[video=youtube;RKWtoXJgoQ0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKWtoXJgoQ0[/video]
I loved the original Intruder from way back when, pretty excited for this.
The original (in vhs quality)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gct92iFX08Q[/media]
I wonder if this new intruder means tom's going to die again.
[QUOTE=xxfalconxx;44983987]I wonder if this new intruder means tom's going to die again.[/QUOTE]
He will be Thomas the Tank Engine... AGAIN :v: For those who don't know they moved toonami to the kiddie block hour in which tom looked like fucking thomas the tank engine I am not kidding. This looks very well made and excited for it hopefully it gets advertised around more than the first intruder.
Holy shit 15 years ago was when the first Intruder event premiered.
God damn
[QUOTE=sethcaron;44984299]He will be Thomas the Tank Engine... AGAIN :v: For those who don't know they moved toonami to the kiddie block hour in which tom looked like fucking thomas the tank engine I am not kidding. This looks very well made and excited for it hopefully it gets advertised around more than the first intruder.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nP22sGZ.png[/IMG]
It would have looked good if it was a completely new character. Either way, I'm very excited for this.
[QUOTE=xxfalconxx;44983987]I wonder if this new intruder means tom's going to die again.[/QUOTE]
Didn't he die like 4 times already?
Actually Toonami was moved from the kiddie block before they rebranded toonami. Toonami was moved from weekday afternoons to Saturdays way back in 2002/2003 I believe. This occurred because at the time CN was trying to push their more kid friendly after school block, Moguuzi(?). This ended up failing for the most part, but they kept Toonami on saturdays because it allowed them to have a larger lineup and add some animes that they normally weren't able to air during that 3-5pm weekday block. Adult Swim only became mostly popular for its uncut anime after CN decided to cancel Midnight Run and just merge all uncut anime (Or edited anime that still couldn't air during prime time) Into Adult swim, which used to air Mon-Friday, until they bastardized Adult Swim to only air anime on Saturdays after the Toonami block. I may be wrong but I want to say 2004 or 2005 was the last year Adult Swim aired anime on week nights before it all being pushed to Saturday nights back when the only thing that aired on AS on saturdays was Inuyasha and some older obscure animes.
[QUOTE=doomevil;44985236][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nP22sGZ.png[/IMG]
It would have looked good if it was a completely new character. Either way, I'm very excited for this.[/QUOTE]
Holy crap, that's a repressed memory.
Ok, so, if I understand correctly, TOM is the host of Toonami but at the same time they built a lot of lore about him, his ship and the universe he resides in? For what purpose?
[QUOTE=StrawberryClock;44985647]Ok, so, if I understand correctly, TOM is the host of Toonami but at the same time they built a lot of lore about him, his ship and the universe he resides in? For what purpose?[/QUOTE]
Because Tom is fucking cool.
Man, i remember being a kid and watching the original Intruder with my dad and sister, were all like "WHAT THE FUCK IS EVEN HAPPENING, NO NOT TOM, WHAT"
Man, I recognized Steve Blum instantly. Man's got a sexy voice.
Oh, shit. They do pretty sweet video game reviews:
[video=youtube;ZtfzMJnLbT0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtfzMJnLbT0[/video]
[QUOTE=StrawberryClock;44985647]Ok, so, if I understand correctly, TOM is the host of Toonami but at the same time they built a lot of lore about him, his ship and the universe he resides in? For what purpose?[/QUOTE]
Adds personality and charm to the programming block itself. Adds more value to the name than just "the thing where these shows airs". People got excited at Tom when Toonami was still in the proposal phase of revival.
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Plus TOM is a cool robot with Steve Blum's voice, you can't get a better representative of Toonami than that.
It's weird to think that I was 6 years old when this all happened. TOM's death to me was as devastating as watching Mufasa or Littlefoot's mom die.
Anyone remember that flash game Cartoon Network had on their site that was kinda like a top down RPG/Adventure based around the Intruder where you had to move about the ship and fight shit and try to repair the ship?
I thought that had to do with Toonami Lockdown? You controlled the DOKS and fought off the alien things.
[URL]http://toonami.wikia.com/wiki/Lockdown[/URL] <this?
[QUOTE=TAU!;44985854]It's weird to think that I was 6 years old when this all happened. TOM's death to me was as devastating as watching Mufasa or Littlefoot's mom die.[/QUOTE]
I never had cable, but that sounds like something I would have loved to be part of as a kid.
[QUOTE=StrawberryClock;44985912]I never had cable, but that sounds like something I would have loved to be part of as a kid.[/QUOTE]
It really was an experience that's stuck with me. Kinda sad that you missed out.
[QUOTE=trainplane3;44985890]I thought that had to do with Toonami Lockdown? You controlled the DOKS and fought off the alien things.
[URL]http://toonami.wikia.com/wiki/Lockdown[/URL] <this?[/QUOTE]I don't think so, but its possible. It was one of the two, but I recall the Intruder being tied in to it.
Heh. I just remembered when the first intruder came out, there was some smug asshole kid at the school who claimed he had a way to save tom. We asked him to do so, and he was like "nah i don't feel like it".
He deserves to go to the special hell along with the people who claimed charizard was in melee.
It would be cool if some fans could recreate the original Intruder event, kind of like Nick Reboot.
The only thing about this I can remember is seeing Tom get consumed by some sort of slime thing and just kind of starting in disbelief. Then I turned off the TV and played video games instead.
I remember I pretended to be sick that day so I could stay home and watch The Intruder.
[QUOTE=doomevil;44985236][IMG]http://i.imgur.com/nP22sGZ.png[/IMG]
It would have looked good if it was a completely new character. Either way, I'm very excited for this.[/QUOTE]
He actually is a different character
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpd33PooGBo[/media]
[QUOTE=NoobSauce;44989399]He actually is a different character
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lpd33PooGBo[/media][/QUOTE]
Well, yeah, all the different versions of Tom are "different characters" the problem is that he should have never been a Tom. Like, who let that design out the door? Tom has always been a (presumably robot) dude in a cool space suit looking thing, with a closed helmet, and then Tom 4 comes along with his bare metal body and weird unicycle thing and thomas the train face.
Man I fucking love TOM's suit designs
God [B]DAMN[/B] i love toonami music, i should start watching again
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