Marvel Super Hero Squad
 

Yesterday Marvel announced their schedules for movies and tv. Well one of the tv shows mentioned was Super Hero Squad. Well...now there's info on it!

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080507/tv_nm/marvel_dc_1

Hmm....a kiddiefied Marvel-verse...sounds....fun....

I'm sure it will be for the kiddies

Read the article. It's aimed at the elementary school crowd. :P

I think it's really cool that Marvel is really trying to branch out to every age group. It'll be really cool if they ever fully max out this plan, with plenty of R rated stuff all the way down to toddler toys...which they already kinda do. I'm just saying that I'm excited for it to expand.

At the risk of sounding ignorant on the matter... ehhh... don't enough 6-8 year olds watch the regular stuff? I mean, other than the fact they appeal to kids slightly older (including 10- 12 year olds) what more could they really do?

I mean, the 6-8 group seems a little too old for the preschooly Hulk type stuff they tried to pull years ago. How would this be any different in style and tone of the current Spider-Man series, and upcoming X-men and Iron Man programs? I'm just asking.

Seems that that demographic could gravitate to something sort of like the "Action heroes" Hasbro lines (what they had with Star Wars Galactic Heroes).

Or maybe it's just a semantics thing.

Anyway, the idea sounds sort of like, well, Marvel's answer to the Super Friends. That actually sounds like a cool idea. Think about it. Marvel Super Friends. Really has a nice Saturday morning cereal cartoon feel to it (cereal Cartoon is the TV cartoon equivvilant of a Popcorn Flick- I made it up).

The first teaser posters for the upcoming kiddie show Marvel Super Hero Squad are up.... Dr. Doom looks so cute. :lol:

The villians consist of Dr. Doom, Mole Man, Juggernaut, Modok (?), Enchantress,.I think the green guy is a Skrull (or possably Abomination), Domammu (?) and Absorbing Man.
http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori...8/villains.jpg

The heroes consist of Iron Man, Wolverine, Silver Surfer (WTF?), Thor, Captain America, Falcon, Hulk, and Penance/Hollow (Monet and her sisters).

Iron Man looks demented...

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori...arveltease.jpg

The green guy is Abomination, a major Hulk villain.

This is rediculous, there is no need to make a chibi marvel cartoon. Think back to when you were a kid... did you refuse to watch any cartoon that didn't have babies in it?

So, in other words, this is based on those damn toys where even the Sentinels smile. Gah...

http://www.worldincatalog.com/upload...7529321mb8.jpg

Definately a toy commercial... they look EXACTLY like the Marvel Galactic Heroes toys. EXACTLY.

But then again, DC also super stylized their characters for the new version of Super Friends... which is basically a toy line and then a comic book.

Hey Marvel, I got an idea!!! Why don't you stop blowing money on all of these useless new animated shows/movies and invest it in getting your rights back from Disney to the 90's Marvel animated series (that were worth FAR more than anything you have produced in the past 10 years) that are sinfully long overdue for a dvd release in America?! :x

God, I just want to go right up to Stan Lee or whoever makes marketing decisions for Marvel and strangle them!!

By that logic, you should say, "Hey! DC! Stop trying to make more movies and TV shows and work out a tentative deal with Fox to release the 1966 series!" There are too many stupid rights issues and red tape preventing them from getting their own shows. Disney doesn't really own them, but for some reason, they're blocking US DVD releases. Everywhere else in the world, however is fair game.

That said, I don;'t see how this would stop the release of the 90's shows at all. And I don't see how either effects the other. This is just a way to cash in off the multiple blockbuster films they've been making lately. I don't understand why they need a kid friendly version of this stuff, sionce it's already kid friendly enough... but at least its not the Spider-Man and his Friends stuff. I mean, the stuff is cute and all... but Spidey don't belong on no diapers!

Wow, someone is passionate about cartoons.

Have you seen those 90's animated series lately? They haven't aged well at all, Especially Spider-man (Although that could be because Spectacular Spider-man makes it look like complete crap in comparison.)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Lee independent now, and he works with Marvel on products involving his characters on his own accord?

