Hand of Vecna
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Klaus said:
Hrmmm..... *yoink*
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New TEEN TITANS and JUSTICE LEAGUE (w/ Spoilers)
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Hrmmm..... *yoink*
Nightfall
Sage of the Scarred Lands
Alright, saw Kids stuff. Must say if was Morgan Le Fay, I'd keep her son that way for a long time. At least until he learned his lesson. In another instance, must say I was impressed with the voice cast for the Kid Leaguers. (Still think they should have had Flash and Jonn' along as back up.) (Also thought the tension at the end with Batman saying "I was never a kid after 8 years old" was a great touch and made for WW's reaction even better I felt.)
In today's ep, Hawk and Dove, some REALLY cool stuff. (I do wish that Kevin Smith hadn't died. Been nice to see him reprise Ares. Sure he was a fluffy kind of Ares but his menace was awesome.) In any case loved the Annihilator and of course the return of the great vocie of our times, Ed Asner as Hephastus. Nice touch. Overall not a great ep but a pretty cool one in terms of seeing that even a "nice" girl like Wonder Woman has her breaking point. (I still laughed when I watched her beat down those thugs.)
Teen Titan wise, the end of Slade and Terra, classic. I also loved how the TT went completely nuts busting Terra up. The marker at the end, nice touch. Overall I'd say season 2 ended with the right amount of oumph and fun.
Can't wait to see next weeks stuff, Zatana and Batman, and Cyborg goes undercover. Should be rather fun.
In today's ep, Hawk and Dove, some REALLY cool stuff. (I do wish that Kevin Smith hadn't died. Been nice to see him reprise Ares. Sure he was a fluffy kind of Ares but his menace was awesome.) In any case loved the Annihilator and of course the return of the great vocie of our times, Ed Asner as Hephastus. Nice touch. Overall not a great ep but a pretty cool one in terms of seeing that even a "nice" girl like Wonder Woman has her breaking point. (I still laughed when I watched her beat down those thugs.)
Teen Titan wise, the end of Slade and Terra, classic. I also loved how the TT went completely nuts busting Terra up. The marker at the end, nice touch. Overall I'd say season 2 ended with the right amount of oumph and fun.
Can't wait to see next weeks stuff, Zatana and Batman, and Cyborg goes undercover. Should be rather fun.
I was impressed by the message they put into the war episode of JLU. While not exactly grad studies, it was pretty complex and interesting for a kid or YA-aimed show, and I appreciated that.
And yeah, Ed Asner was awesome. The man can put soooo many meanings into "She didn't have your build," and "Come back next week. I'll let out your armor"...
And Michael York, of all people, was pretty good as Ares (and yes, agree on the sadness of Kevin Smith's passing).
Still, points for the episode go to Wonder Woman's delivery of "Oh, right. Like that's gonna work," which is a ton funnier in context than as it's been used during those commercial trailers.
And yeah, Ed Asner was awesome. The man can put soooo many meanings into "She didn't have your build," and "Come back next week. I'll let out your armor"...
And Michael York, of all people, was pretty good as Ares (and yes, agree on the sadness of Kevin Smith's passing).
Still, points for the episode go to Wonder Woman's delivery of "Oh, right. Like that's gonna work," which is a ton funnier in context than as it's been used during those commercial trailers.
Villano
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1st episode - I thought, "Wow, this is pretty good."
2nd episode - I thought, "This is almost as good as the first."
3rd episode - I thought, "Eh, it's...okay...I guess."
4th episode - I thought, "Wow, this sucks."
The good points: I thought Hawk & Dove were interesting characters. Wonder Woman kicking ass in civilain clothes. It was nice to hear Michael York's voice.
The bad: Everything else.
Ares was a joke of a villain. They seemed to be going for the silver age version of the character. At least they didn't make Hades the bad guy again.
The overuse of the superspeed effect with Hawk & Dove. That got old very fast.
