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Adult Swim To Offer Streaming Video Option
Julio Capote wrote to mention a press release making the rounds stating that Adult Swim will be allowing viewers to watch shows via streaming video. From the article: "Starting Sept. 16, AdultSwim.com will offer full-length episodes of these and other programs in an initiative Cartoon Network is calling Friday Night Fix. Each week between 11 p.m.-6 a.m. ET, a selection of current and fan-requested shows will be available for free viewing. There also will be previews of episodes scheduled to debut the next Sunday" The official Williams Street announcement is also available.
Cartoons are a lot more interesting (and more intellectually stimulating) than most of what's on TV these days.
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...who has to foot the cost of the bandwidth bill.
...our new robot chicken overlords?
Is it some kind of water-fetish pr0n channel? Chicks in swimcaps and such?
Reminder: Apple owns 1/255th of the internet.
Yeah, they have obviously missed the fact that much of their content could be done start to finish in Flash starting with Aqua Teen Hunger Force. For much of their lineup, 30fps video is massive overkill. Heck, some of it could be sent out as a flip-book without losing anything and quite possibly improving on it.
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I wonder what the networks and programmers will think of this? I mean it's not that big but are commericals included too :D
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With DVRs nearing commonplace (especially in /. circles), Big networks take heed. We aren't watching your commercials. Provide an online streaming service on-demand with all previous episodes of a show, place ads in the stream, and your in the money. Cartoon network is showing some progressive thinking here and I applaud the initiative.
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This is perfect for me and my roommate--we are college students with our own apartment, and can't afford to get even basic cable service ($52.95/mo?!). We have netflix instead, which is fine for me since I don't watch TV anyway, but she misses her Adult Swim. Internet is a necessity, though, so we have 5Mbps downstream cable internet (more than enough for streaming video). Now we can get the one thing we were missing out on--free and legal!
Thank you, Cartoon Network!
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as well as the more comedy oriented shows. I can't get into most of the comedy Adult Swim offerings (but then I don't really care even for Family Guy, sans Stewie - Futurama is about they only comedy I really go for) but I do enjoy a lot of their anime shows. I wonder if their contracts for distribution of anime limit what they can do here? Given how many episodes Inuyasha has I would have thought it would be a prime candidate to offer streams of - if you miss an episode it can be a looooong time before it repeats. BigO I would like to see return (although I did crack and get the DVDs for that one). Cowboy Bebop is an obvious one except I expect they know everyone will tune in to see it anyway (but for goodness sake get it out of the 1:30am timeslot! Even geeks sleep eventually.)
All in all, I must say I have been very pleasantly surprised by Adult Swim - it has definitely broadened my ideas about cartoons - they really AREN'T just for kids. I suppose that's obvious to this crowd, but I didn't know much about anime...
So anyway, hat's off to Adult Swim for daring to try something new and different in the US. Keep 'em coming!
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This is why I have a TiVo and only watch what I want to watch. The repeats of shows, including SciFi channel, are absolutely great for us DVR people because it helps in the time conflict management.
Besides, Cartoon Network is a mix of lot of anime and adult-themed shows that have a bit more thinking involved than your usual 'adult' realty shows.
I recall watching [adult swim] just this last week and seeing a bump (if you don't know what I'm talking about, it's clear you don't watch AS) listing things that definitely WON'T be coming to Adult Swim in the future. One of those things listed was free streaming video on Friday nights. I only wish I could remember what some of the other items on that list were, as it seems the people at Williams Street are pulling another sneaky maneuver like they did with their famous "Aqua Teen Cancellation".
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Also, Supernatural pilot/series premier is already online before its debut on TV (9/13/2005). I had troubles with it in Mozilla v1.7.11 (e.g., controls don't work).
I really like this ideas of TV shows online.
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Adult Swim isn't on on Friday nights. It runs Saturday-Thursday.
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...which, of course, is why they picked Friday nights for the webcast!
(whew -- I sure saved that one! I almost looked really stupid there...)
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Adult Swim is (arguably) the best thing that CN is noted for, and by doing this they are making themselves a wider audience. Good for business, good for fans. Good job guys!
