Post by bluebaron on Aug 18, 2023 14:19:10 GMT
Mess O' Blues has always been an interesting search for the fact that Van Partible is so heavily involved in its search. I'm not even sure if the issue is the fact that he doesn't want people to see it, it's the fact that he's the only one with a copy. I do still see a few people push the topic but since he's already made his opinion clear and there's nothing else anyone can do to find it, the search is closed.
Though that probably brings up a larger discussion when it comes to content that creators don't want released. I think someone asked me about this on stream once and I said, going after content that creators don't want seen depends on how strong of a connection they have to it.
For example if Mess O' Blues was released onto limited VHS that Van and a few of his friends had, yeah I would say don't go around and ask all his friends or try and source what happened to the remaining tapes since it would be such a small pool of people.
However, if Joe Murray said he didn't want the Camp Lazlo pilot to be released, doesn't have a copy himself, and is currently owned by Cartoon Network, I don't feel like it's as invasive to ask a large company like that or someone who was just hired to work on it from the studio for a copy.
Again though this is all in theory, if there was something offensive in the Camp Lazlo pilot or a negative factor for why it was lost, then I think that's something else that would have to be considered.
You don't think there's another copy of mess o blue out there in the wild though?
