TheVileOne Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Congrats to all the Vixen fans. She's getting her own animated show on CW Seed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I guess she is no longer a super model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Saw that earlier on CBR. Feels like an odd choice for an animated series, but I've generally enjoyed what little I've seen and read of the character though she isn't a favorite. I read its going to be set in the Arrow/Flash universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 5'7", 140lbs? Damn, boobs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 5'7", 140lbs? Damn, boobs. And booty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I'm a little disturbed by how prominent they are in every piece of art so far for the show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 And that leg-to-torso ratio looks to be (at least) extremely uncomfortable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Playa Shunna Ver 3.0 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 How does it hold up on the Bruce Timm/Powergirl scale? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted January 29, 2015 Author Share Posted January 29, 2015 Been revisiting various animated X-Men properties. Watched all the X-eps of Spidey and his Amazing Friends, the first 8 or so eps of Saban and Evolution, and Pryde of the X-Men. The 80s stuff has aged poorly (you're SHOCKED, I know) but for someone who didn't really read comics except Transformers and GI Joe in the 80s, they served as a first window into the X-verse. Pryde in particular felt like a huge missed opportunity, a pilot that had some rough edges but could easily have worked out if given 13 eps to tinker with the formula and find a groove. Much like the third season of Transformers, it feels like it's trying really hard to push the envelope of what kids' shows (and particularly Marvel/Hasbro kids' shows) did at the time, but foundering because they're trying to do a show that uses the 80s kids' show formula to tell stories for a slightly older audience, rather than building a new formula for that audience. (If nothing else, it's leaps and bounds ahead of the Robocop and Dino-Riders series it was designed to air with). I love how there is absolutely no consistency in any sense of the word (Cyclops has two different voices, one of which is the thoroughly inappropriate Stan Jones). Aussie Wolverine is always hilarious, and I love the story (I found it on Toon Zone long ago) that says the initial plan (and the "X-Men Adventure" ep, which was a backdoor pilot for a new NBC show) used Thunderbird instead of Wolverine because there was no way to make Logan's claws kids-show appropriate. Man there is basically no way in hell I make it thru 5 seasons of Saban X-Men. "Night of the Sentinels", for all its clunky dialogue, still feels super ambitious by the standards of the day. The foster parents trying to do the right thing and accidentally setting the Sentinels on Jubilee, the X-Men breaking into the MRA facility, Morph's apparent death and Beast spending the whole first season in prison. That's some harsh shit there. And yet, the dialogue is appalling, the "don't say kill/die" rule is applied with no consistency whatsoever and I want to walk away from the TV every time Sabretooth or Gambit shows up. Also, nobody but Scott and Jean can have a real name (and Jean can't have a code name) and Gambit wears his costume while walking through the airport with street-clothed Storm and Jubilee and I know that when the kill/die rule DOES become consistent, it will be the wrong kind of consistent and Scott will yell "Stop! YOU'RE DESTROYING HIM!" in season 2. Evolution is interesting. I remember hating the first season, loving the second, and never seeing 3-4. I had forgotten that in ep 1, Scott and Jean are basically the only 'students' at the Xavier Institute, and the first 5 eps bring in Kurt, Kitty, Rogue and Spike, as well as the Brotherhood kids. Kitty needs to be hooked up to a device that will shock her every time she says "like" more than once in a sentence. Scott McNeil is an underrated Wolverine. Not saying he's as good as Steve Blum, but he's totally acceptable. I kind of want to fast forward thru S1 and get to Beast and the New Mutants and Scarlet Witch and X-23, but I won't. Not ignoring WatX, but I want to finish either one of these series or something else I've been bouncing around on Netflix or Hulu before I commit to a THIRD X-Men cartoon. Is the anime still on Crackle? Someday, I should watch more than just the first ep of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 29, 2015 Share Posted January 29, 2015 You could go either way on the anime. I love the Saban X-men series though I loath the horrible amount of censorship that was fostered upon it. Made no damn sense and brought down a generally good show. It and Spider-man are the series that actually got me into superheroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheVileOne Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Too bad we couldn't get more of Wolverine and the X-Men. Lots of off-screen deaths in that one. Plans for season 2 looked really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 I think that was probably the best out of the X-men series. Season 2 with Age of Apocalypse would have been interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted February 13, 2015 Author Share Posted February 13, 2015 I had forgotten completely that Evo gives up the "Nightcrawler is Mystique's kid" reveal in episode 10 or 11. That seems completely nuts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Wolverine and the X-Men is the best. X-Men Evolution Season 2 on is second best. 90s X-Men is far, far behind the others. Wolverine and the X-Men is the best Marvel animated show ever. Pretty easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eivion Posted February 13, 2015 Share Posted February 13, 2015 Was never terribly fond of Evolution. Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes was better than W&TM. Spectacular Spider-man as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted February 14, 2015 Author Share Posted February 14, 2015 RIP Gary Owens, voice of Space Ghost, the Blue Falcon, Roger Ramjet and others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted March 3, 2015 Author Share Posted March 3, 2015 So after finishing the first season of both Fox and Evo, I decided to stick with Evo exclusively until I get to the end, then double back and watch the rest of Fox X-Men. I'm up through "The Beast of Bayville" and I'm struck by just how many of these I didn't see on first airing. Still don't really care for Evo Kitty though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Sorrow Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 My nephew is on a Ghostbusters kick, so I introduced him to The Real Ghostbusters cartoon and he's loving it. Apparently every episode is on youtube. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 I have the box set, really need to make the effort to watch ALL of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 That Might be the first time i heard Maurice La Marche do his Orson Welles impression Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I've been on this kick at work lately, doing the Sandman voice: "No war ... no fighting ... only dreams." Did it for the kid this weekend; she blamed Saturday's nightmare on me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Natural Posted March 20, 2015 Share Posted March 20, 2015 I know one or two of you watched the animated Batman: The Dark Knight Returns on the old board and I want to talk it up on the new one. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1. Bruce Wayne, ten years after retiring as Batman returns to action as Batman in a crime filled Gotham City. The media and citizens debate Batman’s involvement, for and against. This is another quality addition to the DC Animated Universe, its high up on the list. I really enjoyed this film for the story, the animation, the voice cast with Peter Weller as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Ariel Winter as Carrie Kelly/Robin and the score, one of the best in a DC animated film. The film ends on a great cliffhanger. Actually one of the best endings to any film I’ve seen. The Joker reacting to Batman's return. Darlin'. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2. Batman has to deal with opposition to his return from The Joker reawaken from dormancy by Batman’s return, locally by the Gotham City police force under a new anti vigilante Commissioner and nationally by the US Government who Superman answers to. There are those who aren’t against Batman and are inspired by him. The quality doesn't dip in the second and final part, its high up on the Best Animated DC Universe films for the story, the animation, the voice cast with Peter Weller as Batman/Bruce Wayne, Ariel Winter as Carrie Kelly/Robin, Mark Valley as Clark Kent/Superman, Michael Emerson as The Joker and the score. The score for this film is one of the best in a DC animated film. The two sequences I was looking forward to more than delivered: The final confrontation between Batman and The Joker. Batman vs. Superman. Which part did I prefer? I probably prefer the first for the smaller scale. Both are two of the best Batman films I’ve watched with Batman: Mask of the Phantasm, Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Batman: Year One, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. After watching both parts, I’d like to go back and read The Dark Knight Returns again which I’ve only ever read once years ago. The film has certainly made me appreciate the book more. Actually I might prefer this to the original source material. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burgundy LaRue Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I wrapped up Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated and wow, what a finish. It brought everything back to where we first were introduced to the gang: four kids and a dog traveling the country in a funky van and meddling in others' affairs. One of the best examples of deconstructing a classic entity I've ever seen. Well worth a watch, but do so quickly: Netflix is taking it down on March 30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted March 30, 2015 Share Posted March 30, 2015 Adam West and Burt Ward returning for a batman 66 animated movie. /www.tor.com/blogs/2015/03/adam-west-and-burt-ward-will-play-batman-and-robin-again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cliff Hanger Posted March 30, 2015 Author Share Posted March 30, 2015 Has anyone seen the new Transformers yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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