DC Comics is doing new versions of The Flintstones, Johnny Quest, Scooby Doo, Wacky Races
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Yes, DC did that with "Crisis on Infinite Earths" - and that messed so many titles up as far as I'm concerned! My favourite title, (the Legion of Super Heroes - now there was a team where adding new members - and occasionally removing others - really did work)! seemed to come off worse, with seemingly endless reboots, long, convoluted storylines which got nowhere fast, and increasingly "arty-farty" artwork. Some things just do not work together.
You can - but some things it works great for, others..........not so much.
(As a note beforehand, I hate this quoting system, how it deletes nested quotes and only gives what you're directly quoting. Hates it precious.)
Lack of nostalgia in general for it (like with the Flintstones or Jetsons for example) combined with the, well, 60s-ish H-B animation nature of it.
Ah, well... is funny? Could be funny?
Combining these. Generally the age of the kid makes certain roles/stories more believable or reasonable. And I'd be willing to bet the protagonists' age is absolutely a factor in why the Bobbsey Twins stories died out while the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys continue.
So do I, and I absolutely stand by my point.
And why would you not count the gargoyles? Brooklyn, Broadway, and Lexington absolutely had your standard teenager/young adult issues.
Lack of nostalgia in general for it (like with the Flintstones or Jetsons for example) combined with the, well, 60s-ish H-B animation nature of it.
Ah, well... is funny? Could be funny?
Combining these. Generally the age of the kid makes certain roles/stories more believable or reasonable. And I'd be willing to bet the protagonists' age is absolutely a factor in why the Bobbsey Twins stories died out while the Nancy Drew/Hardy Boys continue.
So do I, and I absolutely stand by my point.
And why would you not count the gargoyles? Brooklyn, Broadway, and Lexington absolutely had your standard teenager/young adult issues.
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Miracle Man?
In this article they talk about "The Impossibiles"
http://www.vulture.com/2016/04/future-quest-shaner-parker.html
http://www.vulture.com/2016/04/future-quest-shaner-parker.html
H'mmm - thanks - I have in fact seen that article and I wonder how true to the originals they will actually be? I always liked the fact that their origins, connection to Big D, etc., were a mystery!! And adding Token Female Girl will hardly be keeping the tone the same, at least where The Impossibles are concerned.
The limited animation was a compensation for the artwork, which was groundbreaking for H-B at the time. The only character with a cartoony design was Bandit, and all the artwork, foreground and background, contained an amazing amount of detail. It was actually the least H-B-ish of the toons H-B was putting out at the time.
Only if you're one of those people who think you're twice as smart as anyone who isn't laughing.
I'm not saying Hadji "wrassled a bear when he was only three." The circumstances were believable enough.
A factor maybe, but not the overwhelming one.
Then we agree to disagree.
Which I duly ignored in favor of concentrating on watching them beat up Xanatos's robots.
CBR has a new preview of the first five pages of Scooby Apocalypse, that come from TV Guide. They article also features some new comments from the creators.
I can't say I'm impressed. The characters are rather unlikeable so far. And I'm surprised that Scooby actually talks. I thought the idea behind the emoji-projector goggles was that it was a more plausible interpretation of his power of speech, that he'd just be a normal dog wearing a "translator" device like the dogs in Up. If he's still a ralking rog rike rusual, it makes the emoji goggles kind of redundant.
More legible pages here: http://comicsalliance.com/scooby-apocalypse-preview/
I wonder if maybe they had second thoughts and added in the Scooby dialogue after the fact. The art actually makes it pretty hard to recognize what the emojis represent, so maybe they decided it was too unclear without dialogue.
I read through the bigger pages on the original TV Guide story, and I liked it. The characters are snarkier than they were in the old show, but I didn't think it was that bad.
EDIT: Newsarama has posted another interview with Evan "Doc" Shaner and Jeff Parker about Future Quest. I think this is probably the most in depth one yet.http://www.newsarama.com/29091-space-ghost-jonny-quest-team-up-in-dc-s-new-future-quest.html
EDIT: Newsarama has posted another interview with Evan "Doc" Shaner and Jeff Parker about Future Quest. I think this is probably the most in depth one yet.http://www.newsarama.com/29091-space-ghost-jonny-quest-team-up-in-dc-s-new-future-quest.html
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Cartoon Network did a live-action origin-story movie seven years ago, Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins. It starred Robbie Amell as Fred and CSI: Cyber's Hayley Kiyoko as Velma.
But really, this comic reminds me more of the theatrical films with Freddie Prinze Jr. and Sarah Michelle Gellar, in that it portrays them as adults and Daphne as a TV (or Internet-video) host.
Please. God. No.
Just get in a van and find a ghost town and unmask a guy, will ya!?
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