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Iron Man's Cartoon Tarnishes His Name, Armor
Marvel Exposes Your Children To Drunk Superheroes and Warring Giants
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Thanks for reminding me.
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I'm sticking with Batman Brave & Bold, which has a distinctive art style and brings the funny.
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@c0dek: Iron Man: The Afterschool Special
04/25/09
This even looks like that MTV Spider-Man toon from a few years back... and that FAILED, for cryin' out loud.
04/25/09
It's a long-"honored" tradition. I mean, really think about it. B:TAS was created to capitalize on the popularity of the Burton Batman movies (specifically Batman Returns based on the success of Batman), but other than Penguin's character design and one ep that flat-out stole the "Penguin hacks the Batmobile" bit, there wasn't much that the two had in common. The Batman came out to tie into Batman Begins, and Batman: The Brave & The Bold took its place shortly after The Dark Knight. Neither even comes close to being as dark as B:TAS, much less on the same continent as the Nolan movies.
This is what happens when movie studios make superhero movies targetted at a teen-to-adult audience, and then turn around and try to capitalize on the success by creating an animated series that ends up being skewed more towards a juvenile crowd. What makes the movie work so well is almost certainly going to be deemed far too scary for the kiddies, so they try to come up with something harmless.
04/25/09
Come on guys, that show rocks.
04/25/09
What time does it come out now? Stupid effing CW, always messing up my sh*t
04/25/09
"RELEASE THE CRAPHOLE!!!"
04/25/09
/making the assumption that this is Canadian
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I think the same animation studio is behind another show on Cartoon Network right now, The League of Super Evil, which is just adorably funny and digs on their own animation style all the time:
[www.leagueofsuperevil.com]
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04/26/09
Yeah uh...maybe that's why I didn't mind them so much; I assumed they weren't!