Worth it for the costume alone... (Plus Young Justice info)

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The treatment of Superboy by Superman has been the cause of some disquiet amongst fans.

So leave it to the fans to come up with a creative alternative;

Since Superman won't interact with Suprboy perhaps another member of the JLA should, and who SHOULD have a Titan representative, but doesn't?




Click on the link to go to the deviantart page of xoverlover who produced this.

Has to be better than how Diana treated Kon in Geoff John's Teen Titans;




And for those wondering about the current situation as regards the YJ cartoon and it's absence from our screens, this from Greg Weisman's own website;
Next topic: YOUNG JUSTICE UPDATE.
We have aired episodes 101-109 (i.e. Season One, episodes 1-9).
(Yes, episode 110 accidentally was posted on Cartoon Network's website, but I'm going to pretend that never happened.)
Episodes 110-115 are in the can, i.e. they are completed and ready to air.
Episode 116 awaits only the final on-line, i.e. the final review of the episode. This has been delayed ONLY because I've been out sick this week.
Episode 117 will have it's sound mix on Friday. (I hope to be back at work by then.)
Episode 118 has been edited and work progresses on scoring and sound effects.
Episode 119 is ready to begin post-production.
Episodes 120-123 are being animated in Korea.
Episodes 124-126 are in layout in Korea, while we finish the final color models here in the States.
Episodes 201-202 (i.e. Season Two, Episodes one and two) - Are fully recorded and are in storyboard. (201 was written by me. 202 by Nicole Dubuc.)
Episode 203, written by Kevin Hopps, is almost fully recorded. We have one actor left to pick up, who has been out of town. It is also in storyboard.
Episode 204, written by me, will record this week. It is also in storyboard.
Episode 205 - Brandon Vietti, has turned in his draft of the script. I have to read and edit it.
Episode 206 - The outline, written by Peter David and edited by me, went out Monday for notes, which are due tomorrow.
Episode 207 - Kevin Hopps turned in his outline, which I need to read and edit.
Episode 208 - I'm writing this one. I'll start the outline, after I've edited the outline to 207.
Episode 209 - Jon Weisman turned in his outline, which I need to read and edit.
Episode 210 - Kevin Hopps is working on his outline.
We do NOT yet have a pick-up beyond episode 210, but our bosses have told us to start blocking out episodes 211-220 in anticipation of one.
Episode 211 - We've broken this story. I still need to find time to write up the Beat Outline, though I have it all on index cards.
Episode 212 - We've got the basics of this one down, but we (i.e. myself, Brandon and Kevin) still need to finish breaking the story.
Episodes 213-220 - We've got a very clear sense of the arc and what things need to happen, but we haven't started on these yet.
NEXT TOPIC: DEBUNKING YJ RUMORS

False Rumor #1: YJ IS A GREG WEISMAN PRODUCTION
Everywhere on the Internet, all I see is that YJ is Greg Weisman's show. That's just blatantly false. This is a VIETTI/WEISMAN production. Just as Spectacular Spider-Man was a COOK/WEISMAN production and Gargoyles was a PAUR/WEISMAN production. I am not, nor have I ever been, a one-man show on ANY project I've EVER worked on. EVER. And in particular, on YJ, it's extremely unfair to Brandon to leave him out of consideration. Brandon is heavily involved in every aspect of production, INCLUDING SERIES DEVELOPMENT AND STORY. He's been right there with myself and Kevin Hopps breaking every single episode. It's been a team effort from day one. Many of the series' best ideas came/come from Brandon. And this is aside from the fact, that of course, Brandon can write - but I cannot draw, which arguably makes him MORE important to the production than I. I am exceedingly proud of this series and my own work on it - though certain very vocal fans seem to think I shouldn't be - but that doesn't change the fact that Brandon and I are a team.

False Rumor #2: YJ WAS RUSHED INTO PRODUCTION
Another blatant misconception. Look, Brandon and I are both perfectionists. Neither of us would deny that we'd LOVE to have more time on each and every episode. But that's not the same as being rushed. Let's make a comparison: on Spectacular Spider-Man, I basically had one week to develop both the series and the entire first season. Then Vic Cook came aboard, and we raced to get into production in less than two months. Brandon and I had seven months to develop the series, break the first season (which granted had twice as many episodes as the first season of Spidey) and head into production. The show isn't and never has been rushed. That's not to say the schedule isn't tight. But we haven't aired a single episode that wasn't ready to air. And we won't.

