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Skwirl posted:Compared to Batman? Not at all. It's probably the best of the nineties Marvel cartoons, but that's damning with faint praise. Actually that would be the Hulk cartoon.
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Gaz-L posted:Actually that would be the Hulk cartoon. Never saw that one, I'll have to check it out.
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Sep 23, 2014 03:54
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I still remember the intro. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKfOnCqgDXA I think this cartoon also had Stan Lee voicing She-Hulk's father.
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Sep 23, 2014 04:00
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Skwirl posted:Compared to Batman? Not at all. It's probably the best of the nineties Marvel cartoons, but that's damning with faint praise. X-Men absolutely does not hold up at all as a "serious" the series you most likely perceived it as, as a kid, but it does "hold up" as a very watchable "silly" show with strong designs and a pretty good, very 90s soundtrack. I mean this is a show where Professor X and Magneto stuff a plane full of TNT (as in literal red boxes that say TNT on the side) and 911 it into a giant towering robot. Also this happens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4LMs6tELrE
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Sep 23, 2014 04:01
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Uh, excuse me Case closed. Hulk is actually really good, too. I barely remembered it, but my kid's going through a big Hulk phase right now so we've watched it a few times.
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X-Men had Apocalypse also.Apocalypse posted:I am the rocks of the eternal shore. Crash against me and be broken
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Skwirl posted:X-Men had Apocalypse also. You are no closer than the Babylonians with their swords and firesticks!
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Sep 23, 2014 04:09
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Apocalypse's dialog in that cartoon was pretty unrivaled. I still feel like his voice is the definitive Apocalypse voice for me. Everything else about that cartoon was hilariously bad though.
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ToastyPotato posted:Apocalypse's dialog in that cartoon was pretty unrivaled. I still feel like his voice is the definitive Apocalypse voice for me. Everything else about that cartoon was hilariously bad though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfmqSOr2-NY
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Sep 23, 2014 04:21
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Despite being highly highly influential Batman TAS has dated a bit in regards to the animation. The storylines still hold up well but the animation looks sketchy. In regards to Gotham I'm laughing at them combining Barbara with Kathy Kane. Also it isn't terrible.
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Somebody please tell me that this costume is meant to look intentionally bad Because if not, I've lost a whole lot of faith in the Powers TV show. I would say the vast majority of amateurs doing cosplay looks better than that.
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Madkal posted:In regards to Gotham I'm laughing at them combining Barbara with Kathy Kane. Also it isn't terrible.
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Sep 23, 2014 05:15
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It depends. You can never be sure with TV costumes because they're designed for post production.
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Sep 23, 2014 05:16
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Finally finished watching the whole episode. Firstly the combining of Barbara with Kathy Kane is loving pointless, and would have made more sense to Gordon's commanding officer be Maggie Sawyer. I didn't have much else wrong with the episode. The dialog wasn't great but whatever. Harvey is a bit too corrupt (as opposed to just being a jerk) but James is pretty much spot on.
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Cardboard Box A posted:X-Men absolutely does not hold up at all as a "serious" the series you most likely perceived it as, as a kid, but it does "hold up" as a very watchable "silly" show with strong designs and a pretty good, very 90s soundtrack. Madkal posted:Despite being highly highly influential Batman TAS has dated a bit in regards to the animation. The storylines still hold up well but the animation looks sketchy. Several different studios worked on the animation, so the quality is really variable on an episode-by-episode basis. There are some definite misses as far as the stories go. Not that many, but they do stand out.
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As for as 90's cartoons go, I think X-Men has aged the worst of the bit. It was better than Spiderman even when both were still on but between dodgy animation and the TV censors X-Men has really shown it's age (plus the awful 90's costumes are laughable now). Batman, as was stated above had different animation studios and it shows. I always found the better episodes to be the more character driven stuff (Appointment in Crime Alley for instance) and it goes to show the excellent writing. Another great cartoon, heavily influenced by Batman TAS, was Gargoyles, which despite some dodgy animation as well, had some really really excellent storylines that dealt with some heavy poo poo (hey, a cartoon had a main character actually get shot with an actual gun). Superman TAS was also excellent and more of a lead in into JL.
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feedmyleg posted:Somebody please tell me that this costume is meant to look intentionally bad It's a coin toss because really most capes would look like amateurs doing cosplay so it's maybe on purpose? I remember early Powers just being stuffed with no name low budget heroes.
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Madkal posted:Finally finished watching the whole episode. Firstly the combining of Barbara with Kathy Kane is loving pointless I haven't seen it yet, but was there some hint that she might become Batwoman? Because Barbara Gordon's mom actually is named Barbara Kean, so...
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Skwirl posted:Compared to Batman? Not at all. It's probably the best of the nineties Marvel cartoons, but that's damning with faint praise. Second season of Iron Man was actually really good. Some say the same thing about the second season of FF but I never watched it myself.
