#cancel HBO max

[muggle-born-princess]

Okay, what?

I'm sorry but this is the biggest goddamn fucking lie ever told.

"None of the shows and movies being axed for drawing large audiences." That's not what I heard!

I haven't gotten into Infinity Train, but from what I heard, it was one of the best shows ever to appear in the 2020s.

Hell, look at those who adore OK KO Let's Be Heroes! and all those 200 episodes of Sesame Street being removed. You know, the show parents watch with their children to help educate them!

I don't know what David Zaslav was thinking about doing this HBO and Discovery merge; and I get it, supply and demand, capitalism and all this bullshit, but here's the thing:

THESE SHOWS AND PROGRAMS COULD'VE GONE INTO DEBT IF IT WERE FOR HBO OR WARNER BROTHERS!

WARNER BROS, YOU WOULD'VE NOT HAVE A JOB IF IT WEREN'T FOR CARTOON NETWORK!

I know I am someone that posts about Miraculous, Monster High, Disney, but now I cannot hold my tongue anymore!

This needs to be talked about!

This needs to be stopped!

This needs to be spread around!

And everyone needs to be aware of this!

#cancel hbo max #hbo max #fuck hbo max #fuck david zaslav #david zaslav #fuck warner bros #fuck warner brothers discovery #warner bros #warner brothers discovery #warner bros merger

[silveragelovechild]

Warner and James Gunn have no idea how much they have fucked up.

We’re talking Elon-Musk-Buys-Twitter levels of fucked up.

I had been looking forward to the Flash movie, but now, what’s the point?

I give up on Warner’s DC movies.

Warner and James Gunn deserve whatever fan backlash they’ve created.

#Warner brothers has fucked up #James Gunn has fucked up #Warner brothers deserved the fan backlash #boycott Warner brothers #cancel HBO max

[frankjamesbailey]

I just saw this sponsored ad on my Facebook feed. Save 40% when you pay for a full year of HBO Max. Is this a joke? They take away just about every cartoon I like and cancel some DC movies that were going to HBO Max and now they want me to pay for a full year...for what?

#hbo max #cancel hbo max

[clemm00n]

(I know I say it a bit too late But !)

The death of Izzy wasn’t a bury your gay. The cancel of the show was.

(psst, tell me if you agree)

#ofmd #our flag means death #izzy hands #save our flag means death #ofmd cancellation #ofmd s3 #ofmd s2 #hbo max

[bizarrelittlemew]

is it though? 🤔

#ofmd #ofmd s2 #our flag means death #ofmdedit #ofmdsource #ofmd gifs #ida.stuff #ofmd 1x2 #ofmd 2x8 #stede bonnet #hbo max: “the show is canceled” ofmd fandom: “OR IS IT?” #anyway happy 2nd anniversary of this dumb gay dork i love him so much <333 #new typo-less version

[werewolf-cuddles]

I've heard literally nothing good about the Velma series.

If there is a god, this show will flop and be immediately forgotten.

I'm sorry, but literally who the fuck asked for Scooby-Doo to be rebooted into Generic Adult Cartoon #69lololol?

#scooby doo #velma #hbo velma #hbo max #so many good shows and movies got cancelled and removed #yet THIS FUCKING THING survives???

[itswhatyougive]

Did David Jenkins do the right thing by scrambling to make S2 feel like a series finale because OFMD was always going to be canceled?

Or did he actually sabotage his chances of getting a S3 by making the finale feel too confusingly out of character and "final" in his attempts to wrap it all up just in case?

The question that will plague me for the rest of my life

#i guess we'll never know #justice for izzy #renew as a crew #ofmd cancellation #ofmd #david jenkins #our flag means death #fuck hbo max #ofmd izzy #ofmd izzy hands #ofmd renewal #ofmd 2

[seadrreams]

Being an animation fan AND a major is rough rn

#So many projects #… #all canceled #FUUU #animation #twitter #HBO max #Netflix #Edited major in #Because I’m an animation major lol

[kingoftheu]

I am pleased to announce I’ve signed an exclusive agreement with a major studio to produce an animated series!!!

I am also sorry to announce that said series has just been canceled.

#televison #streaming #animation #canceled #disney #warner bros #netflix #hbo max #cartoon network #paramount #owl house #dead end paranormal park #inside job #looney tunes #infinity train #craig of the creek #mao mao #scooby doo #batman #gumball #david zaslav personally shot me in order to get a tax write off #i definately missed some sorry.

