1 00:00:00,930 --> 00:00:02,972 This is a DynaMic Network podcast. 2 00:00:24,846 --> 00:00:29,811 Welcome to the Dynamic Duel Podcast, a weekly show where we review superhero films and debate 3 00:00:29,851 --> 00:00:35,717 the superiority between Marvel and DC by comparing their characters in stat-based battle simulations. 4 00:00:36,178 --> 00:00:42,144 I'm Johnny DC. And I'm his twin brother, Marvelous Joe. And in this episode, we are doing a review 5 00:00:42,465 --> 00:00:49,002 of DC Studios' first ever project, the animated series Creature Commandos, written by James 6 00:00:49,062 --> 00:00:55,985 Gunn, the head of DC Studios. Was it a worthwhile start to the new DC universe? You'll find out 7 00:00:56,005 --> 00:01:00,386 later on in our review. Before that we're going to break down the comic book movie news from 8 00:01:00,426 --> 00:01:06,168 the past week, of which there was just one major news item, and that was the new official trailer 9 00:01:06,408 --> 00:01:11,850 for the Daredevil Born Again series for Disney+. Yeah, as always, we list our segment times 10 00:01:11,870 --> 00:01:15,312 in our episode description, so feel free to check out the show notes if you want to skip 11 00:01:15,332 --> 00:01:20,894 ahead to a particular topic. Guys, our artificially intelligent Duel simulator AJ9K has a quick 12 00:01:20,934 --> 00:01:26,856 message for our listeners, so listen up. Why, hello there. Do you want even more from this 13 00:01:26,896 --> 00:01:31,638 podcast? Then become a part of the Dynamic Duel community on Patreon, where you can choose 14 00:01:31,678 --> 00:01:36,760 from three tiers. The Dynamic Duo tier gives you access to our Discord chat server. The 15 00:01:36,780 --> 00:01:41,238 Fantastic Four tier gives you two bonus episodes each month. and the X-Force tier makes you 16 00:01:41,278 --> 00:01:46,640 an executive producer of this show. Lastly, the Diner Mike podcast network tier lets you 17 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:51,162 create your own podcast using this Monte Carlo simulator. Johnny and Joe will help you develop 18 00:01:51,182 --> 00:01:56,724 your show, provide graphic support and consultation and get you simulation results. Pitch the twins 19 00:01:56,744 --> 00:02:02,327 your ideas via email at dynamic Duel podcast at Gmail dot com. Check it out at Patreon dot 20 00:02:02,347 --> 00:02:08,689 com slash dynamic Duel. Pip pip cheerio. Thanks, AJ 9K, and thanks to everyone who supports 21 00:02:08,729 --> 00:02:15,010 the podcast. Real quick today, January 21st happens to be the birthday of both Joseph and 22 00:02:15,050 --> 00:02:20,234 myself. So I just want to say happy birthday Joseph. If I could get you any gift from DC, 23 00:02:20,334 --> 00:02:26,700 it would be a big belly burger. Cause it'll make you fat. If I could get you any gift from 24 00:02:26,740 --> 00:02:31,264 Marvel, it would be nothing because you wouldn't deserve it. Oh good. Just what I've always 25 00:02:31,304 --> 00:02:37,909 wanted. Nothing for Marvel. I'll take a big belly burger. Not gonna lie. Yeah you would. 26 00:02:38,370 --> 00:02:42,752 Guys be sure to tune in to the other shows in the DynaMic Podcast Network this week, including 27 00:02:42,792 --> 00:02:46,454 Max Destruction which pits your favorite action heroes from film and television against each 28 00:02:46,494 --> 00:02:53,218 other. This week, hosts Scotty and Gilly are reviewing the 1997 film Spawn. On the Senjoworld 29 00:02:53,258 --> 00:02:57,860 podcast, host Zachary Hepburn speculates on fights between fan favorite anime and manga 30 00:02:57,900 --> 00:03:02,543 characters. And on the Konsole Kombat podcast, hosts John and Dean simulate battles between 31 00:03:02,603 --> 00:03:06,885 popular video game characters. In yesterday's episode, they found out who would win between 32 00:03:07,150 --> 00:03:13,433 Krieg from Borderlands and Bane from Arkham Asylum. Visit dynamicpodcasts.com or click 33 00:03:13,453 --> 00:03:18,476 the link in our show notes to listen to all of the shows in the DynaMic Podcast Network. 34 00:03:18,996 --> 00:03:25,519 But with that out of the way, quick to the No Prize! A No Prize is an award Marvel used to 35 00:03:25,559 --> 00:03:31,123 give out to fans. Our version, the Dynamic Duel No Prize, is a digital award we post on Instagram 36 00:03:31,143 --> 00:03:37,630 for the person that we feel gave the best answer to our question of the week. What Marvel or 37 00:03:37,650 --> 00:03:43,893 DC theatrical film are you most looking forward to in 2025? You basically had four options. 38 00:03:44,374 --> 00:03:51,418 There's Captain America Brave New World, Thunderbolts, Superman, and Fantastic Four First Steps. We 39 00:03:51,458 --> 00:03:55,360 got three answers this week, so let's go ahead and break down the honorable mentions as well 40 00:03:55,440 --> 00:04:01,823 as the no prize winner. Our first honorable mention goes to Mike Williams, who said, I'm 41 00:04:01,903 --> 00:04:08,083 very interested to see the new Captain America movie. to see what role the Red Hulk's gonna 42 00:04:08,103 --> 00:04:14,707 play, and also how General Thunderbolt loss is connected with the Thunderbolt movie that 43 00:04:14,727 --> 00:04:20,830 will be coming out later this year. Anyway, as always, make mine Marvel. Take care. Yeah, 44 00:04:20,870 --> 00:04:25,473 Captain America Brave New World, I believe the tickets actually went on sale already. I'm 45 00:04:25,493 --> 00:04:29,835 really looking forward to that movie, mostly for the appearance of Red Hulk and the leader. 46 00:04:30,216 --> 00:04:35,395 I kind of feel like they maxed out the coolness factor of Sam Wilson in the Falcon and the 47 00:04:35,415 --> 00:04:38,957 Winter Soldier television series and all of his appearances from Captain America the Winter 48 00:04:38,997 --> 00:04:43,981 Soldier and Civil War. We've seen a lot of what he can do already. So I find myself more drawn 49 00:04:44,061 --> 00:04:48,884 toward the villains of Captain America Brave New World than the hero. That being said, I'm 50 00:04:48,924 --> 00:04:52,847 excited Sam's getting his own movie. Yeah, I'm pretty excited to see this as well, especially 51 00:04:52,967 --> 00:04:57,410 after the last trailer that we received. We still don't know too much about the story, 52 00:04:57,530 --> 00:05:02,074 I feel, but visually and action wise, it looks like the movie is going to be incredible. If 53 00:05:02,114 --> 00:05:06,615 it can capture the same spirit as Captain America the Winter Soldier, I think we're in for quite 54 00:05:06,655 --> 00:05:11,516 the treat in a few weeks. Great answer Mike! Our next honorable mention goes to... Miggy 55 00:05:11,536 --> 00:05:17,238 Mathingian who said... Hey what's up guys this is Miggy and like Lizzie said in the Discord 56 00:05:17,258 --> 00:05:20,959 server, there's only one right answer this week. It's Superman. It's going to be so good. It's 57 00:05:20,979 --> 00:05:26,421 going to be everything that you want in a Superman movie. Characterizes the hero really well. 58 00:05:27,161 --> 00:05:32,719 And it's the only movie you should be looking forward to. this year because Marvel sucks. 59 00:05:32,879 --> 00:05:38,702 It's dying. Just let it die. You know, like it's been dead. Why are you still trying to 60 00:05:38,722 --> 00:05:45,905 hang around? Stop it. That's right. Marvel is dead. Bury it. Consider this mercy. I think 61 00:05:45,965 --> 00:05:50,408 Deadpool and Wolverine would probably disagree there. I mean, the movie made over a billion 62 00:05:50,428 --> 00:05:55,471 dollars. Okay. Marvel's not dead. Marvel is thriving. The Captain America movie is gonna 63 00:05:55,491 --> 00:05:59,875 be awesome. And like, Mickey's over here talking about how the Superman movie is gonna be everything 64 00:05:59,895 --> 00:06:04,139 you want from a Superman movie. Like, he's seen the film. What if it doesn't have everything 65 00:06:04,159 --> 00:06:10,465 you want from a Superman movie? What if your expectations are too high, my friend? Not possible. 66 00:06:10,845 --> 00:06:15,269 Superman is gonna nail it out of the park. I cannot wait to see it. It's gonna be the next 67 00:06:15,309 --> 00:06:21,074 best Superman movie since Superman the movie and Man of Steel. Jonathan, do you remember 68 00:06:21,094 --> 00:06:27,297 everything you were saying about Batman vs Superman before that film came out? Hey, hey, the extended 69 00:06:27,357 --> 00:06:32,359 edition was everything I wanted. Do you remember everything you were saying about Joker 2 before 70 00:06:32,379 --> 00:06:38,983 that film came out? Too soon, man. Too soon. Great answer, Miggy. But the winner of this 71 00:06:39,023 --> 00:06:45,874 week's snow prize is Kat Stevenson, who said, Hi, guys, it's Kat Stevenson here. And the 72 00:06:45,914 --> 00:06:51,098 theatrical release that I am most excited for is Pedro Pascal. I mean, Fantastic Four First 73 00:06:51,138 --> 00:06:57,504 Steps. I'm so excited to see Pedro Pa- I mean, the Fantastic Four finally get a good rendition. 74 00:06:58,085 --> 00:07:04,430 Like with Pedro Pa- I mean, Mr. Fantastic, Galactus, Silver Surfer, the really cool rendition of 75 00:07:04,510 --> 00:07:10,115 Pedro Pa- I mean, the thing. Everything looks so good and I am so excited for Pedro Pa- I 76 00:07:10,155 --> 00:07:15,278 mean, the Fantastic Four to come to the MC- Sounds like someone's really excited about 77 00:07:15,298 --> 00:07:20,300 the casting of Pedro Pascal as Reed Richards, Mr. Fantastic in the Fantastic Four movie coming 78 00:07:20,420 --> 00:07:26,101 out this summer. I will be honest, and I think I've said it when he was cast and that was 79 00:07:26,141 --> 00:07:32,223 announced last year, I'm not thrilled about Pedro Pascal as Mr. Fantastic, but I do like 80 00:07:32,243 --> 00:07:36,524 him as an actor and I do think he could pull off the role. Yeah, the reason we mostly chose 81 00:07:36,604 --> 00:07:42,826 this as our no-prize win is because we've had good We've had good Superman movies, but I 82 00:07:42,846 --> 00:07:47,807 feel like we have yet to get a good Fantastic Four movie. Yeah, I'm really hoping that this 83 00:07:47,827 --> 00:07:53,049 will be the case. I'm really looking forward to seeing Galactus done correctly on the big 84 00:07:53,089 --> 00:07:57,970 screen. I think the scale of that character in theaters is just going to be mind-blowing. 