CBR: Chris Yost on Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Avengers

[CBR News]

Writer Christopher Yost talks to CBR News about his new animated show, "Iron
Man: Armored Adventures," as well as the series villains, its teenage Tony Stark,
and his next Marvel series, "Avengers."


Full article here (http://comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21137).

[RedRonin]

So based on the premise of “Teen-Tony” going to school in high school our goal was how do we make it as much like the Tony Stark that we know and love as possible? Every episode and every story we really approached it like that.

And every episode you failed completely.

[Fat Cobra]

The premise of this show is retarted. Tony Stark in high school? What is this?

[Nyssane]

OMGZ, the Blizzard episode aired today and I missed it!

[Pennyforth]

Hey, what a great idea....'cause Teen Tony worked so well in the comics. :mad:

Thumbs down for this show, sight unseen.



Chuck

[Lord of Denial]

This show gives not meaning to the word suck.

[Rahul]

And every episode you failed completely.
To be fair, it would be hard to market an animated adult version of the Iron Man cartoon to corporate TV networks. Kids form a larger audience than the fans. So thats who they are geared for. Even Brave and the Bold fits the mold. Batman,even with his fame, cannot draw a huge audiences with unknown heroes in tow unless the adopted the approach they're using now.

Now there are exceptions like Wolverine and Spider-Man, but they are famous characters to begin with.

[Blade X]

To be fair, it would be hard to market an animated adult version of the Iron Man cartoon to corporate TV networks. Kids form a larger audience than the fans. So thats who they are geared for. Even Brave and the Bold fits the mold. Batman,even with his fame, cannot draw a huge audiences with unknown heroes in tow unless the adopted the approach they're using now.

Now there are exceptions like Wolverine and Spider-Man, but they are famous characters to begin with.

The 2 previous Batman cartoons,JLU,X-MEN TAS,and WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN are proof that you (and the ignorant producers of this show) are wrong.

That all being said, IM:AA is pretty damn good.

[Rahul]

I never said that the cartoons you have mentioned can't be hits(in fact, some of them are my favourites) because they adopted the opposite approach, its just that they prefer the safe route(or what they term safe) for such franchises. This safe route could yield a significantly more successful result,again, according to them.

[Alex Dragon]

The 2 previous Batman cartoons,JLU,X-MEN TAS,and WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN are proof that you (and the ignorant producers of this show) are wrong.

That all being said, IM:AA is pretty damn good.

I haven't seen this show yet but it's not one I think I'd enjoy. Not because of the reworking of the character but because I'm not the intended audience. I think all the series you mention above are/were aimmed at an older audience. Plus, Nicktoons probably has a different set of standards of what they can show, a different set of guidelines and different audience they're going after. I'm sure much of the decisions made were made to make it more in line with what that network wanted and not out of the producers "ignorance".

[Kage Kisaragi]

And every episode you failed completely.

When I even heard of the idea of Teen Tony, I wanted to die a little inside. Really what is this necessity that we idolize teenagers? I don't care how much marketing says "Young audiences drive the retail market." They drive it with their parents money, parents who also have or had their own favorite clothing brand or in this case comic book heroes. Damnit make new teenage heroes for "young people!" and don't screw up the old ones just for the sake of trying to appealing to a newer generation. If they want to get into Iron Man, make a Iron Man animated series that is true to the comic books. It might be rated PG 13 or maybe even R but thats the kind of thing we would have to deal with.

Besides a teenage Stark, shouldn't have much time to do anything but study and go to School. Perhaps I'm off bases though. The animated Iron Man show from the 90's wasn't all that bad to me, and I watched it whenever it came on. His age didn't change my opinion or the character, I didn't readily try to relate to the character because I was a teenager and he an adult, and I was okay with that. I'm pretty sure a lot of other kids and teens felt the same way.

[robcastor729]

Just got done watching episode 6 of iron man aa. The show just keeps getting better

[Blade X]

I haven't seen this show yet but it's not one I think I'd enjoy. Not because of the reworking of the character but because I'm not the intended audience. I think all the series you mention above are/were aimmed at an older audience. Plus, Nicktoons probably has a different set of standards of what they can show, a different set of guidelines and different audience they're going after. I'm sure much of the decisions made were made to make it more in line with what that network wanted and not out of the producers "ignorance".

All of the shows I listed were intended for the same audience as IM:AA, which is the 6-11 age group. All of those shows, like IM:AA, carry a TV-Y7 FV rating.

[Blade X]

I never said that the cartoons you have mentioned can't be hits(in fact, some of them are my favourites) because they adopted the opposite approach, its just that they prefer the safe route(or what they term safe) for such franchises. This safe route could yield a significantly more successful result,again, according to them.

My bad, I misunderstood you and thought that you were saying that the only way a comic book based superhero cartoon can be successful is to turn the adult heroes into kids.

[Tobias March]

I was re-reading Fraction's the Order last night and it reminded me of why I like Tony.....he's such a condescending jerk.

I mean he's a benevolent one, but still.

It's like Woody Allen's line from Annie Hall - I'm a bigot, but for the Left.

[Village Idiot]

Besides a teenage Stark, shouldn't have much time to do anything but study and go to School.

He memorized all his school books on the first day.

The animation is weak, the ideas are weak, the characterization is one dimensional.

I've watched all the episodes of Teen Tony Versus Teen Mandarin so far hoping that it would get better. It hasn't and I'm done with it.

[Young Avenger]

And every episode you failed completely.

Wurd. I've hated every episode I've seen despite my best efforts to try to enjoy them. With Teen Tony it makes he sad that we'll never see him pick up the bottle in this series.

[Jared]

With Teen Tony it makes he sad that we'll never see him pick up the bottle in this series.


Maybe for a Very Special Episode.

I saw the first two, and thought it was OK. It's better than the Iron Man toon from the 90s already. I like it better than Brave and the Bold. Batman is my favorite character, but that take on him just doesn't appeal to me at all.

I thought Tony being a teenager was an awful idea when I first heard about it, but now I see it as an interesting twist on a now-familiar character. Leaving the adult Tony to the movies works just fine.

[hugh45]

Does MU really put any effort in their cartoons,because it really shows.

[shades of eternity]

if you accept it for what it is: Iron Man: Shonen adventures, you'll find it's quite awesome in it's own right.

I think it's some of the best repackaging of villians I've seen in a long time (I think I really loving the Fixer, and his rogues gallery has been mostly gold so far) with the exception of Stane (prefered his movie version a lot more).

If they can rebuild modok in a manner that is of a similar caliber, it will be one of the greatest repackagings of all time.

The animation is amazing. You can tell that they worked hard to try to tell a story with descent chordeography.

[maczero]

Wurd. I've hated every episode I've seen despite my best efforts to try to enjoy them. With Teen Tony it makes he sad that we'll never see him pick up the bottle in this series.C'mon, did you really expect to see that on a Nicktoons series?