Post by fonebone on Mar 23, 2023 2:11:55 GMT -8
Teen Titans Go! "Looking For Love"
It's stupid to do an episode about love songs on a show with such a tiny budget. They can't actually clear the music rights.
The Love Train reminded me how much I miss Infinity Train.
Dracula is kind of cool, and Love is kind of cute, but the ending was neither. Blah. **1/2.
Teen Titans Go! "Teen Titans Action"
Justice League Unlimited did not just produce the greatest DC cartoon of all time. It also produced the greatest DC toyline of all time too. Loved the homage.
And Flash's reason for helping at the end is sound: The Titans can't even win a sack race. "We're pathetic!" cries Cyborg. Oh, so you just noticed?
For the record, this reiterates something I've mentioned before. The action sequences on this flash animated show are better boarded and animated than the original Murikanime from the original series. It's true. Animation techniques have improved, and action sequences have gotten inexpensive enough for a show this cheap to animate them far more cinematically than much of DC animation from its heyday. And that's just a fact.
I'm not sure this needed to be a double episode, but whatever. ***1/2.
Teen Titans Go! "TV Knight 8"
Robin's outfit IS ridiculous.
Gordon and Batman's gay comedy duo bit never fails to amuse me.
I liked the riff of March of the Penguins. Using... the Penguin. Of course.
Pocket Robin suits are the leisurewear in Hell.
Pretty funny stuff. ***1/2.
Teen Titans Go! "A Stickier Situation"
Roger Smith on American Dad had a VERY good measure of when Beverly Hills, 90210 went downhill. When they started giving the guy who ran the Peach Pit his own storylines. "Like I care that Nat can't read."
Take that moral to this show, and I believe once we're dealing in Sticky Joe centered episodes, the show has pretty much run its course.
What was up with that weird He-Man parody? Why? Or better yet WHAAA?!
Haven't seen Kitten in awhile. I'd say I'd missed her, except that would be an easily disprovable lie. Because it's freaking Kitten.
Robin's reaction to Joe cleaning Howdy with his toothbrush is funny enough. But when the rat licks him I love that he acts like Lucy having just been kissed by Snoopy. Blech! Rat germs! Get the disinfectant!
But seriously, Sticky Joe isn't the only thing long in the tooth. The show giving up airtime to him means it is too. **1/2.
Teen Titans Go! "Winning A Golf Tournament Is The Solution To All Of Life's Money Problems"
TTG Writer's room pitch: "Maybe an episode where Cyborg and Robin play golf could be funny."
Me seeing the results: "Nope."
I hate golf. I understand why people enjoy playing it. Like Bowling, it is a sport that requires zero athleticism to play, which is why is it favorite among the lazy, the fat, and the rich. I understand the appeal of that. What I don't get is why there are golf tournaments on TV, or how a person could possibly enjoy watching somebody ELSE play golf. Yeah it takes a high level of hand-eye coordination. So does brain surgery. Tiger Woods does that on camera and I'll watch it. Watching a loafer's sport however, is not my jam. *.
Cartoon Network Special Edition All-Star Slam Dunk Contest 2023
Wait, the white dude won? Are we sure this wasn't fixed?
If I produced Scooby Doo, I would be VERY unhappy with how Scooby and Velma were used here. Velma's classic groaner "My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!" sounds even more trite when it's repeated several times in the same damn cartoon. I feel like it was such a mean joke about how bad that show is, that if I produced it, I'd worried it would damage the brand.
Then again, looks at HBO Max's Velma, and decides to keep my mouth shut.
Raven claims Batman is so popular his villains get movies. Let's see. Catwoman. Joker. Harley Quinn. That checks out.
I missed last year's special, and it was impossible to track down. This year's was fun. ****.
It's stupid to do an episode about love songs on a show with such a tiny budget. They can't actually clear the music rights.
The Love Train reminded me how much I miss Infinity Train.
Dracula is kind of cool, and Love is kind of cute, but the ending was neither. Blah. **1/2.
Teen Titans Go! "Teen Titans Action"
Justice League Unlimited did not just produce the greatest DC cartoon of all time. It also produced the greatest DC toyline of all time too. Loved the homage.
And Flash's reason for helping at the end is sound: The Titans can't even win a sack race. "We're pathetic!" cries Cyborg. Oh, so you just noticed?
For the record, this reiterates something I've mentioned before. The action sequences on this flash animated show are better boarded and animated than the original Murikanime from the original series. It's true. Animation techniques have improved, and action sequences have gotten inexpensive enough for a show this cheap to animate them far more cinematically than much of DC animation from its heyday. And that's just a fact.
I'm not sure this needed to be a double episode, but whatever. ***1/2.
Teen Titans Go! "TV Knight 8"
Robin's outfit IS ridiculous.
Gordon and Batman's gay comedy duo bit never fails to amuse me.
I liked the riff of March of the Penguins. Using... the Penguin. Of course.
Pocket Robin suits are the leisurewear in Hell.
Pretty funny stuff. ***1/2.
Teen Titans Go! "A Stickier Situation"
Roger Smith on American Dad had a VERY good measure of when Beverly Hills, 90210 went downhill. When they started giving the guy who ran the Peach Pit his own storylines. "Like I care that Nat can't read."
Take that moral to this show, and I believe once we're dealing in Sticky Joe centered episodes, the show has pretty much run its course.
What was up with that weird He-Man parody? Why? Or better yet WHAAA?!
Haven't seen Kitten in awhile. I'd say I'd missed her, except that would be an easily disprovable lie. Because it's freaking Kitten.
Robin's reaction to Joe cleaning Howdy with his toothbrush is funny enough. But when the rat licks him I love that he acts like Lucy having just been kissed by Snoopy. Blech! Rat germs! Get the disinfectant!
But seriously, Sticky Joe isn't the only thing long in the tooth. The show giving up airtime to him means it is too. **1/2.
Teen Titans Go! "Winning A Golf Tournament Is The Solution To All Of Life's Money Problems"
TTG Writer's room pitch: "Maybe an episode where Cyborg and Robin play golf could be funny."
Me seeing the results: "Nope."
I hate golf. I understand why people enjoy playing it. Like Bowling, it is a sport that requires zero athleticism to play, which is why is it favorite among the lazy, the fat, and the rich. I understand the appeal of that. What I don't get is why there are golf tournaments on TV, or how a person could possibly enjoy watching somebody ELSE play golf. Yeah it takes a high level of hand-eye coordination. So does brain surgery. Tiger Woods does that on camera and I'll watch it. Watching a loafer's sport however, is not my jam. *.
Cartoon Network Special Edition All-Star Slam Dunk Contest 2023
Wait, the white dude won? Are we sure this wasn't fixed?
If I produced Scooby Doo, I would be VERY unhappy with how Scooby and Velma were used here. Velma's classic groaner "My glasses! I can't see without my glasses!" sounds even more trite when it's repeated several times in the same damn cartoon. I feel like it was such a mean joke about how bad that show is, that if I produced it, I'd worried it would damage the brand.
Then again, looks at HBO Max's Velma, and decides to keep my mouth shut.
Raven claims Batman is so popular his villains get movies. Let's see. Catwoman. Joker. Harley Quinn. That checks out.
I missed last year's special, and it was impossible to track down. This year's was fun. ****.