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ImpAtom posted:In that case I think it's more that Conroy is good for a very specific kind of Batman. He is (more or less) compassionate-sounding. He can get angry or serious but when he does it is because someone has done something unforgivable rather than because it is his default state. He did JLU dick Batman fairly well. I do think it has more to do with a lack of Andrea Romano. I mean, I just realized a couple weeks ago that she was the voice director for Legend of Korra which answered so many questions on how the readings of some seriously lovely character dynamics can be so well done. You do have a point, though, about Conroy's niche.
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Acne Rain posted:Arky kham Country It'll be another prequel called Arkham Cul-de-Sac.
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SlothfulCobra posted:The way I heard it, sidekicks back in the day were there to make the hero into more of a father figure to provide a kind of fatherly influence to young readers in an era with a lot of paternal abandonment. I always found the Legion of Siperheroes as an interesting case study in whether relatableness was really a driving issue. I don't really know how popular they were around their creation, but anecdotally, my father's favorite comic growing up was Ferro Lad of all people. 
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Chaos Hippy posted:Ferro Lad had his own comic? I don't think so. I probably should have just said "favorite character". If I recall correctly, Ferro Lad didn't last that long in the silver age, anyway, which is why I found it so strange.
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The best episode of BTAS simultaneously had my favorite BTAS villain, the best non-BTAS protagonist, and the bare minimum of B in it. Of course, I mean this. 
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Timeless Appeal posted:True, but the Fleischer toons came so early on in Superman's life that while they nail Clark and Lois, not a lot of the other elements we associate with Superman are there. One of the interesting things about B:TAS it that it takes a lot from Batman's history from Ra's, Bane, Killer Croc, the Tim Drake costume, the older Dick Grayson, Batgirl, etc and fits them in this 1940s aesthetic pretty seamlessly. The fact that Dick's 90s rear end Robin costume works on that show at all is impressive. I imagined he would be more like pre-Crisis or Earth-2 Superman. Older. A little more sentimental. Willing to joke around and meet Batman as Bruce without all the sparks or animosity we saw in the TNBA/STAS 3-part crossover when they found out each other's identities. Edit: Interesting note to that. I remember being pleasantly surprised when they remembered Louis in the list of dames old Bruce was fondly remembering in the Ra's episode of Batman Beyond. AlternateNu fucked around with this message at 02:15 on Apr 24, 2017 |
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Reinanigans posted:X-23 was created specifically for X-Men Evolution. I remember absolutely hating that decision and letting the character's creator know about it on an old animation message board I briefly moderated. The first time I saw X-23 was on a VS System card, and I remember wondering who the gently caress the girl Wolverine was. Then someone told me they gave Wolverine a daughter, and I was vindicated in my knowledge that DC remained superior to Marvel.  Of course, that was almost 15 years ago. AlternateNu fucked around with this message at 20:20 on Apr 29, 2017 |
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Samuringa posted:except Hal Jordan, of course I'm surprised they haven't done a Joker w/ GL or Sinestro Corps ring, yet. I guess it would just be a bad take on Emperor Joker, eh?
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Lurdiak posted:It wasn't a great episode but I love the premise of one of the BTAS episodes where Joker in disguise bombs at open mic night and swears revenge. "I'm funny! I wanted to see more Condiment King! 
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Everyone arguing about the point and substance of Looney Toons/Merry Melodies needs to watch this, first. In fact, just watch all of his videos.
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bunnyofdoom posted:Man, Shadow Raiders was the darkest loving kids cartoon on the 90's. It starts with a planetary genocide. Exo Squad
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JT Smiley posted:They also made Raptrap totally useless in battle so all he could do was run and hide and turned Rhinox into a villain. Not only did they turn Rhinox into a villain. They turned him into a mentally retarded brute who ended up staying a villain after the Maximals successfully rescued him. The one cool part of Beast Machines was when Primal was able to piss Megatron off so much, he lost his connection to Cybertron and devolved back to his dragon form.
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They're streaming a bunch of new Justice League Action shorts right now. And they're pretty great. I still can't get over Plastic Man being voiced by Master Shake.
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wdarkk posted:Space Cabby having 2 shorts is kind of surprising. Also great Superman writing. Nothing is wrong with more Patton Oswald.
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Kurui Reiten posted:Also a talented voice actor! What's a voice actor?
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HIJK posted:I love Mark Hamill so much You need to watch this Q&A he did at Oxford last year. It's amazing the whole way through.
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punk rebel ecks posted:So my comic book peers keep telling me that comic book heroes would kick Goku and other shonen protagonists rear end in a fight. Are there any good animated films that depict how strong these heroes powers are? Such as Superman, Hulk, Thor, etc.? The most well known comparison videos are probably ScrewAttack's Death Battles on youtube. They use some sketchy numbers and assumptions for a lot of their comparisons, but in the end, it's all fanwankery, anyway.