Man, I think X-Men has aged worse. It just looks awful.

Dude...get a grip. Your 90s shows PALE in contrast to Wolverine and The X-Men and Spectacular Spider-Man.

And threatning to go Chris Benoit over this doesnt make you look like a rational human being. Stan is completly independent these days, and still has legal wranglings with the company here and there. You really need an education.

I've seen it on the Internet quite a bit, but just what the heck is a "chibi"?

Anyway, it doesn't look like anything that will interest me, but I'm all for anything that is trying to get more kids interested in the Marvel or DC characters. Since comics are sold in less places these days this is probably the way to do it.

I'm kind of wondering what Dr. Doom is plotting though. Is he going to be hogging the sandbox like the dastardly fiend that he is?

:lol: Some of you may hate the idea, but I'd get a kick out of tuning in for five minutes to see something like that happen.

I love how all kids shows now have to be "cute" and "cuddly". Makes me miss the 90's. At least we had more mature cartoons back then, ones that lasted more then one season.

This looks like something Japanese people would come up with.

No... no no... let's not forget what the Japanese did with Spider-Man

:kgrin:

At least that was funny haha I remember watching a whole episode of that once.

I say, forget the 90's shows... I wanna see them clear out the red tape and bring that over here.

That and the terrible anime they made about Marvel's Dracula comics... (Drac's freakin' eating a Cheeseburger, for crying out loud!)

Heh.. cool. Tom Kenny was cast to voice Capt America and Iron Man in Super Hero Squad (of which a comic adaption came out this week). I like him as the voice of Plastic Man in Brave and the Bold.

http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stori...1/09/index.htm

An interesting choice to say the least... Of course, he's basically in every American produced and voiced cartoon series out there now... I am a fan, of course... I just wonder if he's going to do something in a serious voice.

I just can't help thinking that Iron Man will sound like Heffer from Rocko...

ugh... Marvel chibi cartoon? I feel sorry for kids today. Such a hollow time in their lives.
Makes ya think back to how awesome we had it back in the day. We had Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, ThunderCats, GhostBusters, Jem, Transformers, He-Man, She-Ra, Beetlejuice, My Pet Monster, etc...

The inclusion of He-Man, She-ra and My pet Monster in your list I think are hilarious. And here's why.... Marvel's "Chibi" cartoon is clearly intended as a toy commercial for These toys... DC actually made a comic based on Mattel's Super Friends line, and I don't see this as any different. Nor do I see it any different than Any of the toy based cartoon shows we had in the 80's.

In fact, for every Transformers and He-Man, there are a bunch of lousy, forgotten shows based on toys that were thankfully burried... at least until the advent of Youtube... (seriously, look up stuff like Mad Balls and Garbage Pail Kids... they're insanely terrible, and not even in a fun way).

I do think it's a cuter idea as a comic book (again, like DC's Super Friends line).

The big question is, where exactly will this air? I don't think Disney DX would be a likely place, as it clearly has the appeal for 4-7 year olds, and XD is about 8-14....

Chibi are a common phrase used for super deformed character often used in Japanese comics and animation

The point, Drtooth, is that kids today are getting the short end of the stick. Saturday morning tv is filled with cartoon rubbish. It's just really sad an pathetic how uninteresting just about all of today's cartoons are.

They're uninteresting to YOU. The kids haven't been complaining at all. The shows aren't made for people like you.

You think back in "our time" the 20 somethings looked at He-man and Ninja Turtles and said "OH! COOL! GIANT TURTLES AND A GUY NOT WEARING A SHIRT! YOU KIDS ARE SOOOOO LUCKY." No, They thought it was garbage because it wasn't made for them.

So please, Shut up.

**** you, Stryker. I'm done with your attitude. Seriously, go **** yourself.
What the hell happened to you? Why are you such an asshole? What did I miss in my absense. Holy ****, man.

Awww thank you!

