Avengers Assemble

I really liked this series.

It airs on Disney XD but it's a show that's for kids and adults.

The joys of an animated series are that you can do anything. No having to worry about actors, story lines that can't be converted to movies or characters that are owned by other studios.

There are appearances by The Thing, Spider-Man, and Doctor Doom just to name a few. Having this series also gives us the chance to see more of The Avengers personalities, individually and as part of the team.

I also really liked the addition of Falcon to The Avengers team as somewhat of the trainee Avenger in the beginning but definitely proves himself as the series goes on.

There is an overall season arc with the Avengers versus Red Skull and other villains but there are some standalone episode stories too.

This is an awesome show; one that I could watch again and I will be watching Season 2.

There is no justification for calling this a continuation of Earth's Mightiest Heroes. It isn't. It's a cartoon made after the film. The voices are subpar, especially in comparison to EMH. Most of the character's are absent despite Tony resuming the Avenger's Protocol in the first episode. Falcon becomes a noob when he was a seasoned veteran and fighter in EMH. Black Panther is gone, Ms. Marvel is gone, Wasp is gone, Henry Pym and Scott Lang, the list goes on. They worked as a team and were cohesive in EMH, whereas there's tons of unexplained artificial tension in Avenger's Assembled. Black Widow no longer has a Russian accent. I tried looking up a link or email to tell DisneyXD how unsatisfied I am with this garbage. I couldn't find an email for them. They should just make more seasons of Earth's Mightiest Heroes.

Every episode features the exact same cast, doing the exact same thing, saying and acting all the same, fighting another villain of the week whose only real power is strength.

Were eight episodes in and its all been fight after fight with someone super strong. Yes, they throw in slight variations like heat vision, alien army, molecule changing (whatever that was). But at the end of it, its just another stupid fight with another stupid strong guy.

Where is the charm and wit that EMH had? Where is the villain whose power was his brain and not his brawn? Stop the endless destruction of the city as it gets very boring since there are no consequences for their actions. They destroy buildings and cars killing thousands with no consequence or remorse. Whats the point of stopping a bad guy if the heroes do more damage than they do?

There is zero plot. A villain just turns up and they fight him. One can forgive all the other problems if they just gave the audience a reason to care about the characters or the reason for why they are fighting. Connecting with the audience is storytelling 101.

They switch between screen ratios constantly during the fight. Its so annoying. Stop changing widescreen formats constantly during the same episode - it looks stupid and is very distracting.

Ill continue to watch as an Avengers fan, but please give us a story and a reason for me to want to watch.

EMH was such an excellent series that could have gone on for a long time. They were setting up things like Guardians of the Galaxy, which I had never really heard of before and I am sure a lot of others had not heard of either. This is just continuing the movie. The movie does not really not need a follow up because of the MCU and MAOS that are continuing the stories in the movies and bringing it to TV. It seems that this is just a ploy to commercialize the franchise more and sell toys. I do not plan on following this series the same way I did with EMH. Disney XD is overall doing a poor job with their Marvel properties. Spider-man is alright but is also very much for kids. I agree with another review that I read that the voice acting and designs are terrible. This is more like the Super Friends than anything else.

I would suggest renting it, or perhaps buying it if the price is right. My final rating for this movie is 7 out of 10, and it deserves it! This movie has gotten me through some dark times. The kind of film that proves that a small story can be much more meaningful than a larger one. That said, the main plot of the film was constantly being interrupted. I thought this was cute and not bad. I thought that there was really good chemistry between the voice actors. It will either surprise or disappoint you, depending on what your expectations are. Still, it's a film BOTH genders can enjoy. Find it today, even if you don't like cartoons.