Oh noooooo I didn’t know this. UGHHH well that’s ruined now.
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Nathan Pyle's 'Strange Planet' Comic Coming to Apple TV+ as Animated Series
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It's a shame Apple is supporting someone who outwardly supports such terrible ideologies. Although I'm not a fan of the comics I can see why people enjoy them, but I can't get past his horrible beliefs about womens' right to control their own bodies.
Well, Nathan's pro-life stance is one of the reasons I'll go out of my way to SUPPORT his endeavors.
(And then I'll go back to reading my well-worn Embryology textbooks.)
It amazes me how some people so embrace "cancel culture" if someone deviates from some kind of presumed orthodoxy.
How is anything you quoted "cancel culture"?
I sure hope you were just lazy in your selection and that he has better ones than these. There are lots of genuinely funny people in this world.
"I wish there was a way to get a comment from Apple TV execs on why they've decided to work with him."
Lol. So now simple questions are the same as calling for someone to be cancelled? What a frail belief you must have in your stance if asking for a basic explanation is the same as an attack.
If you can't see shadows of 1984's erasure and unperson-ing, you're either purposely closing your eyes to it, or you don't understand why what Winston was doing was wrong. In the concrete world, it's an application of what Trostky talked about, "The old principle: who does not work shall not eat, has been replaced with a new one: who does not obey shall not eat." (quoted in Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom")
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to invoke 1984. At this point it could have its own version of Godwin's law.
The Boondocks. 4 seasons of comic strip adapted awesomeness, just to name one.
It's been a while since I watched that but didn't it fall apart after like two seasons?
It’s fine that you don’t find it funny. We all have different tastes.
However given the popularity of the comics both online and in book form, it seems pretty clear there are ways the content can be interesting. Maybe not to you, but there are over 6 billion people who aren’t you on the planet and some of them probably will enjoy it.
Strip creator Aaron McGruder left after the third season. You can see the quality drop between season 3 and 4. Though even season 4 was better than most TV shows out there.
It was, on UPN in 1999-2001. About 30 episodes. It was actually pretty good, but got cancelled. Daniel Stern played Dilbert and Chris Elliot was Dogbert.
I didn’t think this far in advance but what a comparison! This is spot on But I Hope you’re right and that it isn’t just a cartoon version of coneheads haha
The ratings for the 1999 show weren't terrible, but it was screwed by the UPN network with constsnt time changes and it followed the worst show in TV history ever, Shasta McNasty.
The two put in the OT are mildly humorous but incredibly derivative of previous artists and comedians.
Maybe not the best comparison; a four-panel newspaper / internet comic strip != comic book franchise. Though comic strips have been made into shows and movies. Off the top of my head: Peanuts, Dilbert, The Boondocks.