85 00:07:58,050 --> 00:08:03,191 I hope it is. And I really like the rest of the cast as well. So here's hoping that the 86 00:08:03,251 --> 00:08:06,932 spirit of the Fantastic Four comics is truly represented on film. You know, they've had 87 00:08:07,373 --> 00:08:12,654 multiple goes at it from the 90s movie that didn't get released. The early 2000s franchise 88 00:08:12,814 --> 00:08:18,056 with Jessica Alba and of course, Fanta 4 Stick, which came out in the 20 teens. They gotta 89 00:08:18,076 --> 00:08:22,598 get it right this time. I think they will. Yeah, to go from one of the worst superhero movies 90 00:08:22,938 --> 00:08:26,900 to an actually good Fantastic Four movie would be the greatest comeback in the history of 91 00:08:26,960 --> 00:08:31,434 comic book franchises. Maybe, maybe. What I'm hoping is that... It turns a lot of people 92 00:08:31,514 --> 00:08:35,318 on to the Fantastic Four. Like, I don't think they have many fans, especially because their 93 00:08:35,358 --> 00:08:39,962 films have done so poorly. So I'm hoping that the characters become A-list names in households 94 00:08:40,022 --> 00:08:44,707 just like the Avengers have. That would be best case scenario. I guess we'll see. Great answer, 95 00:08:44,747 --> 00:08:48,610 Cat. You win this week's No Prize. If you're the listener, want a shot at winning your own 96 00:08:48,650 --> 00:08:52,974 No Prize, stay tuned to later on in this episode when we'll be asking another question of the 97 00:08:52,994 --> 00:08:56,057 week. And now that that's done, onto the news. 98 00:09:01,494 --> 00:09:06,137 This past week we got the official trailer for the upcoming Daredevil Born Again television 99 00:09:06,157 --> 00:09:12,221 series that's coming out on Disney Plus in just a few months on March 4th. And damn, this show 100 00:09:12,241 --> 00:09:16,323 looks good. Like I don't know what they had planned before the whole series retooling, 101 00:09:16,343 --> 00:09:22,508 but whatever they did really worked because this show looks not just like a great continuation 102 00:09:22,568 --> 00:09:27,810 of the Netflix series, it looks even more set. in the superhero world. That was my big takeaway 103 00:09:27,850 --> 00:09:33,213 from it because we got a lot of shots that really seem to immerse the character more in the comic 104 00:09:33,233 --> 00:09:37,495 book world of Marvel than he's ever been because we see things like you know multiple costumes 105 00:09:37,795 --> 00:09:42,817 that he's worn including homages to his gray battle suit and his yellow costume and things 106 00:09:42,857 --> 00:09:48,579 like that but we also got glimpses of other characters like Muse, White Tiger, The Punisher. 107 00:09:49,019 --> 00:09:54,690 It looks like a really exciting time. It's hard for me to fathom how they could follow up the 108 00:09:54,750 --> 00:09:59,933 masterpiece that was Daredevil season three. And I have to say, after seeing this trailer, 109 00:10:00,253 --> 00:10:05,737 this is the first hope I've had that they could actually do that. Yeah, I don't need Daredevil 110 00:10:05,757 --> 00:10:11,961 born again to surpass the quality of Netflix's Daredevil season three because in my mind that 111 00:10:12,001 --> 00:10:18,386 was almost perfection and it was the perfect cap on that run. That being said, I do think 112 00:10:18,426 --> 00:10:25,058 it'll come close. It may not be a perfect season, but I think it's highly unlikely drop the ball 113 00:10:25,098 --> 00:10:29,580 on this, you know, I think we're looking to get like penguin levels of good here, but with 114 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:36,382 actual superheroics and vigilante fighting. The action looks almost more brutal than what 115 00:10:36,402 --> 00:10:43,205 we got in Netflix. Yeah, I do have to say though, I feel bad for the villain of Muse, not because 116 00:10:43,585 --> 00:10:48,548 he's a good guy or anything, he's a piece of shit. But he just gets his ass kicked left 117 00:10:48,588 --> 00:10:53,109 and right nonstop in this trailer. There's at least like four different shots of Daredevil 118 00:10:53,129 --> 00:10:57,871 just beating the ever loving shit out of him. And I hope it doesn't quite go down like that 119 00:10:57,891 --> 00:11:02,954 in the actual show. I hope there's an actual good fight there to be had. Is Muse the guy 120 00:11:02,974 --> 00:11:08,656 who Murdoch slams the bottle on his eye and then like kicks in his knee cap? No, that's 121 00:11:08,696 --> 00:11:13,578 a different guy. Daredevil's kicking some ass in this trailer for sure. I wonder if Daredevil 122 00:11:13,778 --> 00:11:18,240 and Hector Alaya aka White Tiger are gonna fight in this show. That'll be pretty interesting. 123 00:11:18,700 --> 00:11:23,134 And I'm wondering how they're gonna bring back Frank Castle into the fold. as another vigilante 124 00:11:23,154 --> 00:11:27,697 warrior. I'm wondering how they're going to bring Bullseye into the fold, because I can't 125 00:11:27,717 --> 00:11:32,659 wait to see his return. Oh, man, Bullseye was so good in Daredevil season three. Yeah. It's 126 00:11:32,699 --> 00:11:37,862 just even if the show ends up not being good, all the elements are there for it to be incredible, 127 00:11:38,222 --> 00:11:43,645 especially this diner discussion between Matt Murdock and Wilson Fisk, who becomes the mayor 128 00:11:43,685 --> 00:11:48,588 of New York during the course of the season. It just seems so epic in the way that like 129 00:11:48,808 --> 00:11:53,543 Robert De Niro and Al Pacino spoke in Heat. or something like that, you know? These two 130 00:11:53,643 --> 00:11:58,746 iconic characters coming together and just their discussion. Yeah, they're speaking like they're 131 00:11:59,147 --> 00:12:03,930 old exes or something like that. But of course we know the nature of their past relationship 132 00:12:04,050 --> 00:12:08,533 and it's as brutal as it gets. Yeah, they're sworn mortal enemies, but they do seem to have 133 00:12:08,573 --> 00:12:13,096 some respect for each other as it appears here, which is always interesting. Well, it appears 134 00:12:13,136 --> 00:12:18,240 like each character has kind of moved on. Like, Wilson Fisk is moving out to be mayor and it 135 00:12:18,260 --> 00:12:21,790 sounds like Matt Murdock hasn't been Daredevil in a while. So it's going to be interesting 136 00:12:21,830 --> 00:12:26,194 to see how they make their return to superhero and super villain lives. Yeah, when Kingpin 137 00:12:26,434 --> 00:12:31,559 asks Matt Murdock why he stopped being Daredevil, Matt Murdock mentions that a line was crossed. 138 00:12:31,599 --> 00:12:36,283 And towards the end of the trailer, he mentions how he was raised to believe in grace, but 139 00:12:36,463 --> 00:12:40,606 he was also raised to believe in retribution. And I wonder if that's one of the key themes 140 00:12:40,887 --> 00:12:45,511 of this season, is him really struggling with crossing the line due to his rage and how that 141 00:12:45,571 --> 00:12:50,923 correlates with his Catholic faith, which has always been. big aspect of the character and 142 00:12:50,983 --> 00:12:55,107 one of the things that makes him truly unique. If you guys haven't caught up on Netflix startable 143 00:12:55,127 --> 00:12:59,971 seasons 1 through 3, I highly recommend you do so before this next season drops because 144 00:13:00,432 --> 00:13:04,596 there's a lot of history with these characters and it's such a damn good show it's well worth 145 00:13:04,616 --> 00:13:09,420 catching up on. Yeah, absolutely. But speaking of quality television shows, that brings us 146 00:13:09,440 --> 00:13:10,621 to our question of the week. 147 00:13:15,190 --> 00:13:21,711 What Marvel or DC television series are you most looking forward to in 2025? This is sort 148 00:13:21,731 --> 00:13:25,913 of a play on last week's question, but instead of theatrical releases, we want to know what 149 00:13:25,993 --> 00:13:30,454 series you're most looking forward to seeing at home. Yeah, for Marvel, they're really seeing 150 00:13:30,534 --> 00:13:36,436 Your Friendly Neighborhood, Spider-Man and then Daredevil Born Again and then Ironheart is 151 00:13:36,476 --> 00:13:42,677 coming out this year, as well as Eyes of Wakanda, Marvel Zombies and Wonder Man. There's not. 152 00:13:42,858 --> 00:13:48,580 Too much more going on for DC. Of course, we have Harley Quinn season five coming up. We 153 00:13:48,620 --> 00:13:54,002 might be getting new seasons for My Adventures with Superman, Batman Caped Crusader, and possibly 154 00:13:54,042 --> 00:13:59,585 Creature Commandos, but also a new series on Amazon titled Bat Family. Oh, is that the sequel 155 00:13:59,625 --> 00:14:04,867 to Merry Little Batman? Yes, yep, that's right. Oh, interesting, okay. Record your answer at 156 00:14:04,907 --> 00:14:09,068 dynamicduel.com by clicking on the red microphone button in the bottom right-hand corner of the 157 00:14:09,108 --> 00:14:13,351 screen, which will prompt you to leave us a voicemail. Your message can be up to 30 seconds 158 00:14:13,411 --> 00:14:17,816 long, and don't forget to leave your name in case we include you on the podcast. We'll pick 159 00:14:17,856 --> 00:14:22,562 our favorite answer and award that person a dynamic Duel no prize that we'll post to Instagram. 160 00:14:22,902 --> 00:14:26,005 Be sure to answer before January 25th. 161 00:14:33,250 --> 00:14:38,193 That does it for the news portion of this episode, so now let's go ahead and move on to our main 162 00:14:38,233 --> 00:14:45,477 event, where we review season one of the DC Studios animated series, Creature Commandos. 