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Re: POINTLESS THREAD IIb: ESCAPE FROM RAPTOR MOUNTAIN
edwinalink:
I look at that picture, and in my mind a little voice screams "AUSTIN POWERS, AUSTIN POWERS AUSTIN POWERS."
And then it takes all of my Self Control to not click the Psyduck emote about 20 times.
David_Dovey:
The forum thanks you for exercising restraint in this situation
Alex C:
Marvel tried their hand at animation several times over the years, but it was pretty unusual for a show to make it beyond 20 episodes and they didn't really do a particularly good job of repackaging shows and keeping them on the air like DC did. They had their most success when packaging things around Spider-Man or the Fantastic Four but even there they had some missteps. For example, at one point in the '80s they ended up making a Fantastic Four season where they replaced the Human Torch with a robot named H.E.R.B.I.E. due to licensing reasons. Hilarity ensued. Really, until the X-men animated series hit in the '90s I'd say that Marvel didn't really have anything that could rightly be called an unqualified success.
By contrast, the Super Friends/Justice League brand slowly banged out 100 episodes (many of them an hour long) over a decade or so. Maybe it wasn't great stuff, but 10+ years of Saturday morning cartoons helped DC maintain brand recognition, if nothing else. That's why I have an uncle who used to make Apache Chief jokes but probably can't name a Marvel villain who isn't Magneto or the Green Goblin. Life is weird sometimes.
edwinalink:
All I know is that without Bruce Timm and Paul Dini doing their thing on Batman and later a Superman series. I would know nothing about, and not care that I knew nothing about... DC characters.
their toons were amazing. I still watch them when I get the chance.
Alex C:
That's probably for the best. The Batman series was the best thing that happened to him in the '90s, and personally it's my favorite depiction of the character in general. The weirdly timeless '40s and noir inspired atmosphere was perfect because Bruce and the Joker are already silly enough ideas without putting stuff like this on the cover:
Bane looks so silly that a lot of people don't even immediately notice the dinosaur.
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