#anyways pirate the show it's SO GOOD-

[mia-talks-toons]

(S1E4) Infinity Train: How Companies Disrespect Animated Shows PART 2

This is part two to my previous post about The Owl House and how companies disrespect animation, so go read that first if you haven’t already! 

Infinity Train, oh where to start… Well, it first aired in 2019 on Cartoon Network and was created by Owen Dennis. It started as a 1-season miniseries but was quickly turned into an anthology series with a planned 8 seasons. As an anthology, it follows different stories set in the same universe, surrounding a common setting, which is the titular “Infinity Train”. The train, as you might assume, is a train with an infinite amount of cars, that goes on for eternity in a lifeless wasteland. It’s an unexplained place where those who have personal issues/traumas are transported and are able to work through them by making their way through each of the huge, unique cars on the train.

After 2 seasons, the show was moved to HBO Max (now simply called Max for some reason) and continued for 2 more seasons before getting cancelled. The 5th season, which was in early production, was canned for not having a “child entry point”, though the show is a mature cartoon, and is able to be enjoyed by people of all ages. The rest of the story, though bits and pieces have been revealed, will never see the light of day. 

Now here’s where things go even more downhill. In August of 2022, Infinity Train, along with 36 other shows (20 of which were originals, and 14 being cartoons) were being removed from the platform, many of which aren’t available anywhere else, meaning unless you have a physical copy of it, you have no way of being able to legally watch it. And such is the fate of Infinity Train. What makes it all even worse is that many people involved with the shows weren’t notified whatsoever about their removal, and the only reason for their removal is due to cutting costs. 

Oh, ANOTHER THING. While I was researching for this blog, I found out that according to a crew member, the first 4 seasons, the unfinished 5th season, and a Christmas special were all part of a singular season order. This means that even though 4 seasons aired, the writers were only paid for a single season's worth of content. This show has gone through hell and back, and if that wasn't enough on its own, the crew wasn't even paid fairly. Just... wow.

…When I was younger, I dreamed of becoming an animator, sharing my ideas with the world in the form of a cartoon show. That dream has long since been abandoned (though I still help other people with their projects, and work on my little original universes for my own enjoyment), but as more and more time goes on, and as stuff like this keeps happening not only to Infinity Train, but to so many other cartoons, I feel a sort of bittersweetness. I’m relieved that I didn’t make my way into an industry that would Thanos snap all my hard work away for no good reason, but it SUCKS that I have to feel good about not pursuing my passion. Art should be appreciated, not thrown in the trash to save a few dollars. Beautiful, mature, interesting and well-made art, no matter the medium.

So that’s all for this post. Sorry to end on such a downer, haha… Hopefully the next one will be happier? Actually, no. The next one WILL be happier.

[miwtual]

You wanna know where my treasure is? I’ll tell ya. Wealth. Fame. Power. I’ve found everything this world has to offer. Free yourselves. Take to the seas. My treasure is yours to find.

ONE PIECE (2023) 1.01: ROMANCE DAWN

[luck-of-the-drawings]

!!! FLASHING LIGHTS WARNING!!! [IM NOT FUCKIN AROUND!!]

REACHED THE CUSP OF 'THIS MAY NEVER BE ABSOLUTELY FINISHED N IF I DONT SHOW IT NOW, IT WILL NEVER SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY.' SO HERE, A PROJECT IVE BEEN ORBITING AROUND UHH SINCE 2021 OR SO.

[peppermintpegis]

netflix one piece live action feels a little like fanfic in that it makes sure it hits all the important notes but doesnt do all the work to make them hit which works in fic where the reader is supposed to bring all the emotional story investment from the original but doesnt work in a multi million adaptation that is supposed to be able to stand on its own or even serve as an intro to the series. it even does this in service to have more koby and helmeppo gay moments in this essay i w

[communistkenobi]

watching black sails now. sorry for being immediately insanely annoying but the opening title card is interesting, saying that all “civilised states” declared war on pirates. which is technically true! but only because Britain and other imperial powers entered into formal agreements with private companies to protect them from piracy, which before that point piracy benefited those empires because pirates would plunder ships and bring the goods back to Britain and Europe. “pirate” became a constructed class of criminal as a result of states nationalising (and therefore monopolising) violence as a state tool of regulating commerce

[yuriyuruandyuraart]

Could I take fem!Nightmare to the Barbie movie? 👉👈🥺(<- has no money)

dw she'll pay for you<333

[seungmoes]

The backtrack cut off mid-song during DICE of all things and they didn’t even miss a beat

[mackmp3]

can i catch up on 20 years of dr who in time for the release of the new season? PROBABLY NOT

cos apparently the special gets released on christmas??? and i've watched (checks) 7 episodes?? and that was skipping nine? cos i started watching just for david tennant but now i'm invested?? and i feel like i need to know what happens to donna before and not just jump into the 14th dr season soooooo

(also according to google today is the day of the og first airing so hap birth dr who <3)

[ofmd-archive]

Great just end it with fucking genocide, make that seem fine to write. Totally not like living poc have trauma surrounding that. Fuck you to every fucking writer who saw a show that finally had a poc queer cast and decide "you know what this needs? the blood of asian women" and then to fucking gloat that brits will never be fucking slaves as if- you know what if you don't know history and about the trans atlantic slavery and the issues we currently have with human trafficking at this point and you're a fucking adult, that's on you and fuck you if you don't give a shit about this

once again to every single fucking person who greenlit this or heard this idea and went "yes, good."

fuck you

[muppetjackrackham]

opla fans after atla live action dropped on netflix probably idk:

[boyapologist]

lmao are All members of big time rush terrible people irl

[ghostbustermelanieking]

..... yeah, there's a reason the lighthouse metaphor in ofmd appeals to me so heavily

[gracieo]

I hate inside out so much I HATE IT SO MUCH rRRAHHAUAGHAHGAH

[shojoboy]

nooooot a fan of historic fiction/period piece tv usually but excited for Transatlantic. oh, Corey Michael Smith is gonna be in it? As the main guy? Wearing glasses? oh that’s nice i hadnt heard. thats definitely not why im interested. whats Gotham hah ha ha

[hella1975]

I'm watching the hunger games with people who's opinions I don't agree with HELP they literally don't get the implications of children murdering eachother like I do

(hella I've been reminded of you all day lol this is my 2nd ask about my day kfmsks)

that's genuinely so sweet i dont think you realise how much i appreciate things like this

oh bleugh i hate it when people just dont get a piece of media and ur just kinda sat there trying not to rant like 'you're all missing the fucking POINT'

[thecherrygod]

man knowing that there are parents out there controlling what their kids watch and read is. wild to me. like as soon as i was able to read subtitles i was sitting in the living room with my family watching whatever the fuck my parents wanted to watch. the first tv series i watched was sopranos i think, to the point its been long enough that i dont remember a lot of it. like. i feel im at the opposite side of the spectrum there