DC Animation Creature Commandos - Animated Series

[The Lazarus Pit]

Caped Crusader was a 11/10 for me. Some of the best superhero content of the past few years. Creature Commandos is ok, saw the first two episodes but haven’t felt the need to finish it. Will resume when more episodes are out. It’s nothing special IMO. It’s raunchier than I expected and not really a fan of that.

 

[Karelia]

Caped Crusader was a 11/10 for me. Some of the best superhero content of the past few years. Creature Commandos is ok, saw the first two episodes but haven’t felt the need to finish it. Will resume when more episodes are out. It’s nothing special IMO. It’s raunchier than I expected and not really a fan of that.

I will say, the first two episodes have been the weakest ones. Episode 4 was amazing. Episode 3 was solid. Curious to see how the next few play out. I don't blame you, not really a fan of the "mature" scenes in it.

 

[WatchProtect]

I like the foreign affairs thing for the same reason I liked it in TSS, I just find it entertaining. It's certainly not new or new for Gunn but the episodes are short and sweet enough not to be offensive. I don't rush to watch but I always make sure I'm caught up before the next one.

In-Universe I doubt this leads to anything narratively but my hopes for season 2 are hopefully since by then the new DCU will have been successful enough that the show will be able to integrate some more central elements of DC lore.

For example if this season ends with a Grodd set-up it really wouldn't be so bad for a Flash mention or cameo in S2.

 

[Adrian Chase]

 

[DCDAVE]

Best episode yet. Eric is stealing the show. I would greenlight the live action buddy cop movie of Flagg and Frankinstien’s monster. That cameo makes me wonder who is the true villain? Grodd and his mind control………

 

[TheVileOne]

So far not really liking the show, and it's not my cup o' tea. I find it very repetitive and formulaic. Each episode is mostly tragic backstories followed by some really violent fight set to some upbeat tempo needle drop song.

This series shows why it was so short-sighted to kill off Rick Flag. His father is basically serving the same function his son did and basically doing the same things. Why does Rick Flag Sr. even work for Amanda Waller? His working for Waller makes no sense. Rick Flag seems to actually be a genuinely good person, has a moral compass, doesn't believe in shooting first and asking questions later. He doesn't believe the ends justify the means. Also, Waller is f'n corrupt and draconian as hell. She is everything he is against. Her own daughter blew the whistle on her, so why is he working for her in the first place? She's a scumbag.

Also, why did GI Robot not get de-armed or his ammunition removed decades after the war? He literally went on national TV and suspected the entire audience of being nazis and was almost ready to commit a massacre on live TV.

Also, I don't really find any of the other characters likable even with their backstories. Yeah they are all tragic and kind of sad, but it's like now that everyone is being made like this it's less unique. When everyone is a tragic misfit, none of them are special anymore. Am I supposed to feel bad for Frankenstein? A little bit at first, but not anymore. I don't like him at all, and I feel like the show is trying to make him into a likable antihero.

 

[TheVileOne]

I will say, the first two episodes have been the weakest ones. Episode 4 was amazing. Episode 3 was solid. Curious to see how the next few play out. I don't blame you, not really a fan of the "mature" scenes in it.

I just feel like the show is too unhinged. I think that's fine for something like Peacemaker because it's just a set of random obscure characters acting in their own corner of the DC Universe. But like this is our first actual chapter of the DC Universe. But the show is so outrageously violent and over the top that it's becoming de-sensitizing and less special now. It's also getting painfully repetitive how Gunn uses the same techniques in every episode.

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Am I supposed to feel bad about Victor Frankenstein? Technically he groomed The Bride who had the mind of a small child. Also he was married. I do feel bad for The Bride somewhat.

I'm kind of not invested in the Flag/Princess romance either. I just find it very weird and a little creepy to me. It feels like this should be Rick Flag Jr. who they stupidly killed off in The Suicide Squad. And yet they are doing the exact same things with Rick Flag Sr. they did with Junior.

 

[J.Drangal]

Yeah, I agree with the last few posts.
The characters (and the show) on paper are exciting but as soon as I watch an episode, I find myself systematically zoning out at some point...

I'm really tempted to say that you can tell the series was written quickly...
The characters, so far, have backstories and “personalities” but it just feels too gratuitous. Weasel, yeah he's a good guy actually, GI Robot, he sees nazis everywhere, Frankenstein's creature, he's this big monster who's actually a bit dumb à la Drax/King Shark, etc.

And then, a big fight scene.

I don't know, I've got nothing against formulas, but here, behind the visuals which I personally like in the end, the project seems to me to be rather meagre at its core.
Even if sold as something light in spirit, I think the series can't get rid of the context in which it's released in, whether in terms of genre or the recent filmography of its creator.

But hey, I'm still watching it, so...

 

[Weather Witch]

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Am I supposed to feel bad about Victor Frankenstein? Technically he groomed The Bride who had the mind of a small child. Also he was married. I do feel bad for The Bride somewhat.

