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How is this Cartoon similar/dissimilar to the Comic books in character implementation?

BeardedDork wrote:How is this Cartoon similar/dissimilar to the Comic books in character implementation?

Wow. for being one of the more excellent, more close to the source animated series - I am so surprised not many people here have seen The Avengers.

Anyway...
Avengers is the "style" that I'm hoping to capture with my new upcoming "THE DEFENDERS" PbP game.
Have you seen "Batman the Animated Series" and "Justice League Unlimited"?

The Avengers show is closer to THOSE.
Meaning - it takes the team (and the Marvel Universe) and presents it as NEW to the scene.... ie. the main characters and other Marvels are either brand new to their careers, in their "year one" timeline, or not introduced (origin story created) yet.
The Fantastic Four has recently just got powers (and are shown in at least a photo on the wall). Spider-Man (hasn't been mentioned yet) but is likely either not bitten yet, or just starting out.
And all the Avengers (in the first 5 episodes) are given their individual show as their origin story before the team comes together (for the first time) in episode 6.

The style is as if they are fresh and bright, more four colored (in Bruce Timm Justice League Unlimited style) going for what I call their "ICONIC" representation of the heroes and villains. Taking the CORE of everything cool that matters and "re-imagining" it just a touch - mostly staying the same and true to origins and ALSO alluding to story-lines from the comics yet to come...
But at the same time being distinctly in it's OWN "universe" for not ugly continuity and thick backstory.

But it's also very true to the comics, using alot of the original storylines with new twists to make them FIT to the show's universe. They treat the history of the Avengers (and each INDIVIDUAL character) with a love and respect, to present it to a new audience in a true... sort of "innocent" style without the hazy ugly of decades of continuity overshadow.

It's the way I want many supers games I'd like to Narrate (and play) to be.

-kev-

I felt it started a little slow, but gets better as the team gets together. It feels like it's based on the movie universe, with Hydra have started WW2, Nick Fury being Ultimate Fury, etc. There are some great storylines though.

Oh, and if you have Netflix streaming, you can watch the whole season (as well as the 90's Spidey, X-Men, Iron Man, Hulk & Silver Surfer, X-Men Evolution, and Spectacular Spiderman)!

urbwar wrote:I felt it started a little slow, but gets better as the team gets together. It feels like it's based on the movie universe, with Hydra have started WW2, Nick Fury being Ultimate Fury, etc. There are some great storylines though.

Oh, and if you have Netflix streaming, you can watch the whole season (as well as the 90's Spidey, X-Men, Iron Man, Hulk & Silver Surfer, X-Men Evolution, and Spectacular Spiderman)!

I just started watching Silver Surfer myself (great Kirby-esque looking animation) with plans to re-watch the others too.

oh and Fantastic Four and Iron Man: Armored Adventures are streaming as well. Lots of good inspiration for games to watch!