Post by mattpricetime on Sept 20, 2018 1:22:03 GMT -5
On the older material, we're still waiting to see what their strategy is for the complete sets they still have to do. By that the main question is whether what remains of Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry still go to retail. The idea that Top Cat and Wacky Races got both Archive releases and Diamond Collection re-releases in the same year. I kind of think the sets that remain of Scooby and T&J will debut at retail but they just haven't announced any yet. Although those 50th and 80th anniversaries are just around the corner.
As far as the current (or currentish) shows they seem to be a bit slower paced for releases, but in that case I think it is because they want the streaming service to have a bit longer of an edge with them.
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My main problem in discussing the libraries further aims is that we have to discuss it in two ways. As far as back catalog releases go, they pretty much won that battle easily. They were the ones who routinely get the most releases. They were the ones who often get the con panels and news. Warner Archive didn't even get serious about finishing up most of the other animation stuff until after they got the Hanna Barbera side over the halfway mark. While this and some of the social media reactions to throw away posts, this however doesn't actually guarantee there's as much of an audience for new material.
In order to utilize the library for a bigger franchise today, they are going to have to know for sure who to use as headliners and who's just for smaller roles. A bad choice for a headliner could sink the ship. But this is why I do believe using Scooby and Tom and Jerry to crossover other characters first is a good idea to test them out.
Lastly, I did a little digging. I went over to facebook to look at the several of the offical WB pages and see how they compare to one another. Obviously we shouldn't assume this represents the entire audience, it will have a wider sample than any fan site would. Honestly some of this may be surprising. Here are the numbers of what I looked at. (There's probably more)
Tom & Jerry 42 Mil
Scooby Doo 25 Mil
Flintstones 1.9 Mil
Jetsons 1.5 Mil
Hanna Barbera (Studio) 346 Thou
Captain Caveman 82 Thou
Thundarr the Barbrian 80 Thou
Jonny Quest 11 Thou
Josie and the Pussycats 11 Thou
Looney Tunes 6.1 Mil
Batman 13 Mil
Superman 7.2 Mil
DC Comics (Studio) 4.3 Mil
Green Lantern 1.4 Mil
Teen Titans Go 1.3 Mil
Wonder Woman 1.3 Mil
(Sony has an official Smurf page that doesn't post anything on the HB show but the Hanna Barbera Studio page often does, it's at 13 Mil. This one isn't a WB page but does rank them pretty high comparably. Obviously some of those will be in for buying dvds of the HB series)
So on one hand outside of Scooby and Tom and Jerry a lot of the other properties aren't that liked. Yet Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry easily dwarf anything DC Comics related. If Warner Bros Animation can get some of the same love the old releases get across the whole library into the new productions, they may have a shot as long as Scooby and T&J pull the most weight at first.
As far as the current (or currentish) shows they seem to be a bit slower paced for releases, but in that case I think it is because they want the streaming service to have a bit longer of an edge with them.
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My main problem in discussing the libraries further aims is that we have to discuss it in two ways. As far as back catalog releases go, they pretty much won that battle easily. They were the ones who routinely get the most releases. They were the ones who often get the con panels and news. Warner Archive didn't even get serious about finishing up most of the other animation stuff until after they got the Hanna Barbera side over the halfway mark. While this and some of the social media reactions to throw away posts, this however doesn't actually guarantee there's as much of an audience for new material.
In order to utilize the library for a bigger franchise today, they are going to have to know for sure who to use as headliners and who's just for smaller roles. A bad choice for a headliner could sink the ship. But this is why I do believe using Scooby and Tom and Jerry to crossover other characters first is a good idea to test them out.
Lastly, I did a little digging. I went over to facebook to look at the several of the offical WB pages and see how they compare to one another. Obviously we shouldn't assume this represents the entire audience, it will have a wider sample than any fan site would. Honestly some of this may be surprising. Here are the numbers of what I looked at. (There's probably more)
Tom & Jerry 42 Mil
Scooby Doo 25 Mil
Flintstones 1.9 Mil
Jetsons 1.5 Mil
Hanna Barbera (Studio) 346 Thou
Captain Caveman 82 Thou
Thundarr the Barbrian 80 Thou
Jonny Quest 11 Thou
Josie and the Pussycats 11 Thou
Looney Tunes 6.1 Mil
Batman 13 Mil
Superman 7.2 Mil
DC Comics (Studio) 4.3 Mil
Green Lantern 1.4 Mil
Teen Titans Go 1.3 Mil
Wonder Woman 1.3 Mil
(Sony has an official Smurf page that doesn't post anything on the HB show but the Hanna Barbera Studio page often does, it's at 13 Mil. This one isn't a WB page but does rank them pretty high comparably. Obviously some of those will be in for buying dvds of the HB series)
So on one hand outside of Scooby and Tom and Jerry a lot of the other properties aren't that liked. Yet Scooby Doo and Tom and Jerry easily dwarf anything DC Comics related. If Warner Bros Animation can get some of the same love the old releases get across the whole library into the new productions, they may have a shot as long as Scooby and T&J pull the most weight at first.