[araindropshallfall]

kinda wish they’d go ahead and renew ofmd for a season three already because at some point every new episode there’s a teeeeny voice in my head whispering “what if this is it though”

#I don’t like being surprised with cancellations and I am a pessimist #I don’t actually think the sag strike needs to be resolved to renew it but I think hbo max probably wants to hold out til it is #ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd s2

[fuckyeahisawthat]

the f’ing white outfit

I don’t think I can possibly pick a favorite costume from OFMD, but when it comes to visual storytelling, I deeply love the white outfit. That stupid fucking white fit gets to blaze through so many layers of joke/symbolism/subtext in its brief one (1) episode lifespan.

It starts out as a sight gag. We see this rough, grubby environment where people are vomiting blood and getting in fights in the mud and then we see Stede and Lucius step off the ship in these pristine white outfits. (Stede has even dressed his hostage to match!) And you’re just waiting for the payoff. Which we get immediately with Lucius getting some dude’s bloody hands smeared all over his jacket, which is funny and also a sort of visual foreshadowing of what will happen to Stede at the end of the episode, although we don’t know it yet.

So at first the white outfit is a joke waiting to happen. It’s a symbol of how out of touch with the rules of the pirate world Stede is, insulated as he has been by his privilege (both his wealth and his literal whiteness). And they keep the gag going by having two people in white outfits that Stede chose, and having Stede repeatedly dodge the payoff. Lucius gets the bloody handprints on his jacket; Lucius is the one who gets splattered with what we think is wine but find out is blood, again (foreshadowing #2).

So there’s this running joke of Stede being able to sidestep the negative consequences of a bad decision, at least for himself. And this continues with Stede being (delightfully) rude to Izzy, out of obliviousness. And not only does Stede not get immediately stabbed for it, but Geraldo overhearing this conversation is what gets Stede out of his involuntary nose job with Jackie! And all of this serves to make the payoff of Stede very much not being able to avoid the consequences of his naivete at the end of the episode work even better.

Stede sashaying through the Republic of Pirates in his white suit is ridiculous, but you can see the logic of a lot of his choices once you realize that he is treating this like a rich people social gathering. He says “it’s time for the wider criminal community to meet the Gentleman Pirate”--in his mind, this is his formal introduction to pirate society. He’s making his regional debut--not in a theater way (although yes) but in a societal-norms-of-rich-people way. 

And the way Lucius formally announces him from the top of the stairs in Spanish Jackie’s? He’s a debutante. The white suit is his fit for his own self-produced debutante ball.

You know, the social ritual where wealthy young women are introduced to society as being available to be courted. An event also referred to, in an old-fashioned use of the term, as coming out.

And lo and behold, he does receive a formal invitation to meet a potential suitor that night! An invitation that Ed specifically sent Izzy to deliver because he wanted it “done right,” in a way this fancy man would understand. (Great work there, Izzy!)

And then, once they are captured by the Spanish Navy, the white outfit shifts again. As David Jenkins said, the clown gets stabbed. And not just comedy-stabbed, he gets stabbed stabbed. Visually, this is the payoff that was set up all the way back when Stede stepped off the ship--that spotless white outfit getting fucked up, and this time it’s not just blood but his own blood. Consequences!

But also, given the symbolism of red on this show, you can read this as Stede’s heart showing through. He wore something that would show his heart most clearly, and Ed saw it right from the beginning. And I think this fits with how Ed immediately sees Stede not as a naive, bumbling idiot, but as someone who’s clever and interesting and brave.

And then we have Ed and Stede meeting face to face, Ed in all black and Stede in all white, and in this context it’s impossible not to think of the white outfit as a wedding dress. (Especially if you imagine Ed carrying a passed-out, mostly-dead Stede over the threshold into the captain’s cabin on the Revenge, which is a scene we didn’t see but absolutely, 100% happened.)

And I think there’s a connection to the other time Stede gets almost-executed by an imperialist navy, which is episode 9, which also has a lot of wedding imagery. (The signing of a contract together, the way Badminton looks like an officiant standing over them during the trial, the bright white and weirdly visually prominent blindfold that Ed lifts off Stede’s face like a wedding veil.)

I think the connection is that both of these moments are important turning points in Ed and Stede’s relationship. The first is their meet-cute and the second is the moment Ed realizes he is willing to give up everything for Stede. And I think it’s a cool subtle way of saying love at first sight. Even if the characters didn’t know it yet.

