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My Adventures with Superman Episode 1 and 2 Talkback (Series Premiere)


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12 hours ago, CountFrylock said:

would this show be made more adult in a second season?

by the time this show was switched to the adultswim brand they couldn't really change what demographic the show was aimed at

what was done was done

 

This show won’t get a second season.  James Gunn has been rather adamant he wants a clean slate on all sides when Superman Legacy hits theaters.  Even animation will tie into that with Creature Commandos.

The Batman gets a pass as an Elseworlds because of how much money it made, and because Robert Pattison was a pretty damn good Batman.

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1 hour ago, Jman said:

This show won’t get a second season.  James Gunn has been rather adamant he wants a clean slate on all sides when Superman Birthright hits theaters.  Even animation will tie into that with Creature Commandos.

The Batman gets a pass as an Elseworlds because of how much money it made, and because Robert Pattison was a pretty damn good Batman.

What are you talking about?

And this show wasn't originally for Adult Swim?

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1 minute ago, ben0119 said:

What are you talking about?

And this show wasn't originally for Adult Swim?

no it was set to premiere on cartoon network much like unicorn but because data showed them kids don't watch cable they shifted this to adultswim

although I wonder why nickelodeon/disney still operates as if kids are still watching them(Not Even A Nostalgic Late Night Block for disney channel)

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2 minutes ago, ben0119 said:

What are you talking about?

And this show wasn't originally for Adult Swim?

This show was commissioned and green lit before James Gunn took over the DC Cinematic Universe, and he has made it clear he wants to throw everything out and start over, starting with a new Superman film called Superman: Legacy.

And James Gunn announced he wants the animated productions to be in continuity with the films, with the first big animated series being Creature Commandos.

 

 

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16 minutes ago, Jman said:

This show was commissioned and green lit before James Gunn took over the DC Cinematic Universe, and he has made it clear he wants to throw everything out and start over, starting with a new Superman film called Superman: Legacy.

And James Gunn announced he wants the animated productions to be in continuity with the films, with the first big animated series being Creature Commandos.

 

 

I Guess we'll have to wait a long ass time for the next superman animated series then....took way too long to get one after Superman TAS

 

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2 hours ago, CountFrylock said:

would this show be made more adult in a second season?

by the time this show was switched to the adultswim brand they couldn't really change what demographic the show was aimed at

what was done was done

 

I read somewhere it has already been announced for a 2nd season.

Make of that what you will. I don't think Gunn is going to care enough to stop this.

But it certainly would be more interesting if the 2nd season was more "adult", maybe to somehow answer that burning question from Mallrats...

Of course, how old is this Lois? 16? 17? We would need a 5-year timeskip first!

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If Zack Snyder is that fan of shounen and seinen anime who loves the violence (and he kind of is, by his own admission he directly referenced Birdy the Mighty Decode for the final battle in Man of Steel and has repeatedly said he would be down for directing a Dragonball movie) then My Adventures with Superman are fangirls who are more interested in shipping and find the male gaze offensive while having no issue with showing off the himbo stereotype.  This is Clark dealing with lower stakes but still notable adventures while mostly focusing on the human element, while someone more in Snyder's wheelhouse would be more about the big fights.  It's telling that the show starts with two scenes deliberately designed to thumb their noses at Man of Steel, young Clark saving a car from crashing (which Kevin Costner famously said was a bad thing) and getting a cat out of a tree, the textbook insult Snyder fans throw at a “pussy Superman”.  This show brings the Newsboy Legion (and makes some of them girls because Current Year) while Snyder or someone with a similar mindset would have bought in Conduit or Codename: Assassin (the guy who killed the Newsboy Legion in the comics).  

Also, it's Adult Swim.  Get these people real guns.   Even STAS used real guns, and when lasers were around they were specifically noted as being prototypes or specialty weapons.

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11 hours ago, Jman said:

If Zack Snyder is that fan of shounen and seinen anime who loves the violence (and he kind of is, by his own admission he directly referenced Birdy the Mighty Decode for the final battle in Man of Steel and has repeatedly said he would be down for directing a Dragonball movie) then My Adventures with Superman are fangirls who are more interested in shipping and find the male gaze offensive while having no issue with showing off the himbo stereotype.  This is Clark dealing with lower stakes but still notable adventures while mostly focusing on the human element, while someone more in Snyder's wheelhouse would be more about the big fights.  It's telling that the show starts with two scenes deliberately designed to thumb their noses at Man of Steel, young Clark saving a car from crashing (which Kevin Costner famously said was a bad thing) and getting a cat out of a tree, the textbook insult Snyder fans throw at a “pussy Superman”.  This show brings the Newsboy Legion (and makes some of them girls because Current Year) while Snyder or someone with a similar mindset would have bought in Conduit or Codename: Assassin (the guy who killed the Newsboy Legion in the comics).  

Also, it's Adult Swim.  Get these people real guns.   Even STAS used real guns, and when lasers were around they were specifically noted as being prototypes or specialty weapons.

The one bit of damage we saw these lasers do, wielded by the robots, was more than any gun could do.

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One last, super ultra nit picky point of contention.

They’re doing an anime ED, but with generic music.

You’re Warner.  You can spring for a song that fits better.


Hell that one’s OWNED by Warner Music Group!  

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On 7/9/2023 at 12:07 AM, Jman said:

This show won’t get a second season.  James Gunn has been rather adamant he wants a clean slate on all sides when Superman Legacy hits theaters.  Even animation will tie into that with Creature Commandos.

The Batman gets a pass as an Elseworlds because of how much money it made, and because Robert Pattison was a pretty damn good Batman.

Regarding that...

https://comicbook.com/anime/news/my-adventures-with-superman-season-2-creator-confirmed/?fbclid=IwAR1V1JLeJp9KWpqqijLdioDtsETJuqUucj8o-0LEgVzHQeMZPd-SxeWfd24

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4 minutes ago, OwlChemist81 said:

These days they split the order in half and call the second half “Season 2.”  Makes the show seem more successful.  Velma wouldn’t have justified a second season otherwise.

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13 hours ago, Icarus27k said:

I thought the giant robots had a Neon Genesis Evangelion feel to them..

 

 

 

 

Coincidentally or not, every major animated Superman series starts with him fighting robots.  The Fleschier shorts have the Mechanical Monsters, the Ruby Spears series’ first episode is him fighting Lex Luthor’s vigilante robots, the Defendroids, and STAS’s pilot movie has Malcom McDowell steal a robotic powered armor and use it to fight Superman.  Funny little legacy.

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Robots are arguably the best first opponent for the man of steel to show just how strong he is when he doesn’t pull his punches or doesn’t yet have the best control of his powers. Plus I’m sure it’s fun to design them and then have them torn apart or blown up. xD

So far this is a fun show. It’s good to know it won’t end at 10 episodes but prospects for it getting more than 20-26 aren’t great at WBD unless it does surprisingly well. And since the 2nd batch is already being animated, there’s no reason to expect the show will be adjusted to better fit Adult Swim. But hey at least they aren’t omitting the words “kill” or “die” even if they aren’t using guns with bullets.

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