[WhiteRanger]

i did enjoy batman beyond or batman of the future in the uk but now s days dc has made cannon comic for terry

[ZeoRangerV]

Batman of the Future was such an awful name. I don't understand what could be remotely confusing about "Batman Beyond".

[WhiteRanger]

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Batman of the Future was such an awful name. I don't understand what could be remotely confusing about "Batman Beyond".

Yea I know what you mean I prefer beyond to of the future

[badlander86]

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Originally Posted by Sentai

The Avengers were dumb, I'll grant you. Rusty and Big Guy? That show was a treasure among Crap. Spider couldn't do anything? It did bother me that they numbed Carnage. I remember the reason to, the head of Marvel at the time said "Obviously we can't show Carnage killing people on Saturday Morning TV, despite him being a serial killer. But you know he's capable of that, so we don't have to show it". You have no idea he's capable of that if you're first introduction is the cartoon. Iron Man though I loved, but the second season was so much better. The theme song along stepped it up a notch. Incredable Hulk was confusing more than anything. It never seemed to have a real story moving through it, just random Hulk violence. And FF was.. really Kiddish. I never liked that, and the animation style was just weird.

X-Men though should be heralded as one of the great television series' of the 90's. It had the story, the characters, the devolopment, the animation style. There may've been a little to much Jubilee towards the begining, but I loved it all the same. And it had some really great stories. And almost all of them had to do with Apocolypse, Magneto, Wolverine, or Mr. Sinister. I even enjoyed Wolverine and the X-Men, I was saddened with Nick cancelled that.

I love you for reminding me of Big Guy and Rusty. As for X-Men toons, they suffer for the most part from 2 main flaws.

1. The X-Men are almost EVERYWHERE at once in their comics. They can be space voyaging or time-traveling or dimension hopping or doing all 3 at the same damn time. When the TV series tried to emulate this, I really lost it, especially when Bishop and Cable came around.

2. For whatever reason, Wolverine becomes the catalyst for almost ever major storyline.

Which is why I liked Evolution a lot better, especially in regards to the Brotherhood. They made Avalanche cool.

[Paladin]

Am I the only one who remembers this old gem?

[losondro]

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Am I the only one who remembers this old gem?

i think i remember watching this on Toon disney when it was still around. so much nostalgia.

[badlander86]

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Am I the only one who remembers this old gem?

I remember this one. But I think I preferred Biker Mice and Swat Kats more.

[badlander86]

Do you guys feel like someone should take a chance and try to animate a series from Western franchises not known for having such animation media? Magic The Gathering could use a couple of standalone short movies to give it some ground against the anime/card game titan that is Vanguard.

And I've always wondered why during the Lord of the Rings craze, no studio was ambitious enough to try and animate some Sword and Sorcery cartoons. They could easily farm Forgotten Realms for some inspiration.

Also I am a little disappointed at how an American company like BioWare chose to have a Japanese studio write and animate two of their films. Dragon Age Legend of the Seeker was weak sauce, and I haven't heard anything about the Mass Effect one.

Now let me clarify, I know for a fact that even Western studios outsource their animation to be done in Asia. These days, Korea seems to be the most common destination for both American and Japanese studios. Where its animated isn't really the issue. Its the style and tone I am usually referring to.

[Locke]

I largely skimmed over this thread because there were a lot of posts made while I was gone but:

I love the Ben 10 Franchise, considering the opening series was a goofball comedy and the current landscape of children's entertainment on TV I was impressed by how mature a show this show turned into.

Although the animation hasn't aged that well, I love X-Men Evolution. I dunno something about superpowers and high schools, I just really like the concept and I honestly couldn't tell you why.

Also, was never really a big fan of Swat Kats as a kid and I'm not now as an adult really either.

[Kiryu]

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Spectacular Spider-Man I could never get into when it started, but something I really need to go back and rewatch. I dropped Ultimate Spider-Man near the tail end of season 1, not because I disliked it but because I just wasn't keeping up. I think I'd enjoy that series a lot more if it didn't have all the side heroes in it.

I've seen a couple of episodes, and it's good but I honestly think people overhype it. I liked how Spiderman moved but i could never get use to the art style. I dunno, I guess I'm starting to get sick of the fact that people haven't gotten over that it's been canceled…even though the shows' been over for like, ages by now.