The Annihilator, a magical suit of armor created by the Greek gods. I liked him better when he was a magical suit of armor created by the Marvel Comics Asgardian gods and called "The Destroyer".
No external shots of Olympus or of Wonder Woman going there. Not a big deal, but, from a storytelling perspective, that's a misstep.
What was up with Friar Tuck?
War? Huh! Yeah! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing...especially in a cartoon. Writers today want to handle "mature" and complex issues in cartoons. The problem is that it's still a cartoon. What we saw was nothing more than an episode of G.I. Joe, just make Ares Cobra Commander and you're there. You wouldn't even need to change Ares's two-dimensional personality either.
Hopefully, the next episode will be better.
2nd episode - I thought, "This is almost as good as the first."
3rd episode - I thought, "Eh, it's...okay...I guess."
4th episode - I thought, "Wow, this sucks."
The good points: I thought Hawk & Dove were interesting characters. Wonder Woman kicking ass in civilain clothes. It was nice to hear Michael York's voice.
The bad: Everything else.
Ares was a joke of a villain. They seemed to be going for the silver age version of the character. At least they didn't make Hades the bad guy again.
The overuse of the superspeed effect with Hawk & Dove. That got old very fast.
The Annihilator, a magical suit of armor created by the Greek gods. I liked him better when he was a magical suit of armor created by the Marvel Comics Asgardian gods and called "The Destroyer".
No external shots of Olympus or of Wonder Woman going there. Not a big deal, but, from a storytelling perspective, that's a misstep.
What was up with Friar Tuck?
War? Huh! Yeah! What is it good for? Absolutely nothing...especially in a cartoon. Writers today want to handle "mature" and complex issues in cartoons. The problem is that it's still a cartoon. What we saw was nothing more than an episode of G.I. Joe, just make Ares Cobra Commander and you're there. You wouldn't even need to change Ares's two-dimensional personality either.
Hopefully, the next episode will be better.
Chun-tzu
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Just saw the Hawk and Dove episode a couple days ago. I agree that it wasn't as good as the first three overall, but I enjoyed it. As a longtime DC fan, I really get a kick out of seeing heroes brought to the screen for the first time. And seeing it done right.
The episode worked for me because it effectively introduced two cool super-heroes. You could tell that someone actually put some thought into _how_ to animate these characters, something severely lacking in lesser super-hero cartoons. The fraternal squabbling was very well-done, and the differences in their fighting styles was cool. Whereas Hawk is direct and aggressive in combat, Dove never hit anyone, using his opponent's attacks against them. Sure, we've seen this before in martial arts movies, but have you ever seen it in an action cartoon? And the guest voices is always a nice touch. Fred Savage did the voice of Hawk, and his brother from Wonder Years was Dove.
Much of this season seems to me like, "what would be really cool to animate from DC comics?" and I've really enjoyed it so far.
The episode worked for me because it effectively introduced two cool super-heroes. You could tell that someone actually put some thought into _how_ to animate these characters, something severely lacking in lesser super-hero cartoons. The fraternal squabbling was very well-done, and the differences in their fighting styles was cool. Whereas Hawk is direct and aggressive in combat, Dove never hit anyone, using his opponent's attacks against them. Sure, we've seen this before in martial arts movies, but have you ever seen it in an action cartoon? And the guest voices is always a nice touch. Fred Savage did the voice of Hawk, and his brother from Wonder Years was Dove.
Much of this season seems to me like, "what would be really cool to animate from DC comics?" and I've really enjoyed it so far.
jarlaxlecq
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Zatanna ? She sounds familiar. Wasn't she in an episode of the original BAS?
Chun-tzu
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jarlaxlecq said:
Yes, Bruce learned to be an escape artist from her father. In the Batman episode, she had no magic powers, so it'll be interesting to see if and how they explain her new powers. Her schtick in the comics is that she speaks her spells backwards. She's been a member of the JLA since the Silver Age.
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