The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes

[BentonGrey]

Yeah, it does present a pretty alien picture, but one of the things I've liked about the Kree is that they LOOK like the good guys, even though they aren't.

[Talavar]

Has anyone heard when new episodes of Avengers are returning?  I can't seem to find out.

[herodad1]

well from a picture i saw for season 2, it showed some guest characters. WOLVERINE, STORM, SASQUATCH, BLACK GOLIATH, NIGHTCRAWLER and the WATCHER. and of course FALCON, MS. MARVEL, VISION, and DOC DOOM.

[kkhohoho]

well from a picture i saw for season 2, it showed some guest characters. WOLVERINE, STORM, SASQUATCH, BLACK GOLIATH, NIGHTCRAWLER and the WATCHER. and of course FALCON, MS. MARVEL, VISION, and DOC DOOM.

I know Ms. Marvel and The Vision are going to join the team, but does The Falcon count too,  or is he just a guest?

[Shogunn2517]

To be perfectly honest, I really think they need to trim the lineup.  I appreciate the wealth of characters, but you can't feature them all.  If they want to keep them all, they should do like  the Justice League and feature 4-5 in an episode and don't try to fit them all in the same episode. 

And please, as much as I love the character, they need to get rid of the Hulk.  The group does not need two super strong brutes.  Thor is essential.  Hulk has always seemed(and been written as) a loner character.  I thought that was the direction they started with early on but he stayed.  Almost an unfair unbalance.

[BentonGrey]

I think the LAST thing they should do is trim the line-up, but you are right, they'll need to do some JLU-esq balancing to handle the large cast properly.  To be honest, though, they have been doing that already.  We don't have everyone in every episode, and that's a good thing.

[Talavar]

To be perfectly honest, I really think they need to trim the lineup.  I appreciate the wealth of characters, but you can't feature them all.  If they want to keep them all, they should do like  the Justice League and feature 4-5 in an episode and don't try to fit them all in the same episode. 

Like Benton mentioned, they've already been doing that in the first season.

Personally, I've come around on Hulk being a part of the team.  He's definitely not going anywhere though - with Hulk being a lead in next summer's Avengers film, media synergy demands his presence.

[Cyber Burn]

Agreed. I've come to enjoy how the Hulk was written in the first season. Also, I like the idea of having a rotating group, it would add variety to the show.

[BentonGrey]

I like how the Hulk was written, and I think they've done a good job with him.  He doesn't REALLY seem to fit with the group, I'll give you that.  However, as long as he isn't in every episode, I don't think his inclusion would bother me.

[lugaru]

I kind of hope that they dont add any more members BUT have guests on every episode. Part of what hooked me so hard on the JLU cartoon was the constantly rotating cast which allowed for different types of stories, not to mention a chance to make me think obscure dc characters I dont care about are cool. Black Goliath and Nightcrawler might be a little bittersweet but Falcon and Sasquatch would be really cool.

My fantasy? For them to do a MODOK's 11 episode (or maybe 2 episodes), completely sans heroes.

Nick Fury isn't really Ultimate Nick Fury though - he's more a weird hybrid of Ultimate and traditional Nick Fury.  He's black, but he doesn't look like Samuel Jackson, and he's got traditional-Nick's greying temples.

I find it interesting that the Marvel Nick Fury is a bit of a James Bond figure while the Ultimate Nick is fairly evil. The animated Nick not only looks like those two had a baby, but his temperament is halfway in between. He is an adventuring, cool secret agent but he also is full of dangerous secrets and conspiracies.

[ShawDAMAN]

I watched the opening 'origins' type episode about iron man when this series came out and found myself a little bored, honestly. So I didn't watch any more. I have netflix instant watch though and all of season 1 is on there so I just watched the whole season over a week or 2.

I'm impressed! It was much better than I was expecting, honestly, and despite some predictable breaks from tradition captured the spirit of the characters pretty well. The storylines were engaging and (usually- see below) fairly believable (for comic book stories. )

What I liked:
I like that although Tony Stark is the nominal leader the group generally does well regardless of whether he is giving (his sometimes good, sometimes not so good) orders. The writers didn't overdo his role.

Lots of variety in villains, problems, and character issues, Antman's aversion to violence for instance was incorporated well, not in a hammy or forced way.

Good voice acting. I like the animation in general. It looks good in HD on my PC.

Retains the comic-book charm and lightheartedness. No gore, no bizarre and incongruous dark anime style, the kids can watch it, and it's by no means cheesy but doesn't take itself too seriously like the live action films and some of the animated series do nowadays (actually becoming less believable in the process.)

What I didn't like:

I don't care for all the character designs (I agree with those who point out the decidedly un-classic looks of ironman and wasp in particular.) But no big deal.

Some of the storylines were a bit of a stretch, in my opinion. For instance, the two-part Ultron story, while a pretty good standard AI/robot-gone-wrong doomsday story, wasn't as fleshed out as it could have been. A single Ultron goes haywire and becomes an evil apocalyptic homicidal killer- it also becomes powerful enough to seemingly vaporize Thor and bring the world within two seconds of nuclear armageddon etc etc and it's never quite made clear exactly how it got so out of hand and why. How did it become so invincible when a few episodes before the Ultron robots, while useful, were by no means difficult to destroy? Maybe I missed something. 

