At least we’re getting My Adventures with Superman this year! I’m hyped for that show -(even if it is probably going to get cancelled after one season lmao)-
It's the past regime who hated Superman, especially Walter Hamada who was the reason why he wanted Superman to be wiped out of the DCEU and have Supergirl as his replacement. Thank God those plans were scrapped and that the new leadership at WB are trying so hard to give love to Superman again because Zaslav is a massive Superman fan.
A modern Lois Lane animated shorts series would be fun. I like the idea that instead of her trying to trick Superman into dating her, she's instead trying to figure out who he is, but always ropes in Clark to help her. So it's just Clark endlessly trying to both make Lois happy by assisting in her schemes while also keeping her from succeeding to preserve her identity. All while the two slowly fall in love working alongside each other.
@@circleman628I wouldn't be surprised if the first episode has Lois figure out that Clark and Superman are one and the same, which is surprisingly one of the things that made me like the DCEU version of her
That seems to be what that new series on Adult Swim will be doing?. My Theory is that she's gonna find out in those first 2 episodes they are gonna debut with ahaha
As excited as I am for My Adventures with Superman (that show looks like it’s gonna be peak), I will forever mourn the loss of this Super-Family show. We could have had it all
@@kingofdragons7 Yep, some don't like positive vibes and prefer dark and depressing. I LOVE the Snyderverse films because I treated them like Elseworlds tales, but I always wanted lighthearted heroes to be introduced in films and television. At least Gunn and the new leadership at WB are willing to provide that for all of us. Dark heroes and lighthearted heroes to coexist in the DC Universe.
@@kingofdragons7 This is beyond false, its straight up lying, superman most beloved modern run was him as a father, people HATED what brian michael bendis did to superman and his son. Lets not even talk about One more day shitting on peter parker marriage or how the clone saga took away peter daughter. The writters and editors love seeing the fans angry and their heroes single, its zack snyder and his legion of edgy posers that like edgy stuff.....
I would love to see a kid-friendly Superman Family adaptation, if it was done well. Silver Age-inspired stories? Sign me up! Too bad it was cancelled. Btw, that comic cover with Lois as a witch looked sooo good!
This had the potential of being a quasi revival of the Silver Age with how Batman Brave and the Bold did in revamping that charm to modern times, or even a more lighthearted take ala Superfriends since the character designer Sean Galloway is a fan of the show and fun fact, designed Spectacular Spider-Man too. Hopefully a project like this can get greenlit as it may not be likely with how much they are pushing Damian and John to be apart and very much become another brick of their respective mythos rather than a new kind of Superman & Batman team up. Though with the movie that came out, I'm happy that this version of the pair is still relevant
Sure, would it be neat to show that adult cartoons don't have to be crass to be adult,yes.....but I would have love to see a fun, zany Superman family show....the art is also adorable
We keep saying “make things darker” but I prefer a cozier Superman. Batman does better dark, but honestly Superman does better cozy but still maturely handles particular challenging themes.
Superman is literally the nicest guy in the world who just happens to also be stupid powerful. He's supposed to be the idea we all strive for. Dark twists work sometimes, but there are characters who just aren't made for it.
I wonder if Conner Kent was also going to be part of the show. I know during the time this show was pitched, it was the first year of rebirth and Conner didn’t make an official return yet, but I could see them doing with the original 90s version of the character. Especially since Conner is brought back to his 90s style with some development from the 2000s TT run in main DC Universe.
I could definitely see him being the "crazy fun uncle" who drops in to the family every now and who Jon thinks is the coolest person ever and tries to emulate much to Clark and Lois eternal annoyance .
I would’ve LOVED this, this looks absolutely adorable. Also Brave and the Bold did older stories with a modern twist and that was one of my favorite cartoons of the last decade.
This seems like it would've been cute but I'd like to see more Superman animated adaptations in general, preferably those that don't feel the need to kill Clark or turn him evil.
I'm glad the new Superman cartoon seems to be going back to a more light-hearted characterization, I really missed that version of Superman... F*** DC's obsession with grimdark. And f*** Warner Brothers too.
That would've been a good show. I think that DC movies would be better if they didn't try to make Superman edgy, and dark to be cool. He's supposed to be a symbol of hope. They should show us him doing heroic stuff even when a single individual needs saving instead of going from huge save to world saving to show that he has god like powers but works to help everyone. Leave the dark stuff to Batman.
That might have been fun . One of the things I liked about the Batman: the Brave and the Bold cartoon was that we had fun, light stories of Batman et al while we still had darker stories of them elsewhere.
Yes. Very faithful to the actual comics in the way the character had many, many faces. People can have preferences but there is no One True Batman at the end of the day.
I’ve wondered for years why they cannot run two “earths” again, but one the ‘lone hero’ darker world, and the second the lighter kids and families world.
It would be good to have a kid-friendly Superman with Superman as a father and married to Lois Lane that is a superhero and Family Guy at the same time. Teaching Jonathan how to use a super powers for good like using heat vision to bake a pie
I think this was under the old regime, they pretty much didn't support any hero that wasn't Batman, hence the overabundance of Batman content. Same goes for DC at the time.
@@kingofdragons7 I nearly got burnt out when Beware the Batman came out and same goes for the New 52, but thank goodness that the new leadership are trying their best to give others a chance to shine again.
The Superman Family with Sean Galloway's art style would've been great! I've been enjoying your latest videos on cancelled animated projects. It would be cool to see you talk about the cancelled Batman cartoons before Beware the Batman: The No Man's Land adaptation that was shot down TWICE and a Batman/Superman show with younger leads that was going to have a weird love triangle with Wonder Woman.
