Green Lantern Animated Season 2

[TomStrong]

I was ticked off when they cancelled Brave and The Bold as well, however I like Young Justice pretty well and enjoyed the conspiracy type shows but I'm not sure how well younger kids could follow those story lines. I really dug the GL series two and caught all of season one. Haven't seen any of the second season of GL. Even though I liked GL I still prefer hand drawn animation to computer designed stuff.

[Earth 2 Chris]

There is a petition to save these shows. It can't hurt. I signed it:

http://www.change.org/petitions/cartoon-network-warner-bros-bring-back-young-justice-and-green-lantern-the-animated-series

Chris

[Godzilla]

I agree I think GL is very well done. The fact the movie didn't make a bigger splash may have shortened its' legs.

[Earth 2 Chris]

^Agreed. I was kind of surprised to see it go to Season 2. Cartoon Network seems at times to be more a hindrance to DC shows than any kind of help. They'd rather promote stuff like "The Incredible Crew" and "Level Up".

Chris

[Godzilla]

Uhg. My kids keep asking to watch the Incredible Crew and I gave in last night. I know it's not aimed at 40 year old grump white man humor at all, but man was that painful.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I can't get into these new CN shows at all. Even Adventure Time is lost on me. I can tolerate it more than Regular Show or Amazing World of Gumball. My kids like all of these but Regular Show. I guess my parents didn't like the crap I watched either at that age.

The Looney Tunes show is okay, but I preferred the Duck Dodgers series these same guys worked on. At least kids are being exposed to the classic WB characters.

Chris

[madmarva]

It's too bad the Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. lost faith in the animated GL series. It's been really solid. I bet it's cancellation had as much to do with the failure of the GL movie franchise from launching as anything else. No movie and toys to promote, no reason to keep making the toons.

[jwyblejr]

I'm surprised CN has lasted 20 years with how they schedule their programming. They're either moving shows all over the place,or they take forever to show new episodes.

[Earth 2 Chris]

This show is far and away one of the best DC animated series WB has yet to produce. I would agree that WB probably lost faith in GL in general by the time season 2 was in production, and pulled the plug.

I don't understand why they can't keep GL going and show a season of that in between seasons of the new Batman toon and this new version of Teen Titans.

I love Batman, but how many frickin' cartoons does the guy really need? I'd rather see a Flash show, Wonder Woman, Doom Patrol...anything.

Chris

[madmarva]

Totally agree Chris. When I heard about the Batman show a couple of years ago, I was hoping it would rotate with GL.

I'd like to see a new JLA cartoon, but Flash or Wonder Woman would be cool. If Man of Steel does well I expect a Superman cartoon.

[ctc]

>Even Adventure Time is lost on me. I can tolerate it more than Regular Show or Amazing World of Gumball.

Adventure time is BAZONKERS! I like it a lot; it's Thundarr the Barbarian written by 6 year olds! Gumball is good too.

>It's too bad the Cartoon Network and Warner Bros. lost faith in the animated GL series. It's been really solid.

In some ways that might be the problem; especially if you compare it to the other shows refrenced in this post. The GL cartoon was solid, probable, progressed well, and surprisingly devoid of weird stuff and surprises considering the subject matter. That's been my problem with a lot of the DC stuff; it's trying WAY too hard to be "good," and suffers from lack of "fun." Everything progresses exactly how you'd expect, they keep to the established tropes*, few genuine surprises, and nothing that really establishes them as their own thing.

*: the BIGGEST offender for this was the episode of Young Justice where Sisqo thought someone on the team was a spy, and they got all mad 'cos he didn't tell them.... 'cos that's how it ALWAYS works on tv; even though you'd think SOMEONE would understand that if you think someone on the team is a spy but don't know who then yes, you DON'T trust them, and you certainly wouldn't tip your hand by telling them....

GL suffered from that. It was a standard tv sci-fi space opera. It looked like every other Timm-esque DC show. It had all the stock characters. It was well done, but nothing really stood out. There wasn't anything GL did that no other show did. If you were a fan of the character, or the setting, or DC in general you'd come in with some emotional investment and get something out of it. If not, then it probably didn't tug at the ol' heartstrings.

>I love Batman, but how many frickin' cartoons does the guy really need?

HAW! Now you know how I feel about durned near ALL entertainment. They're just running on the name; if you look at the new one, or "The Batman" you can see how they started shifting things away from a more superhero-y template; an attempt to freshen up the character. "Brave and the Bold" went total cartoony and featured tons of other characters, which probably saved it by making it a unique experience for Bat-saturated fans.

>If Man of Steel does well I expect a Superman cartoon.

Even if it doesn't. The name will be out there, and Superman is another big brand like Batman.

>I'd rather see a Flash show, Wonder Woman, Doom Patrol...anything.

....which is why we don't see more stuff like this. I'd love to see some of their more obscure characters; even if they weren't hyped up as DC properties. Creature Commandos, the original Starfire, Claw, Kamandi, Hercules, Angel O'Day and Sam Simeon, Space Cabby, Tommy Tomorrow, and countless others could be done as their own, self-contained thing. The irony being: before the 80's and it's "all superheroes, all the time" paradigm shift, DC (and Marvel) created a lot of characters strictly to capitalize on the trends of the time, and could easily bring them back to capitalize on said trends AGAIN as they rotate back into public consciousness. Fantasy's popular? Bring back Arak, or Claw, or Beowulf. Space opera the thing? Adam Strange, Tommy Tomorrow, the Star Rovers are good choices. Horror? I'd LOVE a Cain and Abel (or Withching Hour) series. (Either would work as an Addams Family-esque comedy too.) Emo monsters? "I.... Vampire." WW2 was the thing a few years back; howzabout some GI Robot? We DID get the Losers, as a modern thing. (A near miss maybe?) Westerns? They tried Jonah Hex as a movie (and ALMOST stuck to the character) but you could do a straight up western with Bat Lash or Cinnamon. (Or a weird one with Tomahawk.) Hell; think about something like "Stanley and his Monster" or Brother Power, or Super-Hip, or Major Bummer. With the popularity of all them Disney tweenie comedies you might actually get some traction from a Prez film.

But it's all about name recognition, not building something new. (Well; new-ish.) Which is why you can expect and endless, repeating cycle of Batman and Superman films, complete with origin after origin, forever.

Don C.

[jwyblejr]

I saw a preview of Teen Titans Go during Young Justice. I can't believe CN is dumping YJ and Green Lantern for that.

[bobws]

I Love the Teen Titans, I tolerated to Manga style of the last series They did, but this one look intolerable. How could they do this to me? I've been waiting for a good Teen Titans show since 1967.
Oh Wait that's the problem, I'm too old to care about. They're shooting for 6 years old and up and hope thier parents buy them any toys they want.
well guess what? i don't have kids, you want my money, give me what i want. Youmg Justice was the Best Teen Titans they've done so far.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I actually liked the original TT series, and I prefer it over Young Justice. The manga influences took a bit for me to get used to, but I soon got past it. The characters were interesting and well-developed, and the show had a great variety between high drama and out-and-out comedy. On the other hand, Young Justice was never fun. I enjoyed it, but it was like the X-Files in spandex.

Chris

[Goblin19]

Really liked GL. My oldest son loved it and is pretty upset. I think it left on a high note, at least.