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Argue posted:I haven't seen it yet, but was there some hint that she might become Batwoman? Because Barbara Gordon's mom actually is named Barbara Kean, so... I think it's mostly that her family's rich and Renee Montoya is her ex. Aphrodite posted:It depends. You can never be sure with TV costumes because they're designed for post production. Yeah, that's the light powers lady that was Retro Girl's BFF, there's probably going to be all sorts of particle effects, plus it'll be lit for night. Gaz-L fucked around with this message at 15:05 on Sep 23, 2014 |
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I always got the impression that the camp and silliness was played up in Powers. Like tons of serious stuff happened but the idea of people dressing up in tacky costumes to beat each other up wasn't something presented as cool thing. Think of the outfits in the future segment of Back to the Future 2. They were never meant to be actual cutting edge fashion, just an over the top 80s take on Jetsons style future.
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Powers tends to treat caped types as celebrities. So yes, there's washed up has beens, and fashion disasters, but the first arc also has the Iron Man knock-off, who's drawn to look legit impressive in costume. Like, when he's suited up, it's like a Greek god passing judgement and the mortals are powerless, despite how bullshit it is.
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Yo, Agents of SHIELD premiere was pretty goddamn great.
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Dexo posted:Yo, Agents of SHIELD premiere was pretty goddamn great. The fx on Absorbing Man were surprisingly decent. I guess they got a budget boost for the premiere.
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Okay, what episode does Agents... become watchable. Because the first four episodes were godawful, but the way you fuckers talk about it make me want to give it a second chance. Assume I'm able to google any missing plot links (ie, I don't want to watch a bad episode just because it relates to a later, better episode).
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Skwirl posted:Okay, what episode does Agents... become watchable. Because the first four episodes were godawful, but the way you fuckers talk about it make me want to give it a second chance. Assume I'm able to google any missing plot links (ie, I don't want to watch a bad episode just because it relates to a later, better episode). "Turn, Turn, Turn" on
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Yeah the premiere tonight not only upheld the great momentum from the end of last season it improved on it in several ways. The Fitz story was soul crushing. And Absorbing Man was awesome. I think making them have to go underground really gives the show the little something it needed to work right. Great premiere around.
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Skwirl posted:Okay, what episode does Agents... become watchable. Because the first four episodes were godawful, but the way you fuckers talk about it make me want to give it a second chance. Assume I'm able to google any missing plot links (ie, I don't want to watch a bad episode just because it relates to a later, better episode). Really the whole season suffered because it was waiting for Captain America 2 to happen, then they finally got to the fireworks factory with the Hydra reveal and it got good.
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Deadpool posted:Yeah the premiere tonight not only upheld the great momentum from the end of last season it improved on it in several ways. The Fitz story was soul crushing. And Absorbing Man was awesome. I think making them have to go underground really gives the show the little something it needed to work right. Great premiere around. I can not wait to see what they do with Dale Cooper.
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Kraken seems to have a relationship with another villain called Gorgon, who turns people to stone with his vision. The implications seem obvious, but not sure what route they'll take this.
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bobkatt013 posted:"Turn, Turn, Turn" on Episode 12 ("Seeds") is where I think the turnaround started, but you can definitely just start with 17. I'd read the Wikipedia synopses or whatnot first, though.
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Arguably the episode with the Thor co-stars or whatever was decent and from then on is the tie ins to Winter Soldier. I was not seeing the Fitz' reveal at all. Strange that Simmons left since she seemed to be in a lot of the promotional material while Fitz wasn't.
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notthegoatseguy posted:Arguably the episode with the Thor co-stars or whatever was decent and from then on is the tie ins to Winter Soldier. Not really since Fitz's status was uncertain at the end of last season.
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notthegoatseguy posted:Arguably the episode with the Thor co-stars or whatever was decent and from then on is the tie ins to Winter Soldier. She's still around, she just left the main team because she thought it would help him regain his mind.
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I hope they come up with an excuse to bring Lucy Lawless back. The cast seems to have loved her and she's got a relationship with the producers. Also she is Lucy Fuckin Lawless.
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Sep 24, 2014 17:29
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Anyone know who's got streaming rights to SHIELD?
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Has the UK premiere date for AoS season two been announced yet? I can't seem to find it anywhere.
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Metal Loaf posted:Has the UK premiere date for AoS season two been announced yet? I can't seem to find it anywhere. Nope. Best I could find was Channel 4 saying they're holding off to build up a buffer for breaks in the US run that wouldn't make sense here. Hopefully that just means late October, as opposed to 'January, but we can run it until the US starts airing season 3'.
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Yeah Channel 4 always holds episodes for new shows even though people have been complaining about it at least as far back as when they showed LOST. It'll probably be a month so they can do a consistent run until December.
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zoux posted:Anyone know who's got streaming rights to SHIELD? Hulu oddly enough. I would have expected Netflix, given the big Marvel-Netflix deal, but no, it's on Hulu.  Of course, you can find it on ABC's site as well.
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