I can't take Transformers Prime, it's so off from the Transformers of the 80s I grew up with it makes me throw up a little.

Generator Rex is pretty good. I made the mistake of catching probably the worst episode as my first and thanks to CN you don't know what season or often what episode you are watching. When I started watching them in order they're pretty fun. Man of Action are making the new Ultimate Spiderman series too, the clips I've seen are decent.

Beast Wars forever! That was crazy for its day.

Nope, horrible character design.

The battles can look cool, though, I'll give you that.

That episode list shit again. Ridiculous.

Motherfuck. Josh Whee-pants just got Avengers Earths Mightiest Heroes cancelled.

AVENGERS ASSEMBLE!! FULL INTERVIEW HERE

Rich Sands of TV Guide spoke with Jeph Loeb and Joe Quesada about a new show featuring 5 Hulks and a new program that more closely resembles their latest blockbuster called Marvel's Avengers Assemble. Loeb confirmed that there will be a Hulk-centric cartoon:


"We're taking characters that already exist in the Marvel Universe — because it's very important to us that it all begins with [the comic-book] publishing. That cast is Hulk; the Red Hulk; Skaar, who's the teenage barbarian Hulk, She-Hulk — who's actually been a character in the Marvel Universe for 30 years; and a relatively new character, A-Bomb. He's more of a Blue Hulk. And together they are Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H."




It's an interesting idea, but outside of Galactus or Thanos armed with the Infinity Gauntlet who could defeat a team of Hulks?


As for a replacement to the awesomely amazing Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (a small tear rolls down my cheek as I think about the show's cancellation), it sounds like it will be based heavily on The Avengers with one noticeable exception. Quesada says that Falcon will now be part of the team:


"Falcon is going to be the eyes of the viewer. He's a new member of the Avengers so he's walking through our stories wide-eyed and with wonder and amazed to be a part of it. He's a little younger than the rest of the cast and a little greener, so he adds an interesting dimension to the team that we think will play really well with the audience."


It almost sounds like he's a psuedo-replacement for Coulson, which is a shame. I would have liked to have seen a zombie Clark Gregg in a tattered black suit join the Avengers.

http://spinoff.comicbookresources.com/2012/06/12/is-avengers-movie-success-worth-killing-earths-mightiest-heroes/

Is Avengers’ Movie Success Worth Killing Earth’s Mightiest Heroes?

I question upon the announcement of Marvel’s Avengers Assemble, the new animated series that will replace the current Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes series because… it’s closer to the movie, apparently? Maybe? But is that enough reason to kill a successful show?


That latter question may be something that only has an entirely subjective answer, of course, depending on just how much you loved either the Avengers movie or the Earth’s Mightiest Heroes cartoon. This isn’t the first time that a popular Marvel cartoon has met an untimely death after a couple of seasons – Greg Weisman’s Spectacular Spider-Man also disappeared after two years in order to make way for Marvel’s new Ultimate Spider-Man, but at least in that case there were operational considerations that made the switch slightly more understandable (For those with memories as short as mine, those were: Disney bought Marvel, the Spider-Man TV rights were reclaimed by Marvel from Sony, and Marvel TV was created as a division for the purpose of creating its own television programming as opposed to continuing to license its characters). Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, on the other hand, was already a fully-owned Marvel property, one of Marvel’s first such projects, and one that was already airing on Disney XD a la Ultimate Spider-Man (The two air in the same “Marvel Universe” Sunday morning block). So… what was wrong with it, exactly…?


The stated reason for the cancellation/new series move seems to be that Avengers Assemble will be closer to the amazingly successful movie in terms of tone and atmosphere. Marvel TV boss Jeph Loeb described the new show as being “a brand new and really extraordinary looking animated series dealing with the Avengers in that same world [as the movie],” suggesting that Earth’s Mightiest Heroes just wasn’t the kind of thing that would hook in people who loved the movie… but, in the same interview, Loeb also teases Hulk and The Agents of SMASH, a Hulk team project that’s roughly a million miles from Mark Ruffalo’s angry alter ego, and Ultimate Spider-Man isn’t exactly step-by-step with next month’s Amazing Spider-Man. So, apparently, the need for cross-media synergy isn’t there for every project.


It might be easy to plump for the much-shared “Jeph Loeb didn’t like EMH because it was created before he got to the company” theory, but let’s be honest, that’s more than a little simplistic; shows are rarely cancelled on such personal whims, especially not when they’re doing well. Losing EMH is certainly a calculated risk on Marvel’s part, don’t get me wrong. After all, it’s not as if it was a failure as a series, either in terms of ratings or fan response, so killing the series only two years in with the hope that the next attempt will be even better feels either confident, optimistic or a quick way to piss off a number of fans (Already, the internet is filled with those declaring themselves “done” with Marvel as a result of the decision, with Marvel’s CCO Joe Quesada re-tweeting a former fan declaring that he hoped Quesada would die of AIDS as a result of the decision).


The bet, I’d guess, is that the Avengers movie has (out-)performed to such an extent that it’s coloring the way that Marvel considers the brand outside of the core comics audience (and even there, Avengers Assemble – there’s that title again – was created as a monthly title to focus on the team from the movie), creating a nervousness about how far other versions can stray from the movie without losing the intangible but clear appeal of the movie that will, at least temporarily, restrict anything that doesn’t have a core of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawkeye and Black Widow for the foreseeable future. We know – and, more importantly, so do Marvel – that Spider-Man is a malleable character, who can appeal as long as the core characteristics are present; the same is true of the Hulk, to a lesser extent. But the Avengers…? No-one really has a grasp on why they work for mass audiences yet, and until they do, I think we’re going to see much less variation in their depiction.


Was it cowardice, then, that killed Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? Not really; nervousness and a (perhaps well-placed) belief that, as successful as the show was, a different take on the same idea that follows the lead of the movie may be more of a success, perhaps, but making the decision to pull EMH, knowing the backlash such a decision would bring is anything but cowardly. Like I said, it’s a calculated risk. If only to reward them for not taking the easy route – Assemble will have to go far to win over those upset by the end of EMH, after all – I really hope it’s one that pays off.

Agreed^

Marvel are fuckheads, Joss Crapdon can kiss my ass too. Buffy season 6?! Argh!

Still talkin' to myself.

Clone wars season 4 is off with a whimper. The first 7 episodes or so seem to be tailored towards kids. Lots of Chibi looking characters and ewoks like characters, which is a shame. Especially since season 3 had darker and better stories like Ventress' betrayal, or the whole Anakin facing his dark side story.

The series has introduced Admiral Ackbar and Chewbacca though, that's cool.

Ben 10 Ultimate Alien seems to be a good series. For those unfamiliar with Ben 10, it's hard to know where to begin. There are 3 series.

1. Ben 10

2. Ben 10: Alien Force

3. Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

And they are going to do a 4th series called Omniverse I hear. Basically you want to avoid Ben 10 like the plague. It's the characters when they were 10 years old. There are like 40 episodes and only 4 maybe 5 episodes are worth watching.

Alien Force catches up with the characters when they are older, 16, 17-ish and is more watchable. It seems a lot of talent from Justice League was involved in doing the series. It's always decent, infrequently engaging and enjoyable. It has a big send off and then moves the series onto Ultimate Alien.

Suprisingly, as this is a direct continuation -no timeline skipping or aging of the characters- there seems to be much better planning and structure to the story arcs and it's consistently good. I'm really enjoying the 20 or so episodes I have seen so far.