Vixen: The Animated Series - Coming to The CW Seed!

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Getting hyped for the show to start but can't help but be disappointed we're only getting 30 minutes worth of show when it's all said and done.

Hopefully if it gets a season two it can at least get 10-12 minutes per episode instead of 5-7. Some goes for Gods and Monsters Chronicles season 2.
 
The Flash costume looks good animated.
 
I guess Guggenheim doesn't know what he's talking about, then.
 
The way he says "Are you trying to kill me with the alternative?" makes it sound like he thinks a 30 minute episode cut into six parts would be more difficult than six 30 minute episodes. I think he just miswrote.
 
I assumed he meant that he thought the fan base would jump on him if they only released six five minute episodes, because honestly, what the hell is the point of that? But yeah, it looks like he made an error.
 
First review of the first 4 episode
BY JESSE SCHEDEENA couple notes to start off - Vixen is an unusual addition to The CW's lineup of superhero shows not just because it's animated, but because it's being aired digitally via CW Seed. Because each weekly installment of the web series is a scant five minutes long (there are six installments total), we won't be doing individual "episode" reviews. For now, I'll be offering my initial, spoiler-free impressions based on the first four episodes made available to press and following up with an official review when The CW makes the final two episodes available.

Vixen and the upcoming Legends of Tomorrow are the next wave in The CW's growing DC Universe, building on the foundation laid by Arrow and The Flash in recent years. The idea is that no longer are metahumans simply the result of super-soldier experiments or the STAR Labs particle accelerator explosion. They're appearing more frequently and spontaneously. That's where Vixen comes in, as it explores Mari McCabe's quest to learn about her family's mysterious past and the apparently mystical totem necklace that serves as her only link to that family.


The first and most obvious question regarding this show is whether it feels like a legitimate part of the Flash/Arrow universe. DC has run into some problems in the past when they've attempted animated tie-ins to live-action properties. The direct-to-DVD Gotham Knight movie is the most obvious example. The five animated shorts on that disc may be billed as tie-ins to Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight trilogy, but there's very little to link the two projects in terms of visual style, tone or even plot. Vixen doesn't quite suffer the same problem. The Detroit setting is pretty generic and undefined, but tonally the series feels grounded enough to be of a piece with Flash and Arrow. It certainly helps that the writers behind Vixen are also heavily involved with those shows. The dialogue is comfortably familiar.

It also doesn't hurt that several cast members from both shows reprise their roles for the web series. Stephen Amell's Oliver Queen and Grant Gustin's Barry Allen have been featured prominently in the marketing for Vixen, and both play a fairly significant role in the first few webisodes. If anything, my fear was that these two heroes would overshadow Mari's origin story and personal journey. That hasn't been the case so far. Both Barry and Ollie have a logical reason for being involved. Furthermore, their presence allows Mari to test her fledgling abilities in a way that wouldn't really be possible if she were merely butting heads with gangbangers.

On that note, the production values are surprisingly good for a web-based project like this. In terms of animation quality, the series is more or less on par with DC's recent direct-to-DVD projects. The animation is fairly static when it comes to conversation scenes or shots of characters calmly walking, but it really stands out during the action scenes. I don't want to say the action on this show couldn't have been done on a live-action series - The Flash was surprisingly robust when it came to conveying Barry's powers or characters like Gorilla Grodd - but it would have been a tall order to fill. Seeing Mari cut loose and channel the strength of a charging elephant or the flight of an eagle is easily the highlight of the series.

Vixen - Why is This Arrow Spinoff Not Live-Action?
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The voice work is a little more spotty. Megalyn Echikunwoke (The 4400) does a good job as Mari, portraying her as hardened and tough without overplaying things. Neil Flynn (Scrubs) is great as her father. Oddly, it's the established characters that sound the most flat. Amell's Ollie, Gustin's Barry, and even Carlos Valdes' sound a bit stiff and lifeless compared to their live-action performances. I definitely don't get the impression that the dialogue was recorded with all the actors in the same room.

The 30 minute total running time isn't a huge amount of space to work with when it comes to establishing a new character and her origin. So far, Vixen is doing a good job of working quickly and efficiently. The writers are quickly able to establish Mari's troubled history as a foster child and her relationship with her foster father without dwelling too much on the past. The limited space becomes more of a problem when it comes to her powers, however. No sooner does Mari discover the mystical nature of her necklace than she's wielding it like a pro and making mincemeat of her enemies. Its hard to fault the writers too much considering there just isn't time for a fully developed origin saga, but it does make you wish they had an extra 10 or 15 minutes to work with.

Time will ultimately tell how well the series makes use of its limited space. An overarching threat does begin to coalesce by the fourth episode, but it's not particularly well developed at that point. Vixen stands out less because of her supporting cast or city and more for her personal qualities. In terms of powers, motivations and personality, she's a much different hero from the Flash, the Arrow, Firestorm or the other heroes introduced so far. In that sense, the web series is already a solid success for The CW. Fans of Arrow/Flash or the Vixen character in general should definitely give the first episode a try. It's not as if the five-minute serialized format requires a huge commitment.
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CW really shouldve committed to at least giving us an hours worth of material instead of 30mins.
 
When all the episodes are out? One episode every week/days?
 
Frankly
Why even bother
If CW won't back a real series order, what's the point of it
 
Just so they can say they tried.

I'm contemplating if i want to watch weekly or just all at once. 5mins is just so short.
 
If there putting a toe in the water contemplating a JLA level animated weekly feature, I'm good.

Imagine Injustice animated show or something like Young Justice was( that one still stings)
 
mocomic said:
Frankly
Why even bother
If CW won't back a real series order, what's the point of it
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There's nothing wrong with a short form animated series.

Justice League: Gods and Monsters Chronicles got a 10 episode season 2 order after its three episode first season, and all of those were 5-7 minutes.

There was also the DC Nation Shorts, plus there's a series of Batman Unlimited shorts on Youtube. And they're also doing other stuff with Machinima, like Static, #4Hero, and DC's Hero Project.

Basically, it's either short form series or nothing at all for characters like Vixen. This also further fleshes out the world that Flash and the other shows occupy.
 
JL:G&M had an entire movie. Batman has been animated so many times, people know him.

Vixen is just an easy way to include the charecter and magic without actually including her. If she is never mentioned in Arrow or Flash, no one will really know she exists.

But i watched the 1st episode. 4:11 in length, ill just wait for the rest of the episodes to come on.
 
First episode wasn't bad. I'm looking forward to the next one.
 
So for Young Justice watchers, Mari's foster parents are the Wests and Mal Duncans design is used in next weeks episode trailer.
 
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