It's one of "those" threads: Superhero shows.

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You favorite superhero show(s). Explain why. Simple.

You don't need to do every show at once, it's ok with one at a time.
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Ok example:

One of the best, if not.... THE best:

1. Batman the animated series

Nostalgiea: Extremley High. I mean, I grew up with this. The intro and outro is nailed into my memory. Along with the Joker, Clayface, Mr Freeze, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, the Penguine, Harley Quinn, Batman, Robin, Batgirl, Bane(the later version), Mad hatter, Ras al gul, Fire fly and Alfred. Even the "feel" of it, old, al capone, brown, yellow, black, gray, red and dark. But not free from humor and sillyness. Which is NEEDED.

Animation: High for it's age. It came before XmenTAS but still looks and feels centuries better.

Art: Simpler, true, but it looks better, cleaner and also "realier" guns.
Sometimes it becomes obviously cartoony which by no way, is a bad thing.

Story: Fantastic to say atleast. I mean, the stories are gripping, you can feel sympathy with possible killers. One reason I think, is because they are human in their orgin. Makes it alot easier to get in to.

Voice acting: Excellent, Batman, Joker and the others where done great justice due to the voice acting. Even the swedish version where done great and that's not a common feat. Infact I could even go as far as prefering the Swedish voiced Joker to the American.

Soundtrack/music: Where would Batman be without it? The effects it got on the diffrent stories are absolutly crucial, they would be no where near as moving as with out the music. I mean, the intro, the theme, it get's into my head everytime I think about Batman.

Hero: Batman is an increadbly well-rounded hero when you think about it.
Ninja, rich, genious, insane, grim, human, ..Despite all his ninja, batarang or other bat-tools, he is still just human ok, not just any human, but still. This becomes clear when he's upp against foes like Clayface or Mr Freeze or guns to the face.

Villian: Joker
He is batmans opposite in most ways. Perfect for a villian, makes him feel more than just a gimmick.

Despite being an insane serial killer, he can be quite funny acctually, which lightens up the show a little, from the otherwise, dark, grim, brown gotham.
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So that was it, not anywhere near perfect, but I feel that I don't need to go that far anyway.
 
One of my two favorite superhero shows is Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Literally, there's countless guest superheroes who side with Batman and keep the action hot. And the animation's great, too.

The other one is Krypto the Superdog because it reminisces that "Hanna-Barbera style," and is very colorful.
 
My favorite was probably the first season of Justice League Unlimited. I loved the big cast, the clean and fluid animation, the intriguing conspiracy story arc and the fact that it did such a good job of capturing the feel of the comic books. The final season wasn't that great.

As a runner up I really liked the Maxx on MTV. It was like a comic book come to life because it was based on the panels. I was a fan of the comic and I have never looked forward to a show more in my life. I was working at Burger King at the time and anticipating this show helped me get through the hell that was. It was delayed several times so it was really a joy when it finally came on and MTV stopped rerunning The Head.
 
My favorite superhero show would be Batman the Animated Series along with The New Batman Adventures if it is counted as separate...though I count them as the same show.

As far as Nostalgia goes, that show defined my childhood. Also, it created my love of the Penguin (My fav Bat villain who gets NO JUSTICE TODAY IN THIS DAY AND AGE...but that's another story.)

Art: I actually prefered the stylized designs of TNBA better than BTAS, however the BTAS simple designs and streamlining was still leagues better than other superhero shows at the time like 90's X-Men and Spider-Man.

Story: Brilliant, just brilliant. Most of the villain origins were very well done. Episodes like Mad as a Hatter, Mad Love, Feat of Clay, Two Face, and Heart of Ice were very captivating stories. They were able to reimagine some of the hokey silver age villains and turn them into tragic characters.

Voice acting: The voices in that show ARE the voices I hear in comics...

Hero: I found Bats to be a compelling character here. Before Justice League (and current comics) he was not PERFECT. It's nice to have him have contingencies for everything, but seriously? Plus here he wasn't so grim and dark that he was unbearable, he had a perfect mixture of it (like the Joker has the perfect mixture of clown and killer here, the comics has him murder about the population of Texas everytime he gets out and when he does get caught he just gets asylum time...seriously?). As a kid I wanted to be Batman

Villian: Penguin...although he didn't get all that many episodes in TNBA with his GOOD design, he was the socialite villain that he was in the comics and many people ignored that aspect of him since Batman Returns. Plus he's one of Bat's only enemies that are stone cold sane.

Special runner up to The Spectacular Spider-Man

Art: I loved the stylized designs on the show. The kids pupils could be a bit smaller though...the adults were fine. Venom's upper body could be a bit smaller too, but his appearance at the end of Intervention was perfect. Also, this show has to have the most diverse cast of ANY show today without the diversity being forced with token characters. They race lifted so many characters that it just felt natural. Kenny Kong (McFarlane) and Ned Lee(ds) were now Asian. Debra Whitman, Roderick Kingsley, Principal Davis, Dr Bromwell, and Fancy Dan/Ricochet were now Black. Liz Allan, Mark Allan (Raxton)/Molten Man, and Ox were Latino. Jean Dewolff was a Native American. Aaron and Miles Warren were Indian. The show just had EVRYONE.

Story: The show is too good for the kids of today. The stories were superb. They found ways to modernize the classic stories [Example: Master Planner using computers instead of radiation]. Also it used and developed characters that everyone and their momma is afraid to touch (I'm looking at you George and Gwen Stacy)

Voice acting: While Chris Barnes Spider-Man is still the first voice I hear in my head, pretty much everyone else replaced everyone else from the 90's show. Goblin's voice I felt was one of the best renditions of Gobby. It was raspy and sinister, yet gleeful and chipper. Yes I even hear this show's hammy version of Mysterio...

Hero: Spider-Man was pretty funny and his quips were great...of course coming immediately after a quipless Spider-Man in the movies had something to do with it. Peter had his fair share of problems as well.

Villian: Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin. He was PERFECT. They drew mostly from the Lee/Ditko days in Gobby's personality (from BEFORE he learned Spidey's identity) and it worked perfectly. He was a trickster and very playful, but very dangerous. Somewhat like the Joker, but there is quite a difference. Norman was pretty stone cold in comparison to his alter ego (which contributed in fooling a lot of people that he was actually Harry, even if his actions didn't make sense for the kid).

Special mention goes to Roderick Kingsley, who only appeared in one episode...and would have gotten more of a chance to shine...just as soon as that nasty old Mr. Disney and Sony decides to give them their legal share of the profit!
 
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