SILVER SURFER kids show?

[thehefner]

Did anyone ever watch the short-lived SILVER SURFER animated series on Fox Kids in the late 90's? I'm not sure anybody did.

I certainly didn't, and I probably wouldn't have liked it if I had. I was a DC kid, and while I could appreciate even the subpar X-MEN (JEEEEEEEAAAAAAANNNN!!!) and SPIDER-MAN (ugh, so lame, except for a couple awesome Dr. Octopus moments), I couldn't get wrap my head around Marvel's cosmic stuff, certainly not the heady philosophy of classic SURFER.

Credit (some of) Jim Starlin's THANOS, Straczynski's SILVER SURFER: REQUIEM (woobie), and Marvel's whole ANNIHILATION events and books for setting me straight. There's something so wonderfully epic about Marvel's cosmos, something utterly awe-inspiring in ways that even DC's can't reach (even though I prefer DC's, mainly due to GL, naturally). Also, I gained a healthy appreciation for all things Jack Kirby.

As such, I think I'm finally ready to appreciate this:

Geez, it's like a near-perfect intro to all things Marvel cosmic. Galactus! Skrulls! Kree! And eventually, Drax and Thanos! And KIRBY CRACKLES EVERYWHERE!!! It's like a living Kirby comic, right down to the heavy inks on close-up figures!

I've only seen the pilot so far, and it wasn't brilliant, but it was damn intriguing. There's serious potential here for something more moving and deep than the Fox Kids lineup was ready for. I eventually hope to get Henchgirl into Marvel Cosmic stuff, so I'm thinking this might be a great place to start for her. Me, I just wanna see what they do with Thanos. Thaaaaaaanos.

Comments

[gnort.livejournal.com]

I saw a couple of episodes, but as with several other comic animated adaptations, it sort of faded from memory.

Once again, Uatu proves to be one of the most incompetent watchers ever as he yet again breaks his "sacred vow" to never interfere. Sacred vows don't mean a whole lot when you break them every three days. Apparently, he did not get the memo.

[kiffie.livejournal.com]

I watched it, but I don't remember half of it.

I do remember that it had some really awesome moments, but considering that it's mostly a void in my mind, I'm going to hazard a guess and say the rest of it was mediocre at best. :/

*needs a geeky icon*

[itcomesinphases.livejournal.com]

Ditto.

[night-train-fm.livejournal.com]

Looking back, I watched the Marvel cartoons more than the DC ones when I was a kid, but appreciate the DC ones more now. S-M:TAS and X-Men were...products of their time (see: Spidey not being allowed to punch someone and the absurd abundance of laser weapons), but they had their good moments.

Have you checked out the 'Marvel Action Hour' (F4/Iron Man)? My advice is to skip the first season and go straight to the second: Iron Man is worth checking out just for its ludicrously manly intro. I have some fond memories of the Hulk show as well.

[kingrockwell]

I remember seeing the first episode, but cannot remember why I didn't see any of the others. Might've come in conflict with some other Saturday morning staple?