It's a sad day for fans of Gargoyles

http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=11250

Apparently Disney may not be releasing the rest of the DVDs because they don't like the DVD sales so far. I'm amazed that a company that likes to make their movies unavailable for years at a time and then repeatedly having a limited edition supply every now and then actually cares about their sales.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by guyinrubbersuit

Well I love how they are threatening to pull the plug on the DVD releases when they have done absolutely nil advertising

Yeah that is really annoying. Know how I found out when Season 1 was put on DVD? I'm obsessed enough with the series that every couple months I typed Gargoyles in the Amazon.com search bar. I'd guess most fans of the series aren't that obsessed.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by acid

You, uh, do know that the reason that they put movies "in the vault" is to drive sales through the roof, right?

By releasing said movie for "A LIMITED TIME ONLY!" it not only encourages people to buy them because they know they may not see another copy for 10 years. Fail so hard.

I guess that may be true, but that doesn't mean they're not assholes for what they're doing with Gargoyles. They haven't advertised it at all, they can't expect it to sell like one of their overrated movies would.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Freelance Wolf

Ah, but Disney doesn't care one whit about the TV shows. The only reason Gargoyles came to DVD in the first place was because the fans clamoured for it.

That may be true but not all fans are obsessed like me and using Amazon's search bar constantly to look for it. So alot of fans of the series won't even know it's on DVD in the first place. And how costly would it be to have commercials for it on their own channels?

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Originally Posted by acid

The fans bitched for Gargoyles, they got it, and it didn't sell.

They would be assholes if they said "fuck you, you'll never see it on DVD". They said "fine, we'll give it a shot", and no one bought it. You can hardly blame them for not supporting something that no one wants.

I mean, do you really expect a company to continue to sell a product that doesn't sell?

The problem with no advertising is that how can the fans buy it if they don't know it's on DVD? I have a friend who likes the show alot and didn't know it's on DVD cause it never came up in conversation before I got pissed about the possibility of not releasing the rest of the series.

Not to mention that alot of retailers either didn't carry it or didn't put it where alot of people would notice it.

As I already stated, the ONLY reason I knew the show went on DVD was because I once a month typed in Gargoyles on the Amazon.com search bar. Most people are not that obsessive over a show.

And you know Disney thinks the series is good enough to keep it on Toon Disney inspite of it supposedly not being a profitable show. Why can't they advertise the DVDs during the very show they are for?

With that said I have both the currently available sets and am going to get them for people as gifts just to boost the sales. Inspite of the fact that I don't actually trust Disney to live up to their word of releasing more if the sales go up.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Just a note, I'm not saying they should have had a huge advertising campaign like a movie would. But I don't think a commercial during the times the show is actually on or a couple ads in maybe some gaming magazines. I mean if some hobos who are selling EQ plat can afford an ad in a video game magazine, I doubt that it's gonna break the bank for Disney.

Although honestly most TV shows that get DVD releases don't get advertised and alot of their fans don't realize the shows are on DVD. I mean the other day at work I ran into a guy from high school that was buying cookies from the deli that had Superman designs on them. I got into a bit of conversation with him about Superman and I brought up the cartoon from the 90s. He loves that cartoon and guess what? He didn't know it was available on DVD. I actually ran into a guy the other day that thought the Saiyan Saga DVDs of Dragon Ball Z that Funimation is currently releasing are the first Uncut DBZ DVDs to be released.

Considering how long I see alot of DVD sets sitting on the shelves at places before they sell leads me to believe DVDs of TV shows take awhile to sell and Disney doesn't understand that.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by RockgamerXIII

Not to make fun of anyone or anything, but in this day and age, if you can't get access to the internet in any way (friend, school, library), then you probably can't afford the sets to begin with. I mean, even if all you can do most of the time is check your e-mail, you can still have a way of getting this information sent to you, so I really don't see this as an excuse.

That may be true but if they don't have access to it on a regular basis you can't really expect them to know all the good sites and where to look up info. and as far as using your friends to use their internet, I can tell you that it was very annoying having my best friend constantly ask me to look up video game info for him on gamfaqs.

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Well in anycase, I hope the last part gets released. If it doesn't that's pretty much a big slap in the face and a "Fuck You" to everyone that did actually buy the DVDs rather then illegaly downloading the episodes like 4channers. I mean even if it's not a big hit, why stop when there is only one set left to release?

I'm getting sick of being screwed by people in charge of DVD releases lately. Both Teen Titans and Justice League they canceled individual DVD releases and just went with box sets meaning I wasted money on DVDs cause I'd have to buy the box sets if I want the complete series. The same thing happened with the uncut DBZ Saiyan Saga and they were up to 9 DVDs out of 12 before they did it. Now this.... I don't like having an incomplete collection.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Troy-Bagnell

Also I heard the original creator was trying to get the show going again but Disney won't give up the rights for him to continue it. Or something of that nature.

He's continueing it with a comic that picks up where the cartoon left off.

Jam it back in, in the dark.