"Plastic Man" Pilot

[buster00]

YouTube took it down, but I found another source where you can see Warner Brothers' animated "Plastic Man" pilot.

Not bad -- obviously for kids more than anyone else. Done in a Kyle Baker style. Beats the HELL out of that unproduced Wachowski Brothers script from several years ago.

[Coheed_and_Cambria]

I have to say, this cartoon was one of the most original things I have witnessed in a long time.

I would love to see a Plastic Man cartoon every week!

[monorail77]

Lame Lame Lame Lame Lame.

I vaguely remember the old Saturday morning version, and I liked that, but I was just a stupid kid then, so who knows.

But I know I didn't like this. The action was just bad. Plastic Man is cool because he can change into stuff, but this cartoon is so stylized that the coolness of that ability gets lost with all the other highly unrealistic stuff. They're going for funny and irreverent, like Powerpuff Girls I suppose, but they fail. Not funny, not good looking. Boring. Shame.

[Pacino86845]

Looked more like The Ripping Friends to me than anything Tarkovsky (sp?) did.

[monorail77]

Yes, good comparison. Ripping friends isn't funny either. It and plastic man are reaching.

[buster00]

Lame Lame Lame Lame Lame.

I vaguely remember the old Saturday morning version, and I liked that, but I was just a stupid kid then, so who knows.

But I know I didn't like this. The action was just bad. Plastic Man is cool because he can change into stuff, but this cartoon is so stylized that the coolness of that ability gets lost with all the other highly unrealistic stuff. They're going for funny and irreverent, like Powerpuff Girls I suppose, but they fail. Not funny, not good looking. Boring. Shame.

I remember the old Ruby-Spears version too, and also liked it...but yeah, who knows how well it holds up. Haven't seen it since it went off the air in the early 80's.

I second your thoughts; I wish it could've been done with a lot more adult sensibility. Plas acts a bit too corny in this -- even considering that Plastic Man is supposed to have an off-kilter sense of humor. At least they didn't try to bring back Hula-Hula or Baby Plas.

I'd love to see 'em go back to the drawing board and try to improve on it. A Plastic Man series would be madd cool, if done properly.

[Chairman Kaga]

I like it.

[tfactor]

From what I saw this looked like a mix between Ren & Stimpy and the amazing screw on head, but I haven't finished, got like 2 minutes into it and getting pulled away o course.

so whats the overall opinion here? and what? no poll?

[Retardo_Montalban]

This bored the hell out of me. Comedic timing of the animation is way off. The voice actors are pretty boring as well. There were some jokes in here that could have been hilarious if the delivery wasn't so awkward. Maybe they'll get thier legs after a few episodes, but Probably not.

[TheButcher]

First Look at the Plastic Man DC Nation cartoon shorts