"Titan A.E." - Great In-Flight Movie...

**Vin** · 06-28-2002, 09:21 AM

Who else would like to see this movie air on Toonami "In-Flight Movies." Cartoon Network is known to acquire movies from other companies, including Universal, among others. "Titan A.E." which was created by Don Bluth, is a great movie, which was released by 20th Century Fox. I'd love to see it on Toonami as an In-Flight movie and the rights to it shouldn't be too hard to acquire because it was a big flop. It only grossed about $20 million in the United States.

**j32885** · 06-28-2002, 10:12 AM

Toonami needs all the movies it can grab. Titan A.E. It would diffidently be consider Toonami material and should used as an In-flight Movie.

**Albright** · 06-28-2002, 11:19 AM

Titan AE is a decent movie... but it's also a Fox production. And we all know how much Fox luuuuves to give away the rights to its stuff.

**Conan-san** · 06-28-2002, 03:07 PM

personaly, i think more us-action movies (animated, duh,) would be a good move for toonami.

**Opaque** · 06-28-2002, 03:39 PM

thats a good idea... i like that movies. but hey, you got my hopes up, i thought this thread was about it showing, not the idea of it showing. sad times.

**Mad Scientist** · 06-28-2002, 07:29 PM

Somebody slap me in the head for why I didn't think of THAT before on that similar topic to this.

**Sheamon** · 06-28-2002, 10:04 PM

I personally despised the movie, although I can certainly see it fitting on Toonami. I wouldn't say seeing it on the block is a far stretch.

**JTurner954** · 06-29-2002, 01:04 AM

I didn't like it either. Too many Star Wars elements for me to enjoy it. And I'm not a big fan of the animation here either. I never saw The Iron Giant, but from the previews, it looked more suitable for Cartoon Network than Titan A.E..

**RogueMartian** · 06-29-2002, 01:15 AM

I put Titan A.E. on the same level as the Iron Giant: they were okay. The characters weren't that interesting and neither was the plot. I doubt Titan A.E. will ever see the light of Toonami though, it would probably be to expensive to buy the rights from Fox.

**JohnCrichton** · 06-29-2002, 02:25 PM

I put Titan A.E. on the same level of Iron Giant too, only I thought they were both waaaay past frelling brilliant!

I'd love to see Titan A.E. on Toonami, but I just don't see it happening. It's a FOX property and I don't see them taking a chance that CN would market it in a way so that it gets the attention that it deserved when it was first release. Putting it on Toonami alone I think would make FOX's marketing "campaign" just look bad.

That would be a good dream tho.....

**Zapages** · 06-29-2002, 03:11 PM

Titan A.E. <-- I always wanted to see this movie... But never able to... I would love to see it non Toonami or CN....

**Sandro** · 06-29-2002, 06:05 PM

If Titan A.E. would fall into CN's hands, it would be a great addition but really it's a pipedream.

**Mad Scientist** · 06-29-2002, 07:37 PM

I'm not too sure about Iron Giant. It just looks like a 90-minute episode of Gigantor to me.

**JTurner954** · 07-03-2002, 12:46 AM

Finally saw Iron Giant (pretty good). I'm glad to see this than Titan A.E.. Know why it didn't do well in theaters?? Because it's not a good movie. If it does show up though, I have no problem with it (after all, they do show Land Before Time). I'll just change the channel.

**Gundam_Warrior** · 07-04-2002, 07:23 AM

I thought Iron Giant was a potenial animation classic and I thought it was better than any American or Disney production since The Secret of N.I.M.H, Heavy Metal, and Transformers: The Movie. Titan A.E. was a good film as me being a fan of N.I.M.H I looked foward to seeing a seroius film from Don Bluth. Anyway back to the point..Titan would be a good nomination. It would go well with the Batman, Sailor Moon, DBZ and other movies on Toonami. Thats just my opionion I could be wrong.

**zimbach** · 07-04-2002, 05:59 PM

Rock&Rule was a seriously underrated Nelvana production from the early 80s. (Say what you will about their current work, but in their early days they were uber-cool). It had an awesome soundtrack by Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, Deborah Harry (of Blondie), Cheap Trick, and Earth, Wind, and Fire.

They'll probably have to edit a few scenes because of drug references and implied nudity. Maybe it would be better for Adult Swim. Anyway, it's a great film about struggling musicians, post-apocalyptic mutants, and demon summoning. Too bad it never came out on video, unless I'm mistaken.

A few of the songs made it on to a Cheap Trick greatest hits album a few years ago.

**Gundam_Warrior** · 07-04-2002, 08:44 PM

I remember Rock n Rule come on TNT a couple of years ago it came on after Heavy Metal and American Pop. So I think in theory that they could show it on AS and maybe Toonami this was a couple of years ago so I really don't remember anything in detail of what they edited or anything.

**Discloner** · 07-08-2002, 06:15 PM

Sorry to revive this thread, but I haven't been on for a week, and i need to say something regarding this topic.

I like the movie Titan A.E. and can see it fitting in really well with the Toonami block as In-Flight Movie. Another movie that I can see on the block...but is owned by another company is: Final Fantasy: Spirits Within. I love this movie, and like Titan A.E., it was a flop. Occasionally i find someone who likes this movie too. The animation is awsome, it has action, adventure, and probubly needs a bit of editing...However, i can see how if CN got rights to this movie, they wouldn't air it untill later at night...it is a bit violent. Maybe a "Night-Flight" Movie?