Cartoon Network Draws On Comic Fans With DC Nation

[Notthatbright]

Live action will always play second fiddle to animation when it comes to super heroes in my book, at least in their current incarnation. Sure, grittier and realistic type heroes can work on the big screen, but most fit better as a TV series.

See: Green lantern, X-men, Superman, Justice League, etc.

Stuff that has a lot of characters and backstory? That just deserves to be told over a longer period of time.

 

[Jegsimmons]

paint it up as good as you want CN, green latern looks like shit, and your our of ideas.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Neat, I'm looking forward to this, especially if they bring back some old shows...

 

[psychic psycho]

So, who saw the one hour Green Lantern: The Animated Series premier? (It aired in the US not sure about the UK) I'll admit the CGI put me off. Now that I've seen it though, I thought it was fantastic and definitely lived up to the "Animated Series" name. The characterizations and voice-acting are spot on. The episode had was great as a standalone and had just enough set up for things to come.

The show looks pretty good as well; Bruce Timm's designs plus cgi gives a bit of an "Incredibles" vibe.

 

[Kopikatsu]

With this, I forgive Cartoon Network for falling to the dark side. (That whole two years of running nothing but shows that relied heavily on 'stoner humor'.)

'Course, Generator Rex helped. Van Kleiss is the best villain to come out in the last few years or so. Has rockin' theme music, too.


Really picks up at 0:45.

 

[Freechoice]

That looks awesome!

Now bring back Megas XLR. I want more Megas XLR.

If this is not back, then Cartoon Network is not newsworthy.

 

[ThunderCavalier]

Cartoon Network are showing Cartoons again?

And GOOD ones?

It's not April 1st, is it?

First thing I thought.

Re-run the old Teen Titans from 2003. Chibi shorts don't count.

Only other thing that came to mind.

 

[AbstractStream]

I miss Teen Titans, but whoa. This is actually looking pretty good.
Dare I say it? Is CN getting good again?

 

[ANImaniac89]

I'm really looking forward to this.
I liked the pilot episode of Green Lantern (in spite of it being CGI) and I can't wait to see more of it and the upcoming Beware the Batman.

I glad that Teen Titans is getting a revival even if it is just shorts, and I really liked the animated Gotham City Imposters trailer and it looks like those will be shorts too.

 

[AJey]

And another display of tremendous lack of originality from US animators. Remaking or redoing same old superheroes. Arent you tired yet? Cant come up with anything new! Green Lantern, Batman, Superman, Justice League etc and all their variations. It was good at start, but after decades of "mutations" of characters and stories, all these heroes did not only lose their relevance or cool factor (among many other things), but they are beat-down into the ground so much, that they are laughable!

 

[idodo35]

another reason to switch from hot to yes... (in israel only "yes" company streams cartoon network and a lot of other stuff unlike their rivals "hot")

 

[idodo35]

oh they are bringing back teen titans nice! i wonder how will they deal with people expecting this:

(thats the real thing btw terible... i know...)
also if your at it why dont bring back JLU as well? id watch the heck out of that even if its just reruns!

 

[idodo35]

wait what is that live action thingy? is that blue beetle?

 

[Bluecho]

Huh. So DC is going to actually advertise their shit now? And not just endless tie-ins to Batman? Maybe they'll be able to keep those increased comic sales up.

Like Movie Bob says, "Comics sell better when you advertise them! *Insert Shamwow Picture*"

Watch, this block isn't going to advertise the comics at all, just keep showing commercials for their animated stuff. Then again, given how dark the comics have gotten since the reboot, perhaps not the best to advertise that.

"Watch Batman's Detective Comics! Where the Joker gets his face sliced off!" Not so kid friendly... >_>

 

[rda_Highlander]

Wait, did I miss the moment when dubstep became mainstream?

 

[Limos]

The Plastic Man pilot episode!!!!!!

Finally!

 

[Limos]

EDIT: Oh bugger, it threw me an error message and then double posted this...

 

[Zach of Fables]

This is great news! Will my dream of a Justice Society cartoon finally be realized?

 

[Aisaku]

awesome now all they have to do is bring back all the old DC cartoons and make a Power Girl cartoon and a new Teen Titans and I'll start watching CN again

Wouldn't you rather have a PG anime series, like the Witchblade anime? XD

And another display of tremendous lack of originality from US animators. Remaking or redoing same old superheroes. Arent you tired yet? Cant come up with anything new! Green Lantern, Batman, Superman, Justice League etc and all their variations. It was good at start, but after decades of "mutations" of characters and stories, all these heroes did not only lose their relevance or cool factor (among many other things), but they are beat-down into the ground so much, that they are laughable!

At least for this specific case I think the blame is rather on the comic reading populace rather than with animators or comic book creators. You see, it has been tried time and time again to create new characters from the ground up. Say, Azrael, Darkhawk, the Runaways... to name a few. And time and time again they don't sell as well as the older counterparts so they tend to die in obscurity therefore never reaching animation-worthy status.

On the topic itself... While GL is pretty blah to me, I'm looking forward to the new shorts. It's the best of both worlds actually, they get to show around their preferred franchise and we get something fresh and different.

 

[figment of mind]

I glad that Teen Titans is getting a revival even if it is just shorts, and I really liked the animated Gotham City Imposters trailer and it looks like those will be shorts too.

Hopefully if the shorts do weel enough they'll bring back the actual Teen Titan's show...

Also, i'm indifferent to Gotham City Imposters for some reason. Maybe i just wasn't paying full attention to it, i don't know.