Huntik Series Premiere Talkback: "A Seeker is Born" (Spoilers)

Actually, that wasn't that bad, I was actually entertained somewhat by a show I knew almost nothing about. The storyline sounds a tad bit generic, but overall I'm pretty positive about this show, I'll try to check out the next episode if I can. All they really need to take care of is the theme, they could have gotten some one else besides "Dragonforce's" half cousins...
 
The theme was awesome IMO! Cartoons don't need themes by popular recording artists to be good, I mean, the theme could have been sung by a bunch of strung out druggy prostitutes and if it came out the way this theme did then I wouldn't like it any less...

To each their own I guess...
 
I was wrong and I could not be happier that I was wrong. Lok is Yuri, I'm impressed. I was sure Lok was Mike sure of it, but it's Yuri all right. The end credits don't like. I'm impressed that 4kids went outside their normal talent pool and grabbed Yuri for this show, very impressed. It shows how determained they are that Huntix will be a Hit.

Pluses
+Great Intro
+Great voice acting expecially from the main character
+The story has promise, though a bit slow

The show has my attention the voice of that Gargoyle/imp thing is annoying as hell but not enough to push me off of the show. I will watch for a while hopefully it gets better. it was decent.
 
The cast as it appeared in the credits:

Lok Lambert - Yuri Lowenthal (L.A.)
Sophie Casterwill - Rebecca Soler (N.Y.)
Dante Vale - Marc Thompson (N.Y.)
Zhalia Moon - Karen Strassman (L.A.)
Cherit - Marc Thompson (N.Y)

Defoe - Kirk Thornton (L.A.)
Grier - Richard Epcar (L.A.)
The Professor - Herb Lawrence (N.Y.)

Lassimmer (Sp?) - Maddie Blaustein (N.Y.)

Voice Directors - Mike Sisterniklaas (N.Y), Marc Diraison (N.Y.)


Definitively a co-production. I feel it must be a bittersweet experience for the NY actors--jobs are already harder to come by than in other places, so having to share the playground with people who are not starving for it must sting a bit, even if they get to work with some different people Still, can't say I fault the vocal variety. And who knows, maybe we'll get some New York people on some L.A. dubs next. And of course, it means that if Lok gets some evil-twin kind of character, Michael just has to voice him now.:p

On that note, I also heard some recognizable VA's--Diraison as the lead suit, and David Zen Mansley, I think, as the narrator in the opening.

I'm super-glad the theme remained untouched, and I like the fact that it has actual credits in it--toons that do that (Robotech being most memorable) always feel more epic, to me.

As for the episode itself...iffy. Very little weight to it, particularly after Lok and Sophie separated. Things seemed to be happening too fast to have too much impact. Still, I liked what I got from the characters (Sophie and Dante, mainly), and the plot and atmosphere, while not quite original, is of the sort we don't get much in cartoons anymore, so I'll definitively be sticking to it.


My thoughts on the characters:

Lok: Typical protagonist, although I do like that his "thing" is supposed to be puzzles, and I liked his rapport with Sophie.
Sophie: Her I liked, then again, she's got brains, looks, and an accent. What's not to like?
Dante: Need to see more. Liked him fine, though.
Cherrit: One thing came to mind: "Chaaaarlie...! You're the Banana King, Charlie!"--and it doesn't even sound much like 'em. Gah!
Defoe: Liked him--really sells "middle management". Plus, he reminds me of a Captain Planet villain, which is good.
Grier: There's stiff, and then there's stiff--lets hope he shows some more sides quickly.
 
Kind of hard to judge it on its first episode, since the first episode always starts out promising enough... the true test will be in the next few weeks to see if they'll stick to the storyline. But it was decent from what I saw; the fights are pretty iffy, though.
 
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