The idea of a lighthearted Superman family cartoon reminds me of the similarities between Superman and Popeye the Sailor Man. 1) Comic characters who became popular in the mainstream when adapted onto the big screen by Max Fleischer studios. 2) When DC sued Fawcett about Captain Marvel, Fawcett comics countered by saying Superman was a copy of various earlier characters, citing Popeye as one of them. 3)Their girlfriends had alliterative names (LL and OO.) 4)They both had a large surrogate "family" (Popeye had Olive Oyl and the Oyl family, Sweet Pea, Wimpy, Roughhouse, Poopdeck Pappy, etc.) as well as super powered pet creatures (Krypto and the Jeep) 5) "The sailor man" and Super Man. 6) In Popeye's theme song, he states he will fight any poolooka who "ain't on the up and square. So keep good behavior, that's your one life saver." Its not so different from Superman's old catchphrase, "I fight for truth and justice."
now that i know this even existed, i'm sad that it never got made! the super family and the super sons are both really fun concepts, so getting a light-hearted animated series with those dynamics would have been fun. the art style is ok, but i would really need to see it in action to form a proper opinion, although the designs themselves look really nice; familiar and mostly comic accurate, but also softened up and cute to fit the tone this series was going for. if this show had been produced it could have been up there with batman: the brave and the bold as well as krypto the superdog, both of which are absolutely iconic dc adaptations and some of my favorite of the wholesome, more "family-friendly" superhero cartoons! :)
I would've been in full joy seeing this series make it to air based off what I'm seeing. The concept alone is a great take on the mythos. Shame we'll probably never see it as of right now.
I'd do the Marvel family, back when it was Shazam (The Wizard), Billy, Mary, Freddy, (Uncle Marvel, if they must, but I wouldn't miss him,) and Tawny the talking Tiger. (Honorable mention to: The "Lieutenant Marvels", Fat Billy Batson, Hill Billy Batson, and Tall Billy Batson - though they'd probably have to change the first two names. Kid Eternity (Freddy's brother). Hoppy, Captain Marvel Bunny.) (And I guess Black Adam should get a mention too.) As always, thank you so very much for the videos.
I still can't believe WB never pushed a Super Sons cartoon when the comics were doing great. WB and DC seem to periodically forget comics are supposed to be fun. Edit: This definitely sounds like Batman the Brave and the Bold (cartoon) but with Supes and I love it. We'll never know how it'd have been executed, but I really feel like it's something DC needed to round out it's portfolio. Modern DC adaptions feel really confused in that they take themselves way too seriously or somehow not seriously enough (it's always one end of the spectrum). DC has always had a problem with adapting current comics and various stories without starting from year 0/going back to basics, but now there's also an issue with overall tone and storytelling. Like the R ratings really don't fit the tonmorowverse style of animation and how it started with Man of Tommorow. There's just so little diversity (in types of shows not representation) in DC's lineup today. The DCAU was goated because we had the darker themed Batman and Superman animated adventures and then got the JL/JLU which shook things up again and Static Shock. Then over the next decade we got Teen Titans, The Batman, Batman the Brave and the Bold, GLTAS, Young Justice, Beware the Batman, and probably some I'm forgetting. This is along with the many animated movies and Dark Knight Trilogy. Each of these could appeal to different audiences and a lot of them multiple at once. I really hope the new Superman show does well (though I'm worried with the time slot and I heard Adult Swim only picked it up after Max denied it) and Young Justice sees a return. Stuff like Harley Quinn and Peacemaker are great, but everything can't be either R rated or TTG. Even though I absolutely hated the arrow verse, it is ending (or ended? I don't follow it) and had a lot of fans who have been introduced to DC through it and will be looking for... whatever style of content the arrow verse was. WB needs to actually be willing to invest in a diverse portfolio of content again for DC if they want to see the growth. If I'm being honest considering how often they've cancled their best show in the past (some like Swamp Thing right out the gate), I personally can't find any hype in the James Gunn promised golden age of adaptions.
Now that Gunn has said that he is going to be using secret identities to differentiate his DC from Marvel, I am hopeful that he will also go for a lighter and more hopeful version of the universe than the Snyderverse. I don't think he will go nearly as light as the Silver Age, though. Here's hoping he hires some of the writers from the animated movies as well! I have always been a fan of the 'mullet Superman' reboot, but there are also Silver Age elements I like. I am hoping for a lot of 'mild-mannered but buff old-fashioned Kansas Clark' contrasting with a theatrically calm, reassuring and confident Superman. Ideally with a power level somewhere north of Omni-Man but south of One Punch Man. If Gunn brings over the character=genre convention from Marvel, I can see a Superman with a 'disaster movie/ripped from the headlines' genre (with some pulp undertones).
The problem with trying to "recreate" another time period is the constant desire of trying to shoehorn in modern sensibilities or thinking into the story, rather than just reflecting what was going on in that time period. Or, worse, trying to show how things were handled or treated then as being motivated by malicious and evil intents, even when they weren't. Those stories should reflect the time they occurred, not now. As for my favorite Superman era... Definitely the 70s. They were coming out of the silliness of the 1960s and trying to tell better, kind of more grounded, stories. And who didn't love seeing Curt Swan's artwork every month. I especially fell hard for "Superman Family", and the mix of original out-of-continuity stories with reprints of classic Superman stories.
