Category Archives: Cartoons
Comic-Con Cartoon Trailers Ahoy!
It’s the Sunday of San Diego Comic-Con, so it’s a good day to just dump all the great trailers we saw this weekend. Mostly it was trailers for some of my favorite cartoon shows, which are all coming back for new seasons soon. So rather than parse them out over the next week, let’s pile them on and talk about them!
First up is the trailer for season 4 of Harley Quinn. I love this show and can’t wait for more episodes!
Harley Quinn is a great show and they’ve shown no signs of slowing down as we get into more seasons. It’s maybe not as sharp as the first two seasons, which were made back-to-back, but it’s still hugely entertaining and super fun. This season we’ve been told we’ll get more focus on Poison Ivy, and watching them maintain their relationship while on different sides of the hero/villain conflict should be a hoot.
Harley Quinn season 4 comes to Max on July 27, so next week!
Next up is the first look at season two of Invincible! Love this show as well, can’t wait for new episodes!
I’ve read the entirety of the Invincible comic after buying the three big compendiums, so I’m ready to see this show go all the way. The first season was great stuff, and hopefully season 2 will continue that greatness. There’s a ton of material to work with, a ton of great moments and characters to play around with. Can’t wait to see how they do it!
Invincible season 2 comes to Amazon Prime on Nov. 3.
Sticking with cartoons, how about the season 4 trailer for Star Trek: Lower Decks! Between the last season and this one, I’ve watched the entirety of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1, so I’m big into Star Trek these days. I haven’t watched the crossover episode yet.
Lower Decks is a super fun show and I can’t wait to see what they do in season 4, especially with the new Vulcan character, T’Lyn joining the crew. Looks like super fun to me. All of these look like fun. All of these look like more of the same stuff that we know and love, and that’s exactly what I’d like to see with Lower Decks. They’ve been doing a great job so far, and they should nail it with a new season of hijinks and Star Trek coolness.
Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4 comes to Paramount+ on Sept. 7.
Alright, three is enough for me. These are my three most excited for shows from the trailers we got. I’ll probably share some of the other trailers later.
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Hopefully More Futurama is a Good Thing
Look, I like Futurama as much as the next guy. Classic Futurama. Much like The Simpsons, the latter seasons/episodes of Futurama were not as good as the originals. But I still watched, I was still mildly entertained, if I remember correctly. Welp, they’re bringing it back for more episodes for some reason.
None of that looks individually exciting, just that more Futurama will be neat. Notice how they use a lot of Bender dialogue, to make sure we know that John DiMaggio is for sure coming back. Ah well, I’m sure it’ll be a fine watch.
New Futurama is coming to Hulu on July 24.
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First Look at Wingnut and the Mutants in new Ninja Turtles Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem is shaping up to be a pretty awesome flick. I’ve been a Ninja Turtles fan since I watched the cartoon and collected the toys in the 1980s. So you best believe I am tickled pink that so many of my favorite guys are gonna show up as a mutant gang in this film, from Mondo Gecko to Ray Fillet to my favorite character, Wingnut! And finally, at long last, we’ve got a clear look at Wingnut and the other mutants courtesy of some dope character posters.
Personally, I would have liked a more humanoid Wingnut, but considering he’s been changed to a she, and she’ll be voiced by Natasia Demetriou, it probably would have been too easy to make her like Rouge the Bat from Sonic the Hedgehog.
I have faith in this fuzzy little critter they’ve created. I like that, instead of Wingnut’s traditional mechanical wings, they’ve given her mechanical arms instead. That makes a lot of sense with the character now being a mutant instead of an alien. I never liked that alien origin anyway. Also, I hope we get some kind of Screwloose Easter Egg.
So yeah, there’s a whole bunch of character posters to check out here. I think everybody looks great in that weird, wild way. Again, I prefer my TMNT mutants to be more humanoid, like the Turtles themselves. But I can definitely wrap my head around these oblong and weirdly shaped mutants. It fits the film, after all.
Also, in case you needed to hear it, I love what they’ve done with April O’Neal. She looks great.
Seth Rogen delivered a quickie behind-these-scenes look at the voice cast, so you can check that out as well.
Mutant Mayhem looks like it’s gonna be great! Comes out in August and I can’t wait!
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I Like the Look of Elio
I went and saw Elemental this weekend and I liked it. The film is cute and it won me over in the end. I don’t think it’s a great film or anything that’s going to fix Pixar’s recent losing streak, but it was a fine watch. It was also as predictable as I feared it would be based on the trailers, and a lot of the logistics of its world really annoyed me.
Why do you have chain link fences? Because the animators put them in the movie, that’s why. Jeez.
Anyway, Pixar’s next film is Elio, which is a bad title for what looks like a fun film.
I think this looks neat. It’s not as predictable, I don’t think. Lotta weird and funny stuff could happen out in space to this kid. That “Uh, Earth” joke is stale as hell and has been done a bajillion times, but that’s fine. Surely that’s not going to be indicative of a bad script overall. This looks cute.
Also, what’s up with Pixar/Disney animated films and these one-word titles? There are so many interesting titles that could come from this wild, sci-fi alien premise, but they just go with the kid’s name? Heck, “Uh, Earth” would have been a better title.
Anyway, we can expect Elio in March, 2024.
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