163 00:15:13,907 --> 00:15:13,987 The 164 00:15:28,790 --> 00:15:34,413 The story of Creature Commandos stems from the events of Gunn's The Suicide Squad and subsequent 165 00:15:34,453 --> 00:15:40,056 Peacemaker spin-off series, both of which we praised on this podcast in our reviews. This 166 00:15:40,076 --> 00:15:46,879 show, I'm mostly happy to say, is in keeping with James Gunn's signature crass comedy ensembles 167 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:52,382 with heartfelt characterizations, and I definitely recommend it to anyone who's a fan of Gunn's 168 00:15:52,443 --> 00:15:59,106 prior work, whether for DC or the MCU's Guardians of the Galaxy franchise. Creature Commandos 169 00:15:59,246 --> 00:16:04,987 is only seven half-hour episodes, a pretty quick watch, so make sure you do just that before 170 00:16:05,027 --> 00:16:10,569 listening any further to this spoiler review. Now, I said I was mostly happy to say that 171 00:16:10,609 --> 00:16:16,231 this show matched the crass comedy and emotional weight of James Gunn's past works because I 172 00:16:16,271 --> 00:16:21,232 liked those past works. I'm a fan of James Gunn. But there was also a part of me that hoped 173 00:16:21,292 --> 00:16:26,553 Gunn had matured to the point where he was able to deliver on the emotional aspects of a story. 174 00:16:26,934 --> 00:16:32,918 without resorting to mature humor. And in this first DC Studios project out of the gate, he 175 00:16:32,938 --> 00:16:39,122 delivers arguably his most mature story to date, one full of extreme violence and sexuality, 176 00:16:39,602 --> 00:16:45,266 which was somewhat discouraging. Now, I'm fairly confident James Gunn's Superman movie coming 177 00:16:45,306 --> 00:16:50,650 out this summer is not going to match the tone of Creature Commandos, but this show does present 178 00:16:50,810 --> 00:16:56,562 a barrier to those looking to faithfully experience DC's new cinematic universe. in the same way 179 00:16:56,662 --> 00:17:01,324 audiences were extremely faithful in seeing everything Marvel Studios released during the 180 00:17:01,364 --> 00:17:06,026 Infinity Saga storyline. Yeah, well, I mean, Creature Commandos was written, at least the 181 00:17:06,106 --> 00:17:12,268 specs were written by James Gunn prior to the existence of the DCU. He wrote them when HBO 182 00:17:12,288 --> 00:17:16,210 was looking for an animated series from him coming off the success of Peacemaker Season 183 00:17:16,410 --> 00:17:23,293 One. So the tone of Creature Commandos, I think, is more in line with James Gunn's whole vision 184 00:17:23,333 --> 00:17:29,476 for the Suicide Squad quadrant. of the DCU and not necessarily representative of what the 185 00:17:29,516 --> 00:17:35,379 tone is going to be for the DCU going forward. True, that very may well be the case. Now I 186 00:17:35,479 --> 00:17:41,143 often criticize Marvel films for their over-reliance on humor, and while I shouldn't be surprised 187 00:17:41,183 --> 00:17:46,806 that the guy who made the Guardians of the Galaxy films was going to bring that humor to DC Studios, 188 00:17:46,986 --> 00:17:53,370 in part probably because it obviously sells well given the MCU's financial success. I do 189 00:17:53,430 --> 00:18:00,394 tend to see DC characters and stories as being above that, like DC's Oscar worthy, whereas 190 00:18:00,494 --> 00:18:06,497 Marvel's made more for the MTV Movie Awards audience. So I never really wanted the DCU 191 00:18:06,537 --> 00:18:12,601 to be more like the MCU, and I'm slowly coming to terms with the fact that while Marvel is 192 00:18:12,641 --> 00:18:18,904 like the really popular sugary soda Coca-Cola, and while I want DC to be like a fine bourbon, 193 00:18:19,165 --> 00:18:25,028 not necessarily for everyone, DC actually ending up like Pepsi is not the worst thing in the 194 00:18:25,068 --> 00:18:29,551 world, because there are a lot of people out there of all ages that like Pepsi. I'm not 195 00:18:29,631 --> 00:18:34,775 one of them, but I can learn to like it, especially if these mature projects like Creature Commandos 196 00:18:35,135 --> 00:18:41,879 are relegated to niche animated fare. I like how you compare DC to Pepsi. I think the analogy 197 00:18:41,919 --> 00:18:47,543 works. You know, Marvel's red, DC's blue. DC has a circular logo. It just made sense branding 198 00:18:47,563 --> 00:18:52,634 wise in my head. Pepsi is also dog shit, so. Hey, fuck you, man. Don't make me defend Pepsi. 199 00:18:54,235 --> 00:18:59,998 Now because as a niche exploitation-esque project, Creature Commandos really hits the nail on 200 00:19:00,038 --> 00:19:05,842 the head. It feels very much like a successor, as I mentioned, to the Suicide Squad in regards 201 00:19:05,882 --> 00:19:10,964 to its mission-based narrative and real stakes in which any of your favorite characters could 202 00:19:11,004 --> 00:19:17,448 die. It feels like a passion project from James Gunn, who does a tremendous job conveying that 203 00:19:17,488 --> 00:19:23,896 behind every monster is a tragedy. In fact, each episode of the series is dedicated to 204 00:19:23,936 --> 00:19:29,199 showing us the past tragedy of an indiviDuel character on the Creature Commandos team that 205 00:19:29,219 --> 00:19:34,943 helps us recognize the humanity in the characters and view them as much more than just monsters. 206 00:19:35,244 --> 00:19:40,928 That was my big takeaway from the show was just the tragedy of the characters. You're talking 207 00:19:40,948 --> 00:19:44,750 about some of the most tragic characters to ever exist in comics. And really, you kind 208 00:19:44,770 --> 00:19:50,370 of need that humor because of some of the horrific, sad things that you see. happen on the screen. 209 00:19:50,410 --> 00:19:54,731 You need that balance. Otherwise, it would just be one heck of a depressing show. And in some 210 00:19:54,751 --> 00:20:00,492 ways it was, just due to how everything was presented. Like, I don't think I've seen as 211 00:20:00,553 --> 00:20:06,754 many instances of dead children in a superhero project. And it was actually surprising to 212 00:20:06,774 --> 00:20:10,255 me. And I don't know if that's just because I'm a dad now, but I was really affected by 213 00:20:10,295 --> 00:20:16,037 it. And that's not to say that the show was shocking for shocking sake, because, you know, 214 00:20:16,077 --> 00:20:19,534 if you look at the story of the Creature Commandos from the comic books, They went through some 215 00:20:19,594 --> 00:20:23,716 dark shit. Like there was that whole arc where they were commanded during World War II to 216 00:20:23,756 --> 00:20:28,399 kill that group of super soldier Nazi children. Right. And they ended up doing it. And you 217 00:20:28,419 --> 00:20:32,521 know, there was a lot of dysfunction in the team because of that. So all these tragic stories 218 00:20:32,541 --> 00:20:36,363 that you were referring to when you say that there's a tragedy behind every monster. And 219 00:20:36,444 --> 00:20:42,427 I agree, that's the biggest idea that this series sold. I agree. Their misfortunes result in 220 00:20:42,467 --> 00:20:48,875 a very cynical view of humanity and tone for the series. which is in contrast to what I'm 221 00:20:48,915 --> 00:20:55,241 hoping is a very hopeful tone for the upcoming flagship film for DC that is Superman. But 222 00:20:55,261 --> 00:21:01,507 for a project starring literal monsters, a cynical tone is appropriate, I feel, and shows some 223 00:21:01,567 --> 00:21:08,473 value in cynicism over, say, optimism, because cynicism tends to help people survive, giving 224 00:21:08,513 --> 00:21:14,462 these monsters the most human trait of all, and that is the instinct to survive. That's 225 00:21:14,482 --> 00:21:19,584 valid. I mean, like cynicism is one of my least favorite traits that anybody could have. But 226 00:21:19,904 --> 00:21:24,386 I guess it is a valuable trait when it comes to like soldiers out on the battlefield or 227 00:21:24,426 --> 00:21:28,348 on a mission or something like that. It's good to be cynical and skeptical of everything and 228 00:21:28,388 --> 00:21:32,910 everyone around you when your life is on the line. Otherwise, yeah, I hope more people are 229 00:21:32,930 --> 00:21:37,312 like Superman. Yeah, that's my hope for sure. But, you know, when the zombie apocalypse breaks 230 00:21:37,412 --> 00:21:42,694 out, I will be the most cynical person on the planet. Now the show revolves heavily around 231 00:21:42,754 --> 00:21:47,855 its cast of characters, but before we get into our character breakdown, I want to touch on 232 00:21:47,875 --> 00:21:53,557 the show's animation style, which I would actually describe as this combination of the tomorrow 233 00:21:53,577 --> 00:21:59,419 versus cleanliness and unique character designs with the quirkiness and charm of mature animated 234 00:21:59,459 --> 00:22:05,080 favorites like Eon Flux and just a hint of anime action. I wasn't actually looking forward to 235 00:22:05,140 --> 00:22:11,078 this style of animation in the trailers, but actually grew to love it. the action scenes, 236 00:22:11,298 --> 00:22:16,141 which were often coupled with some deep cut song choices that would make Quentin Tarantino 237 00:22:16,181 --> 00:22:22,365 proud. It also doesn't hurt that, with the exception of one character, the characters look like 238 00:22:22,405 --> 00:22:27,628 the actors who voice them, making it easier to believe the performances and just making 239 00:22:27,648 --> 00:22:32,631 me really excited to see them all in live action hopefully one day, maybe in Peacemaker Season 240 00:22:32,671 --> 00:22:38,146 2. Yeah, the animation was great. The violence level. was shocking. It was almost or maybe 241 00:22:38,186 --> 00:22:42,928 even surpassed the level of gore that we saw in the Hit Monkey series. Oh yeah, when you 242 00:22:42,948 --> 00:22:48,611 have like Dr. Phosphorus just like shoving his hand like slowly through people's faces melting 243 00:22:48,631 --> 00:22:54,853 it off. I'm like, good, good gosh. Yeah, I think it was more like invincible in that regard 244 00:22:54,893 --> 00:22:58,895 because, you know, the animation was a lot cleaner than it was in Hit Monkey. Hit Monkey was a 245 00:22:58,915 --> 00:23:03,977 little bit more stylized. Like there was like a lot of blood spray. Here there was less spray 246 00:23:04,017 --> 00:23:08,582 and it was more just like splatter. I guess, if you could discern the difference in my description. 