I enjoyed Superman from the 70's to the early 2010's . My favorite story guest starred Supergirl in Superman 308 to 310ish where Superman was doubting his Kryptonian origin and Supergirl was backing him up.
My Silver Age idea combines Leave It To Beaver and Lost In Space- basically they all gather for a family get together and then are trapped in an alternate dimension and have to find their way home.
This show could have worked ! And if done well, episodes inspired from the silver age could be very fun. Unfortunately, other nonsensical projects like "batfamily" and "merry little batman" (aka damian in "Home Alone" ) are produced... It can work but batman and especially damian aren't the "family friendly adventures for children" vibes. With superman and jon it's like plastered on their brand ! I don't understand corporations sometimes...
Thats sad we missed out on this! It looks like it could've been fun and had a delightful artsyle! WB needs to get their act together as were missing out! Were loosing Justice League Action, Young Justice...and now this!
Warner Brothers Logic: A cute, family friendly show starring two fan favorite characters getting in adorable adventures together? Nah, wouldn't work. Another season of Teen Titans Go? GREENLIGHT IMMEDIATELY. Seriously though, I just got into Supersons and I'm so disappointed we didn't get this show.
DC has had notable kid-friendly shows like Teen Titans Go and DC Superhero Girls, so they're not above dipping into the kiddie pool on occasion. I do agree with Sasha that there are attempts at Silver Age-type stories that are a little try-hard; I don't really think it's possible to capture the right alchemy of those comics today without coming off as too self-aware.
Very cool! I'm already a fan. I've been watching your channel fairly regularly for awhile. I love you your deep dives into comic lore. You definitely got it. Thanks for the review.
Damn. I can only imagine how hard the people who canceled this show are kicking themselves now after seeing Marvel's success with Spidey and his Amazing Friends and Star Wars' Young Jedi Adventures. Maybe they can still do it.
I would've watched this. I wish they kept going with Justice League Action which was a more kid friendly take on the JL. I would love a Batman Brave and Bold type Superman show
what if we get an animated musical where the music meister reforms and becomes a hero so now everyone sings and dances (we need a cast neil patrick harris is music meister)
I would’ve loved this show because it would’ve gave me everything I ever wanted especially seeing Clark kent and Lois lane and their son Jonathan Samuel Kent Superboy as his little 10 year old self and Damian Wayne robin as the super sons going on fun adventures on this amazing animated Superman family show looked amazing and fantastic, also another bonus seeing Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy as his little 10 year old self reacting to his father turning into mermaid sounded so funny and really cute that I would’ve jumped to joy to see that happen at least in my opinion but my point still stands this show sounded fantastic and it drives me crazy Warner bros animation rejected this show because it looked amazing and badass. Why did Warner bros rejected this Superman family animated show Just boggles my mind because it looked liked it would’ve been freaking success and not taking that leap of faith is just sad and depressing and just such a waste of potential it’s not even funny but just sad, especially because damn it loved Superman rebirth so much and seeing my favorite Superman family adapted in silver age stories sounded amazing show I would’ve really loved to watch in a heartbeat but that’s just me and my opinion.
I think the series would've worked. On a side note I'm tempted to read the Cary Bates Supergirl series but after "The Trial of the Flash" I don't know if I have energy for it (even almost'10 years later!").
I have the run of Superman Family' it had some interesting stories, including a story of a girl named Elizabeth Windsor who became the Queen of the USA
I definitely agree with the guy about needing more stuff for children with these characters. Everything now is either for preschoolers or dark and "edgy" PG-13 (or now R, I guess) content, with no all ages stuff in between. (I remember a few years ago on Free Comic Book Day DC had some crap where their popular superheroes' severed limbs and torsos were attached to a bunch of robots and other machines on the cover. WTF?!) I really liked the cartoon Batman: The Brave and the Bold. That was something that everyone could enjoy. This cancelled series seems like it was going for a similar tone. 7:00 Looks like Jimmy Olson has become addicted to Superman's "turn you black" machine. He was black in that CG Super Sons movie and he's black again. I guess the old saying is true: "Once you go black, you can't go back."
Looks as if it could have been good, but that art is slightly reminiscent of Riley Rossmo's. But a bit stronger. We'll never know if it would have worked, though. I like Kong Keenan a lot. I always like it when we get characters from outside of America. It's nice to have a bit planetary diversity. Although Batman the Detective did a very good job of explaining why there aren't so many. Still need a few more Brits, mind. And bring back the Janissary! She was cool.
I'd have watched this! Sounds fun! I think there's room for a lot of different takes and tones of various IPs. I think one of the biggest killers I see happen is when IPs aren't honest about who they're targeting and try appealing to an audience that is just not likely to be receptive upon the realization.
I would like to see a lighter series, but not necessarily a kids-oriented show. I've recently been watching the Krypto animated series, which clearly was directed towards younger viewers. It has its moments, especially with Streaky and Bat-Hound, but I still feel like they missed out on the chance to tell more interesting stories.
I'm a big fan of super families and how it can make a character's world bigger. The art style is also adorable for this scrapped project. Very Webtoon-ish
I didn’t even know this show was happening, it looks like it could’ve been fun; def better than the weird junk they’ve put on Cartoon Network in the last 10 years.
Snyder supers was like a mixture of golden age era and Dan Juergen’s eras (I really like tbh, feels close to STAS). More reactionary and concerned than quippy and whimsical, with some of the changes that Gunn’s is doing I’m already not thrilled with the soft reboot that is only keeping his stuff and changing the recent movies endings and seemingly looks more like a bad business strategy.
