I know I hated this new cartoon from the getgo. They lied when they said that "Avengers Assemble" would be a continuation of the vastly superior "The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes". Or did they? Look at these screen caps from the flashback in episode 8, "Molecule Kid"....
Those are The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes designs....in the new show!
Batman: The Brave and The Bold was a cartoon that aired on the Cartoon Network from November 14th, 2008 until November 18th, 2011. It was different from the usual Batman portrayal in that this Batman was not dark at all. No, this wasn't the dark, brooding Batman, this was the science fictiony, fun Batman that was around in the 1950s and early 1960s.
Now a LOT of Dark Knight fans hated this version at first because...well because they were "Dark Knight" fans. But a lot of them warmed up to the series over time. Mainly because it was fun. I mean this was not a cartoon to be taken seriously. I dont think you would have seen a lot of musical numbers (or an entire musical episode) in Batman: The Animated Series. Now that's not to say there were never any serious episodes. They did the the murder of Bruce Wayne's parents, the death of the Ted Kord Blue Beetle, the creation of Deadman, the death of the JSA's Black Canary, the origin of Gentleman Ghost, and B'wana Beast and the Doom Patrol both being killed in the line of duty. The last two were especially haunting considering this was supposed to be a "kids" cartoon.
Remember the Justice League Unlimited episode where Crimson Avenger and Speedy were teleported in to help Green Arrow.
It was from the episode "Patriot Act" which I thought was one of the best JLU episodes.
What caught my eye (ear actually) was the little exchange between Green Arrow and Speedy at the beginning....
Green Arrow: The Crimson Avenger and my ex-sidekick!
Speedy: Ex-Partner....
Green Arrow: Speedy...we gotta do this now?
What made this funny (and cool) to me was that four years later in Young Justice, Speedy would be the main catalyst in the separation of the heroes and their "sidekicks".
He was even the one that delivered the line "Don't call us sidekicks".
Even though, I know JLU and Young Justice are set in different universes, that kind of tip of the hat is what makes the DCU cool to me.
Have you seen the trailer for Justice League: Doom?
If you haven't, here it is....
What make this so amazing is that for this film, they got the band back together!
You have Kevin Conroy as Batman, Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman, Michael Rosenbaum as the The Flash, Carl Lumbly as Martian Manhunter and Superman: The Animated Series' Tim Daly as Superman and instead George Newbern which I'm kinda on the fence about.
Also they wont be having John Stewart's GL, but they will have Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan.
And one thing that makes me VERY happy is that Phil Bourassa (Young Justice) is doing the character designs.
