My reasons why SBT was cancelled
Hey all,
After hearing about SBT being cancelled (and after I let the red tunnel vision of rage wear off) I have a couple of thoughts to why the show was removed after one season.
Reason 1 - Cost. The animation/CGI for the series was absolutely gorgeous and clear cut. However, such animation costs a fortune to produce with the amount of manpower and resources to put it together. And the most interesting thing is that sometimes such animation wasn't even in the fight scenes! One particular event was a scene in the episode "Disenfranchised" where the soldier "babyface" was tailing Newton. You will see interesting scenes where the background has interesting shadowings and effects, none of which is necessary, but it heightens the mood and situation.
Reason 2 - A cardinal rule was broken. In almost all american animation, and pretty much every cartoon network produced show, there lies the cardinal rule: A human, no matter how justified, can be allowed to kill another human. The hero can kill any matter of robot, cyborg, alien, or monster, but when he kills another human, it snaps kids back to reality, that this is no longer a "cartoon". This is why Samurai Jack always sliced through robots with his sword instead of killing living beings.
Reason 3 - It was aimed at the wrong demographic. This show should have been put on Adult Swim from the beginning instead of cartoon network. Although SBT isn't as raunchy or adult as the rest of their block, its' stories are meant to be appreciated by people of 16-17 onwards. Younger than that, some of the story is lost or misconstrued. A great indicator of this was the episode "I am Octus" where Octus tries to understand who or what he is. It was a classic tale of AI sentience that I don't think kids under that age would truly understand.
These are my thoughts, what do you all think?