@@CasuallyComics Coming off of watching your other videos. I realized that Comic book movies and tv series center around the guys so women can't be friends. Flash TV series: Iris West and Caitlyn Snow don't hang out as friends. X-Men's Jean Grey and Storm barely have fun scenes alone unless it's on missions. Avengers' Black Widow and Maria Hill are Shield agents who never interacted with each other but their male partners Nick Fury and Hawkeye. Scarlet Witch always crying over the boys in her life. Peggy Carter and Sharon Carter don't have female partners to help them either. Captain Marvel is the first to not center around a man (Nick Fury is an ally) and has a relationship with the Rambeaus and Ms. Marvel. The Dora Milaje's literal job is to protect the King. Exception is Smallville because Lois and Chloe are cousins and Chloe wasn't a romantic rival to Lana as she was friend-zoned immediately by Clarke.
I prefer the final pitch designs to the original. They look too close to Spumco character models and that's not a direction I want to see Superman go. Otherwise I really like the idea of a show that could show kids WHY Superman believes the things he does through teaching his son, while watching Jon become his own Superboy. It would have been a good concept done right.
It would have been GREAT (especially IF Streaky the Supercat was in it, I am sure I have the support from Alvin and Theo on THAT one. Lol ) I always LOVED Batman brave and the bold, was silver aged leaning, I would LOVE to see a JLA/JSA crossover series, with mostly their silver aged stories.
Well, that's just a shame it didn't get made, probably would have been quite a success. As for Silver Age I'd like to see more of in the modern day - more along the lines of Jack Kirby's brief Jimmy Olsen run, please. Cadmus stuff maybe, or whacky hijinks with STAR Labs experimental tech, or go back and revisit the Planet Transilvane concept and Darius Drum's other mad science shenanignas. Just no Don Rickles, please. Even the King could make the rare mistake, and that was his worst.
WB seems to be allergic to FUN Superman!
At least we’re getting My Adventures with Superman this year! I’m hyped for that show -(even if it is probably going to get cancelled after one season lmao)-
It's the past regime who hated Superman, especially Walter Hamada who was the reason why he wanted Superman to be wiped out of the DCEU and have Supergirl as his replacement.
Thank God those plans were scrapped and that the new leadership at WB are trying so hard to give love to Superman again because Zaslav is a massive Superman fan.
well my adventures with superman looks fun. Though it being on adult swim seems werid.
Same thing with Marvel Comics and a married Spider-Man.
@@halfmettlealchemist8076shhh don't jinx it!
A modern Lois Lane animated shorts series would be fun. I like the idea that instead of her trying to trick Superman into dating her, she's instead trying to figure out who he is, but always ropes in Clark to help her. So it's just Clark endlessly trying to both make Lois happy by assisting in her schemes while also keeping her from succeeding to preserve her identity. All while the two slowly fall in love working alongside each other.
That's the plot from my adventure with Superman.
That sounds like a very solid concept.
@@holoquepasaxd5925 lol I definitely realized that like right after posting
@@circleman628I wouldn't be surprised if the first episode has Lois figure out that Clark and Superman are one and the same, which is surprisingly one of the things that made me like the DCEU version of her
That seems to be what that new series on Adult Swim will be doing?. My Theory is that she's gonna find out in those first 2 episodes they are gonna debut with ahaha
Such a shame we didn’t get this or that proposed Bat Family cartoon starring Damien, Dick, Tim, and Jason.
Wait we almost got a Batfamily cartoon?
On the plus side, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures is delivering on wholesome batfamily content
This might actually happen with Merry little Batman, a movie for Amazon, followed by it's spinoff series
@@teapartypenguin1353 it also has some pretty cute moments without the Bats. Even just had an episode about the Supes lol
Batman: The Brave and the Bold was heavily inspired by the silver age, and it was GLORIOUS. So yeah, I'd totally be down for more of that.
A show that ended far too soon.
@@SpaceJawa definitely
@@SpaceJawa It got 3 seasons, which is more than a lot of non-kiddie animation gets. But yeah, we definitely deserved more.
As excited as I am for My Adventures with Superman (that show looks like it’s gonna be peak), I will forever mourn the loss of this Super-Family show. We could have had it all
This would have been amazing; what’s wrong with a wholesome family show?
Most comic book consumers are edgy nerds so i think they would not like it
@@kingofdragons7 Yep, some don't like positive vibes and prefer dark and depressing.
I LOVE the Snyderverse films because I treated them like Elseworlds tales, but I always wanted lighthearted heroes to be introduced in films and television. At least Gunn and the new leadership at WB are willing to provide that for all of us.
Dark heroes and lighthearted heroes to coexist in the DC Universe.
I blame DC/WB's addiction to grimdark.
@@kingofdragons7 This is beyond false, its straight up lying, superman most beloved modern run was him as a father, people HATED what brian michael bendis did to superman and his son.
Lets not even talk about One more day shitting on peter parker marriage or how the clone saga took away peter daughter.
The writters and editors love seeing the fans angry and their heroes single, its zack snyder and his legion of edgy posers that like edgy stuff.....
Because it seems like there can never be a positive father figure on TV
WB is treating its animated shows abismally. Thank you for giving us a glimpse of what could have been.
Did you see Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons? Basically the same concept. Awesome movie!
@@Rich-hm9ux DUUUUDE, that was the best movie I've seen in a long damn time!
WB just can’t get its life together.
Again, super hyped for My Adventures with Superman this year, and I sincerely hope it turns out to be a huge success!
