The Life of the Modern Day Cartoon: The Hub Edition

This poor show. Dan Vs. is a show that totally snuck up on me. The editor of this site, John, told me about this show, and I pushed it off. Then this happened.

Kaijudo had taken over Dan Vs.’ timeslot, pushing this to a Saturday midafternoon slot. What baffles me, is that the Hub decided that this show was suitable for a general audience timeslot, given the penchant for adult content this show has.  That’s ok, as we stated before, The Hub doesn’t know what their demographic as it is, so why not? We already know what will happen if a kid decides to try something he sees on this show. They will blame the channel. In this case, I whole heartedly agree with this decision.

I mean, this guy is a lazy, sarcastic douchebag. It’s the antics around him that make it work. The way he handles it, and the whole aura is rich in adult situations.  Adult content, adult situations…this is the making of a show not suitable for children. Oh wait…it’s like the network execs have no clue how to schedule according to target audiences.

Need a further example of this? Look at Kaijudo, the failed reboot of the failed franchise known as Duel Masters. This started as a card game bought over from Japan by Wizards of the Coast (owned by Hasbro) and the anime was brought out soon after on Cartoon Network. This was good news, for the 15 people who played the game. The series was so terrible, it got cancelled by CN after less than 2 seasons. So, if a franchise was a total flop, why bring it back, right?

Well, somehow, Hasbro thought it could suck the nipple vacuum to this, rename it, restart it, and bring it back to a naïve audience. Now we have Kaijudo: Rise of the Duel Masters. So, we get another show with terrible animation main character who is your stereotypical whining fucking moron.

This is a waste of incredible talent. Dee Bradley Baker, John DiMaggio, Oded Fehr, and Phil LaMarr all lend their voices to this show, and for what? The Hub is a void of ratings, except when the maladjusted social pariahs known as Bronies tune in to see their “clopping” fantasies on the screen. If you don’t know what that is, keep it that way.

That sums up all I can muster to say about this mess known as The Hub. This channel showed a lot of promise, but wasted it by putting on nothing but terrible commercials for redundant properties for Hasbro.

And to Hasbro, I say this: You have a wealth of decent properties that would make great shows. You have Magic: The Gathering, Monopoly, Risk, hell, even fucking Mr. Potato Head! Utilize these properties to make yourself more money! With the terrible shows you put out, you make your brand look like shit, and you only lose money. Get your heads out of your fucking asses, and do something right for a change.

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