247 00:23:09,082 --> 00:23:15,264 All I can say is I'm just glad I binged this show while I was not eating. Yeah. Moving on 248 00:23:15,304 --> 00:23:20,546 to the character breakdown, starting off with Rick Flagg Sr. He was voiced by Frank Gurlow 249 00:23:20,806 --> 00:23:26,827 of Crossbones fame in the MCU. I didn't recognize his voice to me, he just sounded like a really 250 00:23:26,867 --> 00:23:32,029 good voice actor. I had forgotten that Frank Gurlow voiced the character. He was good in 251 00:23:32,069 --> 00:23:36,990 the role and well cast as the father of Joel Kinnaman. I do have to say though that this 252 00:23:37,030 --> 00:23:43,053 character, more than any other character, looks the least like the actor who voiced them. Rick 253 00:23:43,073 --> 00:23:48,415 Flack Sr. actually looks more like James Gunn, with the white hair and beard, who we actually 254 00:23:48,495 --> 00:23:54,738 see in animated form in every opening credits of the show. I'm not sure why James Gunn decided 255 00:23:54,778 --> 00:24:00,280 to make Rick Flack Sr. look like him, considering he didn't in the show's promo art, like he 256 00:24:00,300 --> 00:24:05,770 had black hair, and Frank Urlow won't have white hair. in the Superman movie because we've seen 257 00:24:05,810 --> 00:24:11,673 behind the scenes photos of him on set as Rick Flack Sr. That is a strange call and it's a 258 00:24:11,693 --> 00:24:16,775 weird way to insert yourself, allegedly, in the story. I don't understand the justification 259 00:24:16,795 --> 00:24:21,477 for it at all. I just kind of miss Joel Kinnaman's character. I wish he wouldn't have died in 260 00:24:21,617 --> 00:24:26,959 the Suicide Squad. Dude, we're all still heartbroken about that. Even the guy who killed him, Peacemaker, 261 00:24:26,999 --> 00:24:31,321 was heartbroken about that. Yeah, I guess that was a big part of Peacemaker's arc in his show. 262 00:24:31,921 --> 00:24:37,725 Speaking of arc. Rick Flagg Sr. begins the series dealing with the loss of his son, Rick Flagg 263 00:24:37,765 --> 00:24:44,029 Jr., who died in the 2021 film, The Suicide Squad. Princess Ilana Rostovic took advantage 264 00:24:44,049 --> 00:24:49,553 of his sorrow in an attempt to manipulate him into killing Cersei, the clairvoyant, the muscarine 265 00:24:49,593 --> 00:24:55,777 sorceress who foresaw Princess Rostovic destroying the world. When the Amazonian expert Dr. MacPherson 266 00:24:55,917 --> 00:25:01,421 vouched for the captured Cersei's credibility, Flagg teamed up with Eric Frankenstein to spy 267 00:25:01,461 --> 00:25:05,856 on Dr. MacPherson. only to learn that she had been killed and replaced by the shapeshifter 268 00:25:05,896 --> 00:25:12,402 Clayface. After being put into a coma by Clayface, Flag awoke briefly to warn Amanda Waller that 269 00:25:12,442 --> 00:25:18,968 she was wrong to send Task Force M back to Pakolistan to kill Princess Rostovic, unaware that the 270 00:25:18,988 --> 00:25:25,894 princess had been working with Clayface to discredit Dr. MacPherson. Flag was wrong, however, too 271 00:25:25,974 --> 00:25:31,274 optimistic and gullible as compared to the cynical monsters he was trying to lead. whose disdain 272 00:25:31,294 --> 00:25:36,416 for the world and humankind actually helped them see through the princess's manipulations. 273 00:25:36,576 --> 00:25:40,298 Yeah, it's hard to speak about Rick Flag as a character because while I wouldn't call him 274 00:25:40,618 --> 00:25:45,400 one dimensional or anything like that, he was also probably the least interesting in a group 275 00:25:45,580 --> 00:25:50,122 of literal freaks and monsters, you know? Oh, totally. I actually thought Rick Flag Sr. was 276 00:25:50,142 --> 00:25:55,225 going to be the main character of the series, but I was totally wrong. He was knocked out 277 00:25:55,245 --> 00:26:00,203 of the series like halfway through. basically, and was involved in the climax or anything 278 00:26:00,243 --> 00:26:06,807 like that. Right. And he ended up getting manipulated as well. Right. His whole arc is just him being 279 00:26:06,987 --> 00:26:13,731 wrong, essentially, like I mentioned. So moving on to the bride, she was voiced by Indira Varma, 280 00:26:14,031 --> 00:26:19,654 who is a fantastic voice actress. It was just a fantastic character as well. I cannot wait 281 00:26:19,694 --> 00:26:25,437 for more of her character in the announced upcoming season for Creature Commandos. She was the 282 00:26:25,477 --> 00:26:29,379 most interesting character. Yeah, she kind of had a chip on her shoulder, but you get into 283 00:26:29,419 --> 00:26:33,303 her backstory and it's really easy to see why, considering, you know, the people that she 284 00:26:33,363 --> 00:26:38,767 loved were killed by the people that she hates. And so she just really had this bitter attitude 285 00:26:38,787 --> 00:26:43,631 toward everything. But I like the way they portrayed her as this badass. It's not often that you 286 00:26:43,671 --> 00:26:48,555 get female characters who are this cynical. I can't even really think of any off the top 287 00:26:48,575 --> 00:26:52,558 of my head because, like, you think of characters like Black Widow and stuff like that. At least 288 00:26:52,598 --> 00:26:55,981 in the comics, they're closer to this version of the character. But this version was so much 289 00:26:56,021 --> 00:27:00,765 more violent. than most other femme fatales that you get. Yeah, she's like a super soldier 290 00:27:01,065 --> 00:27:06,349 black widow. Yeah. Now the bride was created by Dr. Victor Frankenstein as a mate for his 291 00:27:06,429 --> 00:27:13,095 monstrous creation, Eric Frankenstein. Eric didn't ask to be created and didn't wanna live 292 00:27:13,355 --> 00:27:20,320 unloved. So Victor created the bride for him, though Eric was too impatient and uncouth for 293 00:27:20,360 --> 00:27:25,885 her to bond with him. Victor cared more for her, which turned into a romance between him 294 00:27:25,925 --> 00:27:32,115 and the bride, causing Eric to kill his creator in jealousy. The bride, enraged by what Eric 295 00:27:32,155 --> 00:27:38,117 had done, fought him and fled, beginning a pattern that would last centuries as Eric continued 296 00:27:38,137 --> 00:27:43,858 to stalk her across the planet. Life is a burden for the bride and it's hardened her, but her 297 00:27:43,898 --> 00:27:48,980 experience makes her the perfect leader for a team of monsters, as recognized by Amanda 298 00:27:49,020 --> 00:27:50,940 Waller when she replaced Rick Flagg 299 00:27:55,786 --> 00:27:59,447 Yeah, that was one of the best quotes, I think, in the show where Amanda Waller was like, we 300 00:27:59,467 --> 00:28:03,168 need someone who's less of a whiny bitch and someone who's more just a bitch. It was so 301 00:28:03,188 --> 00:28:10,610 good. Now, in the end, it's the bride alone who recognizes that Princess Rostovic was exactly 302 00:28:10,650 --> 00:28:15,631 the entitled narcissistic person that Cersei claimed she was, though she killed the princess 303 00:28:15,751 --> 00:28:21,593 not because of what she would do, but because she killed Nina Mazursky, the one person the 304 00:28:21,613 --> 00:28:27,140 bride had grown to care for. I thought that was a fantastic story choice. The fact that 305 00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:32,163 the bride was like, you know what, you're planning on doing all of this horrible shit to humanity. 306 00:28:32,684 --> 00:28:37,587 I don't care at all about humanity. I'm just going to kill you because you killed my friend. 307 00:28:38,228 --> 00:28:41,910 It was a fantastic ending and a great moment for the character. I think the one thing missing 308 00:28:41,930 --> 00:28:45,593 from the character of the bride was that she didn't have four arms like she does in the 309 00:28:45,633 --> 00:28:49,736 comics. I wish they would have done that in the series. Sometimes she has six arms in the 310 00:28:49,776 --> 00:28:55,483 comics. Hopefully they'll do that in subsequent seasons. Moving on to Eric Frankenstein, he 311 00:28:55,503 --> 00:29:01,446 was voiced by David Harbour. This was the casting that I was most excited about when it was announced, 312 00:29:02,047 --> 00:29:07,310 and I actually like him a lot more in this role than the Red Guardian role for Marvel. He's 313 00:29:07,350 --> 00:29:13,033 fantastic, although I don't love what they did with the actual character. Yeah, we pit Frankenstein 314 00:29:13,073 --> 00:29:17,655 against Elsa Bloodstone in a Duel episode, and the backstory of the character was actually 315 00:29:17,875 --> 00:29:22,986 pretty interesting, but the way he's characterized in this show... they completely changed him 316 00:29:23,226 --> 00:29:29,449 and he was despicable. He was the worst fucking character. I hated the guy. Yeah, in the comics, 317 00:29:29,489 --> 00:29:35,852 Frankenstein is this wise and noble figure, but in the show, despite his somewhat likable 318 00:29:35,892 --> 00:29:41,114 buffoonery, he's cast very much like a violent stalker, essentially a villain in the series, 319 00:29:41,134 --> 00:29:47,057 making him pretty uncomfortable to watch. But also, it's somewhat in keeping with the literary 320 00:29:47,097 --> 00:29:52,838 character of Frankenstein's monster. who resents life