@@Rich-hm9ux I love the movie. The story reflected the comics so well. My only complaint was the visuals it looked like a PS3 game at times.
I would love to see a kid-friendly Superman Family adaptation, if it was done well. Silver Age-inspired stories? Sign me up! Too bad it was cancelled. Btw, that comic cover with Lois as a witch looked sooo good!
Yep, Lois Lane #1 does have a great cover.
This had the potential of being a quasi revival of the Silver Age with how Batman Brave and the Bold did in revamping that charm to modern times, or even a more lighthearted take ala Superfriends since the character designer Sean Galloway is a fan of the show and fun fact, designed Spectacular Spider-Man too. Hopefully a project like this can get greenlit as it may not be likely with how much they are pushing Damian and John to be apart and very much become another brick of their respective mythos rather than a new kind of Superman & Batman team up. Though with the movie that came out, I'm happy that this version of the pair is still relevant
Let Superman have fun. Even Batman at times in classic comics has sense of humour
Campiness is a part of Batman. He's not always dark and brooding.
Sure, would it be neat to show that adult cartoons don't have to be crass to be adult,yes.....but I would have love to see a fun, zany Superman family show....the art is also adorable
We keep saying “make things darker” but I prefer a cozier Superman. Batman does better dark, but honestly Superman does better cozy but still maturely handles particular challenging themes.
Superman is literally the nicest guy in the world who just happens to also be stupid powerful. He's supposed to be the idea we all strive for. Dark twists work sometimes, but there are characters who just aren't made for it.
I love how you used Batman the brave and the bold as an example of a good silver age style cartoon because I love that show
I wonder if Conner Kent was also going to be part of the show. I know during the time this show was pitched, it was the first year of rebirth and Conner didn’t make an official return yet, but I could see them doing with the original 90s version of the character. Especially since Conner is brought back to his 90s style with some development from the 2000s TT run in main DC Universe.
I could definitely see him being the "crazy fun uncle" who drops in to the family every now and who Jon thinks is the coolest person ever and tries to emulate much to Clark and Lois eternal annoyance .
I think Conner would’ve made a great second season inclusion for this show
The Rebirth-era Superman and Super Sons are good, wholesome fun. They're what got me to appreciate Superman for the first time.
really gonna need Dawn of DC to live up to the hype
I would’ve LOVED this, this looks absolutely adorable.
Also Brave and the Bold did older stories with a modern twist and that was one of my favorite cartoons of the last decade.
This seems like it would've been cute but I'd like to see more Superman animated adaptations in general, preferably those that don't feel the need to kill Clark or turn him evil.
I'm glad the new Superman cartoon seems to be going back to a more light-hearted characterization, I really missed that version of Superman...
F*** DC's obsession with grimdark. And f*** Warner Brothers too.
More like fuck the past regime of WB and DC for relying too much on Batman.
This is the animated DC show I never knew I wanted, and now I miss something that was never made!
I think we’re going to need more superhero parents.
That would've been a good show. I think that DC movies would be better if they didn't try to make Superman edgy, and dark to be cool. He's supposed to be a symbol of hope. They should show us him doing heroic stuff even when a single individual needs saving instead of going from huge save to world saving to show that he has god like powers but works to help everyone. Leave the dark stuff to Batman.
That might have been fun . One of the things I liked about the Batman: the Brave and the Bold cartoon was that we had fun, light stories of Batman et al while we still had darker stories of them elsewhere.
Yes. Very faithful to the actual comics in the way the character had many, many faces. People can have preferences but there is no One True Batman at the end of the day.
I’ve wondered for years why they cannot run two “earths” again, but one the ‘lone hero’ darker world, and the second the lighter kids and families world.
Ah yes, because Superman isn’t known for being family friendly and wholesome
Considering how huge the reaction has been for Dad Peter B Parker and Baby Mayday in ATSV, DC left money at the table...
Brave and the bold is a great example of getting that silver age right as well as a compelling kids show
It would be good to have a kid-friendly Superman with Superman as a father and married to Lois Lane that is a superhero and Family Guy at the same time. Teaching Jonathan how to use a super powers for good like using heat vision to bake a pie
I think this was under the old regime, they pretty much didn't support any hero that wasn't Batman, hence the overabundance of Batman content.
Same goes for DC at the time.
I'm surprised that many people aren't as sick of Batman as i am because of this
@@kingofdragons7 I nearly got burnt out when Beware the Batman came out and same goes for the New 52, but thank goodness that the new leadership are trying their best to give others a chance to shine again.
Would be cool if the popularity of “My Adventures With Superman” leads to this concept to being picked up again, strike whilst the iron is hot
The Superman Family with Sean Galloway's art style would've been great! I've been enjoying your latest videos on cancelled animated projects. It would be cool to see you talk about the cancelled Batman cartoons before Beware the Batman: The No Man's Land adaptation that was shot down TWICE and a Batman/Superman show with younger leads that was going to have a weird love triangle with Wonder Woman.
I’m really enjoying this tear you’re on with unmade animated projects.
The idea of a lighthearted Superman family cartoon reminds me of the similarities between Superman and Popeye the Sailor Man.
1) Comic characters who became popular in the mainstream when adapted onto the big screen by Max Fleischer studios.
2) When DC sued Fawcett about Captain Marvel, Fawcett comics countered by saying Superman was a copy of various earlier characters, citing Popeye as one of them.
3)Their girlfriends had alliterative names (LL and OO.)