#ofmd #our flag means death #stede bonnet #costume design #long post #visual storytelling #the white outfit #i've been thinking about this stupid white outfit for AGES #happy not everything on hbo max is canceled day fam

[fullyclothedlunch]

setting up a support group for when WB inevitably cancels scavengers reign

#scavengers reign #the scavengers #hbo #max #hbo max #warner bros #animation #adult animation #i will go insane if this show gets cancelled #it’s amazing #best show on tv rn

[nightwingandhissquad]

#hbo max #warner bros #dc comics #dc #marvel #disney #animation is being done so dirty right now it’s not fair #why do all these companies think churning out a load of live action which is mid at best is a good plan #they're really gonna cancel all these animated shows cause they think they're childish and not profitable #and they think live action is superior #quantity is not quality #when will they learn #oh wait they won't cause all they think of is money #i hate capitalism #I hate warner bros #I hate the new ceo #I hate disney #I hate the mouse #they just love targeting animation and silently destroying it #they just have no respect for this medium #honestly I could rant all day about how mistreated animation is #my post

[chuckecheeses]

I feel so bad for the infinity train team, i remember the test pilot came out so so long ago and then NOTHING came of it, they must have worked so hard only to have nothing happen with their show, and then later down the line it finally gets made and it’s incredible, only to be shoved off air onto a streaming service and then scrubbed from the internet entirely. If you have never seen it, please please check out infinity train. Recommend it to your friends, download it and burn it to a dvd and pass it around to people.

#more things that make me glad i don’t do anything with my animation degree #the industry sucks so so bad #and i just want nothing to do with it #hbo max #i get it for free as part of an internet package but when that ends u better believe I’m canceling it #fuck this shit

[lily-s-world]

#this is my villain origin story #Another queer show canceled #Because representation be damned unless it makes tons of money #Hating HBO max right now #david jenkins #Ofmd #our flag means death #renew as a crew #edward teach #stede bonnet #blakbonnet #roach ofmd #jim jimenez #oluwande boodhari #frenchie ofmd #spanish jackie #zheng yi sao #izzy hands #Fangs ofmd #nathaniel buttons #wee john feeney #the swede #lucius spriggs #black pete

[grendelsmilf]

i don't want to act like corporations won't make homophobic decisions in their quest to further their financial interests. of course they will, because no capitalist would get anywhere without making the strategic decision to pander to the most powerful members of society, and we obviously live in a patriarchy that violently imposes a dogma of heteronormativity as a crucial method in its system of control. so there is, of course, an incentive to systematically erase any [gender] nonconformity from their product if it's no longer lucrative to present themselves as (pseudo)progressive in this way for whatever reason. so in the case of corporate tv executives, the idea that a show could theoretically get cancelled for being too unapologetically gay isn't ridiculous or far-fetched. in fact, the strategy to produce one or two seasons of a niche show with overtly lgbt characters and then cancel it once it's no longer turning a significant profit is pretty sound. especially if that show happens to be a piece of genre fiction, and especially if that show is bad. that way, the show can garner enough of a fanbase (the intersection of, say, sci fi fans and lesbians in your low budget lesbian sci fi series) that it gets promoted without the company itself having to expend their budget on marketing (which they can instead dedicate to more surefire mainstream hits), and gets viewed just enough to turn a profit. it's an experiment that can then get toted by the company as evidence of their progressive inclinations, without actually having to commit to any sort of reputation as a champion of lgbt rights. the fact that these shows are often qualitatively poor means that they can retroactively justify their premature cancellations by pointing to the low quality rather than the content. it's an insidious strategy.

of course, it's not necessarily true. lgbt media does actually happen to be profitable these days, especially when it's presented as either as a) salacious and shocking or b) heartwarming and wholesome. the fact that most of the shows that people have kicked up a fuss over are just undeniably not good and too niche to be lucrative makes the argument that these cancellations are all motivated by pure, unadulterated homophobia and nothing else (such as viewer retention rates and other fiscal concerns) seem somewhat silly. the desire for more authentic, compelling lgbt exploration in our media should not take the form of clamoring to renew mediocre (or just straight-up-bad) shows ad infinitum, but rather to acknowledge that there will never be true artistic depth rendering our community with love and authenticity to be found in corporately produced mainstream art. the issue isn't that these faceless executives are all individually spiteful homophobes, but rather that they operate under a structure that demands that these systemic injustices continue to be exploited for the sake of accruing capital. i'm not saying that homophobia isn't a real concern, but it's entirely incidental to the primary issue which is profit motive under capitalism. but you guys could also just stand to watch slightly better tv.

#sorry i just saw a rly cringe screenshot (about the flag show) and then started thinking about first kill again... and countless other shows #like i will never forgive hbo/max/whatever for they did to infinity train #but in that instance we all recognize that the issue is capitalism. so it's okay and valid and true #the irony of course being that the flag show and first kill are also both wildly racist #so their cancellations are in a way kind of progressive victories in and of themselves. lol #o