I'm kind of not invested in the Flag/Princess romance either. I just find it very weird and a little creepy to me. It feels like this should be Rick Flag Jr. who they stupidly killed off in The Suicide Squad. And yet they are doing the exact same things with Rick Flag Sr. they did with Junior.

I'm enjoying the show overall, but both of these are pretty iffy, yes.

After the latest episode

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it makes even less sense to me that a Clayface movie is on the roster. Granted I don't know anything about the character beyond what we saw here. Just seems very random.

 

[TheVileOne]

I have about as much interest in a Clayface movie as I did for Morbius, Kraven, and Madame Web. Sorry but it makes no sense to me.

 

[DCDAVE]

I have about as much interest in a Clayface movie as I did for Morbius, Kraven, and Madame Web. Sorry but it makes no sense to me.

What if the DCU Batman shows up?

 

[TheVileOne]

What if the DCU Batman shows up?

I would think that's a stupid way to introduce the DCU's Batman. Just make a Batman movie where he has to fight Clayface.

 

[DCDAVE]

I would think that's a stupid way to introduce the DCU's Batman. Just make a Batman movie where he has to fight Clayface.

I bet if Spider Man was in the other movies you stated in a previous post, the movie would have been viewed differently. Plus Clayface has a chance to be a good tragedy story either way. Gunn is trying to change the game. The general audience is tired of Superhero fights villain or big bad in the next movie. The response to the Superman trailer has been overwhelmingly positive and people are watching Creature commandos. To bad it upsets you.

 

[emielaen]

Clayface being made would be about as random as any movie being made lol

 

[TheVileOne]

I bet if Spider Man was in the other movies you stated in a previous post, the movie would have been viewed differently. Plus Clayface has a chance to be a good tragedy story either way. Gunn is trying to change the game. The general audience is tired of Superhero fights villain or big bad in the next movie. The response to the Superman trailer has been overwhelmingly positive and people are watching Creature commandos. To bad it upsets you.

I'm not so sure.

 

[DCDAVE]

The DCU Batman looks appears to be a big guy. Bats will wear the classic blue and gray colors. Gun did a review show and basically said we will be getting Batman and Superman on the screen together. Give me Dr. Phosphorus in live action. Eric Frankenstein is like a darker version of the MCU Hulk. I love it…..

 

[The Lazarus Pit]

Yeah he looks huge. I don’t hate the idea of Ritchson playing Bats. He’s a bulky dude

 

[Adrian Chase]

While waiting for the season finale, a list of the episodes in order of preference:
Ep.2 The Tourmaline Necklace

Ep.3 Cheers to the Thin Man

Ep.5 The Iron Pot

Ep.6 Priyatel Skelet

Ep.4 Chasing Squirrels

Ep.1 The Collywobbles

 

[solidsnake86]

I bet if Spider Man was in the other movies you stated in a previous post, the movie would have been viewed differently. Plus Clayface has a chance to be a good tragedy story either way. Gunn is trying to change the game. The general audience is tired of Superhero fights villain or big bad in the next movie. The response to the Superman trailer has been overwhelmingly positive and people are watching Creature commandos. To bad it upsets you.

The problem I have with this show is that it's rinse and repeat of his previous stuff. Now, I don't think Gunn will do this with the live action superman but it's very formulaic to his style. I also don't think this show is that good.

Clayface is an interesting project because, unlike penguin that is already part of an established universe, this is supposedly part of the DCU with no batman introduced yet. I like Flanagans stuff but I would avoid batman in that film until he is properly launched in the DCU.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Joe Von Zombie]

Kinda bummed about

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Dutch Thorne

I really liked that casting.

The formulaic nature of the show really does come through especially when you forget about it for couple of weeks and catch up.

 

[TheVileOne]

Hard for me to get excited about Batman in DCU when we can't actually see the character for another 20 years or so.

Frankly, putting together Supergirl and Clayface movies before your Batman movie is complete and utter idiocy to me and makes no sense.

 

[TheVileOne]

Lol what in the world do some of y'all be on man

Sadness.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[WatchProtect]

Hard for me to get excited about Batman in DCU when we can't actually see the character for another 20 years or so.

Frankly, putting together Supergirl and Clayface movies before your Batman movie is complete and utter idiocy to me and makes no sense.

I haven't really been keeping track of people who are currently for and against the DCU as a concept but, and I'm asking genuinely.

If we "can't" get a Batman in the DCU for the first 5-6 years, then shouldn't they be focusing on films like Clayface and Supergirl? Do you think these lesser known characters like Clayface shouldn't get films made ever at all? Regardless of the talent behind them?

I don't even think Supergirl is an odd concept, that seems incredibly obvious to me, she's probably in DC's top 3 female characters.

Or do you think the DCU in general is a waste and they shouldn't be attempting anything until Batman is figured out?