"Kamp Koral," A CGI Spongebob Prequel Show Announced - Also the creator hates it.

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https://deadline.com/2019/06/sponge...mp-koral-greenlighted-nickelodeon-1202626441/

EXCLUSIVE: Nickelodeon has given a 13-episode series order to Kamp Koral (working title), a spinoff of the network’s signature series SpongeBob SquarePants. While the mothership is a classic 2D cartoon, the offshoot will be a CG-animated series, which serves as a prequel to SpongeBob. It introduces 10-year-old SpongeBob SquarePants during his summer at sleepaway camp.

Earlier this year, Nickelodeon, under new president Brian Robbins, announced it is developing for the first time ever spinoff projects for SpongeBob SquarePants characters. Kamp Koral marks the first such project to get a green light. It is slated to begin production in June at Nickelodeon’s facilities in Burbank.

In the series, SpongeBob and his pals spend the summer building underwater campfires, catching wild jellyfish, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at the craziest camp in the kelp forest, Kamp Koral. SpongeBob SquarePants‘ Marc Ceccarelli and Vincent Waller co-executive produce the prequel.

“SpongeBob has an incredible universe to expand upon and the greenlight for Kamp Koral is a testament to the strength and longevity of these characters known and loved by generations of fans around the world,” said Ramsey Naito, Nickelodeon’s EVP Animation Production and Development.

So far, the creative forces behind SpongeBob had tried a CG approach to the characters in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, the 2015 sequel to the successful live-action/2D film The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie. A third feature, The SpongeBob Movie: It’s a Wonderful Sponge, is slated for release next year from Paramount Animation.

The pickup for Kamp Koral comes on the eve of the 20th anniversary of SpongeBob SquarePants‘ debut on July 17, 1999. It will be marked with Best Year Ever, a tribute that includes an original one-hour special, SpongeBob’s Big Birthday Blowout, premiering Friday, July 12.

reated by Stephen Hillenburg and produced by Nickelodeon in Burbank, the character-driven cartoon chronicles the nautical and sometimes nonsensical adventures of SpongeBob, an incurably optimist and earnest sea sponge, and his undersea friends. While his exact age on the mothership series has never been disclosed, he is an adult who has a job and owns a (pineapple) home.

Since its launch, SpongeBob SquarePants has reigned as the No 1 kids’ animated series on TV for the last 17 years, while generating a universe of beloved characters, pop culture catchphrases and memes, theatrical releases, consumer products, a Tony award-winning Broadway musical and a global fan base. SpongeBob SquarePants is the most widely distributed property in Viacom International Media Networks history, seen in more than 208 countries and territories, translated in 55+ languages, and averaging more than 100 million total viewers every quarter.

Ironically, but unsurprisingly, Paul Tibbitt, the successor to the late Stephen Hillenburg (the creator of Spongebob) is less than thrilled about the project's announcement:

In tangentially related news, Spongebob: Battle for Bikini Bottom is getting a remake...for some reason. The game itself is a Mario-like collectathon platformer, and is regarded as the best Spongebob-related video game, and among the better officially licensed games in general.

In my personal opinion, I really stopped paying attention to Spongebob past season 3--which apparently was when the writing and direction of the show took a turn for the worse (don't click that). If the writing in the new show is any different, there's a possibility it will be...maybe better than new Spongebob. But obviously it'll pale in comparison to the unmatched humor of the original first few seasons.

 

[Absolute Brainlet]

>CGI
It's gonna be shit

 

[I should be working]

Since Spongebob's a kid in this one, why not call it Kamp Koral Kids instead, makes the intentions more krystal klear for the kiddies.

 

[Clop]

I really stopped paying attention to Spongebob past season 3--which apparently was when the writing and direction of the show took a turn for the worse (don't click that).

The show was ever anything other than a bunch of shouting?

 

[Chin of Campbell]

Cartoons are at an all time low right now, real shame for kids these days. I mean, it's not like any of them do anything but watch soyboy YouTubers jack off on Fortnite but still.

 

[Colmerry]

Battle for Bikini Bottom was my shit back in the day. Hope they don't fuck up the remake.

Also, the idea of a Spongebob prequel is dumb to begin with. The fact that it's CGI gives me even less hope.

 

[nonnewtonian]

Spongebob: Battle for Bikini Bottom is getting a remake.

Nickelodeon has given a 13-episode series order to Kamp Koral (working title), a spinoff of the network’s signature series SpongeBob SquarePants. While the mothership is a classic 2D cartoon, the offshoot will be a CG-animated series, which serves as a prequel to SpongeBob. It introduces 10-year-old SpongeBob SquarePants during his summer at sleepaway camp.