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...or anything that's not WMV or Real. I can't tell you how fucking pissed I am when I can't even view CNN's video online using Firefox and Windows. I have no clue what the problem is. Plugin loads, but video doesn't play. Fucking fuck crap.
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Even if it is the same one who gets the advertising check?
Reminds me of the movie "Dumb and Dumber".
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Damnit... i really could have used my daily dose of adult swim tonight. i need my aqua teen. what is a poor stoner to do?
Hollywood is still making a profit on films in spite of file-sharing. There have been various news stories of late how the industry has been cooking the books to complain of losing money due to P2P when in fact profits are huge.
None of the RIAA et al. lawsuits were against downloaders, whose behaviour is questionably legal, but rather against those who were offering files to others. Download all you want without fear as long as you don't upload, although that you make you a leech, and some peers would ban you.
Plus, the victims of lawsuits were generally in the America and a few other countries. In Romania, where I live half the year, people offer huge collections of films and music for download with no fear, and their ISPs usually provide a city-wide network to facilitate the sharing. Sucks to be you if you are stuck in the US all the time.
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No clue...Some people seem to believe they are not allowed to enjoy a medium once they get past a certain age. Perhaps they're afraid someone will burst through their living room door and laugh at them Nelson style.
I find it even funnier when you realize ReformedExCon is replying to a thread about Adult Swim...I mean, if you're afraid liking animation will leave you looked down upon by your peers, it may be best not to bash the animated series of TV's most popular late night programming block for adults ages 18-34. Hell...If you count Adult Swim as a separate entity and wholly independent channel as Cartoon Network has Adult Swim listed with Nielsen, Adult Swim is the most popular cable channel for adults ages 18-34...For both men and women...WooHoo!!! for being too mature to enjoy animation.
Hmm... that's a bit of a generalization. I will agree that MOST anime sucks because of the lack of plot/etc., but there are some very very good series out there. Besides, most Western shows are crap as well :)
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If you want something that isn't non-linear/non-sensical, try out Planetes, Monster, or Cowboy Bebop. Monster in particular is slow-moving, but very plot-driven. It's dark and serious for the most part, and I find that the characters are surprisingly "human". I don't think that Monster is licensed in the US yet, but I'm pretty sure Cowboy Bebop is played on Adult Swim, and Planetes is at least licensed over here. Serial Experiments Lain also has a pretty good plot, but it gets kinda weird...
As for your problem with dubs... that's what subs are for, fanmade or otherwise
I don't have a tv, nor do I want one, but every now and then I want to flake out to some non-interactive entertainment. Here are the sites I've found for free tv and video on the web (that I can remember at 1:48 a.m.)
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http://edition.cnn.com/ -News fix
http://www.homestarrunner.com/toons.html -Not tv or video per se, but strongbad email flash animations are a hoot and close enough
http://tv.yahoo.com/feature/supernatural.html -The show Supernatural online, although I haven't watched it yet. Featured on
http://www.atomfilms.com/ -Everybody knows this one; marginally good
http://video.freevideoblog.com/ -Alot of crap, the odd good video
http://video.google.com/ -Random
http://www.ifilm.com/ -See also atomfilms
http://www.newgrounds.com/ -Way cool, homepage worthy!
http://tv.reuters.com/ - more news video than cnn
http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog - ???, Profit! Actually, I don't know what to say
http://portal.omroep.nl/uitzendinggemist/ -Dutch TV up the wazoo
http://mediahopper.com/portal.htm -1041 tv stations from all over the world listed and ready to watch (as far as I can tell)
http://video.search.yahoo.com/ -Stuff n' things
http://www.youtube.com/ -People upload and share their videos online... you've been warned!
I should add everything here is "family friendly", as far as I'm aware: no porn, uberviolence or gratuitous advertising (if I've somehow overlooked something, I apologise).
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Hey, I agree with you. Anime sucks. It's not because of the tits, it's because the writing is bad, the dubs are bad, and the plots go nowhere.
...probably think Harry Potter novels are great literature.
Hey, now. Let's not make sweeping generalizations. Anime is not a genre, it's a medium, with all the good and bad that go with it. Yes, there is an embarrassingly large pile of anime that sucks a whole lot. But the same could be said for any other medium, such as movies, novels, paintings, poetry, television shows, even internet sites. In any form of expression, there will be a fair percentage of it that will suck. But don't let that large amount of suckage deter you from the gems hidden within.
