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by **Doc Jon** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:50 pm

Talk about getting the DCU right.

It's sad that this cartoon is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better than pretty much anything DC puts out.

It actually treats the DCU with respect. Gets the characters right. Presents them in new ways without pissing on everything that's come before and could have easily been tweaked to be a linewide relaunch.

Oh DC... you make me sad.

by **Strict31** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:53 pm

Definitely enjoy YJ more than just about any DC comic I've read over the past 10 years. A few exceptions here and there. But still. If this was what DC comics were like, I might still be reading them.

by **Doc Jon** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:02 pm

Strict31 wrote:Definitely enjoy YJ more than just about any DC comic I've read over the past 10 years. A few exceptions here and there. But still. If this was what DC comics were like, I might still be reading them.

I think the best example is Batman in YJ.

Yes, he's the hard ass we all know and love. He basically leads the Justice League and he's the strategist. BUT, there's actually a fatherly side to him in the series. This is something we don't see enough of from the character. And Superman has actually been a tool for most of the first season, which again makes him so much more interesting than the normal take on the character.

His reaction to Connor has simply been great.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:31 pm

I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE SEPTEMBER!!!!

And I'm still saying it. The problem presently is the NuDCU threw away too much and replaced some with total crap. Firestorm is total crap. Justice League is throwing too much away. Superman is a sorta but has some new stuff that is interesting.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:32 pm

Have I mentioned that...

I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE SEPTEMBER!!!!

by **misac** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:33 pm

Some of the books are really good but the cartoon universe is really so much better.

by **misac** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:34 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:Have I mentioned that...

I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE SEPTEMBER!!!!

Obviously everyone has you on ignore. :smt102

by **Cat-Scratch** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:41 pm

misac wrote:
Obviously everyone has you on ignore.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:47 pm

The trick was a simple one.

DC did this in 1986. They only changed what needed to be which was very little. The respected what happened before and kept it.

With YJ they're doing the same thing, but all smoothed out with hindsight. A few interesting tweeks in ages but otherwise... same thing as what was recently thrown away.

by **Strict31** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:34 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:

Get that gun out of your mouth! You don't know where it's been!

by **PDH** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 7:42 pm

Moral of the story: when rebooting a property, write as if the audience are seeing it for the first time.

by **Cat-Scratch** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:06 pm

Strict31 wrote:
Get that gun out of your mouth! You don't know where it's been!

by **Herald** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:12 pm

Cat-Scratch wrote:I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS SINCE SEPTEMBER!!!!

I've been saying for longer than "since September" that all the animated DC series from "Batman: The Animated Series" onward run rings around DiDio-era DC character portrayals.

And yes, I'M still saying that, too.

by **avengingtitan** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:42 pm

Agreed this show is a lot of fun where as the DCnU is just sad.

by **TROY** » Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:04 am

Doc Jon wrote:Talk about getting the DCU right.

It's sad that this cartoon is sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much better than pretty much anything DC puts out.

It actually treats the DCU with respect. Gets the characters right. Presents them in new ways without pissing on everything that's come before and could have easily been tweaked to be a linewide relaunch.

Oh DC... you make me sad.

Absolutely agreed 100 million percent!