Ultimate Avengers Sucks
Yes, it's true. Marvel's big Direct to DVD movie is a bust. Don't believe those reviews that say it's good or it shows potential, it's clearly a case of the writers not knowing which version of the characters they ultimately(heh) want to use.
Take Thor for example: The only stayover from 'The Ultimates' for Thor is the look of his equipment. Everything else, his hair, his clean shaven look, his speaking manner, that's all from the regular Avengers.
The same goes for Iron Man/Tony Stark, who probably has the worst character traits from all versions of the character. The only three characters that were any semblence of their versions from 'The Ultimates' are pretty much Nick Fury, Captain America, and Hank Pym*.
*And that ain't a good thing in Pym's case.
Now the animation:
It just ain't good people. For what can be considered as an American OAV (Original Animation Video for you non anime fans), Ultimate Avengers really skimped on the budget. Yes, the character designs are REALLY animation friendly, however who they got to do the animation does really shoddy work. They used this weird trasnparent shading technique that looks really terrible, and this is most obvious in the scene where Black Widow walks up to the bar where Tony Stark is sitting. In the action scenes, it's not used as much.
The storyline: Aside from Captain America's origin, the story pretty much is vastly different from 'The Ultimates'. Bruce Banner, who was somewhat sympathetic in the Ultimates comic book, pretty much is a slimeball in this movie, his Hulk origins now mirroring the mainstream Marvel origin(gamma radiation). Inversely, Betty Ross, who in the Ultimates comic was a pretty sick individual(sexually got off on watching the Hulk eat someone), was pretty much given her mainstream comic's personality, something I must admit was an improvement.
Overall, this movie doesn't know what it wants to be. It uses curse words one minute, but dumbs down the next. Trying to please too many people pleases no one.
Take Thor for example: The only stayover from 'The Ultimates' for Thor is the look of his equipment. Everything else, his hair, his clean shaven look, his speaking manner, that's all from the regular Avengers.
The same goes for Iron Man/Tony Stark, who probably has the worst character traits from all versions of the character. The only three characters that were any semblence of their versions from 'The Ultimates' are pretty much Nick Fury, Captain America, and Hank Pym*.
*And that ain't a good thing in Pym's case.
Now the animation:
It just ain't good people. For what can be considered as an American OAV (Original Animation Video for you non anime fans), Ultimate Avengers really skimped on the budget. Yes, the character designs are REALLY animation friendly, however who they got to do the animation does really shoddy work. They used this weird trasnparent shading technique that looks really terrible, and this is most obvious in the scene where Black Widow walks up to the bar where Tony Stark is sitting. In the action scenes, it's not used as much.
The storyline: Aside from Captain America's origin, the story pretty much is vastly different from 'The Ultimates'. Bruce Banner, who was somewhat sympathetic in the Ultimates comic book, pretty much is a slimeball in this movie, his Hulk origins now mirroring the mainstream Marvel origin(gamma radiation). Inversely, Betty Ross, who in the Ultimates comic was a pretty sick individual(sexually got off on watching the Hulk eat someone), was pretty much given her mainstream comic's personality, something I must admit was an improvement.
Overall, this movie doesn't know what it wants to be. It uses curse words one minute, but dumbs down the next. Trying to please too many people pleases no one.
posted by ComicToonsThatSuck at 12:19 PM
1 Comments:
Can we say dumbed down for the masses? I think we can ^^ aah and to protect the children, right. This is what we call 'shagging the property' hm? If spiderman wasn't so overused I think ultimate spiderman would be a nice animation candidate. Yet for all we know, marvel is doomed to lackluster animation to the end of time.
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