Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-24958008-20150221192029

Today's the day, the moment you've all been waiting for. After thinking about it some more and thanks to everyone's support, I have decided to keep the project up and running.

Now that is good news, but now I wanna ease you guys in on the details as to why the project was in trouble in the first place.

Underdeveloped Characters
One major impact was the underdeveloped characters. Some of the characters weren't properly introduced in the first episode and it took too long to introduce all of them. Twelve minutes into the first episode, and we're still introducing the protagonists. Twenty minutes into the first episode and kids are starting to ask their parents, "Where are the Skylanders?" Also, some of you were probably like, "Does the show focus on the Skylanders at all? I mean 'Skylanders' is in the show's title for a reason, right?" I have decided to make the Skylanders deuteragonists, meaning they will be the second most important characters in the series, behind the protagonists.

Overuse of Villains
I also pulled a "Spider-Man 3" for trying to introduce too many villains at one time. I've decided to introduce each villain one at a time. I may have two villains in an episode at a time but that's it, except when it comes to villain team-ups.

Character Deaths
In a few scrapped scripts, I had a few main characters killed off, some of them even had gruesome deaths. I'm not gonna say which characters because some of these [deaths] may still happen: crushed to death, turning into goo, vaporized into nothingness, etc.

Ratings
Due to the somewhat violent nature of the original scripts, the show had a somewhat TV-PG rating. This rating isn't bad at all, but I just felt like this direction did not feel like Skylanders. So I had multiple scripts scrapped in order to make way for a TV-Y7-FV rating.

Deadlines
I discussed this already with BH, I don't wanna get caught up with deadlines. I don't wanna feel like I'm rushing anyone, but I don't want everyone to take forever to send me their lines either.

Now here are some things I hope will make things much easier.

Production Team
To help begin the show when it eventually does begin its actual production stages, I have decided to form a small production group I like to call The Amazing Ancients (a reference to the Benevolent Ancients). The group will (hopefully) consist of me, BH, Blind, and Poseidon. Me, BH, and Blind will be in charge of writing, me and BH will be in charge of animation and character designs, and Poseidon will be in charge of the music (alongside the other planned composers). Because if you ask me, it's much easier to get the job done when you have a team of friends by your side.

Creating the Heroes Universe
I want to create a universe that can keep audiences on their toes and keep them on board for future events. I want to have the protagonists be characters everyone can enjoy and characters that the voice actors can see within themselves. I also want the antagonists to be likeable too. I know that most audiences generally don't like the villains' actions and how much of an impact they make on the heroes. However, I want to create a universe where the audience, and the heroes, can still find a way to cheer up for the villains after seeing what made them the people they are today.

Heroes vs. Villains
Throughout the course of the series, the heroes will have to face new challenges they usually aren't prepared for. As the series progresses, new heroes and villains will be introduced. SPOILER ALERT: There will be many more Portal Masters, as well as Dark Portal Masters (Dark as in evil, not the Dark element). The heroes will have to overcome new challenges, both physically and mentally, and find what makes them unique in order to truly be one with themselves. Also, just like with any other series, new villains will be way more dangerous than the older ones. The final villain (who is not a villain I have already revealed) will be the most powerful, dangerous, and sinister the heroes will face. Each season will tell a separate arc in the storyline, meaning new wars for the heroes in Skylands.

Well, I hope everyone is somewhat relieved by this (I know I am) and I will hopefully get around to editing content related to the project sometime soon.

-BCtheBoss 