DC Comics' Vixen: The Animated Series

~~Leo656~~ · 01-17-2015, 06:35 PM

Can't speak to what I haven't seen yet, I didn't have cable when that show was on. I only really found out about it fairly recently. Seems to have lasted a while so that's good for them. I honestly never followed the character much, I really like Black Lightning and Static seemed kind of too similar.

One thing Vixen and Static both have in common, though, is that until their shows were announced, literally nobody ever said, "I really hope someone does (X) as a cartoon." There's still a dozen fairly obscure characters that are nonetheless more well-known than they are, who would get a much better response if someone announced they were doing a cartoon. Power Girl. Zatanna. Lobo. Just spitballing, but I mentioned a bunch of others, earlier. It's not a small list. They're not just going "obscure", with Vixen, they're going waaaaay obscure. And it seems to be for less-than-pure intentions.

I mean, heck, even Black Lightning. That guy's been really popular off and on, and they've always portrayed him as a big deal. Thing is, giving him a solo show wouldn't make a ton of sense, because he's always been part of a group, almost never a solo act. And that's the same thing with Vixen. Some characters weren't created to be Stars. But at least a ton more people actually know who Black Lightning is.

I mean, it'll probably be just fine, she has a rather unique power set and almost all of DCs cartoons are pretty good, but there's a lot of "iffy" decisions going on behind-the-scenes, is all I'm saying. No WAY was she the first choice they came up with. I'd like to know which ideas they passed on before approving this one. I'm curious.

01-17-2015, 06:35 PM	#21
~~Leo656~~ Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: nWo Country Posts: 27,703	Can't speak to what I haven't seen yet, I didn't have cable when that show was on. I only really found out about it fairly recently. Seems to have lasted a while so that's good for them. I honestly never followed the character much, I really like Black Lightning and Static seemed kind of too similar. One thing Vixen and Static both have in common, though, is that until their shows were announced, literally nobody ever said, "I really hope someone does (X) as a cartoon." There's still a dozen fairly obscure characters that are nonetheless more well-known than they are, who would get a much better response if someone announced they were doing a cartoon. Power Girl. Zatanna. Lobo. Just spitballing, but I mentioned a bunch of others, earlier. It's not a small list. They're not just going "obscure", with Vixen, they're going waaaaay obscure. And it seems to be for less-than-pure intentions. I mean, heck, even Black Lightning. That guy's been really popular off and on, and they've always portrayed him as a big deal. Thing is, giving him a solo show wouldn't make a ton of sense, because he's always been part of a group, almost never a solo act. And that's the same thing with Vixen. Some characters weren't created to be Stars. But at least a ton more people actually know who Black Lightning is. I mean, it'll probably be just fine, she has a rather unique power set and almost all of DCs cartoons are pretty good, but there's a lot of "iffy" decisions going on behind-the-scenes, is all I'm saying. No WAY was she the first choice they came up with. I'd like to know which ideas they passed on before approving this one. I'm curious.