And yet Arrow is doing gangbusters. (And the Flash show looks promising.) How are their movies so sadmaking (the Nolan Batmovies notwithstanding [although fun they are not]) and Arrow so good?
And despite that success, they want to keep their TV and movie universes separate.
Marvel movies are awesome; Marvel TV shows are OK; Marvel animation sucks.
With the exception of Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes and Spectacular Spider-man, I agree with you. (Of course, those both got cancelled in favor of the inferior Avengers Assemble and Ultimate Spider-man, so there is that.)
DC Animation is awesome; DC TV shows are good; DC movies suck.
I don't know. I think DC Animation has been losing steam since JLU went off the air, with rare standouts like Young Justice reminding us of how good they can be. I know the last few direct-to-DVD features from them I've watched have been underwhelming. And now it sounds like they're trying to do New 52 stuff almost exclusively, which, blargh.
Yeah, the only interest I had was in Jamie Dornan (who apparently the fans are saying isn't hot enough, in case you needed further proof of how crazy they are how tastes differ). But even he's not pretty enough to subject myself to that.
I'm willing to wait for clips/screencaps of Dornan's skin scenes to hit the net (which they should about 30 seconds after the DVD goes on sale).
Spectacular Spider-man
Was produced by Sony, not Marvel. It was canned prematurely because Marvel regained the rights to the animated character, and we have the shitty Ultimate Spider-Man show as a result.
I don't know. Tom's balance of the universe argument feels true, but Tep's salmon ladder theory makes a lot of sense.
The DC shorts have been consistently awesome: [link]
I think the potential for greatness is still there.
Was produced by Sony, not Marvel. It was canned prematurely because Marvel regained the rights to the animated character, and we have the shitty Ultimate Spider-Man show as a result.
Right. Sorry, I was thinking Marvel characters, not actual Marvel-produced animation. I knew they axed Spec Spidey because they wanted to produce their own show in-house.
Poor Greg Weisman, I really hope he can break the "curse" and go more than 2 seasons with Star Wars: Rebels.
The DC shorts have been consistently awesome:
I find the shorts rather hit or miss myself, but I think some of it is I'm not into the style of humor they're going for. I agree the good ones are really good, though.
On another shallow note as I rewatch Snowpiercer: CE has beautiful beard grain, or whatever you call the way facial hair grows on a mans jaw.
So I saw Lucy. Kind of disappointed. Not nearly as much action as the trailers lead you to believe. Tries to be deep, kinda misses.
Saw the Hobbit trailer. Loved that they used the Merry's song from Minas Tirith.
I have
Guardians of the Galaxy
tickets for Thursday night!!