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DC: The New Frontier trailer
Aug. 17th, 2007 11:18 amIn case people haven't noticed this, the best damn superhero comic book story of the last five years — hell, the last decade, maybe — is being adapted into an animated movie. The sad, sad part is that because of the time constraints, a lot of the best bits had to be cut out. I can only hope that the ultimate product doesn't completely screw up Darwyn's story.
This is the teaser trailer, made up of excerpts from the comic book and snippets of animation.
This is the teaser trailer, made up of excerpts from the comic book and snippets of animation.
Gordon's Aliiive!
Oct. 17th, 2006 08:33 pmOkay, so I don't have the classic Dino De Laurentis Flash Gordon on DVD, but what I do have here is the complete 1979-1980 Filmation animated series of Flash Gordon which I eagerly devoured week after week as a wee bairn. The DVD also includes the pilot for the disappointing Defenders of the Earth semi-sequel, but it also has two collector art cards illustrated by Gene Ha and Frank Cho, which ain't shabby.
The music came back to me almost immediately, as did the designs for the ships and the robots which I do remember learning to draw at that age. The animation alternates between mildly impressive and sucky — Filmation was really really into reusing animation within a single episode, the voices range from adequate to cheesy, and the writing is full of plot holes, but... aw, I can't help it, I'm a sentimental sap. I'm loving every minute of it.
And man, Princess Aura was one hot chick.
The music came back to me almost immediately, as did the designs for the ships and the robots which I do remember learning to draw at that age. The animation alternates between mildly impressive and sucky — Filmation was really really into reusing animation within a single episode, the voices range from adequate to cheesy, and the writing is full of plot holes, but... aw, I can't help it, I'm a sentimental sap. I'm loving every minute of it.
And man, Princess Aura was one hot chick.
Once a Legionnaire
Oct. 1st, 2006 10:03 amFinally got around to watching the first episode the new Legion of Super-Heroes animated series. I have to confess that I didn't go into the show unbiased: I am a big fan not just of the Silver Age Legion in the comics (before Tom and Mary Bierbaum got their greasy little hands on it)[1] but also of the animated series universe that Paul Dini and Bruce Timm put together. Sure, the Legion has had reboots before, and in particular the Waid reboots have been very good, but without a connection to the earlier animated shows, I believed it would suck.
I'm glad to say that James Tucker et al. have proven me wrong. They knew which of my fanboy buttons to push, and seriously, the moment they got me was during the title sequence when you see the classic Legionnaire symbols Giffen and Levitz came up with in the 80s streaming by on the mission monitor board. I'm such a sap.
Some people may have issues with the redesigns of the Fatal Five or the Legion themselves, but as long as the spirit of the Legion that drew me to those books over twenty years ago — that of young people with remarkable abilities banding together to serve a higher ideal, something greater than themselves — comes through, I'm going to be pretty happy. Still, the Science Police designs are obvious descendants of the Levitz/Giffen era, Legion HQ is an updated version of the post-rocketship HQ, and I was chuffed to recognise various alien species from the Silver Age in the crowd scenes of New Metropolis (a female Xudarian, i.e. from Tomar-Re's race and one of those gem-shaped guys from Barrio III... Chaselon was the name of their Green Lantern champion). I can so tell that the producers are from the same comic-reading generation I am.
Oddly enough, the one thing I don't feel that comfortable about is Superboyman. Marketing I understand, but given the Boy/Lad/Girl names, Superman as a code name is pretty incongruous. Also, I hope that the series moves away from him as a focus eventually. Clark's a nice guy, but he's not why I'm buying the ticket.
Looking forward to the rest. Now, if I can only get my flight ring off my now-too-fat finger...
1. Yes, I can tell you all their real names, and the planets they are from, and given a bit of prompting, in which order they joined and who was leader at what time. And I still have my replica flight ring.
I'm glad to say that James Tucker et al. have proven me wrong. They knew which of my fanboy buttons to push, and seriously, the moment they got me was during the title sequence when you see the classic Legionnaire symbols Giffen and Levitz came up with in the 80s streaming by on the mission monitor board. I'm such a sap.
Some people may have issues with the redesigns of the Fatal Five or the Legion themselves, but as long as the spirit of the Legion that drew me to those books over twenty years ago — that of young people with remarkable abilities banding together to serve a higher ideal, something greater than themselves — comes through, I'm going to be pretty happy. Still, the Science Police designs are obvious descendants of the Levitz/Giffen era, Legion HQ is an updated version of the post-rocketship HQ, and I was chuffed to recognise various alien species from the Silver Age in the crowd scenes of New Metropolis (a female Xudarian, i.e. from Tomar-Re's race and one of those gem-shaped guys from Barrio III... Chaselon was the name of their Green Lantern champion). I can so tell that the producers are from the same comic-reading generation I am.
Oddly enough, the one thing I don't feel that comfortable about is Super
Looking forward to the rest. Now, if I can only get my flight ring off my now-too-fat finger...
1. Yes, I can tell you all their real names, and the planets they are from, and given a bit of prompting, in which order they joined and who was leader at what time. And I still have my replica flight ring.
