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first teaser image
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHAdUrRUgAAIrF5.jpg)
more true to the original style, and a lot different from that animated short made a few years ago
(https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwac.450f.edgecastcdn.net%2F80450F%2Fcomicsalliance.com%2Ffiles%2F2013%2F12%2FPowerpuff-Girls-Dance-Pantsed1.png&hash=6fafb3fd083ff0ac8437024892c3a848fb2cd170)

the original voice cast was not even asked to audition to reprise their roles
(https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FxBLQkBD.png&hash=6a038749379f44830a380d434ebfc1e94585da12)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHBqnghUIAEpZC4.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHBqngwVAAAQECg.jpg)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHBqnhBUAAAcKFT.jpg)

craig is not impressed
(https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FFMDGV0Y.png&hash=8dab4f61b811f9d3b2b24d9929f4b5c89e2d1825)

new voice cast:
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CHCAkapU8AAH2N9.jpg)
https://vine.co/v/eOa7duDOu6E (https://vine.co/v/eOa7duDOu6E)
https://vine.co/v/eOa7KtzdEYd (https://vine.co/v/eOa7KtzdEYd)
https://vine.co/v/eOaWdBDgmAE (https://vine.co/v/eOaWdBDgmAE)

feelings status: mixed

I loved the art style of that other new short they did. The one from 2013/2014 with Ringo in it.

Sadly the animation in it looked really choppy and cheap and the lip sync was awful. Worst lipsync I've ever seen in anything. Plus it only had a couple of funny parts. What a shame.

I really wanted to love it because of the team behind it.
:C

This new one I'm frightened about. There's almost 0 info on who, where, or how it's being produced.

faith for a new ppg with some relative resemblance officially restored!   ;)

:/ and even if we don't have the original cast, I might as well give em' a chance.

i want to hear them actually play the characters

maybe i'll feel better about it when i hear a clip

really my main concern is that craig mccracken and none of the original staff is working on it anymore

making it feel like the powerpuff girls is going to be difficult

this is concerning and im kind of wondering why theyd bring it back

it's gonna suck

With the teasers on cn's YouTube, the show just seems OK ish to me. I don't think I'll ever get used to bubbles new voice though...

or the 'quality'

(https://45.media.tumblr.com/1371ff486995276af32ac5c2a2cceeb5/tumblr_o2v00bhF8s1sdtkbuo1_400.gif)
(https://36.media.tumblr.com/48657c7fbea8137ddfe0f7fb813be53f/tumblr_o3h6yvGDMB1v2zpczo1_1280.png)

seriously this makes that short look like gold

yeah everything just looks cheap compared to the original show, it lost a lot of its unique style in place of generic cartoon network digital 'asset' style animation

here's some new stuff. it's pretty average
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg-E2iCgDow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg-E2iCgDow)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9DsqshyPo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9DsqshyPo)

Nothing about this is good and it's pretty clearly a cash-in on the shallowest kind of grrl pwr Feminism going mainstream in the last decade.

How did McCrackhouse and the gang do it in the 90s?

How did they briefly beat the Japanese at their own game?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fo-8LkzC9U (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fo-8LkzC9U)

Quote from: rtil on March  8, 2016 06:15 AM
yeah everything just looks cheap compared to the original show, it lost a lot of its unique style in place of generic cartoon network digital 'asset' style animation

here's some new stuff. it's pretty average
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg-E2iCgDow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pg-E2iCgDow)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9DsqshyPo (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZ9DsqshyPo)

not even.
first vid had popping in the first 10 seconds.

the second one has this

(https://thebackalleys.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FAEdScmy.png&hash=4b6b2d5d76934857aff93996102980d7c9783de4)

i swear its like adventure universe show (which have only been airing for a few years) has tainted this generation of animators into another uninspired same-style era as if the shows from 2000-2009 never existed.

