DC Comics is doing new versions of The Flintstones, Johnny Quest, Scooby Doo, Wacky Races
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Can't say I blame you........... don't think she was very popular, either, although some people liked her. But I'd say she was more for PC reasons, and Miss Impossible, (if indeed she is), I would think is much the same.
"Miss Impossible" reminds me of Kim Kardashian on the new variant cover - with the odd ideas that this range of comics seems to be full of, it would hardly surprise me if they put her in there, (and don't that family just love publicity)!!!!!!!
Why, exactly?
The whole point of the original series was that it was an adventure comic on television, and that adventure comic was about a young boy who got to travel around the world with his genius dad, his adopted brother and his secret agent bodyguard and fight criminals, foreign spies and monsters. What made it fun was the wish fulfillment aspect of it.
Turn the boys into teenagers and all that happens is that writers will just add more hipness and angst and turn them into character types I have been tired of ever since freaking Buffy. Jonny Quest doesn't need to be a teenager for the stories to work.
And we certainly don't need more "angst" Yes, there is plenty in real life and there is room for it in fiction - but I don't think this is that place.
Well, to be honest the base of it is that being a 90s kid that's the version I watched growing up. I watched the heck out of The Real Adventures in middle school so it's always going to be "the real" Jonny Quest for me. Even with the badly-aged-and-never-very-good-in-the-first-place Questworld.
But even setting that aside, aging them up gives the boys a more active role in the story and gives them some agency and ability to take part and actually contribute. Instead of "kids get into trouble, so genius dad and secret agent bodyguard help them out" we can see Hadji training under Dr. Quest to hone his natural aptitude for science, and see Jonny being mentored by Race into being a proper action hero in his own right. (And Jessie somewhere in between.)
It certainly doesn't have to be Whedon-esque angsty, but something on the level of Gargoyles/Young Justice would be good.
But even setting that aside, aging them up gives the boys a more active role in the story and gives them some agency and ability to take part and actually contribute. Instead of "kids get into trouble, so genius dad and secret agent bodyguard help them out" we can see Hadji training under Dr. Quest to hone his natural aptitude for science, and see Jonny being mentored by Race into being a proper action hero in his own right. (And Jessie somewhere in between.)
It certainly doesn't have to be Whedon-esque angsty, but something on the level of Gargoyles/Young Justice would be good.
The above description perfectly demonstrates that you've never seen a single episode of the original series. In fact, Jonny and Hadji helped confront trouble as often as they got into it. It was Jonny's show. It wouldn't have worked if the boys had been the kind of idiot ciphers the Venture Brothers are.
Instead of both being home schooled by Race, in sciences as well as martial arts, which is what was in the original series. Why reinvent the wheel?
Gargoyles is one of my favorites. Know what it didn't have? Teenagers!
There's maybe one episode of young justice I like. Because it's the episode with all the actual heroes and not just their sidekicks.
True, I haven't. I tried once but couldn't finish it; I've never seen the Venture Brothers either, so I've no idea what goes on there tbh. But (regular human) 14-15 year olds can reasonably contribute a lot more than 10 year olds both physically and mentally, plus it's just a more interesting time of development overall. There's a reason that the Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew have at least somewhat survived to modern times while the Bobsey Twins really haven't
Gargoyles absolutely had teenagers - what do you think Broadway, Angela, and especially Lexington were?
Brooklyn was a young adult, probably 19 or so. "The actual heroes" is dependent on the story.
Gargoyles absolutely had teenagers - what do you think Broadway, Angela, and especially Lexington were?
Brooklyn was a young adult, probably 19 or so. "The actual heroes" is dependent on the story.
What stopped you? I was hooked after the first minute of the first show.
It's an offhand spoof of Jonny Quest, with two cowardly sons who get in trouble every week and have to get saved by their loser scientist father and their insane bodyguard. And they're teenagers.
That depends on the situation. Hadji's origin story starts with him saving Dr. Quest's life.
