Is this in addition to the show or instead of the show?
Invincible's violence is a fairly direct adaptation of the comic. The show's changes aside I'm mildly surprised they kept as much if not more gore but I guess that they had no issues with. Curiously I actually think the live action Boys reduced the comic's excess violence in comparison which might be a commentary on the "adult" nature of cartoons allowing more violence that people would be comfortable with in a non-animated series at the moment.
I think this is gonna be a big mistake.
It’s less the CalArts argument and more of the same argument that’s been around since the days of Family Guy and South Park; adult cartoons being uniformly ugly and/or bland to go along with being vulgar comedy. As much as people have explained it to me, it’s a trend I still can’t wrap my head around completely.
In other news, it appear Muppet Babies of all things had a gender variant episode.
Yeesh. And then there’s a new live action Velma Dinkley series that maybe shaping up to be CW tier.
‘Muppet Babies’ Embraces Gender Expression in “Gonzo-rella” Episode
Disney Junior’s Emmy-nominated Muppet Babies reboot created an enlightening new fairy tale for gender-variant children in the recent episode, “Gonzo-rella,” starring beloved little blue guy, Gonzo. In the episode, Piggy (Melanie Harrison) and Summer (Jessica DiCicco) plan to host a royal ball...www.animationmagazine.net
Kinda ironic he's doing this shit now considering that in his KND shit, he made a whole Terminator-esque episode about a crazy feminist from the future wanting to annihilate all boys and force them to become girls and wear dresses, something the male rebellion saw as a fate worse than death.
If only they taught kids this than what's happening nowadays.
I loved Courage the Cowardly Dog as a kid. It was scary, funny and heartwarming at the same time. Muriel (Thea White) was a grandma that everybody would want, next to Betty White.
I doubt many people knew she was once the personal assistant to Marlene Dietrich, and was married to the drummer on the Beatles' "Love Me Do." (The session drummer, not Ringo.)
Past my time, but I have seen clips of this show and it looks bonkers.
I still don't think they've jumped the shark yet. The newer seasons definitely aren't as good as S4-10 but they can still get huge laughs. The two RPG games are excellent. I just hope they drop the serialization that's plagued the show for a few years now. It's getting old and they can do much better. Still miles above modern FG and the Simpsons./
I can't wait. I have no reservation in calling Stargirl one of the best superhero TV shows I have ever seen. I'm just begging the sky gods that it hasn't been spoiled by being dragged into the CW verse. If Batwoman shows up to lecture Stargirl on White Privilege or something you're going to be able to dox me by seeing the TV launching to orbit from my apartment.
So basically, as seen last year, the entertainment entertainment was hit hard by a global event, in the case of 2008, it was the global recession, in addition to ongoing writer’s strikes. Even worse, many of the heavy hitters of the 00s had either been cancelled or ended, so networks went with the cheap alternative of filling the channels with kidcoms and Canadian imports.
I felt it was something along the lines of Madoka; starts of normally, then veers into a shocking direction before the story starts for real. Of course, your mileage may very and adapting from one medium to another might be a factor.
That's fair. I'd say the tonal whiplash can work but I can appreciate it not doing it for anyone.
While this isn't the thread for it I'm right there with you. Some of the crossover stuff in the other series was off putting enough, I really dread the idea of any crossovers with Stargirl with the possible exception of the new Superman run and I'm far enough behind on that that I do not want to say that with confidence. But at least Supergirl ended before they could crossover with that.
Part of it might be because almost everything wants to be a "deconstruction" at the moment so when something isn't it stands out because of that. The closest Invincible has to that at the moment is Omniman being the villain but otherwise it's pretty on message as a (violent) superhero series which is in the current market different.
Oh good grief no. Very much a PG or at times even a U rating series rather than Doom Patrol's "how many profanities can we make Brendan Fraser say in a 30 second window."
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