{"id":9903,"date":"2006-10-12T19:03:35","date_gmt":"2006-10-13T02:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2006\/10\/12\/tv-review-legion-of-super-heroes.html"},"modified":"2015-05-08T12:34:07","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T18:34:07","slug":"tv_review_legion_of_super","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2006\/10\/12\/tv_review_legion_of_super.html","title":{"rendered":"TV Review: Legion of Super-Heroes<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So we’ve finally<\/a> been getting around to watching the new Legion of Super-Heroes<\/em><\/a> cartoon, on the “CW.” We missed Ep. 1, but have caught 2-3.<\/p>\n

Well, Kitten likes it — as do I. The animation style is (sorry, Avo) as stylized as the above indicates — a bit more conventional than Teen Titans, <\/em>a bit more stylish than BTAS or STAS. The stories have been straightforward action\/teen\/comic bookish fare — nothing spectacular, but nothing to cringe at.<\/p>\n

The folks above match the team members as I’ve seen them. Phantom Girl (not much to say about her), Braniac-5 (half annoying genius kid brother, half Transformer), Saturn Girl (who’s a decent martial artist and TK type in addition to being a telepath), Lightning Lad (rough, gruff, and wise-cracking team leader), Timber Wolf (whose origin story we got), Bouncing Boy (jovial pilot), and Superman.<\/p>\n

Um … yeah … Superman<\/em>. That’s who the Legion went back in time to get, but went back a bit too far. But evidently the name Superboy<\/em> is never actually mentioned, possibly due to legal issues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Whatever. He’s the boy version, a bit callow, but still the super-hero.<\/p>\n

Many other heroes have, or will, appear, but that’s the “core team” from the two eps I’ve seen.<\/p>\n

Good stuff. Look forward to more of it. <\/p>\n

(Official Site<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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