4)They both had a large surrogate "family" (Popeye had Olive Oyl and the Oyl family, Sweet Pea, Wimpy, Roughhouse, Poopdeck Pappy, etc.) as well as super powered pet creatures (Krypto and the Jeep)
5) "The sailor man" and Super Man.
6) In Popeye's theme song, he states he will fight any poolooka who "ain't on the up and square. So keep good behavior, that's your one life saver." Its not so different from Superman's old catchphrase, "I fight for truth and justice."
I was totally typing in that the art looked liked Sean Galloway's when you mentioned that it was....
now that i know this even existed, i'm sad that it never got made! the super family and the super sons are both really fun concepts, so getting a light-hearted animated series with those dynamics would have been fun. the art style is ok, but i would really need to see it in action to form a proper opinion, although the designs themselves look really nice; familiar and mostly comic accurate, but also softened up and cute to fit the tone this series was going for. if this show had been produced it could have been up there with batman: the brave and the bold as well as krypto the superdog, both of which are absolutely iconic dc adaptations and some of my favorite of the wholesome, more "family-friendly" superhero cartoons! :)
I'm mostly into Bronze Age, Superman, but I do love a crazy Sliver Age Superman story... However, my favorite Superman is the DCAU's STAS
This is part of the reason why I loved the Kent Family Adventures episode in the Webtoon!
I sincerely hope it means that they are actually thinking about making that a series for webtoon
Same that kent family adventure on that webtoon looked really awesome and tons of fun
...I, remember, the late twenty-tens...Escalade ripped out my left-leg-bones...
I would've been in full joy seeing this series make it to air based off what I'm seeing. The concept alone is a great take on the mythos. Shame we'll probably never see it as of right now.
I'd do the Marvel family, back when it was Shazam (The Wizard), Billy, Mary, Freddy, (Uncle Marvel, if they must, but I wouldn't miss him,) and Tawny the talking Tiger. (Honorable mention to: The "Lieutenant Marvels", Fat Billy Batson, Hill Billy Batson, and Tall Billy Batson - though they'd probably have to change the first two names. Kid Eternity (Freddy's brother). Hoppy, Captain Marvel Bunny.) (And I guess Black Adam should get a mention too.)
As always, thank you so very much for the videos.
This should be done at some point. I'd love it. The current series is getting prople invested in Superman more, so maybe we can get this eventually.
I still can't believe WB never pushed a Super Sons cartoon when the comics were doing great. WB and DC seem to periodically forget comics are supposed to be fun.
Edit: This definitely sounds like Batman the Brave and the Bold (cartoon) but with Supes and I love it. We'll never know how it'd have been executed, but I really feel like it's something DC needed to round out it's portfolio. Modern DC adaptions feel really confused in that they take themselves way too seriously or somehow not seriously enough (it's always one end of the spectrum). DC has always had a problem with adapting current comics and various stories without starting from year 0/going back to basics, but now there's also an issue with overall tone and storytelling. Like the R ratings really don't fit the tonmorowverse style of animation and how it started with Man of Tommorow. There's just so little diversity (in types of shows not representation) in DC's lineup today. The DCAU was goated because we had the darker themed Batman and Superman animated adventures and then got the JL/JLU which shook things up again and Static Shock. Then over the next decade we got Teen Titans, The Batman, Batman the Brave and the Bold, GLTAS, Young Justice, Beware the Batman, and probably some I'm forgetting. This is along with the many animated movies and Dark Knight Trilogy. Each of these could appeal to different audiences and a lot of them multiple at once.
I really hope the new Superman show does well (though I'm worried with the time slot and I heard Adult Swim only picked it up after Max denied it) and Young Justice sees a return. Stuff like Harley Quinn and Peacemaker are great, but everything can't be either R rated or TTG. Even though I absolutely hated the arrow verse, it is ending (or ended? I don't follow it) and had a lot of fans who have been introduced to DC through it and will be looking for... whatever style of content the arrow verse was. WB needs to actually be willing to invest in a diverse portfolio of content again for DC if they want to see the growth. If I'm being honest considering how often they've cancled their best show in the past (some like Swamp Thing right out the gate), I personally can't find any hype in the James Gunn promised golden age of adaptions.
Now that Gunn has said that he is going to be using secret identities to differentiate his DC from Marvel, I am hopeful that he will also go for a lighter and more hopeful version of the universe than the Snyderverse. I don't think he will go nearly as light as the Silver Age, though. Here's hoping he hires some of the writers from the animated movies as well!
I have always been a fan of the 'mullet Superman' reboot, but there are also Silver Age elements I like. I am hoping for a lot of 'mild-mannered but buff old-fashioned Kansas Clark' contrasting with a theatrically calm, reassuring and confident Superman. Ideally with a power level somewhere north of Omni-Man but south of One Punch Man. If Gunn brings over the character=genre convention from Marvel, I can see a Superman with a 'disaster movie/ripped from the headlines' genre (with some pulp undertones).
I'm terrified of Superman telling penis jokes
We could have gotten an animated Natasha???? That would have been amazing.
Given that Home Fires is one of my favorite Young Justice episodes because of the Justice League playdate, this feels like such a loss
The problem with trying to "recreate" another time period is the constant desire of trying to shoehorn in modern sensibilities or thinking into the story, rather than just reflecting what was going on in that time period. Or, worse, trying to show how things were handled or treated then as being motivated by malicious and evil intents, even when they weren't. Those stories should reflect the time they occurred, not now.
As for my favorite Superman era... Definitely the 70s. They were coming out of the silliness of the 1960s and trying to tell better, kind of more grounded, stories. And who didn't love seeing Curt Swan's artwork every month. I especially fell hard for "Superman Family", and the mix of original out-of-continuity stories with reprints of classic Superman stories.
