I was impressed by these two episodes, more so than the two-parter that opened the series, now that they've slowed down and focused on building an actual team. They're keeping impressively close to the early Avengers storylines, and I notice the image of the line-up changes with each opening to reflect whatever members are current... it makes me wonder how much they'll allow it to change.

I'm also impressed that they freely drop references to the wider Marvel universe, be it the Mutant Registration Division or Reed Richards and the Negative Zone.

I'm not terribly impressed yet with all of the main characters. They've done a few fun lines with Thor, but that's pretty much it... and Cap will need a bit of mellowing, I think. They obviously enjoy having Wasp there with these dour heroes though.

Anyway, in case you haven't been able to see them before now either:



The Avengers move into the mansion, have trouble with Hulk thanks to Enchantress and the Executioner:







The Avengers find a frozen Captain America:

It uses an approach similar to Wolverine and the X-Men by drawing from every part of continuity imaginable. However, while the recent X-Men cartoon did so in a contradictory and haphazard fashion ( which, to be fair, describes its source material well ), the Avengers cartoon gives us what could be the definitive version of the team.

The micro-episodes especially made a convincing set-up that gave the characters a sense of importance. We were shown-- not told, shown-- that all these guys are the best and brightest, in spite of their checkered pasts. And it made their convergence as a team believable, even for a Marvel world.

Plus, as the world's first and foremost SteveBlumologist, the WW2 flashbacks met my approval. Not only did the ubiquitous tough guy VA do a good job as the Red Skull, but he reprised one of his most legendary roles as one Private James Howlett...

I'm not sure how I feel about the show.

I seen a few episodes & I'm not sure how I feel about the show. There are things I liked about the show (like as you mentioned the references to the wider MU) but then there was stuff I don't like (The art style among other things). I will say this It's better then the Super Hero Squad show & the old '90's Avengers cartoon (which I kind of liked but knew it was bad).

"Conflicted", apparently.





While the art style doesn't do much for me, it's perfectly serviceable. Not quite stylized enough to feel like its own thing, but by the same token not pushed so far as to look weird to me. It's interesting to me that they are so faithful to some characters (including ones with very odd looks) and yet got very inventive with a handful of others. (Wasp especially, with not only her completely new outfit but her distinctively unrealistic hair.)

Good lord, was that previous Avengers cartoon an eyesore. I have no idea what they were thinking with the art direction on that project.

I really do like the approach they've taken, following the outline of the original issues but applying a "if we knew then what we know now" updating of them. I'm sure they'll make some decisions that I completely disagree with, but so far they're hitting more than they're missing.





It worked well for people who saw the mini episodes online. It would perhaps be too slow of a start to have made those the opening episodes on television, taking a long time before the team actually came together.





Was that the guy who voiced Wolverine before? In which cartoon version?

According to Wikipedia:

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Disney XD is a brand of children's TV channels worldwide targeting young males,[1] owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel was formerly known as Toon Disney and/or Jetix in most areas. According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not "stand for anything" and was chosen simply because it looked "cool". Marsh notes that "the letter X has many cool associations" and that "the beauty of it is the audience can imbue it with all sorts of positive attributes."[2] The "XD" in the Disney XD logo is written in the Exablock font, even though the font made its official debut a couple months after the channel's US launch.
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So apparently it doesn't mean anything at all.

I saw that Avengers show while in Florida a few weeks ago. It was ok, but nothing that made me rush to add it to the DVR.

I enjoy a dose of funny with my Batman now and again. However, never having been much of a DC fan, the nods to other characters tend to be wasted on me.

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