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Wheat Loaf posted:They're all good, but a lot of them are things I think you'd recommend who's already on board with superhero comics. I think Morrison JLA, for instance, presumes familiarity with all sorts of Fourth World stuff, and it has this decent-sized stretch where Superman is Superman Blue, then in another issue he isn't any more, because that's what was happening in the Superman comics at the time and there's not really any explanation for it in the JLA issues themselves. Identity Crisis. HIJK posted:All in all I prefer adaptations to comics to comics themselves which brings us full circle in this thread! The best superhero cartoon is of course Superman TAS. Fite me. Only if the series was 3 seasons of "Apokolips...Now!" on repeat. TFRazorsaw posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dvi1bBBcAyc Also, yes.
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Dexie posted:Most importantly though? Holy gently caress. Why did you have to remind me that happened? 
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Samuringa posted:I wish that, instead of S3, Young Justice got an Unlimited brand As much as people like to poo poo on the newer DC animated properties, I really enjoy Justice League Action. It is like a happy medium between Batman TBATB and JLU.
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I would like to introduce you all to a little show called, “The Venture Brothers”. Yes, I know the situation is completely different.
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So, what you’re saying is this should be the trial week I sign up for?
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*insert all of Jean's X-gasms*
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Toshimo posted:Shocker SHOCKERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR! ArmyOfMidgets posted:YOU CAN'T ESCAPE MEEE I'LL CHASE YOU TO THE ENDS OF THE EAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARTH! Vandar posted:It's because they went for the 1920s aesthetic and were able to argue that no child is going to just find a tommy gun lying around somewhere in their house. Early '90s Warner Brothers was the last time we really saw a big name studio let a production staff run wild on a cartoon (which is ironic considering it was arguably the height of parental hysteria re: kid's TV). This is how we got Rupert Thorne pulling realistic handguns on Bats, and jokes like this.
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I'm about to pull the trigger on the DC streaming 7 day free trial. I plan on binging season 3 of YJ. Anything else I should prioritize?
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Skwirl posted:Whatever parts of the DCAU you might've missed I've seen all of these outside the live action Titans show. Thanks, though. Toshimo posted:This plus: lol. I didn't even see the 90's Flash series listed. That's amazing. Hypocrisy posted:The Harley Quinn cartoon was actually quite good. I recommend it if you're looking for a comedy. >_> Maaaaaaaybe
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Dawgstar posted:The only thing that kind of stands out as bad - or more precisely irritating - in are the Light doing the just as planned shtick to kind of a silly degree (even as it's Weisman's thing, I know) and trying to make Sportsmaster happen. Hey, now. I think they did a pretty awesome job with a joke badguy from the Golden Age. 
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Nanigans posted:The voices will never sound right without Andrea Romano directing them, end of story. Basically. Dini/Timm may have been the "big names" that pitched the DCAU, but what really made them able to generate 15 years of amazing cartoons were the singular talents of Romano and McDuffie. She made the voices, and he reigned in Timm while still being talented enough to write/direct compelling stories.
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Azubah posted:Kinda hard to agree with that since the 90s X-Men cartoon had a bunch of story arcs and I followed them pretty well as a kid. I really wonder if they had a separate writer just for Apocalypse's lines. The overwrought metaphors and self-entitled commentary were a treasure to behold. Nothing beat John Colicos chewing the scenery. He was Kor in DS9. I think that was his last real roll. 
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bunnyofdoom posted:The best one is this one also featuring Terry This is the greatest thing I've seen all day.
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Lurdiak posted:If you watch the episode of BTAS where Barbara is introduced, pre-Batgirl and still like 15 at the most, she has a huge crush on Batman and it's obviously foreshadowing her to be a love interest despite the absurd age difference. Even then the seeds for this horrible idea were being planted. I'm pretty sure she's a university freshman when she's introduced. BTAS Robin was well into college before becoming Nightwing. In fact, that's the reason he's only in maybe 1/4 of the series episodes. And IIRC, the two of them were an item before she became Batgirl.
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muscles like this! posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bfAVpuko5o This reminds me. After JL: Dark, I wondered why DC hadn't decided to just animate Stormwatch/The Authority yet.
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Blockhouse posted:Oh yeah I thought Harley went without saying. Hey. We also got the Temple Fugate version of Clock King. (I wish they had ripped him a little more directly into the comics instead of just ganking the character design a couple times.) Vandar posted:It absolutely does. Zeta Project also had a couple crossovers/nods with Static Shock, randomly. A show with a concept so popular, it got imported into the comics whole-cloth.
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BTAS was also my introduction to Jonah Hex. For years, I thought that he was an original character for that one-off Ra's al Ghul episode. Then, I realized he was voice by Bill loving McKinney. Too bad they couldn't get him back for the JLU guest appearance.
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Finally getting around to watching season 3 of Young Justice. I've heard a lot of the complaints from when it first came out, but no one told me they didn't get Tim Curry back as G. Gordon Godfrey!
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YJ S3: Holy poo poo, that Doom Patrol GO! segment. 
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YJ S3: The episode introducing Gar's Outsiders was just a continuous series of face-palms. I've enjoyed the season so far, even with its flaws. But that's the first episode that was just painful to watch. The screenplay had "how do you do, fellow kids?" all over it. 
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The United States posted:How was the adaptation of HUSH? I was going to ask about this, too. Also, Rise of the Supermen.
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Watch JL: Gods and Monsters last night. It....was actually pretty good. I was surprised, especially since it wasn't an attempt at an adaptation.
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