Why 'The Crapman' sucks Part 3: Lowest Common Denominator
As my good friend, GoodToons said in the previous entry, 'The Crapman' is 'Batman in name only, and he is pretty much correct. What is more disturbing is how many people have become fans of this new program. The reasoning I've seen for the push behind it is pretty much "Hey, it's all that's out there right now".
This 'All or nothing' mentality will hurt the state of animation in the United States for years to come. Network Executives aren't interested in if a GENRE shows promise, but if a FORMULA does. If they see an increase in ratings for 'The Crapman', they won't think "Gee, we need to make more superhero shows." No, they think "Gee, we need to make more shows like THIS ONE".
And indeed we have seen the first steps in this direction. Art designs by Jeff Matsuda of a new Superman series have surfaced(and from what I last heard, were confirmed). The new 'Legion of Superheroes' show's first promotional pieces look rather godawful at the time being. Overall, I say that because people put such a push behind 'The Crapman' so forcefully, merely because it was the only game in town has set us up for an ongoing montage of rather crappy shows for the next decade.
And boy does this show need to be called on its faults. Things happen simply because they happen. There is very little cerebral material in this show, and as I stated in the earlier pieces, no sympathetic villians. I remember in the first episode with their version of the Penguin, the main character showed up merely stating that the penguin 'left a trail of breadcrumbs'. The show cuts around what should be intellectual meat, leaving nothing but action packed grizzle on the plate, grizzle that will be sloppily eaten by the younger viewers. This will influence how the younger generation will see comic books as they get older.
Comics and comic related media already has a stigma latched painfully on it. 'BAM" and "POW" adorn pretty much any comic related news headline. The older you are, the harder it is to get in without feeling like a 'geek', and anyone who is interested in knowing who Batman is and watches this program will probably feel like all of us comic fans are the lowest common denominator.
This 'All or nothing' mentality will hurt the state of animation in the United States for years to come. Network Executives aren't interested in if a GENRE shows promise, but if a FORMULA does. If they see an increase in ratings for 'The Crapman', they won't think "Gee, we need to make more superhero shows." No, they think "Gee, we need to make more shows like THIS ONE".
And indeed we have seen the first steps in this direction. Art designs by Jeff Matsuda of a new Superman series have surfaced(and from what I last heard, were confirmed). The new 'Legion of Superheroes' show's first promotional pieces look rather godawful at the time being. Overall, I say that because people put such a push behind 'The Crapman' so forcefully, merely because it was the only game in town has set us up for an ongoing montage of rather crappy shows for the next decade.
And boy does this show need to be called on its faults. Things happen simply because they happen. There is very little cerebral material in this show, and as I stated in the earlier pieces, no sympathetic villians. I remember in the first episode with their version of the Penguin, the main character showed up merely stating that the penguin 'left a trail of breadcrumbs'. The show cuts around what should be intellectual meat, leaving nothing but action packed grizzle on the plate, grizzle that will be sloppily eaten by the younger viewers. This will influence how the younger generation will see comic books as they get older.
Comics and comic related media already has a stigma latched painfully on it. 'BAM" and "POW" adorn pretty much any comic related news headline. The older you are, the harder it is to get in without feeling like a 'geek', and anyone who is interested in knowing who Batman is and watches this program will probably feel like all of us comic fans are the lowest common denominator.
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