Channel Surfing: Living in a DC Nation

Not only did this week see several shows come out of hiatus, we also have a legitimately good effort from Blade. Who would have thought?! With so many shows to review, the format has changed a little bit, so please read below for the reviews:


Blade, Episode 8 - Old Wounds, Fresh Blood
If only the entire series were like this. Makoto sits out to be replaced by a bad-ass soldier-vampire from an A.I.M. experiment leftover from the war, we're introduced to a new mutant swordsman to replace the "villain" role that Lucius once held, and best of all: no stupid vampire designs! The focus of the fighting is all swordplay, and its great, not to mention the music was noticeably engaging. The animation is still lazy at times, but far less annoying when there are other things to take your mind off it. Only four episodes left, hopefully they can keep up this level of quality!


Iron Man: Armored Adventures, Episode 40 - Mandarin's Quest
After such a long hiatus, I was expecting something more epic. A rather standard "Mandarin quests for another ring" episode that the show has done tons of times. Don't have much to say, you either like the style of the show or you don't and this episode isn't going to change anyone's mind. I just wish they would finish up the Mandarin plot and move on, honestly. Iron Man has much cooler villains than him.


Young Justice, Episode 19 - Misplaced
Speaking of epic, this is how you come back from a hiatus! I never liked Klarion the Witch Boy, but the plot line of this episode is so amazing, it doesn't much matter. You have a world-breaking plan that involves not only Young Justice but the adult Justice League as well, not to mention a Captain Marvel centric episode. Those two things are all I need to enjoy the hell out of a show. The ending was also pretty touching, and I'm interested to see where the Doc Fate plot-line is headed. This is a must watch.


Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Episode 1 - Beware My Power
Not much to say here, it's not actually a new episode, rather the first part of the pilot shown months ago. It seems promising, and I'm not sure whether or not they are trying to shoe-horn this in to movie continuity, but I still have to watch a few more episodes to decide what the verdict is on this new show. Too bad I have to wait two more weeks to get something I haven't already seen. :/


DC Nation Shorts - Aardman #2/Plastic Man in...Super Hero Sketch Artist
Short films ran during the commercials of the other shows! DC Nation is blowing my mind! This is a magnificent idea and I can't wait to watch for these each and every week. Plastic Man was hilarious and the Aardman short's quality is largely dependent on if you dig Aardman's previous work, which I do. They may not be much on continuity or run time, but this is the best reason to sit down and watch DC Nation.


The Walking Dead, Episode 17 - Judge, Jury, Executioner
If you follow my blog you know I recently started watching this show to try and get caught up for Season 2, so I had the advantage of watching most of these episodes back to back. This new episode is disappointing for two reasons: firstly they spend too much of the episode talking about matters that I don't care about, and lastly they kill off my second favorite character. I like the show, and I've never read the comic so I have no clue where they are taking the characters, but I still can't help but feel they should be moving on from the farm or risk the show getting stale. Zombie stories are about survival, and I'm not seeing much of that recently.



And that's all for this week. Quite a lot to process, right! Next month, things will get even more hectic with the release of Marvel's block of shows, but for now this is what we have to work with. If you could watch only one show right now, I'd go with Young Justice, but why not do like me and watch them all!?

Either way, until next time comics fans, stay golden.