As someone who spends all day with teenagers and young adults, allow me to tell you: No it isn't.
Yes. Their publishers never stopped publishing them. That doesn't mean they're as popular now as they were in their heyday, and the age of the characters has jack to do with it.
Gargoyles absolutely had teenagers - what do you think Broadway, Angela, and especially Lexington were?
I don't count the gargoyles. It's human teens I can't stand.
Well, this story had Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman, which was what I liked about the episode.
CBR has a new interview with Jeff Parker and Even "Doc" Shaner about Future Quest. They mainly discuss Johnny Quest, Space Ghost and a bit about Birdman. Sorry S. Galagher, there is no mention of The Impossibles.
Don;t know if it's the same article, but they said in one how they wouldn't have considered removing Space Ghost's cape - so why have they omitted Multi Man's?
It was the same article. All I can think of is what I mentioned before, that some of these heroes come from less serious cartoons. The Impossibles was one of those groups that was more superhero parody than superhero show. Multiman's cape is part of that parody, but these guys are talking about being really serious about their take, so getting rid of the cape was part of serious-ing them up. Meanwhile, Space Ghost has always been a bad-ass serious superhero, HB's own cosmic Superman, so to paraphrase the song, you don't tug on Space Ghost's cape. 
Personally, reading this article calmed me down considerably. If the creators are showing their kids the old Wildey Comico comics, then their not planning full tilt teenage BS Jonny Quest. Yay!
Personally, reading this article calmed me down considerably. If the creators are showing their kids the old Wildey Comico comics, then their not planning full tilt teenage BS Jonny Quest. Yay!
Indeed - I think it means that, as The Impossibles are less well-known due to the do-gooders saying it was "too violent" leading to it being curtailed fairly quickly, that there is less concern about keeping them true to their original form. . So I feel like their fans will be short-charged again. Perhaps I will be pleasantly surprised? I can but hope!
That approach does kind of make sense to me. If something wasn't successful the first time around, then there's more of a reason to change things and see if you can make it more successful now. Apparently there's a chance that WB's upcoming Scooby-Do movie reboot, S.C.O.O.B, could lead to a Hanna-Barbera movie universe. If this does happen, it could be interesting to compare the movies and the comics.
This is why I really don't think The Impossibles belong in this story - there is room for more light-hearted stuff - including super-hero parody - as well as the more serious. I don't think The Impossibles was unsuccessful - it was cancelled because some do-gooders were whining about it being "too violent", which was rubbish. Anyway, making stuff "darker" when it was never meant to be is surely a fad that's had it's day. I want Multi's cape back!!!!It was the same article. All I can think of is what I mentioned before, that some of these heroes come from less serious cartoons. The Impossibles was one of those groups that was more superhero parody than superhero show. Multiman's cape is part of that parody, but these guys are talking about being really serious about their take, so getting rid of the cape was part of serious-ing them up. Meanwhile, Space Ghost has always been a bad-ass serious superhero, HB's own cosmic Superman, so to paraphrase the song, you don't tug on Space Ghost's cape.
Personally, reading this article calmed me down considerably. If the creators are showing their kids the old Wildey Comico comics, then their not planning full tilt teenage BS Jonny Quest. Yay!
Had it's day? Oh no, dear. As long a movie like Angstman v Superangstman makes 800 million dollars, The "let's make it dark for crap's sake" wagon train will just keep rolling along.
Superman was always much more serious in tone than The Impossibles!!! (And I agree there is too much "Angst" there too))!!!!!
I reckon the back-lash is coming, especially as there is plenty of very "dark" stuff in the news which is now instantly accessible.......I I must admit, too, I'm not the greatest fan of cross-overs, even if it's all stuff I like, although there are exceptions. I don't think this will be one of them.
I reckon the back-lash is coming, especially as there is plenty of very "dark" stuff in the news which is now instantly accessible.......I I must admit, too, I'm not the greatest fan of cross-overs, even if it's all stuff I like, although there are exceptions. I don't think this will be one of them.
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