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Originally Posted by Leo656
So if none of that was true and they knew Rise wasn't going to hit, and it was just "killing time" between the next "real" cartoon, as you've posited...
Where IS the next "real cartoon"? Surely we'd have heard something concrete by now, but we haven't.
No, that doesn't make sense. Not as much sense as, "We were 100% committed to this iteration for the next couple of years, but it failed, and we had no contingency plan so now we're just throwing darts at the wall."
Sherlock Holmes, Occam's Razor, "simplest explanation", etc. etc. etc.
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You assume the heads of Nick would immediately have some idea of what and when the next "cartoon" would be as soon as 2012 ended. That'd be a dumb assumption. The "next big cartoon" would be a thing in the air with no concrete anything behind it beyond their wanting and needing to do it. Eventually. But they knew they needed a cool-off. "Rise" can slide into said cool off period as this low cost nothing experiment that probably no one may care about and seems pretty weird and off-brand. But hey, if it pays off? Maybe they don't need to worry about a big cost 2012 replacement in 5+ years. If not? They're out almost nothing. Little money well spent.
If they believed different, do you really think the 3 people on the Technodrome forums who liked the show would still be left wondering where their Rise movie is, now a year or so after the failed cartoon ended?