Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes might be cancelled

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

Just as a heads-up because I think some of us are fans of the cartoon, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, but there are reports that it will be cancelled soon. Check out this article for details, or check out ComicBookMovie.com which has quotes from Jeph Loeb about the direction he wants to take re the Marvel cartoons.

Whether this is a done deal or whether letters to Jeph Loeb will make any difference, I can't tell you.

(crossposted to the DW comm, apologies to those who subscribe to both)

Comments

[kmyash.livejournal.com]

Yeah I saw this before. I'm hoping that they were thinking about this before the season 2 premiere, because I heard the premiere did extremely well with ratings/viewers. So maybe they'll change their mind.Hopefully

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

Let's hope so! I mean, the Topless Robot article implied that they got confirmation from Disney very recently, after the original rumour came out--and that article is dated April 17--and therefore after the Season 2 premiere had aired. It's very possible that Disney wanted even *better* numbers from EMH than what they got, even if the numbers look very good to us.

[linneakou.livejournal.com]

When I first heard this, I literally screamed "NOOOOOOOO" and cried.

I love this show so much, they'd be doing themselves a disservice if they cancelled it. It's a well-done, fairly well-written, beautifully animated show.

(At the very least, they could give us the whole thing on DVD. Then I wouldn't be quiet so ready to march on their headquarters.)

[haku23.livejournal.com]

I'll be so sad if it gets cancelled. EMH and the movies were my gateway into reading the comics :(.

[petrichor-fizz.livejournal.com]

[rathanylakan.livejournal.com]

Some of the articles I've seen on this mentioned them scrapping this for a new Avengers series. I have to say my feelings are mixed. I loved this show and was really looking forward to season 2, but the way Cap was written was just ... odd.

A new show might be better, but there is no chance that it will have a better theme song. The theme song for A:EHM is amazing.

[hw221.livejournal.com]

People in the comments on the article were complaining about it! I was so shocked.

[yoshi12370.livejournal.com]

if they cancel this show I WILL lose it.

;_____; THEY CAN'T

[dragonsheart21.livejournal.com]

I love this show, and the song is awesome and totally gets stuck in my head, I don't want it to die *pouts*

[angel-inoshi.livejournal.com]

I think I'll add in my two cents here.
Personally, when I heard Loeb was taking over the animation department at Marvel...I pretty much screamed in denial and agony. I was only slightly relieved that he hadn't had any major involvement for most of the second season of EMHs until the last chunk of episodes. If any of you have even glanced at some of his comic work, more specifically in 1610...you'd know why I have the impending sense of doom. Still, I was hoping maybe the guy would probably be a better head of animation than a comic book writer. However, when I saw this article and a couple of other articles on what Loeb's philosophy in overall story arc and such....it makes me dread the supposedly new re-vamp of the replacement series.

From what I read, the supposedly new Avengers series is supposed to be more in-line with the Ultimate Spider-Man cartoon. Yeah, you heard right, EMHs is being tossed out so they can have a more movie-adapted hook and make it like the nu!spidey cartoon. Now, don't get me wrong...I love Spidey. But so far...this series has been way more distracting than actually entertaining. I love a good chibi-short or comic relief moment like anyone else, but the way the show is spamming it so much it's just horrible. Not to mention, the support cast of Luke Cage, Ironfist, Nova and White Tiger. >_> Really? I mean...I could probably let Cage and Rand slide since they are "New Avengers" in 616...but the others...yeah I'm not buying it. They should have made it more like the 1610 comics and have Johnny Storm, Bobby, Kitty, Marry Jane, and Gwen Stacy. But I suppose they avoided that seeing as how they killed off Peter and all...

Anyways, point is...instead of making Ultimate Spider-Man follow EMHs lead it's the other way around...which isn't all that smart. What's even more disappointing is Loeb's view of over arcing story plots. He hates how EMHs has a saga type of story telling....you know, how like season 1 kept building up to the Masters of Evil and how season 2 is building up to the Kree/Skrull war. He feels people lose interest or some other [censor censor] reason and it's best for audience to have one-shot episodes so people can jump on at any time. Why yes Loeb....that is genius! Because over-arcing story plots that build the characters, the world around them, and enrich the story is no way interesting. Just look at Avatar the Last Airbender....pshhhh, yes, pure garbage. Or how about anime shows like Naruto, D.grayman, Bleach, Slayers, etc....it's not like they had huge followings. Plus it's not like the movies use more than one movie to tell an over-arching plot...[cough]HarryPotter, Lord of the Rings[cough] Just look at the Avengers movie...it's not like THAT had any other films helping to build it's own story >_> /sarcasm

I am really trying to give Loeb the benefit of the doubt, but EMHs was good because it focused on the Avengers as a team. It gave each character proper screen time, made Jan look like a BAMF, re-vamped classic Avengers stories...I mean !@#$. Now...I'm not sure where Disney/Marvel wants to shift their focus on...but I have a heavy feeling they want to concentrate on the big three and hulk. The end. :/ saaaaaah.....maybe they'll surprise us?

[suzvoy.livejournal.com]

This.

[scrollgirl.livejournal.com]

Re the Ult Spidey cartoon: I don't find the chibi moments too distracting, but I'm a little concerned that it's been three episodes already and we still haven't learned much about the characters except Peter. If you ever watched Teen Titans, they jammed a whole lot of character development and backstory in the first few episodes, while still having kick-ass fight scenes. Maybe it's just my DC bias at work, but I'm slightly concerned that an Avengers cartoon following the Ult Spidey model will be thin on character and relationship development.

That said, I don't think it's impossible to do character development just because you're not doing really long plot-arcs. The DCAU had plenty of one-shot eps, as well as really fantastic character/relationship development. (Of course, Justice League was entirely 2-parter eps, a full 42 minutes per story, not to mention 3-parter premieres and finales.)

My particular worry is that a new Avengers cartoon won't have Wasp in it. We might get Natasha on the team, if they're basing it on the movies, but probably no Jan or Hank.

[hw221.livejournal.com]

In fairness, EMH hasn't exactly been uber-heavy on the character-development either.

[linneakou.livejournal.com]

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