Why did I catch some elements of adventure time in those clips

also why did they keep the VA for the mayor but not the original powerpuff girls

Quote from: Stu4U on March  8, 2016 07:51 AM
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lmao nice catch
what a shit drawing

Quote from: SrsSam77 on March  8, 2016 08:08 AM
also why did they keep the VA for the mayor but not the original powerpuff girls

for whatever reason they asked tom kenny to reprise his role but none of the original cast

i suppose tom kenny's voice is much harder to duplicate considering his roles (spongebob, the mayor, ice king)

Why the thin outlines? why? Mojo's pose looks kind of weak in the earlier posted shot but then I don't really know the context of the scene.

damn that looks nasty, and yeh i get the vibe that theyre trying to appeal to the wacky adventure time loving fucks that unfortunately exist

like it all seems very dead and manufactured. and unfunny. why did they bring it back.

why does it look like Clarence

there's no reason for it to look like Clarence

Quote from: mealguien on March 13, 2016 09:50 PM
why does it look like Clarence

that's all the cn gang knows how to draw

I wish I had more mouths to scream from.

Don't worry, after a generation of extremely shitty jokes that rely on an attention span of 8 seconds, we can create a new show called podracing

[spoiler]But despite the obvious cash-in on cute animation and big eyes, I kinda enjoyed it for all of 30 seconds before I started seeing the animation truly shine like cracks in a very cheaply made vase.[/spoiler]

[webm]https://fat.gfycat.com/ShyNauticalAfricanelephant.webm[/webm]

time to die
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVS_pwndmPA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVS_pwndmPA)

[spoilerimg]http://i.imgur.com/aYLLNTG.jpg[/spoilerimg]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_8VISvl-7s (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_8VISvl-7s)

^How I felt watching that.

Quote from: rtil on March 19, 2016 03:49 AM
time to die

Finally. Nothing is sacred except the constant of death.

[spoiler]"Ugh, men"[/spoiler]

another one. it's not much better http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3yozpq_the-powerpuff-girls-s01e03-escape-from-monster-island_fun (http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3yozpq_the-powerpuff-girls-s01e03-escape-from-monster-island_fun)

00:30 - The PPG in room listening to boy band
02:30 - The PPG fly to Monster Isle to rescue the Mayor, whose plane has crashed there
04:30 - The PPG fall into a subterranean volcano due to convenient seismic activity, where they fight a lava she-giant
06:30 - The volcano is about to erupt, but Blossom cannot warn her sisters because she is jinxed, and is thus mute until someone says her name
07:20 - The PPG are launched high into the air by said volcano, JttCotE style, where they engage in an aerial battle with prehistoric sky beasts
08:35 - The PPG are immobilized by tentacles belonging to a tree monster
09:30 - The PPG are rescued by the Mayor, who uses pickles to lure the flesh eating, carnivorous monsters away
10:30 - The PPG fly away from Monster Isle together, in time for the concert that night

This is what I like to call... bad plotting. Like holy shit. The only overarching story was Blossom and Buttercup trying to convince Bubbles to take them to a concert, which had almost nothing to do with what was happening on screen - and Gravity Falls did the same premise way better.

Also did anyone notice that both episodes had the PPG either being rescued by a man or being given a shitty didactic lesson by one (even though in the first it was a male air dancer) in order to overcome the central challenge? It's almost like this show is being written by people whom feminism means absolutely nothing to, people who haven't seen Utena, Sakura or Madoka.

This shit actually makes me mad. It's like most women in the west are so brainwashed they can't even tell when they're being dealt a sleight of hand by their own media. If I was a parent I would discourage my daughter(s) from watching this and put on the original instead.

This is almost as big a disappointment as Sailor Moon Crystal, but of course my expectations were somewhat higher for that.

Quote from: Bamyasi on March 21, 2016 06:22 AM
This is what I like to call... bad plotting. Like holy shit. The only overarching story was Blossom and Buttercup trying to convince Bubbles to take them to a concert, which had almost nothing to do with what was happening on screen - and Gravity Falls did the same premise way better.

to make matters worse the second that tiny dinosaur came on screen it was painfully obvious she was going to take that thing to the concert instead of either of the girls. all these regurgitated ideas are woefully underdeveloped

QuoteAlso did anyone notice that both episodes had the PPG either being rescued by a man or being given a shitty didactic lesson by one (even though in the first it was a male air dancer) in order to overcome the central challenge? It's almost like this show is being written by people whom feminism means absolutely nothing to, people who haven't seen Utena, Sakura or Madoka.

and the first episode completely disregarded the character of Buttercup. while she is impressionable, it only works on things she thinks are cool. like in the original PPG, there's an episode where she becomes involved with the Gangreen Gang (http://powerpuffgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Buttercrush). but it only happens because she is tricked into thinking that Ace is her friend and their rebellious nature resonates with her.  when Buttercup realizes she's been duped, she beats the shit out of them on her own terms.

in the new PPG, Buttercup does something totally against her character on a whim just because Blossom told her to. then she becomes an entirely different person overnight and can't snap out of it until the hippie man tells her it's ok, like he's brainwashed her.

at best it's lazy writing. but i think you're right - these plotlines are subversive to the heart of PPG and to women.

