Melissa Joan Hart would probably be better suited as one of the aunts these days. Her and her sister, Emily (who played the role of "Amanda" on the live-action series and was the voice of Sabrina on the animated series.)
This looks okay. I'll watch it. Damian has grown on me over the years. I still prefer Tim Drake but I don't see him coming back, so...unless this Rebirth thing retcons a bunch of stuff which I also don't see happening.
People say that it's sad that young adults/adults are complaining about a kids show being a kids show.
That's not the point. It's what kids shows are nowadays, for the most part. Most aren't charming, or challenging, for kids. They just try to be colorful, have action, be funny (in a poor way), and sell toys...
That's really nothing new. I grew up in the 80's and most of the cartoons we watched were 22 minute commercials with a 30 second message tacked on to the end. He-Man, G.I. Joe, Transformers, She-Ra, Challenge of the Go-Bots, Captain N, Centurions, C.O.P.S., M.A.S.K., Laser Tag Academy, Dino-Riders, Rubic the Amazing Cube, Rainbow Brite, My Little Pony, Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, and Visionaries: Knights of Magical Light. Plus there were a number of sad cartoons base directly off of the hot new craze, video games. Most of what was being created domestically that decade was crap. The best shows that I enjoyed during my youth were Danger Mouse from the UK and Robotech, a localized version of the superior Super Dimensional Fortress Macross series from Japan. In all fairness, there were a few notables. I particularly liked Galaxy High, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures and in '87, Ducktales premiered.
In the 90's there was a resurgence of quality cartoons for kids that could be enjoyed by adults led by Batman the Animated Series but also including the NickToons and Disney Afternoon stuff. Anime became more popular thanks to Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z. I believe there were some changes made to federal broadcasting regulations for networks which no longer allowed them to claim that the 30-minute toy commercials fulfilled their educational TV requirement. That forced producers to become more creative to draw in viewers.
As for this new Justice League show, I'll probably tune in occasionally. It's not going to be Justice League Unlimited or Young Justice, true but I can enjoy it for what it is. The direct market DC animation is really what is geared towards my wants, and they release a few of those every year, so I have few complaints.
I am so down with this. I grew up with these shows. Every Saturday morning, I'd sit down in front of the TV with a big bowl of cereal and watch The Herculoids, Space Ghost, Jonny Quest and the various Scooby-like shows. My favorites were Thundarr the Barbarian and Josie and the Pussycats, but those are owned by other publishers. I'd love a Charlie Chan and the Chan Clan, Captain Caveman or Hong Kong Phooey modernized book, though. Now I just need some Fruit Loops...and nearly no responsibility what so ever again.
Well, sure why not? If at first you don't succeed...
What I'd like to know is if they're continuing the current story lines and relationships or retooling everything to be closer to the "Snyder-verse". I really don't believe they'll be scraping everything and starting fresh with origin stories, although I must say that approach would please me to all punch. Make every title a "Year One".
People who sign online petitions are morons and this petition is about as moronic as they come. For the last 15 years, all Star Wars fans have been doing is complain about the prequels and now, after the success of the TFA, some want to bring Lucas back to green screen everything and wooden actors? Dumb, dumb, dumb.
Without he skull shirt he's just another Dolph Lundgren.
This. If they leave out the skull icon then they haven't learned anything from the failure that was the very first Punisher live-action treatment. Looking at DD's costume above and a photo I saw of Electra, they have no reason not to include the skull shirt.
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