As to the grandparent post's comments about the anatomical correctness of anime, I say just this: get over it. It's a style. News flash-- the men in anime are just as stylized, over exaggerated and poorly clad as the women. You don't think men really bulge with those kinds of ridiculous muscles, do you? And in the rare case they do, they certainly are not shaped like an upended triangle, with three foot shoulders and a six inch waist. Try not to think too hard about the "anatomical correctness" of the majority of our television and movie stars, either: they seem to fit into a category of person not attainable by mere mortals. Which is fine by me, by the way; I would much rather watch attractive people on my teevee than my neighbors.
Anyone who thinks Harry Potter is not a great series of books is far too cynical to appreciate anything pure. They have successfully injected both compelling storytelling and believable, likable characters into the tired and wheezing fantasy genre, which has not happened since Tolkien.
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First off, I'm a woman, so that may taint my perspective. I just don't get adults who watch the Cartoon Network. Cartoons are for kids. They are written and drawn to catch the eye of children who respond to bright colors and geometric shapes.
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Cartoons are for kids? I've seen some cartoons that would make your nose hair curl. Animation is a medium no more or less respectable than any other form. The key difference with Animation is you require less studio space, you don't have to go on location, you don't have to pay people to sit for hours and and deal with crafty make-up.
Now part of the reason that people like my self started to like Japanese Animation was the fact that many shows actually told the story. StarBlazers is a great example of this, many of us as children woke up at 5ish am before school just to catch the next sequence in a long story. Something like Ulysses 31 a childs adaptation of the Odyssey done up sci-fi style. Given the choice between a story or Hanna Barbera any day. And as far as entertainment for kids is concerned... I'd rather give them something with substance like "The Mysterious Cities of Gold" than Pokémon. South Park described that best... "It's not that it's violent, It's just stupid!".
Not all animation is for children. While I'll freely admit that there is much in the way of odd looking women wereing very little or even more odd sailor uniforms... there is other stuff that are full length movies.
Isn't there something fundamentally wrong with someone who associates a children's cartoon with sexiness?
Talk to a cultrue that has laws against filming nudity below the belt. I'm not a henti fan.
I love geek guys. I love it when they talk about math and science or get wrapped up in talking about technology. I just kind of cringe when I hear them talking about anime.
To each their own.
I don't want to say that such a person is a pedophile, but I don't think we can deny that anime capitalizes on schoolgirl uniforms as a form of sexual enticement.
I feel like I'm looking at someone a couple years away from being raided by the FBI for soliciting sex with a minor in a chatroom.
Oh good gawd... the funny thing is while this is a total troll I totally see people who don't understand the concept of what a pedophile is and somehow associate liking animation with being a mentaly disturbed wacko. Pedophiles are people who fucked up they are threatened by secondary sexual attributes and only get their hots on for children. And anyone who enjoyes animated women with huge bazongas and a leather strip or worse yet tigerskin (lum) is pretty much not in that class of sicko. If a guy likes boobies.... a pedo he is not. Some people who enjoy Henti might be a little bit off IMHO... but as long as the stuff they enjoy is between concenting adults I could care less.
It's rather a western idea that animation is for children. Anime isn't typicaly for children. I don't understand why, perhaps land cost is at a premium and it's cheaper to hire artists. Perhaps there are special effects that can't really be pulled off in a cost effective way other than the use of animation. Hendi I believe exists because of laws regarding pornography... either that or it's hard to find people to be degraded in such awful aways... couldn't tell ya. Or perhaps people like the artistic style. But there are tons of reasons why someone might choose to go animated rather than live action.
So don't enjoy animation all you want. Don't enjoy anime all you want. But when you see the popularity of television shows like "Friends" "Three's Company" or "Gilligan's Island", not to speak of all the "Survivor" spinoffs ask your self how much respect you'd have for people who watch that crap. While you may not enjoy Anime... Anime at the very least in almost all cases, even Anime geard tward kids at the very minimum has a story. There might even be a sub-plot. It might not be a good story but that is a vast improvement to "Simple Life". Simply put... I have more respect for a person who watches Speed Racer of all things than "Simple Life".
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