You're not exactly acting like a saint here. I was just asking, who died and made you the authority on which generation of shows is better than the other? shows like GI Joe and Transformers were nothing more than 22 minute toy commercials, not exactly deep.

Wait... Saturday Mornings still have cartoons? Could have fooled the crap out of me. :tangel: (I'll take rubbish cartoons over that dreadful Kevin Treadau anyday).

When I was a kid I knew a bunch of adults who used to watch Saturday morning cartoons, ones without kids too. It was morning ritual for them, a bowl of cereal and whatever was on. Hell my Dad used to wake me up to watch Ninja turtles all the time and he wasn't even a fan of it he just liked the show. When the new series came out he did the same thing.

The problem with new shows, and ones like this, is they're so child oriented that adults can't even watch it with their kids. When kids are 20 or older they aren't going to look back on this and go "Man that show was awesome". Most likely if they ever do see an episode of it they will go "I can't believe I watched this crap". I've had that happen to me with some cartoons from when I was a kid. I tried watching an episode of Swamp Thing on youtube once that was sad.

Also there's a huge fanbase for Marvel Heroes and the reason their making this show is because a PG-13 movie hit it big in the box office. If they want to score big ratings they need to make it accessible to teens as well. That will also open the doors to adult comic fans I'm sure.

I don't so much think it's all of them per se... considering the fact we've really hit a dry spell in American animation (seems most of the stuff, if any, we get are coming from Canada and odd places in Europe- Ireland and Russia- we aren't even getting all that much from Japan anymore either). And we all know the reasons why, no need to repeat them.

I feel a lot of the cartoons we've had recently hold up. The Batman (sure, it isn't Batman TAS, but it didn't need to be), Spectacular Spider-Man, and (from what I've heard) Wolverine and the X-Men are outstanding quality. And I think Chowder is a wonderful little "Stupid" cartoon series. The problem lies in the fact, as stated, there really isn't all that much out there anymore. So, the biggest news we have is another Super Hero show getting made, due only to the movies and comic culture.

Again, toys. They have at least 2 shows accessible to teens, Spider-Man and X-Men. And sure, I think they should focus on trying to get more Spider-Man episodes and holding off cancellation instead of this. I know what they're going for here... a Super Friends style show for younger comic fans... seems like the youngest fan base is the only group of kids that even watch cartoons anymore.

They might in Canada... feel free to correct me on this, Ryona (or anyone else).

My dad and uncle used to watch cartoons in the wee morning hours before they went off to work, in the early '80's before I was born. Stuff like Herculoids and Space Ghost... Hell, even early anime like Speed Racer and Star Blazers.

Boom. Right there. That's what I'm talking about. Spitfire is right on the ball.
This is what I mean when I say most cartoons today are very hollow and uninteresting.
Not to say that every cartoon in the 80s and 90s were a hit, but they vastly outnumber today's rubbish in genuine quality. Mainly what cartoons have going today is better picture quality and CGI. There's just not much ingenuity.
There's only a few diamonds in the rough today such as Ruby Gloom.



Yes.
Drtooth is just being a smartass.

I know for a fact that there are lots of parents who watch kids shows with their children and enjoy them.

Nothing is better or worse. Yesterday's Ren and Stimpy is today's Spongebob Squarepants.

Same ****. Different Day.

Ah, I thought it was more of a comment on how Saturday Morning Cartoons are eroding in the U.S.

I actually tend to agree. Outside of the new Spider-man, the other 2 cartoons we've got are craptacular.

And not being from Canada, I should automatically know about their animation airings.... how? Saturdays in the US are just The CW, ABC, CBS, and NBC... And out of the 2, only CW and CBS are the only ones that have original programming, and ABC and CBS just re-air old episodes of stuff/ stuff they run on other networks they own. They can satiate the FCC and not spend a dime. It's win win for them. And lest we forget, Fox is out of the running (Have fun airing 1990's nature shows at 5 am on Sunday morning, guys). Of course, if you have cable, sure... Nick and CN... maybe Nicktoons, Boomerange, Disney DX if you have satillite. Canada has stuff like Teletoon and all that. The US doesn't.