and demands affection. Mary Shelley's 321 00:29:52,878 --> 00:29:58,080 Frankenstein is probably my favorite story ever. So I'm really curious to see where they take 322 00:29:58,180 --> 00:30:03,321 the Eric Frankenstein character and see how he grows. Hopefully he does. Do you think they're 323 00:30:03,341 --> 00:30:06,622 gonna try to redeem him? Or do you think they're gonna double down and make him even more of 324 00:30:06,642 --> 00:30:12,024 an asshole? I don't know. I hope they don't make it so that the bride falls in love with 325 00:30:12,064 --> 00:30:19,486 him. I hope Eric actually finds a new love and the bride finds a new love Because they never 326 00:30:19,526 --> 00:30:24,210 did that in the book. In fact, the character of the bride kills herself rather than be with 327 00:30:24,250 --> 00:30:29,515 Frankenstein's monster. Is he called Eric in the books as well? No, no. I wonder why they 328 00:30:29,535 --> 00:30:33,159 call him Eric in this show. I don't know. I think it was just to give him a name. Movie 329 00:30:33,179 --> 00:30:39,004 gone to Nina Mazursky. She was voiced by Zoe Chow, who I'm not too familiar with. She's 330 00:30:39,044 --> 00:30:44,329 been in a number of minor roles in various projects. I did think she did a fantastic job voicing 331 00:30:44,509 --> 00:30:49,131 the role. You know, like Frankenstein, Nina Masursky was fairly different in this show 332 00:30:49,151 --> 00:30:54,313 than she was in the comics. Here she's pretty naive when in the comics she was a scientific 333 00:30:54,353 --> 00:30:59,235 genius who actually helped create the Creature Commandos. In recent comics, at least. Her 334 00:30:59,255 --> 00:31:04,498 father created the team in its earliest incarnation. So that part, they got somewhat right in that 335 00:31:04,558 --> 00:31:09,840 Dr. Masursky transformed his daughter out of care and necessity for her survival. James 336 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:15,198 Gunn has a habit of killing off innocents in his works. So I shouldn't have been surprised 337 00:31:15,258 --> 00:31:20,262 that Nina did not survive to the end, but her death had a large impact on the bride, and 338 00:31:20,322 --> 00:31:25,686 I think it's one that will continue into future seasons. In a way, it's kind of bittersweet 339 00:31:25,746 --> 00:31:31,069 that Nina died still innocent, still having never killed someone and becoming the same 340 00:31:31,089 --> 00:31:35,773 kind of monster that the others were. I was angry when she died. I was pissed because I 341 00:31:35,813 --> 00:31:41,383 liked her as a character. And I was wondering like why they even included her on a team of 342 00:31:41,423 --> 00:31:45,584 killers to begin with if they probably knew by her psychological profile that she was not 343 00:31:45,604 --> 00:31:50,685 a killer. Yeah, her role on the team was not incredibly practical, you know, up until the 344 00:31:50,825 --> 00:31:55,607 end when she was tasked with killing the princess in the water. But for majority of the season, 345 00:31:55,647 --> 00:32:00,528 Nina simply just wanted a friend, whether that was GIA Robot or the bride. I think she was 346 00:32:00,548 --> 00:32:05,689 kind of there for moral support and to bring some small degree of optimism to the team. 347 00:32:06,730 --> 00:32:12,073 Moving on to GI Robot, he was voiced by Sean Gunn, who is James Gunn's brother, and who 348 00:32:12,093 --> 00:32:16,897 is a much better actor than I think people give him credit for, particularly when it comes 349 00:32:16,917 --> 00:32:21,780 to physicality. Now, of course, in an animated series, you don't really get to see that, but 350 00:32:21,840 --> 00:32:27,464 even vocally, the fact that he voiced multiple characters on the show and it wasn't terribly 351 00:32:27,564 --> 00:32:33,408 easy to hear that just lets us see his range as an actor. Oh yeah, you compare his Kraglin 352 00:32:33,428 --> 00:32:38,920 voice to his GI Robot voice. It's night and day. I thought he was a fantastic GI robot. 353 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:45,005 And even his weasel noises, that was like pretty good. Now, GI robot comes across as the most 354 00:32:45,285 --> 00:32:51,209 one note character of the team. He simply wants to kill Nazis. But beneath that was also a 355 00:32:51,249 --> 00:32:58,135 yearning for camaraderie. He wanted to kill Nazis, but as part of a team. Literally nothing 356 00:32:58,295 --> 00:33:02,878 brought him more joy. And it was kind of sad to see him destroyed. as he's finally getting 357 00:33:03,098 --> 00:33:07,401 to live out his life's purpose after all these years. But it was also cool to see him at the 358 00:33:07,461 --> 00:33:11,903 end with his upgrades. Yeah, in the books he's called Jake, if I remember correctly, and he 359 00:33:11,964 --> 00:33:15,706 does get upgrades in the comics. I don't know if he quite looks like the tank that he is 360 00:33:15,746 --> 00:33:19,948 at the end of the show though. No, no, he doesn't. But yeah, there were actually two different 361 00:33:19,968 --> 00:33:25,171 versions of Jake. I'm guessing this is the number two version because he wore a number two on 362 00:33:25,231 --> 00:33:30,802 his helmet. He cracked me up though. I really love the scene where He's standing guard, you 363 00:33:30,822 --> 00:33:34,084 know, watching over the princess outside of her door. And all he can talk about is just 364 00:33:34,104 --> 00:33:38,987 like, I killed 33 Nazis. And he just keeps going on and on about that stuff. But like the look 365 00:33:39,027 --> 00:33:43,529 on his face, it almost looks like he's always smiling. Right. Yeah. So there's just something 366 00:33:43,589 --> 00:33:48,412 really endearing and quirky about the character that I just loved. Yeah, he was great. Now, 367 00:33:48,452 --> 00:33:53,254 of course, Sean Gunn's other performance was as Weasel, a role he played in the Suicide 368 00:33:53,274 --> 00:33:58,257 Squad film. I was really glad to learn that Weasel was not responsible for killing a whole 369 00:33:58,277 --> 00:34:03,188 bunch of children. as we learned in that movie. It turns out he didn't kill the kids, he simply 370 00:34:03,248 --> 00:34:08,832 tried to save them from a fire, but was mistaken as a monster attacking them. All the Weasel 371 00:34:08,872 --> 00:34:14,676 wants is to play, and he's instinctually very loyal to anyone who's kind enough to bond with 372 00:34:14,716 --> 00:34:21,561 him over a game of fetch, including the Princess. It's fairly tragic that because he's not intelligent 373 00:34:21,621 --> 00:34:28,005 enough to follow orders, if he hadn't intervened the Princess's assassination, Nina Mazursky 374 00:34:28,025 --> 00:34:32,460 would have lived. Yeah, that is tragic. But by the end of the series, weasel became my 375 00:34:32,500 --> 00:34:37,244 favorite character. Like I didn't really care for weasel in the suicide squad movie. But 376 00:34:37,324 --> 00:34:41,568 here, you know, he just kind of reminds me of my dog. You know, he just totally constantly 377 00:34:41,688 --> 00:34:45,731 always wanting to play. Even when like you thought he was going to throw down with a pack of wolves 378 00:34:45,851 --> 00:34:49,594 and he picks up the stick and plays fetch and just spends the whole night playing with them. 379 00:34:50,135 --> 00:34:54,258 And then like his sole motivation to go to the castle was to play with the princess again, 380 00:34:54,438 --> 00:34:59,330 because she played fetch with him. It was just so endearing, so endearing. Yeah, absolutely. 381 00:34:59,410 --> 00:35:04,292 And still, even though he was responsible for Nina's death, the character is still extremely 382 00:35:04,352 --> 00:35:10,315 innocent and endearing because of that. Moving on to Dr. Phosphorus, he was voiced by Alan 383 00:35:10,355 --> 00:35:17,738 Tudyk, who is an absolute master of the craft of acting, both on screen and in his voiceover 384 00:35:17,778 --> 00:35:24,861 work. He's done a ton of voice roles for Disney, but he's also done quite a bit for DC, such 385 00:35:24,921 --> 00:35:28,974 as being Mr. Nobody. in the Doom Patrol and he was fantastic in that role and I'm glad 386 00:35:28,994 --> 00:35:34,156 he's sticking around in the new DCU. Well, he's also in Harley Quinn. That's right, yeah, he 387 00:35:34,176 --> 00:35:39,517 voices Clayface and the Joker in that show. Now before he was Dr. Phosphorus, the character 388 00:35:39,557 --> 00:35:45,739 was Dr. Alex Sartorius, whose family was killed by the Gotham City mobster Rupert Thorne after 389 00:35:45,799 --> 00:35:52,220 Dr. Sartorius forged data on a cancer-curing experiment that Thorne had funded. After being 390 00:35:52,261 --> 00:35:57,614 transformed into a radioactive skeleton and avenging his family, Dr. Sartorius, now known 391 00:35:57,714 --> 00:36:03,478 as Dr. Phosphorus, slid deeper and deeper into the pit of villainy and power until he was 392 00:36:03,538 --> 00:36:08,821 captured by Batman. He's the rebel of the group, and with his skeletal appearance, it was hard 393 00:36:08,841 --> 00:36:13,903 to see him as anything other than a violent monster until you learn his backstory and realize 394 00:36:13,944 --> 00:36:19,887 he, like any other man would, misses his family. The scene of him talking with the little girl, 395 00:36:20,207 --> 00:36:25,126 saying he can't have her telling others that she saw him, was kind of frightening. only 396 00:36:25,146 --> 00:36:29,788 for him to then be playing with her outside in the next scene, which was definitely a subversion 397 00:36:29,828 --> 00:36:35,950 of expectations. I think the most shocking scene of the whole show was seeing him as a scientist 398 00:36:36,130 --> 00:36:41,752 being laughed at while being forced to run his fingerprints over the bodies of his dead wife 399 00:36:41,792 --> 00:36:48,675 and child. Oh, man, I've never seen anything like that before. It was unbelievably