False Rumor #3: YJ ISN'T AIRING NOW BECAUSE WE'RE REWORKING EPISODES BASED ON INTERNET CRITICISM
This is my favorite. I love it the most because the first person I saw who posted this rumor also said that I'd deny it. So here I am denying it, which of course serves to PROVE that he or she was correct, see? Let's be clear: for better or worse, this series is COMPLETELY unaffected by internet criticism BECAUSE of schedule. Everything of any significance was set and DONE before even the pilot movie aired last November, so we couldn't address fan concerns even if we wanted to. And, honestly, we don't want to. We don't in part because there is way less consensus than some people seem to think. For example, for every post I see expressing hatred for "Hello, Megan!", I see a post that likes it. And personally, I like it. Brandon likes it. So why would we change it, even if we could? In fact, even Season Two is moving forward more or less disregarding "fan" criticism. Brandon and I always had very clear ideas for what we wanted to do in Season Two (and even Season Three, should we get one) and those ideas haven't changed. As with every series I've co-helmed, all we can ever do is write and produce to OUR OWN passions - and then just cross our fingers and hope enough people share our passions to make it a success. Anything else is doomed to failure, because if we're not passionate about it, it'll show in the work, and then no one will like it. And just to make it clear: WE LIKE OUR SHOW!! Doesn't mean you have to - but don't try to tell me I don't.

So why aren't we airing new episodes now? That's a fair question that I don't have an answer for. After all, we have six unaired episodes in the can, with four more on the verge of completion. It's a Cartoon Network decision. Some fans have argued that they shouldn't have started airing ANY episodes until ALL episodes were in the can. But that too is a decision above my pay grade.
My best guess - and that's all it is - is that CN will air new episodes - starting with 110 ("Targets") - in September. The good news is that the later they wait, the more weeks they can go uninterrupted by reruns. I do know that Season Two (i.e. "Young Justice: Invasion") will begin airing as part of DC NATION in March of 2012. And by then ALL of Season One will have aired. So do the math.
People have asked me if I'm bummed about losing momentum by this delay. But the thing is we've ALREADY lost all momentum. So as long as they PROMOTE us whenever they finally do start airing us again, then pragmatically I'm good. Yes, I'll admit to a certain level of frustration in that I want our stuff to get out there, but if CN has a plan to make the most of the episodes, then more power to them.

and in closing, proof that some Robin related memes are inevitable in ANY media...

Comments

[long_silence]

Oh goody. Hello Megan isn't going away.

[thatnickguy]

I just don't understand the hate for that ONE LINE. It's not something that overpowers the whole show and only tends to come up maybe once every show. There have been much, much, MUCH more annoying catchphrases in history.

[long_silence]

It's just something easy to focus on. There's so much about her character in the show that I dislike. Her ditzy valley girl personality, her all consuming love for Superboy.

And the way they treat her is just so damn problematic.

[darkknightjrk]

I don't see the problem with her--she's far from ditsy, has been shown to be a competant and powerful individual, has several hidden shades to her character. As for the swimsuit thing...as I recall, all the other characters had similar moments, and remember that in one of the more recent episodes Superboy spent most of his shirtless.

[long_silence]

I honestly wouldn't know about those other facets of her personality, I gave up on the show shortly after Artemis joined because she and Aqualad were the only ones I didn't want to violently injure.

They did not give similar moments to all of the characters. They only focused on her like that, for like five seconds in slow motion. I'm honestly shocked they didn't just go ahead and add in some jiggling.

[thatnickguy]

The show as a whole is far too good for me to be bothered by the occasional treatment of one character. She still gets some great moments of her own.

[kenn_el]

In America, we often allow women to swim in two-piece outfits.

[darkknightjrk]

Ever since her first appearance, it wasn't really that prevalent--but in her first full episode, she did kinda say it a LOT, which probably had a bit to do with the hate for it.

[icon_uk]

The fact they gave an explanation for it (It's from an old sitcom she watched whilst learning about Earth culture) so it doesn't bother me much. (At least it's not "Cowabunga!")

[darkknightjrk]

Yeah--I'm thinking of some old sitcoms...*shudder* Yeah, we're far better off.

[icon_uk]

"I didn't MEAN to...."

Bonus cookies for the first person to get the reference.

[darkknightjrk]

And then Megan would shape-shift to be about three feet tall, wear frilly dresses, and have a teddy bear that subs as a machine gun. :O

I wasn't even thinking that--I was imagining Megan wearing plaid pants all the way up to her boobs, wearing huge coke bottle glasses saying, "Did Iiiiiii do thaaaaaat?"

[icon_uk]

I should have remembered the average level of geekness here! :) Have a cookie!

And I think I know the character you refer to... Orkel... Urkel? But it's not a show that was ever broadcast on terrestrial TV in the UK, so I've never seen it.

[darkknightjrk]

Yep, Urkel, from Family Matters. I'm surprised that it didn't play there--I assumed that it was a pretty popular show.

[bruinsfan]

You have no idea how lucky you are never to have been subjected to Urkel.

[sianmink]

[mullon]

What?!

*Goes back and reads*

Fuck!