I enjoyed Superman from the 70's to the early 2010's . My favorite story guest starred Supergirl in Superman 308 to 310ish where Superman was doubting his Kryptonian origin and Supergirl was backing him up.
I don't understand why companies dish out mediocre stuf then cancel the good stuff ?!?! Like I thought they Wanted more money
Car companies do that too they build all of these good concept cars but still end up putting out the crappie models instead
Absolute crying shame that this was never produced.
My Silver Age idea combines Leave It To Beaver and Lost In Space- basically they all gather for a family get together and then are trapped in an alternate dimension and have to find their way home.
the Late Twenty -Tens? Ouch ouch ouch. Actually that has a flow to it...song phrase!
I would have loved to see this show so many potential story ideas and I think it will being very popular these days
Just do Batman: Braave and the Bold again... But with more Superman family.
This show could have worked ! And if done well, episodes inspired from the silver age could be very fun. Unfortunately, other nonsensical projects like "batfamily" and "merry little batman" (aka damian in "Home Alone" ) are produced... It can work but batman and especially damian aren't the "family friendly adventures for children" vibes. With superman and jon it's like plastered on their brand ! I don't understand corporations sometimes...
Thats sad we missed out on this! It looks like it could've been fun and had a delightful artsyle! WB needs to get their act together as were missing out! Were loosing Justice League Action, Young Justice...and now this!
Warner Brothers Logic: A cute, family friendly show starring two fan favorite characters getting in adorable adventures together? Nah, wouldn't work. Another season of Teen Titans Go? GREENLIGHT IMMEDIATELY.
Seriously though, I just got into Supersons and I'm so disappointed we didn't get this show.
Screw Warner Brothers at this point, they have no sense of quality anymore...
DC has had notable kid-friendly shows like Teen Titans Go and DC Superhero Girls, so they're not above dipping into the kiddie pool on occasion. I do agree with Sasha that there are attempts at Silver Age-type stories that are a little try-hard; I don't really think it's possible to capture the right alchemy of those comics today without coming off as too self-aware.
Keep in mind that DC won’t air this for being more lighthearted…. But they still keep making new episodes of teen titans go.
Very cool! I'm already a fan. I've been watching your channel fairly regularly for awhile. I love you your deep dives into comic lore. You definitely got it. Thanks for the review.
Damn. I can only imagine how hard the people who canceled this show are kicking themselves now after seeing Marvel's success with Spidey and his Amazing Friends and Star Wars' Young Jedi Adventures. Maybe they can still do it.
I liked the line up overall. Natasha and Keenan are underrated imho. Solid supporting cast alongside Superman & Jon and the usuals.
I would've watched this. I wish they kept going with Justice League Action which was a more kid friendly take on the JL. I would love a Batman Brave and Bold type Superman show
Sean Galloway is the artist who did that character design. Very much his style. Yes it is very cartoony but he is very passionate about his craft.
After seeing the new Superman show and how good it is, I can see them looking back into this
what if we get an animated musical where the music meister reforms and becomes a hero so now everyone sings and dances (we need a cast neil patrick harris is music meister)
I would’ve loved this show because it would’ve gave me everything I ever wanted especially seeing Clark kent and Lois lane and their son Jonathan Samuel Kent Superboy as his little 10 year old self and Damian Wayne robin as the super sons going on fun adventures on this amazing animated Superman family show looked amazing and fantastic, also another bonus seeing Jonathan Samuel Kent superboy as his little 10 year old self reacting to his father turning into mermaid sounded so funny and really cute that I would’ve jumped to joy to see that happen at least in my opinion but my point still stands this show sounded fantastic and it drives me crazy Warner bros animation rejected this show because it looked amazing and badass. Why did Warner bros rejected this Superman family animated show Just boggles my mind because it looked liked it would’ve been freaking success and not taking that leap of faith is just sad and depressing and just such a waste of potential it’s not even funny but just sad, especially because damn it loved Superman rebirth so much and seeing my favorite Superman family adapted in silver age stories sounded amazing show I would’ve really loved to watch in a heartbeat but that’s just me and my opinion.
I think the series would've worked.
On a side note I'm tempted to read the Cary Bates Supergirl series but after "The Trial of the Flash" I don't know if I have energy for it (even almost'10 years later!").
From Mistress of the Silver Age to Young Adult guide? My brain hurts. Forever changes, good album.
Warner Brothers be bull$#!tting.
The silverage stuff worked well in Batman Brave and the Bold.
No reason it wouldn't work for Supes.
I remember these designs, I thought they were for a Golden Books kid story.
I do lowkey wanna see Damian Wayne partake or react to the would-be silver age shenanigans on this show. Too bad how it turned out.
Mer-Damian would have been amazing.
Damian is a great ‘straight man’ for zaniness. He’s still flexible, though - the drama cones naturally to him..
Sucks this show didn’t get green lite! WB & DC need to focus more on their animation department cause that’s where their success and potential lies
The fact Krypto and Streaky would be present makes my response a resounding *YES* .
Honestly I would love a show like that. I am STARVED for good, fun and wholesome content.
I have the run of Superman Family' it had some interesting stories, including a story of a girl named Elizabeth Windsor who became the Queen of the USA
I want to live in the alternate timeline where this show actually got made
same here as well
I definitely agree with the guy about needing more stuff for children with these characters. Everything now is either for preschoolers or dark and "edgy" PG-13 (or now R, I guess) content, with no all ages stuff in between. (I remember a few years ago on Free Comic Book Day DC had some crap where their popular superheroes' severed limbs and torsos were attached to a bunch of robots and other machines on the cover. WTF?!)