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This is almost as big a disappointment as Sailor Moon Crystal, but of course my expectations were somewhat higher for that.

Toei is really good at disappointing their fanbase. at least S3 will have hand-animated henshin.

I miss Buttercup's raspy smoker voice.

Quote from: rtil on March 21, 2016 06:47 AM
to make matters worse the second that tiny dinosaur came on screen it was painfully obvious she was going to take that thing to the concert instead of either of the girls. all these regurgitated ideas are painfully underdeveloped

You're right, plus most of the punchlines play in my head before anyone says them.

Quote from: rtil on March 21, 2016 06:47 AM
and the first episode completely disregarded the character of Buttercup. while she is impressionable, it only works on things she thinks are cool. like in the original PPG, there's an episode where she becomes involved with the Gangreen Gang (http://powerpuffgirls.wikia.com/wiki/Buttercrush). but it only happens because she is tricked into thinking that Ace is her friend and their rebellious nature resonates with her.  when Buttercup realizes she's been duped, she beats the shit out of them on her own terms.

in the new PPG, Buttercup does something totally against her character on a whim just because Blossom told her to. then she becomes an entirely different person overnight and can't snap out of it until the hippie man tells her it's ok, like he's brainwashed her.

God that barely even registered. I figured it was one of those instances of a character overcompensating for their flaws before said flaws spilling over again, but that was totally out of character you're right. Buttercrush was a great episode though.

Quote from: rtil on March 21, 2016 06:47 AM
Toei is really good at disappointing their fanbase. at least S3 will have hand-animated henshin.

I made the mistake of buying into the hype. Should have known better.

Dropped it towards the end of S1. Should I pick it back up?

http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/powerpuff-girls-40-episodes-ordered-reboot-series/ (http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/powerpuff-girls-40-episodes-ordered-reboot-series/)

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Good news for Powerpuff Girls fans. Cartoon Network has ordered 40 episodes for the first season of the animated reboot series. The original Powerpuff Girls ran from 1998 to 2005.


The new series will once again follow the adventures of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup—three superpowered girls who fight villains before bedtime. In a recent interview, the series' executive producers—Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle—said Cartoon Network has ordered 40 episodes for the show's first season:

*sigh*

Quote from: Bamyasi on March 21, 2016 10:18 PM
I made the mistake of buying into the hype. Should have known better.

Dropped it towards the end of S1. Should I pick it back up?

the Black Moon arc has its moments. once Chibi-usa shows up things get better. you can tell that many different directors were passed around on certain episodes and even certain shots. so, still wildly inconsistent but not nearly as clumsy.

Quote from: Paw on March 30, 2016 08:55 AM
http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/powerpuff-girls-40-episodes-ordered-reboot-series/ (http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/powerpuff-girls-40-episodes-ordered-reboot-series/)

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Good news for Powerpuff Girls fans. Cartoon Network has ordered 40 episodes for the first season of the animated reboot series. The original Powerpuff Girls ran from 1998 to 2005.


The new series will once again follow the adventures of Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup—three superpowered girls who fight villains before bedtime. In a recent interview, the series' executive producers—Nick Jennings and Bob Boyle—said Cartoon Network has ordered 40 episodes for the show's first season:

*sigh*

that's about standard for a single season. we'll see if it lasts for a 2nd. it could last a long time on nostalgia alone. they're pushing it pretty heavily. it already has a japanese dub

I've thrown an episode up
http://www.cyberpounce.nu/stuff/The.Powerpuff.Girls.S01E01.1080p.WEB.h264-QCF.mkv (http://www.cyberpounce.nu/stuff/The.Powerpuff.Girls.S01E01.1080p.WEB.h264-QCF.mkv) -- feel free to stream
didn't see the youtube links

It's animation feels like an attempt of Gravity Falls, everything seems forced and Blossom's voice sounds just sounds.. not right.

https://youtu.be/xOS8giDOpio (https://youtu.be/xOS8giDOpio)

"How do I draw hands holy shit this isn't in the old show I can't make anything new!"