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[Uncle Ben]

i guess... maybe i was a bit extreme but i just dont want the same thing to happen again ya know

[animax]

Well, i could complete my pitch, and actually follow through with my plan to present it to a studio, but the studio could easily ( and most likely ) say no. Who will be blamed then? Me? The studio? A pitch alone guarantees nothing, and that's all I've ever said from the start.

[LogiTeeka]

While the idea of reviving SatAM is exciting, the only problem is how it'll fare out today. I mean, continuing the series would please fans of the origonal show, but what about the others? Everyone's familiar with the modern Dr. Eggman nowadays and not the SatAM depiction. The same goes for Sally and the other Freedom Fighters.

If there's to be a revival, it'll have to be modernized; similar to the games themselves. You can still have Sally and the Freedom Fighters, but remodel them to fit the modern setting and depiction since everyone's more acquainted with it. Like maybe Eggman took control of Mobotropolis and turned it into the Scrap Brain/Metropolis Zone from the origonal games, and Knothole village could be a secret hideout in the Great Forest Zone somewhere on South Island.

[PuffinGrandeur]

How does one expect their show revival to be taken seriously when they don't know who even owns the rights to the property?

[animax]

That's not my job. I have my agent look into it. Last I heard, it was Cookie Jar. I may be wrong.

[Prince ByTor]

While I wasn't around back when you tried it the first time, I still don't see why people have their collective noses out of joint over you re-starting SatAM. I mean, if no one is out anything other than getting their hopes dashed then they have nothing to worry about; it's you putting yourself out there with your own resourses. I'm pretty sure that the pitches that get accepted are pretty rare and it is a good idea not to get your hopes up, but hell, I have nothing to lose and can only gain by having one of my favourite shows come back, so you have my support, but again, pardon if I don't get my hopes up too high.

Oh yeah, as far as I know DHX Media took control of Cookie Jar late last year, so they would probably be the company you'd have to be dealing with.

Anyway, best of luck to you.

[Uncle Ben]

I wish him luck as well, but im just skeptical because of what happened last time

[ILOVEVHS]

As I am.

[Prince ByTor]

Agreed completely, but I would absolutely love to see my favourite animorphic ground squirrel/chipmunk in action again.

[Shadow]

Once again people here stick their foot in their mouths, and make the fanbase community look bad...

[ZanetheWolf]

Yup.

I'd just give Max here a break. Like he said, I have no idea what his life is like, who he is, and all that Jazz.

Besides, i don't really have a reason to FORGIVENESS. You don't really need to be forgiven, do you? I don't see why you would.... You didn't really do anything bad. If anything, it's the fan base that needs your forgiveness.

[Captain Sorzo]

Ian Flynn on rights: "I know there was some confusion elsewhere concerning rights to SatAM. As it was explained, SEGA owns the intellectual property – the characters and such – but DiC retains the rights to the animation. So you wouldn’t see SEGA reselling SatAM boxsets willy-nilly. Conversely, DiC wouldn’t be able to just up and make a new Sonic cartoon."

http://www.sonicstad...pyright-claims/

Sounds like any official attempt at reviving SatAM wouldn't even require negotiations with DHX (which has whatever rights DIC originally held), just Sega, unless access to the original art assets was needed for whatever reason.

However, even if an official revival actually made it off the ground, it would likely be crippled by the reasons that LogiTeeka alluded to. The Archie comic series is completely smothered in various corporate mandates and attempts to please so many conflicting factions of the Sonic fanbase. I doubt this would fare any better.

I'm of the opinion that the only realistic chance of an animated SatAM continuation actually feeling like SatAM would be if it was a fan-made project, helmed by people that are motivated by a love of the source material rather than profit.

Of course, a few months ago I considered the prospect of Sea3on being decently animated a hopeless pipe dream, yet now I'm eagerly awaiting the July release of the demo. What do I know?

[Uncle Ben]

Why not just a new version of SatAM. Keep the same base plot and the same base characters (before Archie's s***ty redesigns) and personalities and go from there

[chief]

Why not s3? Dun dun duuunnnn

[Uncle Ben]

that too

[DotNetDemon]

Could also consider pitching the show to be "web only," you know, like some of these television shows that are online only. In any case, it would be nice to see the show rebooted and brought back to life. I always appreciated the darker, more adult-oriented attitude that the series took.

[Hammer]

Well, having a web show with a regular schedule would be very expensive, wouldn't it?

I'm happy with the idea of an animated Season 3. It's also internet-only, but it isn't that much of a "show" to need a regular schedule.

[ILOVEVHS]

Maybe like

THE ONE WE ARE ALREADY DOING?!

[Hammer]

Maybe like

THE ONE WE ARE ALREADY DOING?!

That's the point of the comment brosis.

[ILOVEVHS]

Exactly.