I hate to be a killjoy, but here's a long joykilling post.

[wellgolly]

Okay, there's a lotta stuff to respond to, so lemme do it bit by bit. Hopefully it won't be as annoying a post as I think it might be.

When you say 'none of this will happen' and include season 4 speculation and suggestion,

When I said (speculation and) suggestion, I meant to just refer to the suggestion. I put the rest in parenthesis to just acknowledge what I was excluding. The suggestion thing seems a bit odd to me, I imagine there'd be legal issues. Then again, TF2.

are you saying that you don't think a season 4 will ever happen or what people say they want in season 4 will never happen? It's a little ambiguous.

Nah, when I was saying I was sure this isn't the end of the Telltale series, I meant I feel pretty sure there's a season 4 coming EVENTUALLY, not like just the soundtrack and another poster two years later. I'm super optimistic about it! :,)

Also I don't think we can completely rule out some kind of release for the 25th anniversary. I mean there might be nothing but there might be something too, we won't know that one till we get there. Otherwise I agree that pretty much everything else on the list is far-fetched.

I think you're right on this, actually. Maybe the soundtrack or ipad versions are coming then?

(in case you can't tell, i want the soundtrack :[)

[Woodsyblue]

Originally Posted by wellgolly

When I said (speculation and) suggestion, I meant to just refer to the suggestion. I put the rest in parenthesis to just acknowledge what I was excluding. The suggestion thing seems a bit odd to me, I imagine there'd be legal issues.

That's actually a really good point. If someone were to send a script they wrote to a television show they love the people who work on the show wouldn't even be allowed to open the package. This is because if they use a single plot point or quote from the fan-written script in a later episode, even if they weren't really plagiarising it and it was just a total coincidence, the fan could then turn around and sue the producers of the show. I'm not sure if it's the same for an idea written down in a forum but something tells me the Telltale writers don't spend their nights browsing the forums looking for their ideas.

Originally Posted by wellgolly

(in case you can't tell, i want the soundtrack :[)

Yeah, its a shame it doesn't look like they are producing soundtracks any more. Last one they did was for S&M Season 2 I think

[Jake]

Originally Posted by supmandude85

...

What did I say about that mat! Seriously.

[Woodsyblue]

Originally Posted by wellgolly

in case you can't tell, i want the soundtrack :[

I just remembered, we have a petition of sorts for a soundtrack to TDP.

[Vainamoinen]

Originally Posted by mikey485

All i really want for the 25th anniversary is a new surfing the highway collection including the big sleep and the two sketch books.

Ohhhh and don't forget to put transparent pages with the speech bubbles into "The big sleep" to get the same feeling as in the online version.

[Woodsyblue]

You have to admit it was an awesome feature, though. Something far more web comics should utilise

[StrongBrush1]

Originally Posted by Irishmile

This is a forum ... to have conversations... I see no harm in conversing things that will never happen...

Also... Dogs and Rabbity things will never really be freelance police either.

Not if I have anything to say about it.

[FitzoliverJ]

Originally Posted by Irishmile

Dogs and Rabbity things will never really be freelance police either.

You're right, of course. The whole idea is frankly absurd. I mean, "Freelance Police". It's a contradiction in terms. Obviously, all the dogs and rabbity things will have to get other jobs.

[coolsome]

Originally Posted by StrongBrush1

Not if I have anything to say about it.

Do you?

[lattsam]

Originally Posted by Irishmile

Also... Dogs and Rabbity things will never really be freelance police either.

Yeah, because THAT would be REALLY ridiculous.

[Grojak]

Originally Posted by wellgolly

It seems like most of the threads in this subforum are either speculation or suggestions about where to take the franchise from here. Just on the front page alone, there's:

• A suggestion to buy and finish Freelance Police
• Speculation about a new TV season
• Someone planning to sell Purcell's concept to Adult Swim for a new series somehow
• A season 4 (speculation and) suggestion thread
• Anticipation for some kind of release for the 25th anniversary of the franchise
• more speculation about a new TV season

Guys, none of this will happen. Ever. The only exception being the possibility of Steve Purcell drawing a little something on his blog, and a Telltale sale.