heartbreaking 400 00:36:48,855 --> 00:36:52,757 for sure. It's disturbing. And I think that like disturbance kind of sticks with you for 401 00:36:52,777 --> 00:36:57,727 that whole episode. which makes Dr. Phosphorus' interaction with the little girl so full of 402 00:36:57,787 --> 00:37:01,268 tension, you know. But it was a nice moment because it showed that he just really wanted 403 00:37:01,288 --> 00:37:05,930 to be a father again. Right, exactly. Moving on to the final character in the character 404 00:37:05,950 --> 00:37:11,573 breakdown, Princess Ilana Rustovic. She was voiced by Maria Bakalova, who played Borat's 405 00:37:11,593 --> 00:37:17,475 daughter in Borat 2, and voiced Cosmo the Space Dog in Guardians of the Galaxy 3. She did a 406 00:37:17,515 --> 00:37:22,477 fantastic job with this role. You know, the Princess begins the series as this manipulative 407 00:37:22,577 --> 00:37:28,071 minx. who we later learn could potentially lead the destruction of the world. The overarching 408 00:37:28,191 --> 00:37:33,892 mystery of the show is whether or not this woman is trustworthy. She's the primary antagonist 409 00:37:34,092 --> 00:37:39,154 of the series, though we don't realize she's an actual villain until the final minutes of 410 00:37:39,194 --> 00:37:43,615 the season's final episode, where we learn, in the Brideswords, that the Princess was a 411 00:37:43,655 --> 00:37:49,137 power-mad, sadistic, narcissistic Disney princess who wants to destroy the world. And that changes 412 00:37:49,557 --> 00:37:55,022 a lot of how you see the character in retrospect. and that we knew she was manipulative since 413 00:37:55,062 --> 00:38:00,264 the beginning, but we didn't realize how malevolent those manipulations were and for what sick 414 00:38:00,344 --> 00:38:05,786 purpose. Yeah, I guess the stakes were that she was in possession of some kind of devastating 415 00:38:06,106 --> 00:38:11,067 armor weapon that would be used to kill all the heroes in the world. Was she supposed to 416 00:38:11,087 --> 00:38:16,389 be some kind of analog to the Amethyst character from DC Comics? I wonder, because her knights 417 00:38:16,409 --> 00:38:21,502 were called Amethyst Knights. I was wondering that. I'm not entirely sure because the princess 418 00:38:21,542 --> 00:38:26,284 is an original character, but given the way everything looked and the way she looked also, 419 00:38:26,825 --> 00:38:31,346 I would not be surprised if that was the case. That said, they probably did not want to go 420 00:38:31,366 --> 00:38:36,348 with Amethyst because Amethyst is a teenage hero in the comics. I do wish they would have 421 00:38:36,368 --> 00:38:42,411 given a little bit more clarity into her true nature, like at least shown us this suit of 422 00:38:42,471 --> 00:38:47,393 armor in storage or something like that. Or at least explain why she wants to take over 423 00:38:47,413 --> 00:38:52,292 the world. Is it because... She just wants to rule everything because I don't love that as 424 00:38:52,312 --> 00:38:57,917 a motivation. Yeah, it's a pretty weak and vague motivation as things go. And I guess that would 425 00:38:57,957 --> 00:39:03,281 be the biggest downfall of the season as a whole. I agree. It kind of had a villain problem in 426 00:39:03,321 --> 00:39:07,184 that she's the antagonist. She's the person they're going up against, but we don't know 427 00:39:07,405 --> 00:39:12,109 really anything about the villain, like their motivation, which tends to signal a weak project. 428 00:39:12,509 --> 00:39:18,746 That said, I think the main focus of this series was the creature commandos and not her. Yeah, 429 00:39:18,786 --> 00:39:22,727 the whole show was more character driven than plot driven. I actually found myself a little 430 00:39:22,787 --> 00:39:28,370 impatient with the show after the first three episodes because plot wise, there's not a whole 431 00:39:28,490 --> 00:39:33,472 lot there. They basically go to Polokistan and defeat Cersei, and it's hard to tell where 432 00:39:33,512 --> 00:39:38,634 this story is going until episode four. But basically, through the first three episodes, 433 00:39:38,794 --> 00:39:44,017 the interesting stuff comes from the character explorations. Absolutely. Yeah, if you strip 434 00:39:44,117 --> 00:39:49,613 all of the flashbacks in this series. The story is very, very simple and actually not that 435 00:39:49,633 --> 00:39:54,986 great. It's the flashbacks that make this series. But speaking of the series, let's move on to 436 00:39:55,027 --> 00:39:56,029 our story highlights. 437 00:40:03,182 --> 00:40:08,846 Where fantasies collide and heroes clash, one podcast network rises above the rest. Prepare 438 00:40:08,866 --> 00:40:14,591 yourself for the ultimate showdowns in comic books, video games, movies, and anime. The 439 00:40:14,651 --> 00:40:20,416 Dynomic Podcast Network presents Konsole Kombat, where video game legends brawl every Monday. 440 00:40:20,956 --> 00:40:27,442 Dynamic Duel, where comic- Titans smash every Tuesday, Max Destruction, where TV and action 441 00:40:27,462 --> 00:40:33,448 heroes battle every Wednesday, and Sendro World, where anime champions clash every Thursday. 442 00:40:33,969 --> 00:40:38,974 Join us as we speculate on the matches and, armed with the power of mathematical simulations, 443 00:40:39,214 --> 00:40:46,121 discover who will emerge victorious. Visit dynamicpodcast.com where we settle the debate and settle the score. 444 00:40:50,503 --> 00:40:55,648 Episode 1 was titled The Collie Wobbles. When the nation of Pakolistan goes under attack 445 00:40:55,668 --> 00:41:01,013 by the sorceress Cersei and her army, the Sons of Themyscira, Amanda Waller assembles a team 446 00:41:01,073 --> 00:41:07,619 of non-human prison inmates known as Task Force M, or the Creature Commandos, to protect the 447 00:41:07,659 --> 00:41:13,905 nation's Princess Ilana Rostovic, who has promised petroleum deposits in her country to the US. 448 00:41:14,502 --> 00:41:19,764 Led by Rick Flag, the team arrives in Pakolistan and meets with Princess Ilana Rostovic, who 449 00:41:19,804 --> 00:41:25,666 manages to charm Rick Flag into a sexual relationship. While Dr. Phosphorus attempts to steal Flag's 450 00:41:25,726 --> 00:41:32,649 remote that triggers a painful shock in the team in order to keep them in line, resulting 451 00:41:32,689 --> 00:41:37,611 in a skirmish between the two, the bride and Nina sneak off to Frankenstein's castle, where 452 00:41:37,631 --> 00:41:38,892 the bride was created. 453 00:41:43,594 --> 00:41:49,517 watching the castle that the bride has returned. I actually like how this series follows Peacemaker 454 00:41:49,557 --> 00:41:55,140 season one, at the end of which Amanda Waller's Task Force X is outed to the public and to 455 00:41:55,160 --> 00:42:01,324 the government. And so they strip her of her ability to form government teams using human 456 00:42:01,404 --> 00:42:08,128 inmates. So then she resorts to using non-human inmates or monsters for her missions. Yeah, 457 00:42:08,148 --> 00:42:12,090 it's a pretty good loophole and very in keeping with the character of Amanda Waller. Episode 458 00:42:12,130 --> 00:42:18,214 2 was titled The Tourmaline Necklace. In flashbacks, we learn about the tragic origins of the bride, 459 00:42:18,514 --> 00:42:24,398 reluctantly created by Dr. Victor Frankenstein from the bodies of cadavers as a mate for Erik. 460 00:42:24,838 --> 00:42:30,521 Her education from Victor leads to a romantic attraction culminating in Victor's death at 461 00:42:30,541 --> 00:42:35,665 the hands of the jealous Erik Frankenstein, who continues to pursue the bride across time 462 00:42:36,145 --> 00:42:41,140 and the planet. In the present, the bride and Nina locate a necklace that Victor once gave 463 00:42:41,180 --> 00:42:46,563 to the bride before the two are ambushed by Cersei, whose sons of Themyscira noticed the 464 00:42:46,603 --> 00:42:51,926 bride and Nina entering the castle, resulting in a brutal fight that leaves the bride and 465 00:42:52,026 --> 00:42:57,309 Nina defeated. This episode really makes you feel for the bride, who again came off as pretty 466 00:42:57,389 --> 00:43:03,233 sand-offish in the first episode, but here you learn why that's the case, and it's a really 467 00:43:03,313 --> 00:43:06,738 interesting backstory. Yeah, it was hard to know where the story was going. The fact that 468 00:43:06,758 --> 00:43:11,701 she went after a necklace really served to speak to her sentimental nature, I think, and that 469 00:43:11,741 --> 00:43:17,724 she truly loved Dr. Victor Frankenstein. And I'm wondering if she'll love anybody else the 470 00:43:17,764 --> 00:43:22,586 way she loved him. And it was almost like she lost the love of her life. Got to say, though, 471 00:43:22,666 --> 00:43:29,389 it's pretty gross for Victor Frankenstein to bone this reanimated cadaver chick. Necrophilia? 472 00:43:29,954 --> 00:43:34,576 Yeah, yeah, very gross. It's a little weird. Yeah. Episode three was titled Cheers to the 473 00:43:34,616 --> 00:43:40,279 Tin Man. In flashbacks to G.I. Robot's history is explored from his time as an effective soldier 474 00:43:40,339 --> 00:43:45,882 for the U.S. military during World War Two to when he was reawakened by a military arms collector 475 00:43:46,262 --> 00:43:51,605 after decades of being decommissioned. After killing a group of neo-Nazis, G.I. Robot was 476 00:43:51,625 --> 00:43:56,968 imprisoned and later drafted into Task Force M. When the team arrives at Victor's castle 477 00:43:56,988 --> 00:44:02,424 to rescue Nina and the bride, They realized the two were kept alive to distract them from 478 00:44:02,524 --> 00:44:08,910 Cersei's forces attacking Castle Rostovic and the Princess. Flag and the team return to Rostovic's 479 00:44:08,930 --> 00:44:14,694 castle, now under siege, and during a chaotic battle, G.I. Robot is destroyed after saving 480 00:44:14,735 --> 00:44:20,359 the team. Cersei is eventually defeated, but not before she exclaims that Task Force M has 481 00:44:20,439 --> 00:44:26,004 doomed the world. I really liked G.I. Robot's backstory, everything from World War II to 482 00:44:26,344 --> 00:44:31,119 seeing Dr. William Magnus converse with the character and give him upgrades and stuff like 483 00:44:31,139 --> 00:44:35,541 that. The upgrade of him like being able to detach his torso from his legs and just like 484 00:44:35,601 --> 00:44:40,243 levitate so he could spin around that way was pretty cool, even though it didn't really last 485 00:44:40,283 --> 00:44:46,165 very long. What did you think of the characterization of Dr. William Magnus? Because at some points 486 00:44:46,205 --> 00:44:50,427 it seemed a little bit sinister. I wasn't sure how I felt about that. I didn't mind that. 487 00:44:50,567 --> 00:44:55,589 I know there's been some flirtation with Dr. William Magnus being a villain in the comics. 