To create, something of equal value must be lost. This is the principle of Equivalent Exchange.

 

[Shaved Kiwis]

You can do so much cool shit with CGI. It's just a shame that those fuckers will only use it to cut production costs.

Cartoons are at an all time low right now, real shame for kids these days. I mean, it's not like any of them do anything but watch soyboy YouTubers jack off on Fortnite but still.

It's fucking perverse. A bunch of them don't even play video games. They just like watching others play the games for them. Who knew that there was a step down from quick time events?

Battle for Bikini Bottom was my shit back in the day. Hope they don't fuck up the remake.

Also, the idea of a Spongebob prequel is dumb to begin with. The fact that it's CGI gives me even less hope.

Remakes are almost fucking worthless because they only remake games that were done right the first time. To take it a step further; I don't think people would be clamoring for remakes so much if consoles still offered backwards compatibility. How many fucking PSX games do you remember getting remade for the PS2? Shit was virtually nonexistent because of the backwards compatibility.

 

[Regenbogen]

this is gonna be fucking awful

 

[The Great Chandler]

Cartoons are at an all time low right now, real shame for kids these days. I mean, it's not like any of them do anything but watch soyboy YouTubers jack off on Fortnite but still.

I've seen kids watch older shows from the 2000s to even the 80s. It really shows.

 

[Coelacanth]

I've seen kids watch older shows from the 2000s to even the 80s. It really shows.

This. I haven't met a single kid irl who's favourite show is Stephen Universe or the She-Ra remake (ironically the one every kid usually brings up is Ed, Edd n Eddy - which is what one of the artists on Stephen Universe was working on before joining Rebecca Sugar). Won't be surprised if Kamp Koral is a success though - kids still love Spongebob, and no matter how trash it'll be they'll be the one who "decides" if the show is watchable or not.

 

[Frank D'arbo]

Obligatory:

Thanks Viacom, you're the best.

 

[Stab You in the Back]

Remakes are almost fucking worthless because they only remake games that were done right the first time. To take it a step further; I don't think people would be clamoring for remakes so much if consoles still offered backwards compatibility. How many fucking PSX games do you remember getting remade for the PS2? Shit was virtually nonexistent because of the backwards compatibility.

Depends on the game and console generation. Things like high definition, steady framerates and far greater draw distances breathe new life into first and second gen 3d games. More responsive controls and analog support also greatly benefits first gen playstation 1 games. For instance, nobody who bought the recent Crash remakes said to themselves, "this is nice, but I really wish I could play this on a fuzzy CRT tv with a d-pad."

 

[The Pink Panther]

I think it's pretty funny they waited until after Stephen died to do the spinoff.

He would've been the one thing stopping him from doing this. Quite lulzy to be honest.

 

[crocodilian]

The show was ever anything other than a bunch of shouting?

A lot of people hold (early) Spongebob in high regard. It's sometimes called the best western cartoon, alongside (early) Simpsons.

 

[Clop]

A lot of people hold (early) Spongebob in high regard. It's sometimes called the best western cartoon, alongside (early) Simpsons.

Well (early) explains him stopping to watch past Season 3. What I ever saw, particularly labelled the "most popular" clips, were ones where there was just a lot of screaming or intentionally atrocious singing. Anyone ever comes near me trying to mimic that "Krusty Krab Pizza"-jingle and I will tear out their gizzard and eat it.

 

[Somar]

Isn't the next Spongebob movie next year supposed to have the exact same premise? Plus Spongebob's already a kid at heart (literally the point of the first film) so how de-aging him be any different than before?

 

[Kamov Ka-52]

Why though?

 

[crocodilian]

Well (early) explains him stopping to watch past Season 3. What I ever saw, particularly labelled the "most popular" clips, were ones where there was just a lot of screaming or intentionally atrocious singing. Anyone ever comes near me trying to mimic that "Krusty Krab Pizza"-jingle and I will tear out their gizzard and eat it.

That's a very early episode. The joke is the song is intentionally grating to the character Squidward. Honestly I'd give the whole episode a try, it's nowhere near as hectic and loud as modern kids programming seems to be (or at least the kind I've glanced in on) and it's almost unfair to judge it on one clip.

 

[UE 558]

Apparently the last two seasons improved a bit and I did like Spongebob Sponge Out of Water (the movie Tibbitt directed), but this show seems pretty disrespectful and I get the feeling that they rewrote the new movie in order to serve as a pilot. Especially since this was the movie draft that likely floated around when Stephen was alive

while this one was only announced in April

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