I seriously thought Nickelodeon's Avatar schedule could not be ANY crazier... I was wrong.

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Sometimes you reach a point of madness and absurdity where you think, "Okay, after this, nothing crazier can happen. Surely we have finally reached the plateau of crazy. It can't get any moreso." And then you realize that what you thought was a plateau was really just a step landing, or something, and there's even more crazy yet to come.

Remember when a while ago I complained about the ATLA series finale DVD being released before the finale aired? And you thought, "Shit, how crazy can this network be?"

Well, it turns out that won't happen. And why not? Because Nickelodeon is doing THE ONE POSSIBLE THING to prevent it, short of holding back the DVD's release:

They're airing the final ten episodes in a SIX DAY MARATHON.

And these will be brand new episodes, never aired in the US! Four of them are out on DVD, but still... never aired! So after 4 months of no episodes, we're getting ten new episodes aired every night for a week, culminating on a Saturday.

There's a definite desperation lingering in the background of this story. I can practically feel it. The scheduling people at Nick must be the worst planners in the tv production industry.

My feelings on this subject are more amazement than anything else. I'll be happy the episodes are aired before the finale comes out on DVD, but I'm unhappy that due to my sibling moving in, I'll have to fight for the tv and defend the fact that 10 episodes of a cartoon are suddenly crowding the DVR cue. And I refuse to watch ATLA with anyone else in my house, like I refuse to watch anime with anyone else (I tried to get the sibling to watch FMA, it hasn't worked.)

I might just have to skip the internet for a week, and buy the finale DVD instead. But I really *do* want to be able to participate in the discussions of everyone on a nightly basis. At the least, this will marathon of new episodes will be an entirely new fandom experience--something rare for me.


I put Book 3: Volume 3 on my Netflix list so I'll finally be watching the Boiling Rock episodes. Might as well, I figure.

Comments

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

mmm, time to channel the inner angsty catburglar and say FUCK ME SIDEWAYZ TILL I CRY.

I mean...I can get days off from work and all, I can switch shifts, I can VCR/DVD/find someone with TiVo who loves me/whatever, but...but...WHY?

The article you linked to just made it hurt a little worse, too, because...they're right, it's just being crammed down our throats, all at once. No sense of anticipation. All almost-instant gratification. I--this hurts. Castration, I think, is the only answer. DID YOU HEAR THAT NICK EXECS? I THREATENED YOU WITH THE SNIP-SNIP.

(Not you, Mike and Bryan. Your gay love creativity may continue.)

...man, I am tired. Tired from work, tired from having hear crap like this when I'm not expecting it, and tired of seeing my beloved show so cruelly treated. ...*gives the Gaang a huggle*

oh well, guess it's time to go grab BR and watch it...and then write lots of fic...*sigh*

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

I think I'll get the netflix dvd for BR in a couple days... want to wait for me?

[jade-sabre-301.livejournal.com]

Mm, I'm not sure I'm going to be able to watch it until Saturday...so sure. (The episodes are in the hands of my friend, who has hook-laptop-up-to-TV capabilities so we can watch the downloaded eps on the TV, which basically satisfies most of my complaints with downloaded eps anyway.) :-)

[rashaka.livejournal.com]

Cool. My DVD won't go out back to Netflix till Monday so I won't probably get the next one until Wednesday or Thursday, but I can hold out then until Saturday.