488 00:44:55,970 --> 00:45:00,711 So I think it was in keeping with that. I'm sure they'll do further exploration with the 489 00:45:00,731 --> 00:45:05,832 character. Because I think he was planted in here to establish further DC Studio projects, 490 00:45:05,972 --> 00:45:09,873 like the Metal Men, eventually at some point. Because I don't really see any other reason 491 00:45:09,893 --> 00:45:14,355 why he was included here. He, of course, was voiced by Alan Tudyk. So maybe we'll actually 492 00:45:14,375 --> 00:45:19,376 get to see Alan Tudyk play that role in live action. I was actually shocked when G.I. Robot 493 00:45:19,496 --> 00:45:24,357 died because he was so endearing as a character that you expected him to last throughout the 494 00:45:24,377 --> 00:45:28,751 entire series. I'm really glad that they brought him back, but I do have to commend the show 495 00:45:28,871 --> 00:45:32,612 for delivering on the stakes that they set up. Yeah, I didn't think he was going to die either. 496 00:45:32,793 --> 00:45:38,715 It was when he did that I realized, oh shit, like, is no one safe? Is this like the Suicide 497 00:45:38,755 --> 00:45:43,357 Squad? I hadn't really made that connection earlier for some reason that, hey, these characters 498 00:45:43,417 --> 00:45:49,480 can actually die in this adventure. Episode 4 was titled Chasing Squirrels. In flashbacks, 499 00:45:49,600 --> 00:45:54,990 Weasel befriends a group of schoolchildren only to be confused for their attacker. When a fire 500 00:45:55,030 --> 00:46:00,253 breaks out, authorities prioritize apprehending Gweasel over rescuing the children. In the 501 00:46:00,293 --> 00:46:05,957 present, the team returns to Belle Reve where Cersei is interrogated and shows Waller a vision 502 00:46:06,277 --> 00:46:11,861 of an apocalyptic future caused by Princess Rostakov's rise to power. Though Flag insists 503 00:46:11,941 --> 00:46:17,184 on the princess's innocence after the assurance from leading Amazonian researcher Dr. Isla 504 00:46:17,224 --> 00:46:23,191 MacPherson on Cersei's credibility, Waller assigns the bride to lead the team in Flagg's place 505 00:46:23,491 --> 00:46:29,655 on a mission to assassinate the princess. While the team heads back to Pakolistan, Erik Frankenstein 506 00:46:29,815 --> 00:46:34,598 ambushes Flagg at his home with the assumption that he and the bride were in a relationship. 507 00:46:34,938 --> 00:46:40,381 Clearing up the misunderstanding, Erik and Flagg agree to join forces to stop the princess's 508 00:46:40,481 --> 00:46:45,404 assassination. It was at this point in the series when you really begin to understand the deranged 509 00:46:45,524 --> 00:46:50,738 nature of Erik's obsession with the bride. Yeah, it was really unsettling, especially in the 510 00:46:50,758 --> 00:46:55,080 next episode when you get into his backstory. But yeah, I didn't like the character Frankenstein 511 00:46:55,120 --> 00:46:59,502 at all here. This is one of the better episodes for me and just that the story was probably 512 00:46:59,542 --> 00:47:04,144 the most tragic with Weasel and the group of children. I just want to know where those kids 513 00:47:04,184 --> 00:47:10,306 parents were and why the school building was left unlocked. Yeah, where was like the teacher 514 00:47:10,347 --> 00:47:15,949 supervisor? I assume that the kids were playing at the school's playground after hours or like 515 00:47:15,989 --> 00:47:20,647 on a weekend or something like that. Which is why the school was empty during the time that 516 00:47:20,667 --> 00:47:25,090 the explosion occurred. That makes sense. Yeah. But I wanted to be like, don't play with fire, 517 00:47:25,110 --> 00:47:29,493 kids. Like, what are you doing? Don't don't do that. That's like lesson number one. They're 518 00:47:29,513 --> 00:47:33,315 like a parent teaches their kids don't play with fire, don't play with dangerous things. 519 00:47:33,796 --> 00:47:37,798 But I really got pissed at the police officers when weasel was trying to rescue the little 520 00:47:37,838 --> 00:47:43,242 girl. And they prioritized shooting him over rescuing the little girl, you know. Dude, how 521 00:47:43,402 --> 00:47:47,643 did one of those bullets not hit the little girl? That's all I was thinking about as that 522 00:47:47,683 --> 00:47:52,826 scene was happening. Yeah, in the end, though, it didn't matter, which was truly sad. Heartbreaking, 523 00:47:52,946 --> 00:47:58,728 heartbreaking. Moving on to episode five titled The Iron Pot. In flashbacks, Eric Frankenstein 524 00:47:59,048 --> 00:48:05,071 is found by a blind medicine woman named Bogdana after the bride's initial attack and rejection. 525 00:48:05,531 --> 00:48:11,133 After being nourished back to health, rather than leave Bogdana alone, Eric kills her. In 526 00:48:11,153 --> 00:48:16,657 the present, Flagg and Eric spy on Dr. MacPherson, learning that she has been killed and replaced 527 00:48:16,697 --> 00:48:21,980 by Clayface. Flagg manages to warn the princess over the phone that Task Force M is coming 528 00:48:22,020 --> 00:48:27,884 to kill her before he and Eric are attacked by Clayface. Clayface critically injures Flagg 529 00:48:27,924 --> 00:48:34,108 before Eric manages to electrocute him. Meanwhile, Task Force M is ambushed and separated by the 530 00:48:34,189 --> 00:48:37,511 Picolestani army shortly after they arrive in the country. 531 00:48:41,614 --> 00:48:46,636 Clayface that we've gotten over the past year, including Creature Commandos, Harley Quinn, 532 00:48:46,796 --> 00:48:51,979 Suicide Squad, Isekai, and Batman Caped Crusader, how would you rank those four? Well, I think 533 00:48:52,059 --> 00:48:56,622 the Caped Crusader version was the most interesting, but in terms of just faithfulness to the comics, 534 00:48:57,002 --> 00:49:01,304 I would actually say it's this Creature Commandos version. Yeah, now that the other two aren't 535 00:49:01,344 --> 00:49:05,566 without their merit, but they were definitely looser adaptations of the character of Clayface, 536 00:49:05,666 --> 00:49:09,529 I also really liked this Creature Commandos version because he seemed more dangerous than 537 00:49:09,549 --> 00:49:14,763 the others. Absolutely. Honestly, I'm kind of hoping that he appears in season two as a member 538 00:49:14,803 --> 00:49:20,006 of the team. I thought he worked really well in Suicide Squad Isakai as a part of the Suicide 539 00:49:20,026 --> 00:49:24,669 Squad. Except you can't really put a bomb in his neck or like a taser, you know, as that 540 00:49:24,709 --> 00:49:31,833 show proved. Magic. Just use magic. I still can't get around why Frankenstein killed the 541 00:49:31,893 --> 00:49:37,035 old woman healer. I guess I don't quite get what happened there. I guess in some sick, 542 00:49:37,195 --> 00:49:43,775 twisted rationale, he figured he was doing her a favor. by having her not feel loneliness 543 00:49:43,835 --> 00:49:48,659 and rejection, but I thought it was unbelievably cruel. Yeah, at that point there was no real 544 00:49:48,759 --> 00:49:53,162 redeeming the character of Frankenstein, because before that you knew that he was an asshole. 545 00:49:53,642 --> 00:49:58,045 Right, but it wasn't until that moment that you saw he truly was a monster. Right. Moving 546 00:49:58,105 --> 00:50:03,489 on to episode six, which was titled, Pre-Atel Skelette. In flashbacks, we learned that Dr. 547 00:50:03,529 --> 00:50:09,773 Phosphorus was a mad scientist named Alex Sartorius, who borrowed money from the mob to fund experiments. 548 00:50:10,110 --> 00:50:14,911 on a machine that could cure cancer. When the mob kills his family and attempts to kill him 549 00:50:15,071 --> 00:50:21,032 in the machine, Alex is reborn as the radioactive Dr. Phosphorus, who kills the mobsters and 550 00:50:21,072 --> 00:50:26,354 fills the vacuum as a mob leader in the Gotham City underworld before being imprisoned by 551 00:50:26,434 --> 00:50:31,975 Batman. In the present, while on the run from the Pakolestani army, Phosphorus encounters 552 00:50:32,035 --> 00:50:37,137 a child who reminds him of his lost son, while the bride and Nina protect a local brothel 553 00:50:37,557 --> 00:50:42,419 and Weasel bonds with a wolf pack. Each of the team members reunite on their way to Castle 554 00:50:42,460 --> 00:50:47,764 Rustovic to assassinate the Princess. This is a fantastic episode, really tragic opening, 555 00:50:47,964 --> 00:50:53,609 but I like the way it set up the climax of the show toward the end. The dance number with 556 00:50:53,649 --> 00:50:58,974 Dr. Phosphorus was a little bit weird. Actually, you know, there were quite a few musical numbers 557 00:50:58,994 --> 00:51:04,038 throughout the course of this series that kind of stood out to me in a distracting way, in 558 00:51:04,058 --> 00:51:08,702 a way that I don't think was entirely necessary. Like, James Gunn likes to use a lot of pop 559 00:51:08,722 --> 00:51:14,046 music in his projects. But in this show, some of them almost seemed to just pad the runtime. 