The Super Hero Squad Show

[MeanJoePhaser]

I caught parts of some episodes this morning.

Two seperate episodes had fart jokes.

Aimed at younger kids, but I mean, damn. Can't they bring the Smurfs back?

And who is Reptil? Is Marvel Universe that lacking in latino superheroes...cuz this character sucks.

Brave and the Bold is light-hearted camp that still honors its characters. This felt more like irritating self-parody.

I'm happy to say "I'm too old for this shit."

I can't stand IRON MAN ARMORED ADVENTURES because of the animation style. That's one reason why I never got into South Park or watch that MTV Spiderman cartoon.

 

[Christopher]

And who is Reptil? Is Marvel Universe that lacking in latino superheroes...cuz this character sucks.

http://marvel.wikia.com/wiki/Humberto_Lopez_(Earth-616)

A very new character, but his power is rather visual and involves dinosaurs, so I can see why they'd think he's a good choice for a show aimed at young children.

I can't stand IRON MAN ARMORED ADVENTURES because of the animation style. That's one reason why I never got into South Park or watch that MTV Spiderman cartoon.

I'm not crazy about IM:AM's character designs, but the animation is actually pretty good for a cel-shaded 3D show, and generations beyond the MTV Spidey's attempt at that look. I like their digital New York City; not entirely true to life, but there are some nice textures on the buildings. And they do some interesting things with design and texture otherwise. There was an episode recently where Tony wore a special space armor, a black-and-gold number whose black portions had a very unusual, shimmery texture that I think was meant to represent carbon fiber. It was really cool-looking, and technologically impressive that they pulled off such an unusual texture.

 

[Nick Ryder]

Honestly I can understand how technically 'good' IM:AA is, but I never quite got into cel shaded 3d animation. I don't really like it in video games either. Its cool in some ways and sort of... fake in others. I think honestly a good cel animation artist can work wonders, but I suppose its cheaper in the long run, but... it looks too much like something a really good fan artist would create for YouTube or something and not something that has an official Marvel Films stamp of approval on.

Now a stylized 3D Iron Man show with quality animation on the level of something like Shrek 3 or even rather stylized like Incredibles could be cool. And I'm really looking forward to the Anime Iron Man that's coming out, although I really hope they tone down the stereotypical "military captain looking bad guy" thing and don't put EVERYONE in armor and have EVERYONE using big ass guns. But as long as its more traditional animation, the voice acting is good and most importantly the story is good... I'll buy it on a blind buy.

 

[Christopher]

^Cel-shaded 3D is far from my favorite style, and sometimes I'm not crazy about the look of the show, but I still find it watchable. It's sometimes pretty well-written, and sometimes the visuals transcend the weaknesses of the animation style, or rather play to its strengths, as with that "carbon fiber" armor effect.

Besides, I've watched many shows in the past that had uglier animation but were still worth watching for their stories (the '90s X-Men springs to mind, as do the dreadfully animated The Legend of Prince Valiant and Phantom 2040).