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Don't forget
Spider-Man Unlimited! Or, rather, do continue to forget it.
I think we need to retire the "Company X is better at Thing A, while Company Z is better at Thing B" argument. I've been guilty of using it before, but at this point, both Marvel and DC have put out great, good, okay, poor, and "KILL IT WITH FIRE!" products in both animated and live action forms. For every
X-Men/
X2/
X-Men: First Class/
X-Men Days of Future Past there's been an
X-Men: The Last Stand. For every
Batman Begins/The Dark Knight there's been a
Batman and Robin. And this is just scratching the surface, we could go on with all the good and bad each company has done in terms of TV and movies.
The "Marvel does better at live action than animation" argument should have gone out the window in the 90's with the
X-Men and
Spider-Man animated shows, and been given a proper burial recently with
The Spectacular Spider-Man and
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.
At this point, I'm less disappointed that Jeph Loeb is behind the
GotG cartoon than I am that Marvel feels all the animated shows should have the same feel. I was not sold on
Teen Titans when it first premiered, partly because I couldn't understand why DC was going with a "Cutsy Japanse-like" feel for the show versus the Bruce Timm/Paul Dini-verse feel of
Batman/Superman/Justice League. I came to love
Teen Titans for its uniqueness and I was sad to see it end, again, because it was so different than
Justice League Unlimited (which I loved, too).
When all the shows have the same feel, they lose their uniqueness. Granted, the shows are different enough, but their overall feel, right down to how they start the show/handle the titles makes them less unique and therefore less entertaining. Marvel's been especially problematic with this down to re-dubbing the voice of Spider-Man in
Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes to replace
Spectacular Spider-Man's Josh Keaton with
Ultimate Spider-Man's Drake Bell.
Now, of course, you could argue that I'm not complaining that the style set-forth in
Batman the Animated Series, along with the voice actors were used in
Superman the Animated Series and
Justice League/Justice League Unlimited. And, I'd agree with you that I have a bias, because I loved those shows. I also did not bring up the fact that the 90's
Spider-Man/X-Men cartoons had similarities, as well. I will totally admit that this is an area where I am prejudiced, but it seems I am not alone in loving those shows and not enjoying the newer shows.
"But, shivkala, don't you get it, those shows aren't for you!" is the inevitable argument. And, my sons (10 and 6) seem to support that, as they enjoy the shows.
So, perhaps the greatest sin of all of this is the fact that it's causing my to prejudge the cartoon at its inception.
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