560 00:51:14,426 --> 00:51:19,529 Watching Dr. Phosphorus dance in his pimp outfit is one of those cases. There was also another 561 00:51:19,830 --> 00:51:24,793 instance, I think in episode two, where we actually saw the band, Gogo Bordello, perform their 562 00:51:24,833 --> 00:51:30,137 song, Start Wearing Purple. It was just weird, it was weird, like a music video. I actually 563 00:51:30,317 --> 00:51:35,661 loved that. I loved all of the musical choices and numbers in this series from Start Wearing 564 00:51:35,701 --> 00:51:41,672 Purple. to seeing Dr. Phosphorus dancing. He was just so drunk on power that he could like 565 00:51:41,712 --> 00:51:46,675 get away with stuff like that. Like I mentioned, I think the soundtrack for this series would 566 00:51:46,695 --> 00:51:51,478 make Quentin Tarantino proud. For sure. But like Dr. Phosphorus had a whole choreographed 567 00:51:51,538 --> 00:51:55,180 number with backup dancers and everything like that. You didn't find that distracting? No, 568 00:51:55,240 --> 00:52:01,483 I was laughing. Okay. All right. It was funny that it got interrupted by Batman. Yeah, Batman 569 00:52:01,503 --> 00:52:05,065 wasn't having any of it. He was like, really a dance number? Not having any of this shit. 570 00:52:06,306 --> 00:52:12,087 The final episode of the series, episode seven, was titled A Very Funny Monster. In flashbacks, 571 00:52:12,127 --> 00:52:17,109 we learned that Nina was born with deformed lungs, resulting in her father, the renowned 572 00:52:17,209 --> 00:52:22,690 geneticist and engineer Edward Mazursky, to create a mobile iron lung for his daughter. 573 00:52:23,170 --> 00:52:27,932 When Nina's mother leaves her family, Edward experiments on his daughter, turning her into 574 00:52:27,972 --> 00:52:33,593 an aquatic hybrid capable of breathing water. After being teased in school, Nina ran away 575 00:52:33,613 --> 00:52:39,245 from home. living in sewers as an urban legend until she was caught by authorities, resulting 576 00:52:39,305 --> 00:52:45,109 in her father being shot while trying to rescue her. In the present, Task Force M makes their 577 00:52:45,129 --> 00:52:49,752 way into the castle's security tower where they find footage of Clayface with the princess 578 00:52:50,172 --> 00:52:55,916 and where Eric finally catches up with them. Unwilling to hear anything from Eric, the bride 579 00:52:55,996 --> 00:53:00,619 dispatches him quickly before the team makes their way to a lake where the princess is swimming. 580 00:53:00,980 --> 00:53:06,059 Nina is tasked with executing the assassination. but fails and is killed by the princess when 581 00:53:06,099 --> 00:53:11,664 Weasel, who was fond of the princess, alerts her to the danger. After receiving a call from 582 00:53:11,704 --> 00:53:16,587 Amanda Waller calling off the assassination, the bride kills the princess nonetheless for 583 00:53:16,607 --> 00:53:22,172 killing Nina, and after piecing together that Cersei was right after all. A new task force 584 00:53:22,312 --> 00:53:27,756 am is formed in the aftermath, featuring a mix of survivors and new recruits, with the bride 585 00:53:27,796 --> 00:53:33,148 placed in charge once again. And that's the series. I really liked this episode. Nina Mazurski's 586 00:53:33,188 --> 00:53:38,071 backstory was just as tragic as the rest of them. But I think I felt a stronger connection 587 00:53:38,111 --> 00:53:43,415 to this one because as a father, I have a daughter, I have two daughters and there's nothing I 588 00:53:43,435 --> 00:53:48,119 wouldn't do for them. Yeah. Seeing Professor Mazurski's love for his daughter really made 589 00:53:48,159 --> 00:53:53,563 you have disdain for the mother and how she just didn't love the child. You know, it was 590 00:53:53,603 --> 00:53:58,294 really heartbreaking when the father died in front of Nina as she was being arrested. Oh 591 00:53:58,334 --> 00:54:03,297 yeah, totally. Right in the feels. I do wonder about the practicality of genetically transforming 592 00:54:03,337 --> 00:54:07,300 your daughter into a gill creature though, especially when she's having a hard enough time breathing 593 00:54:07,420 --> 00:54:13,084 anyway, to confine her to only breathing underwater. It was a little bit of a strange solution. 594 00:54:13,124 --> 00:54:17,827 I think he should have kept working on it. Well, I got the impression that the experiment went 595 00:54:17,927 --> 00:54:22,611 somewhat wrong, or that he wasn't fully aware of what it would do. He was only trying to 596 00:54:22,631 --> 00:54:27,982 find a way for her to breathe with the liquid that was constantly in her lungs. And I'm not 597 00:54:28,102 --> 00:54:33,264 sure the result was what he intended. Because if you think about it, it wasn't that much 598 00:54:33,324 --> 00:54:38,946 better wearing a fishbowl on your head than it was walking around with an iron lung. Right, 599 00:54:39,026 --> 00:54:43,648 exactly. Again, the final moments of the series were among my favorites when the bride just 600 00:54:43,768 --> 00:54:48,631 straight up kills the princess for no other reason than killing her friend Nina. I'm really 601 00:54:48,651 --> 00:54:52,852 glad that they have announced a season two for the series because whether we see them in live 602 00:54:52,912 --> 00:54:58,531 action or not, I can't wait to see more. from these characters, particularly the Bride, I 603 00:54:58,551 --> 00:55:03,615 think you could do a lot with this series and with a lot of DC's characters, like Clayface, 604 00:55:03,995 --> 00:55:09,379 like a number of villains within DC. For sure, yeah, the dialogue was well written. I think 605 00:55:09,399 --> 00:55:15,082 when you look at the quality of shows like Creature Commando Season 1, like Peacemaker Season 1, 606 00:55:15,523 --> 00:55:20,526 and like the Suicide Squad, you can't help but be excited for the future of the DCU in James 607 00:55:20,546 --> 00:55:22,127 Gunn's hands as a DC fan. 608 00:55:25,950 --> 00:55:31,153 I'm really hoping this isn't the same tone that we'll see in a project like Superman or other 609 00:55:31,253 --> 00:55:38,418 DC fare, Supergirl, even the Lantern series. But for this, James Gunn's style and tone is 610 00:55:38,598 --> 00:55:44,042 absolutely perfect. Now it's not a perfect show, as we mentioned there are problems with the 611 00:55:44,082 --> 00:55:49,726 villain, but for the most part, despite its mature and violent nature, DC Studios' initial 612 00:55:49,766 --> 00:55:56,650 foray packs fun action spectacle and dire stakes while conveying that behind every monster, 613 00:55:56,830 --> 00:56:03,574 as I mentioned earlier, is a tragedy. I'm giving this show 4 out of 5 stars, a fresh rating 614 00:56:03,714 --> 00:56:08,437 on Rotten Tomatoes. Yeah, I would agree with 4 out of 5 stars. That was the rating that 615 00:56:08,477 --> 00:56:13,440 I gave the first season of Hitmonkey, which I really enjoyed. I think there's a lot of 616 00:56:13,480 --> 00:56:18,823 commonalities between Hitmonkey and Creature Commandos. Yeah, I love Hitmonkey for Marvel, 617 00:56:18,863 --> 00:56:24,778 and I'm really glad that DC has basically an equivalent to that. in our universe. I liked 618 00:56:24,838 --> 00:56:29,139 season two of Hit Monkey a little bit more than season one, which I think had probably too 619 00:56:29,159 --> 00:56:33,921 many episodes. But for Creature Commandos, they had just the right amount of episodes to tell 620 00:56:33,961 --> 00:56:38,682 the story they wanted to tell, which again was pretty simple, maybe too simple, but I still 621 00:56:38,722 --> 00:56:43,444 really liked it. For sure. Hopefully we hear words soon as to when season two begins production 622 00:56:43,504 --> 00:56:47,605 so we can know around the time that it's going to come out. But that does it for this review. 623 00:56:47,865 --> 00:56:55,056 AJ9K helped close this out. Thanks for listening to Dynamic Duel. Visit the show's website at 624 00:56:55,096 --> 00:57:00,680 dynamicDuel.com and follow us on Instagram at dynamicDuelpodcast. You can support the show 625 00:57:00,720 --> 00:57:06,064 on Patreon at patreon.com slash dynamicDuel and joining a tier that works for you, or by 626 00:57:06,124 --> 00:57:12,288 rating and reviewing Dynamic Duel on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Podchaser or on our website. Don't 627 00:57:12,308 --> 00:57:16,851 forget to listen to the other shows in the DynaMic Podcast Network, including Max Destruction, 628 00:57:17,192 --> 00:57:23,867 Senjou World and Konsole Kombat. Our next episode is going to be a tie-in to Creature Commando 629 00:57:23,907 --> 00:57:29,410 Season 1 as we find out who would win in a fight between Cersei, the Wonder Woman sorceress 630 00:57:29,450 --> 00:57:35,674 villain, versus Morgan Lafay, the Avengers villain. Actually she started out as a Black Knight 631 00:57:35,754 --> 00:57:39,936 villain since his lore is steeped in Arthurian legend. But it's going to be a good episode. 632 00:57:40,376 --> 00:57:44,819 Yeah, not only are these comic book characters, but they're also characters from myth. It's 633 00:57:44,839 --> 00:57:48,161 going to be awesome. But that does it for this episode. We want to give a big thanks to our 634 00:57:48,201 --> 00:57:52,944 executive producers, Ken Johnson. John Sturawski, Zachary Hepburn, Dustin Belcombe, Miggy Mtn. 635 00:57:52,964 --> 00:57:57,908 Guillen, Brandon Estergard, Nathaniel Wagner, Levi Yatin, Austin Wiselowski, A.J. Dunkerley, 636 00:57:58,068 --> 00:58:03,572 Scott Camacho, Gil Camacho, Adam Spies, Dean Maleski, Devin Davis, Joseph Kirsting, Josh 637 00:58:03,632 --> 00:58:09,036 Leiner, Mike Williams, and Oscar Galvez for helping make this podcast possible. We'll talk 638 00:58:09,056 --> 00:58:13,800 to you guys next week. Up up and away, true believers. I wish I loved anything as much 639 00:58:13,840 --> 00:58:15,642 as GI Robot loves killing Nazis.