something new to add.

-TAKE OUT the pipes; they were nice before, but now its time for a change.

-TAKE OUT the excess KWB pluggin' and START FOCUSIN' ON TOONAMI PRIME AGAIN!


But alas, these are old demands that'll probably never get fulfilled, so I'll be quiet now.

[Mr. Obsession]

JC... I think your geezer brain is playing tricks on you. Besides, whenever WS has a message to get out to the people they're usually a little more obvious than that.


Sometimes a cool Toonami video is just a cool Toonami video.

[EmoKark]

WOW JC your right. I am getting scared really scared now. I mean when toonami makes a new movie what will it be. The nice weather before the storm or what this is crazy

[Obi]

I think you're looking into things a little too much. It's just a cool little movie they made, I doubt it's supposed to mean anything really.

Though those are some strange coincidences...

[Vin]

Originally posted by JohnCrichton
I never liked Advance Robotics. I didn't see any meaning behind it, except that Robots were coming to destroy us all.

And I was thinking... "No they aren't. Why aren't you telling us how cool they are and why they're cool?"

Instead it kept going on about how these cold mechanised things were marching in, smarter, and all that rut.... and could not be stopped.

"Let the the fall of mankind give way to a new age...." Meaning that they're talking about Toonami's fall and how they're turning their attention toward Adult Swim?

The last line, "There's litte point why bother... this planet was doomed anyway..." and they show shots of unfeeling bigger bots marching in from the sea as if there was a cold corporate unfeeling take over.

And didn't this come out around the coming of Kellner?

And wasn't this like the last really *great* looking Toonami short?

Hmmmmm...... I know it sounds like I'm a mad man and that I'm reaching for straws, but find a copy of it, or go to the Toonami Digital Arsenal and watch it again and imagine that Toonami's talking about how execs are muscling in on their growing property and there's little they can do about it.

Just.... listen.................... 0_o

Wow, that JC's a deep man. Deep. LOL.

Seriously though, I think you're looking into things too much. "The Best is yet to come!"