DvdGene

Anybody watching? Its on its second episode. Definitely not at par with Justice League, more like Teen Titans.

Show is on Saturday morning, right before The Batman.

Iron_Giant

No, I cannot believe I have been missing this. I have loved LoSH since Mike Grell in the early 70's.

TimeandTide

I disagree that it's more on par with TT than JL. Actually, it's probably closer to JLU when considering the planned revolving door of supporting characters (trying to ID all of the Legion characters in the background of the Timberwolf ep. is a LOHS geek's dream). The first ep. was brilliant. The second was a bit of a drag but still great stuff.

Giantrobo

The style is bit cartoony but to me the show isn't that bad. That's said, I've never been a fan of Superboy or The Legion in the comics. Anyway, I've noticed many hardcore Comic book fans already hate it. But that's pretty normal.


I've always enjoyed guest heroes on DC cartoons so I look forward to the revolving door.

mrhan

Yeah, it's not bad. I was a fan of the Mike Grell run on the series and Dave Cockrum before him. My favorite was when Grell did his take on a backstory about Karate Kid and made him look like Bruce Lee.

DvdGene

I did mean cartoonish. The animation is closer to Teen Titans than JLU. Why didn't they do the animation like the crossover story in JLU with Supergirl joining the LOS? Heck, even the Superman TAS had a crossover episode with the LOS. I believe it was in Volume 3 of the Supes TAS dvd box sets.

But the storyline has more potential than TT since they have more characters to rotate and develop.

That being said, I loved the series when I was a kid and will continue watching. It still remember the book where they lost Ferro Lad and Wildfire (I think).

mijang

I'm new to the Legion of Superheroes, as I've never read any of their comics or even heard of them prior to this cartoon. So I have a few questions:

1. Is Lexi a real character or just an animated twist on Lex Luthor?

2. I thought this was supposed to be "Superboy" and the Legion of Superheroes, why do they continually refer to him as "Superman?"

3. My only exposure to the Legion was the recent JLU episode (and the Superman: TAS episode) and the version of Braniac depicted on that show is quite different than the version depicted on this new show. Not only in demeanor (confident vs.wimp), but the fact that he has the ability to "stretch" his head and arms, etc. Not to mention, I believe the Braniac featured on JLU was not a robot so to speak, but was organic in nature. So, which is the truer interpretation of the character and his abilities?

mrglass

2. I may be over simplifying this, but in a nutshell, a judge ruled that the name and use of Superboy belonged to the estate of Jerry Siegel. To avoid having to pay anything to the Siegel's for this show, DC chose to go with Superman instead of Superboy.

3. The JLU version of Brainy is more true to his character.

Giantrobo

I've always wondered how "Brainiac" got in the Legion. Is this not the same arch enemy of Superman or is this some decendent version?

Mattrk

There are several explanations (depending on what version of the DCU you're reading). The first version has Brainiac 5 joining the Legion to make up for his ancestor's misdeeds; the last one I read had "Brainiac" as a title given to the smartest member of the Coluan race, and the first Brainiac took the title out of admiration for the computerized Brainiac.

I think that's right - any love from the otheer comic geeks?

mrhan

Ferro Lad was the first LSH member to die. Wildfire, from what I can remember became the leader of LSH during Mike Grell's run on the series.

Baron Of Hell

There was a new episode of this yesterday and it looks like a new episode for next week also. It might be on at a new time.

CPA-ESQ.

I tuned out in 10 minutes... very teen titan-ish

Too many Lad's and Boy's

I was lookining forward to this - and was very dissipointed to see it geared toward 4yr olds. - I loved "The Batman"

Chew

^^ Are you saying you thought this Saturday's episode was the pilot?

CPA-ESQ.

I set my DVR to record Spiderman saw this was on and recorded it as well. The episode started with some sort of back story so I figured this was not the pilot - but it was too kiddie for me to hang in there for very long.

fujishig

And the fact that there are two (maybe 3, I don't quite remember what the Superman TAS version was like) different animated versions of the Legion stays true to the comic book too, as there are multiple versions running around the DC universe...

Did they address Brainy's origin in this incarnation? In Superman TAS, they changed Braniac into a Kryptonian robot that was responsible for the destruction of Krypton, so the whole "inspired by the robot" thing makes sense. Otherwise, Braniac was a Coluan who eventually transferred his mind into a metal robot, and Braniac 5 is his descendant. He definitely shouldn't be a robot.

Although, like Teen Titans, I would have much preferred a Timm-verse incarnation of this series, I like it ok... it is introducing a whole new generation to the Legion.