...finally! Cartoon Network's TOONAMI spin-off channel has been holding out on these for what seems like forever, the cunts. Instead, it's been a steady diet of piss-weak anime like POKEMON and ONE PIECE.
Anyway, my big man-crush on Bruce Timm and his crack team continues. And though I thought the guys doing the voices of Green Arrow and Captain Atom seemed a bit off to my ear (GA should sound like Owen Wilson, obviously. Or Cheech Marin), the characterisation was (as usual) spot-on. My inner ten year old is still going "DUDE! GREEN ARROW'S ON TV! SWEEET!" as we speak.
The second episode was a fairly straight adaptation of the Alan Moore/Dave Gibbons classic Superman story "For The Man Who Has Everything". No Robin, though, for some reason (probably out of bounds while the awful TEEN TITANS cartoon is ongoing). Anyhoo, due to my familiarity with the original, there was no surprises to be had, kinda resented some of the (necessary) condensation too, but thought it was easily the most respectful adaptation Moore's writing has ever gotten to another medium. Note to Hollywood: this is how to adapt WATCHMEN - get Timm and his wild bunch to adapt each part into 12 seperate short films, and then screen them together. Like a superheroic HEIMAT.
And all I ask is for an executive producer credit for my genius idea.