First off, things don't work this way. The sheer force of willpower alone can't create things. For the sake of an example, let's talk about the new TV series hopes. Pitching a new show would require tons of work, that a man who already has another demanding job simply can't do. It would take a very, very long time to go from concept to the screen, and most series don't get picked up. Hell, most don't even get to be made into a pilot. Just because you'd like to see it doesn't mean all the steps in the process would go smoothly. Not to mention it doesn't mean Purcell would find time, interest, and a satisfying concept for an adaptation.

Anyway, Sam & Max has always just been a very small amount of content for its fanbase's size.. If you've been a fan of the series since before the first Telltale season, you probably know what I mean. If you were a fan before Hit the Road, you definitely know what I mean.

The stuff we get tends to feel few and far between, but compared to most series, it's pretty insanely large. That's why we got to play three(!) different seasons that came out in just four years. That's pretty impressive. Especially considering no other telltale series even got a second season. The love is what got us from comics to games to tv to more games. But it's still just a cult-hit, and you guys seem to expect things to pump out of the franchise like it's Simpsons big. Although to be honest, not even that could come out with the volume of stuff some posters seem to expect.

I'm sure this isn't the end of the franchise, or even the Telltale series, but let's be realistic, you know? Maybe we'll get the season 3 soundtrack, but the earliest season 4 could possibly come would probably be more than a year, considering all the games telltale's got lined up. Personally, I'm hoping that we get to see the remaining pages of the infamous Max-gets-shot comic someday.

(Also, just to squash out the remaining hope, there's never going to be a poker night dlc with new characters)

You where a little bit hasty when you posted this, dude. No offence meant, cos I agree with you, but you know how forums work, your lucky you haven't been flamed like no tomorrow.

Having said that, I 100% agree with you. I can see something happening for the anniversary but in all honesty I don't see a Sam and Max season 4 until late 2012 at the absolute earliest (I think it will be 2013 but that's just me).

[Overture]

I don't understand the point of this thread. What, you expect (probably correctly) that a lot of this stuff will never happen, so why bother talking / rallying / dreaming / sharing the love? When did dreaming become a bad thing? Who said we had to be realistic?
I smell a troll.

[lattsam]

Originally Posted by Overture

I don't understand the point of this thread. What, you expect (probably correctly) that a lot of this stuff will never happen, so why bother talking / rallying / dreaming / sharing the love? When did dreaming become a bad thing? Who said we had to be realistic?
I smell a troll.

Welcome to the internet. Trolls are everywhere on the internet.

Join the club.

[StrongBrush1]

Originally Posted by coolsome

Do you?

I'm working on it.

[grouik]

There is always room for hope :
You may not like it but we got Indiana Jones 4 (arg!) and we will get Ghostbusters 3 (yeah!).
I also await Fables and Walking Dead but why not a day of the tentacle 2?
I am always amazed by the stories and ideas behind Sam & Max, they are quite unique and very different from any other adventure game.
I want a season 4 in 2014 at the latest!

[Lucoshi]

don't worry i will try do all the stuff!

[Woodsyblue]

Originally Posted by grouik

I also await Fables and Walking Dead but why not a day of the tentacle 2?

Probably because since the change in leadership at LucasArts, they don't have the same partnership with Telltale that they used to. As much as I hate to say it we're probably not even going to get a second season of Tales of Monkey Island, let alone continuations of other LucasArts franchises.

[Zantillia]

That kind of thinking bothers me ("It will never happen so stop talking about it!"). I've lurked here for some time and while I do agree that most theories are farfetched and yeah we probably won't get a new show but why can't people talk about it?

It doesn't really matter if what you think should happen will happen. I think people talk about this stuff because they want to know if someone else shares their opinion or swap ideas and predictions. Its all a part of being a community, you want to know what others are thinking even if its totally wrong.

[TheGreatAllie]

I will never feel happiness again because of this post.

I thought you should know that.

[SHODANFreeman]

Originally Posted by ryannumber1gamer

telltale listons to what the fans want

Really? Because I wanted BttF and JP to be adventure games.