Green Lantern: The Animated Series

[joemagnum611]

Story was great and the series has a lot of promise. Hopefully we can get a "poozer" every now and then from Killowog though. Count me in on with those that didn't really like the animation. It was smooth and all but the character designs kinda sucked. The top heavy look just doesn't do it for me. Killowog's design fell short too. He should be more imposing not a short fat alien with little legs. I hope we get more constructs from the rings and not just shields and hammers. But like I said I liked the story and will keep watching

[Xiroteus]

It was entertaining, the animation seems too simplistic for GCI when used to Pixar etc... so being traditional animation would have looked better with the style they are using. And I cannot stand the costume they are using, I hate the white gloves to the point it is distracting.

I shall watch more.

[Captain Smith]

One thing I like that was spelled out was that Guardian space didn't encompass the entire universe.

That always seemed silly in the books given the size of it. Pretty clear that Guardian space in the series is pretty limited.

[wildclaw]

Count me in on with those that didn't really like the animation. It was smooth and all but the character designs kinda sucked. The top heavy look just doesn't do it for me. Killowog's design fell short too. He should be more imposing not a short fat alien with little legs. I hope we get more constructs from the rings and not just shields and hammers. But like I said I liked the story and will keep watching

I think what you're trying to say is that the animation is fine, but you don't like the art style . You're definitely not alone in that regard.

[joemagnum611]

I think what you're trying to say is that the animation is fine, but you don't like the art style . You're definitely not alone in that regard.

Exactly what I'm saying

[kalorama]

I didn't mention it before, but I was bummed that the Red Foreman frontier GL died. I liked him and was hoping he'd be a supporting character.

Heck, I wasn't prepared for any of the deaths we saw on screen, that was unexpected.

I wasn't the least bit surprised when he kicked it, but he was definitely an engine character. Would have been nice to see him back, but the nature of the premise pretty much foreshadowed his death.

[kalorama]

Why do they need to interact with other heroes? This isn't the justice league or Brave and the Bold, it's a GL cartoon and since he's never had a cartoon of his own a little isolation to build him up is in fact preferable.

There's also nothing to suggest that members of other spectrums won't show up, indeed the very presence of the Red Lanterns illustrates that there are other spectrums than Green so other colors would then be probable.

Agreed. There's also nothing to say they won't encounter other threats not related to the Red Lanterns. Hal and Kilowog operating in a vast, mostly (at least for them) uncharted region of space. There are probably all kinds of unknown, unimagined obstacles and threats out there. Hell, everything out there is unknown to them.

And while I wouldn't necessarily expect any other DC heroes to show up, there's nothing that says they can't (at least nothing we saw in the pilot). DC has plenty of alien/space-based characters whose planets (for the purposes of this show) could be located in that region (Adam Strange and the Omega Men come immediately yo mind).

[kalorama]

Killowog's design fell short too. He should be more imposing not a short fat alien with little legs.

The kind of design you're talking about probably wouldn't have worked well, visually, with the buddy cop premise of the show. Hal and Kilowog are going to be standing side-by-side/face-to-face in majority of scenes, and having Kilowog tower over Hal by 2 or 3 feet would have required a lot of camera gymnastics in order to frame shots so we don't always see Hal staring into Kilowog's belly button. Also, Hal is, ostensibly, the "star" of the show, so it makes sense not to have the sidekick literally overshadow him.

I can see where you're coming from with your complaint, but this is a case where form is dictated by function.

[Red Lotus]

The animation bugged me so I stopped watching by the first commercial break. I guess im just becoming an old man at the age of 22 but I would have just preferred it to be traditionally animated.

I was really good, the story and pacing were excellent, there wasnt a second wasted. This is the has been the firs time in a long time since a cartoon hit it off the park like that.

And i also had a little trouble with the style but then i remember where i saw this weird top heavy look before.


They took it from some of their toys. So i was fine it after this.

That was my biggest problem with it. I just didn't like the CGI or the character design. Outside of those two things I like the show. I guess I just wish the CGI would look like the trailer for DCU online even if I know there is no way they could afford to do a show like that.

[Mat001]

Is good CG cheaper than good 2D animation, or cheaper in of itself?

Apparently, the latter though it's probably starting to reach the prices of 2D animation. This is why "Transformers Prime" and "Green Lantern" are both fully 3D.

Is the CG faster to animate than 2D?

Once the designs are created, it probably doesn't take as long to produce new episodes. Half hour animated shows take far less time than a ninety minute film, which is why there are long gaps between "Shrek" films, whereas there are fewer gaps with TFP.

Why do they need to interact with other heroes? This isn't the justice league or Brave and the Bold, it's a GL cartoon and since he's never had a cartoon of his own a little isolation to build him up is in fact preferable.

Probably because down the line adaptations of "The Sinestro Corps War" and "Blackest Night" can be done with the characters.

There's also nothing to suggest that members of other spectrums won't show up, indeed the very presence of the Red Lanterns illustrates that there are other spectrums than Green so other colors would then be probable.

Timm has said that they'll get to Sinestro down the line, but wanted to go differently with the Red Lanterns since they have an interesting design and purpose.

[wildclaw]

Once the designs are created, it probably doesn't take as long to produce new episodes. Half hour animated shows take far less time than a ninety minute film, which is why there are long gaps between "Shrek" films, whereas there are fewer gaps with TFP.

I asked because I assumed that with it being CG, it would be easier to reuse created assets and character models for future episodes, like how a video game developer reuses them in sequels to their games. I looked at the episode count for "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" and I noticed that this series is running much longer than the standard 52-65 episode run for 2D animated shows. I wonder if the shows longer than average run is due to the use of CG animation?

I think there will be a day when video game engines reach a point where they will be used in the production of animated cartoons. Unreal Engine 3 has been upgraded to the point where Epic games has been able to produce the tech demo "The Samritan", so I can only imagine that when the next generation of game engines come out, studios would want to license the tech to produce lower budgeted cartoons. Even right now, Uncharted 3 has high enough quality to fool some people into thinking it was movie.

[SpiderCrawler]

I haven't watched this yet, but does the series actually take place in the DCAU?

[wildclaw]

I haven't watched this yet, but does the series actually take place in the DCAU?

I don't think so, excluding that weird appearance in the time travel episode, Hal Jordan has never appeared in the DCAU series. I think this show is stand-alone a lot like Young Justice is.

I think its a good thing because the creators might want to try different things without worrying about messing up the continuity of previous series.

[kalorama]

I'm pretty sure they've closed the door on the DCAU. Since JLU went off the air, none of their many animated projects has connected to it.

[joemagnum611]

The kind of design you're talking about probably wouldn't have worked well, visually, with the buddy cop premise of the show. Hal and Kilowog are going to be standing side-by-side/face-to-face in majority of scenes, and having Kilowog tower over Hal by 2 or 3 feet would have required a lot of camera gymnastics in order to frame shots so we don't always see Hal staring into Kilowog's belly button. Also, Hal is, ostensibly, the "star" of the show, so it makes sense not to have the sidekick literally overshadow him.

I can see where you're coming from with your complaint, but this is a case where form is dictated by function.

there have been plenty of cartoons that had a star and and their sidekick where the sidekick was bigger. Mighty Max comes to mind. He was a kid and the big warrior guy was plenty bigger I'm not suggesting Kilowog be a giant but have a design fitting of someone that's the Corps Drill Sergeant. He's supposed to intimidate the recruits and be a feared warrior.