Also in the final two episodes when the avengers get separated from each other and sent to the other realms/dimensions (temporarily) after destroying the stones, at one point Iron Man (who has lost his armor) get's a new suit of armor built for him in short order by the same elves that built Thor's hammer mjolnir. The suit seems to have all the same abilities and functions as his old one. That seemed a bit ridiculous to me, not that the excellent forgers couldn't build him A suit of armor, maybe even one that could partially incorporate his chest implant's energy, but for it to have all the same computerized systems seems to stretch credulity a bit. 

Other than that, I liked it and this series has somewhat restored my faith in Marvel and current comic book adaptations.

[ShawDAMAN]

Anyone know when season 2 premieres? I had heard October 18th but I can't seem to confirm that...

[Talavar]

I've only heard October, and can't even confirm that.

[kkhohoho]

From CBR (Comicbook Resource);

According to panel attendees at NYCC, they're holding back the Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes until 2012 so that they can build a "Marvel Heroes" programming block with the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.

I hope I'm not the only one who is, at the very least, rather disappointed...

[catwhowalksbyhimself]

I'm with you brother.

[BentonGrey]

What?  That's retarded.  Put out episodes now AND in 2012.  Bah.

[laughing paradox]

That IS a bummer. I was actually looking forward to watching the new season of the Avengers.

[Talavar]

The question now, I can't help but wonder, is whether that release date will also be true internationally.  In the past, it has not.

[ShawDAMAN]

I'm disappointed too.  but thanks for the info. there goes october down the drain.   

[BlueBard]

From CBR (Comicbook Resource);

According to panel attendees at NYCC, they're holding back the Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes until 2012 so that they can build a "Marvel Heroes" programming block with the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.

I hope I'm not the only one who is, at the very least, rather disappointed...

Wait.  Didn't they just kill off Peter Parker in the Ult. universe?  The new kid hasn't even had time to get a following.  Why on earth do we even need an 'Ultimate Spider-Man' cartoon, much less delay Avengers for it?  There are already Spider-Man cartoons on Netflix that are basically sorta like USM.

Color me disappointed AND uninterested.

[ShawDAMAN]

Color me disappointed AND uninterested.

Well I'm not interested in ultimate spider man (the 90's animated spiderman series is the only one I've ever liked) but I am interested in the avengers EMH series. I was actually rather pleasantly impressed by the first season. It's unfortunate if they wait so long to continue it.

I guess we'll just have to make do with this in the meantime:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qxgZJyOIkA&feature=related

[kkhohoho]

From CBR (Comicbook Resource);

According to panel attendees at NYCC, they're holding back the Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes until 2012 so that they can build a "Marvel Heroes" programming block with the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.

I hope I'm not the only one who is, at the very least, rather disappointed...

Wait.  Didn't they just kill off Peter Parker in the Ult. universe?  The new kid hasn't even had time to get a following.  Why on earth do we even need an 'Ultimate Spider-Man' cartoon, much less delay Avengers for it?  There are already Spider-Man cartoons on Netflix that are basically sorta like USM.

Color me disappointed AND uninterested.

In all likelihood, they're not going to use the new kid, and instead will use good ol' Peter, because that's who practically every kid in the world knows when they hear 'Spiderman.'

[Previsionary]

From CBR (Comicbook Resource);

According to panel attendees at NYCC, they're holding back the Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes until 2012 so that they can build a "Marvel Heroes" programming block with the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon.

I hope I'm not the only one who is, at the very least, rather disappointed...

Wait.  Didn't they just kill off Peter Parker in the Ult. universe?  The new kid hasn't even had time to get a following.  Why on earth do we even need an 'Ultimate Spider-Man' cartoon, much less delay Avengers for it?  There are already Spider-Man cartoons on Netflix that are basically sorta like USM.

Color me disappointed AND uninterested.

In all likelihood, they're not going to use the new kid, and instead will use good ol' Peter, because that's who practically every kid in the world knows when they hear 'Spiderman.'

Yes, it's Peter Parker, as per usual. the Ultimate Spidey toon was in the works before Spectacular even ended. But considering Bendis's involvement, I wouldn't be surprised if Miles showed up.

[Shogunn2517]

So I'm re-watching the series again(actually missed the bulk of season 2 so most of it is a initial viewing) and I'm on the 3rd episode of the prequel shows, "Man on the Ant-hill" and when Klaw and his mercenaries come in to confront Henry Pym.

Anyone notice the striking resemblance Klaw's four mercenaries and Blaine(Jesse Ventura), Dutch(Schwarzenegger), Dillon(Carl Weathers) and Billy(Sonny Landham) from Predator?  There's one with a thin mustache and a safari hat(Blaine), one with brown hair a vest and a 5 o'clock shadow(Dutch), one black one with bare-arms, mustache and green camo hat(Dillon) and a brown skinned guy with long hair and a bandana(Billy).

Not sure if this was notice before, but it's something I picked up after a double-take or two.

[detourne_me]

Yeah. I liked that reference watching it too.  I should rewatch that series.  And wolverine and the xmen.

[BentonGrey]

Haha, yeah, I noticed that too.  That's a cool reference.