Superman/Batman: Public Enemies - Review

The short version; 'Superman/Batman: Public Enemies' is an explosively enjoyable and stupendously stupid romp through the Superhero battlefield.

You really don't need to know much more than that. The title clues you in as to whether you're predisposed to liking it (I partially am), its typical of DC animation that its full of well animated destruction, however, it also finds itself lacking in the story and character department. I'm a Batman fan, at least in regards to animation, and one of the compelling aspects of that character is his intelligent approach to problems. This is not that movie. This story is essentially an excuse for a series of knockdown brawls, pushing anything resembling interesting character moments or intricate plotting. However, and its a big caveat, is that those brawls are awesome, and the roster of characters is some impressive fan-service, and it delivers some big and silly blockbuster entertainment.

Episode Review: Young Justice "Drop Zone" : Episode 1.04

It may be early in the show's run, but I'm going to go ahead and make it official anyway.

Young Justice is my favourite DC animated series.

I'll explain why shortly, but I'll start by saying that I absolutely loved "Drop Zone". It had the best version of Bane I've ever seen in any of the Batman media (voiced by Trejo no less!), it had one of the coolest 'Men on a Mission' scenarios I've seen in a while, it had compelling character moments wrapped up in a cocoon of exceedingly well animated action scenes and tied in bow of mythology. This is only episode four; I can only imagine what the show runners have in store for us.

'The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes' reviews coming soon (with new reviewer) / My thoughts on Marvel animation

So far on this site I've written about a 'Man of Action' show and a 'DC' show. I know it's early days, and I'm planning on covering a lot more shows, but this amuses me because I've always been one of those 'Make Mine Marvel!' kind of guys.

There's something about Marvel's line up of heroes and the Universe that draws me to it over DC's. DC truly does have a Pantheon, the JLU a veritable roster of gods. Marvel always felt a little more accessible. I love the pulp sci-fi of the Fantastic Four, the action packed soap opera that is X-Men, loony-tunes like Deadpool, just about everything about Spider-Man.

So I've always found it bittersweet that their animated projects tend to be a little lacking. The sweet comes from me being able to balance my superhero intake with some DC via their animated universe. Marvel for comics and movies and DC for animation. This keeps things nice and simple.

But then we got Spectacular Spider-Man,

Episode Review : Young Justice “Welcome To Happy Harbour” : Episode 1.03)

Well it’s been a pretty long break; between episodes of my favourite toons airing as well as an entry into the blog. I knew this was going to take a while before I got into the swing of it… not to mention got good at it.

So, in order to get the ball really rolling, the next few entries may be somewhat lacking, but then again, I love reading those reviews of Outlaw Vern that end in, ‘why didn’t I finish this review?”. Also, the format will be different to last time, but I’ll figure it all out eventually.

“Welcome to Happy Harbor” starts off in Star City with our Young Justice team dropping in on Speedy to try and convince him to join the team. Speedy just so happens to be in the middle of dealing with Brick at the Dockyards (in quite the dynamic action scene to boot), which is indicative of the way Young Justice does business. It’s not content to do one thing at a time, and I mean that in the best way.