New Marvel Toon: Superhero Squad
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I actually like the superhero squad! Its a cute funny new take on the characters.
As for brave and the bold. I dunno its not me, I grew up on the campy Adam West show and for the longest time its all we had and made the genre a little silly. I prefer the darker 1930's take on him and loved what the Timmverse did with him.
I occasionally watch Brave and the Bold but its just not my cup of tea. Not saying its awful but just not my favorite.
Vons
As for brave and the bold. I dunno its not me, I grew up on the campy Adam West show and for the longest time its all we had and made the genre a little silly. I prefer the darker 1930's take on him and loved what the Timmverse did with him.
I occasionally watch Brave and the Bold but its just not my cup of tea. Not saying its awful but just not my favorite.
Vons
I can't get into Super Hero Squad. I can't stand the constant bodily-function "humor," and the rest of the humor doesn't do much for me.
As for The Brave and the Bold, it's a mistake to equate it solely with the Adam West sitcom. It's largely an homage to the comics of the Silver Age, embracing their way-out storytelling, and yes, there are nods to Adam West here and there, but it also has more modern sensibilities. Sometimes it gets surprisingly sophisticated in its characterizations and surprisingly dark in its storytelling. (In the flashback to Katana's origin, for instance, they pretty much depicted an onscreen death, though it was in silhouette, I think. That's a lot more graphic than B:TAS was ever allowed to get.) The essence of the show is that it's not one uniform thing. It does something different every time and isn't afraid to experiment and take risks.
As for The Brave and the Bold, it's a mistake to equate it solely with the Adam West sitcom. It's largely an homage to the comics of the Silver Age, embracing their way-out storytelling, and yes, there are nods to Adam West here and there, but it also has more modern sensibilities. Sometimes it gets surprisingly sophisticated in its characterizations and surprisingly dark in its storytelling. (In the flashback to Katana's origin, for instance, they pretty much depicted an onscreen death, though it was in silhouette, I think. That's a lot more graphic than B:TAS was ever allowed to get.) The essence of the show is that it's not one uniform thing. It does something different every time and isn't afraid to experiment and take risks.
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