I really liked the cartoon Batman: The Brave and the Bold. That was something that everyone could enjoy. This cancelled series seems like it was going for a similar tone.
7:00 Looks like Jimmy Olson has become addicted to Superman's "turn you black" machine. He was black in that CG Super Sons movie and he's black again. I guess the old saying is true: "Once you go black, you can't go back."
Looks as if it could have been good, but that art is slightly reminiscent of Riley Rossmo's. But a bit stronger. We'll never know if it would have worked, though.
I like Kong Keenan a lot. I always like it when we get characters from outside of America. It's nice to have a bit planetary diversity. Although Batman the Detective did a very good job of explaining why there aren't so many. Still need a few more Brits, mind. And bring back the Janissary! She was cool.
after reading "superman: true brit" maybe not. But would love some more mongolians.
Whats the explanation for not many sups outside the US?
I'd have watched this! Sounds fun! I think there's room for a lot of different takes and tones of various IPs.
I think one of the biggest killers I see happen is when IPs aren't honest about who they're targeting and try appealing to an audience that is just not likely to be receptive upon the realization.
I gotta admit, sounds like a fun show. I would watch it.
I would like to see a lighter series, but not necessarily a kids-oriented show. I've recently been watching the Krypto animated series, which clearly was directed towards younger viewers. It has its moments, especially with Streaky and Bat-Hound, but I still feel like they missed out on the chance to tell more interesting stories.
I also heard that this show was rejected because DC favored the Harley Quinn animated series.
Looove the Doctor Who clip at 9:58!
R.I.P. Bernard 'Wilf' Cribbins ❤
I'm a big fan of super families and how it can make a character's world bigger. The art style is also adorable for this scrapped project. Very Webtoon-ish
I didn’t even know this show was happening, it looks like it could’ve been fun; def better than the weird junk they’ve put on Cartoon Network in the last 10 years.
Gimme wholesome Superman!!!!
As long as Jimmy Olsen occasionally shows up to babysit and gets mutated into a crab or something
*raises fist* BENDIIIIIIS!!!
If Gunn fucks up Supes and makes him like the Snyder Supes, I’m seriously done with the DC universe like fucking period.
No more Man of Mope lol
@@CasuallyComics I love Henry Cavill... I don't love his performance as Superman.
Snyder supers was like a mixture of golden age era and Dan Juergen’s eras (I really like tbh, feels close to STAS). More reactionary and concerned than quippy and whimsical, with some of the changes that Gunn’s is doing I’m already not thrilled with the soft reboot that is only keeping his stuff and changing the recent movies endings and seemingly looks more like a bad business strategy.
@@CasuallyComics Coming off of watching your other videos. I realized that Comic book movies and tv series center around the guys so women can't be friends. Flash TV series: Iris West and Caitlyn Snow don't hang out as friends. X-Men's Jean Grey and Storm barely have fun scenes alone unless it's on missions. Avengers' Black Widow and Maria Hill are Shield agents who never interacted with each other but their male partners Nick Fury and Hawkeye. Scarlet Witch always crying over the boys in her life. Peggy Carter and Sharon Carter don't have female partners to help them either. Captain Marvel is the first to not center around a man (Nick Fury is an ally) and has a relationship with the Rambeaus and Ms. Marvel. The Dora Milaje's literal job is to protect the King. Exception is Smallville because Lois and Chloe are cousins and Chloe wasn't a romantic rival to Lana as she was friend-zoned immediately by Clarke.
I prefer the final pitch designs to the original. They look too close to Spumco character models and that's not a direction I want to see Superman go. Otherwise I really like the idea of a show that could show kids WHY Superman believes the things he does through teaching his son, while watching Jon become his own Superboy. It would have been a good concept done right.
Im 1000% onboard with your updated Superman's GirlFriend Lois Lane idea. Man i wonder how it would work with the current sensibilities 🤣
I'm sick of DC and its obsession with grimdark and turning heroes into edgelords.
I’d be more excited for this than the current Superman Show coming out now.
Superman from the Harley Quinn series is the kind of thing I'm into right now. Not necessarily kid friendly, but not even slightly broody.
I would love it if DC collected all those Bronze Age Superman Family issues into an omnibus. While they're at it do Batman Family too.
I love the silver age shenanigans 😂
Do you happen to have a video that breaks down what you meant by the different era superman being different? I'd love to hear your superman breakdown
It would have been GREAT (especially IF Streaky the Supercat was in it, I am sure I have the support from Alvin and Theo on THAT one. Lol ) I always LOVED Batman brave and the bold, was silver aged leaning, I would LOVE to see a JLA/JSA crossover series, with mostly their silver aged stories.
A Superman based cartoon like Batman The Brave and the Bold with the Super Sons would have been awesome.
I want that!!! Super sons is such a great concept that even the comics didn't value as much as they should've
Well, that's just a shame it didn't get made, probably would have been quite a success.
As for Silver Age I'd like to see more of in the modern day - more along the lines of Jack Kirby's brief Jimmy Olsen run, please. Cadmus stuff maybe, or whacky hijinks with STAR Labs experimental tech, or go back and revisit the Planet Transilvane concept and Darius Drum's other mad science shenanignas. Just no Don Rickles, please. Even the King could make the rare mistake, and that was his worst.
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