Yu-Gi has a cartoon. Batman has a cartoon and Spider-man has a cartoon. Blah Blah blah.

I'm not talking about that. I'm asking about something akin to the old 80s cartoon line ups that featured 4 segments ala Marvel Comic Presents. Jem and the Holograms, Bigfoot and the Muscle Machines, Robotix and Inhumanoids were all part of the same block. Street Frogs, Tigersharks, Camp Mini-mon and Karate Kat were another.

If Marvel or DC got their acts together and did a bigger series (each specific to their own universe, of course, no dimensional crossover stuff, as that's too hard to pull off. Thanks Licensing monsters!!) that allowed segments to showcase a big name or two and then another segment that might be a oneshot type mini feature for another character.

Consider an hour long show with 4 15 minute segments for instance. Would you watch something like that?

Would that be the right place for UDE to invest some of their advertising money?

I used to watch the Marvel Action Hour during the 90's, which featured Iron Man, Hulk and Fantastic Four, so I'd say yes.

Well if Japan can do it by crossing over every single robot, super robot, mecha, and/or cyborgs (crossing over super and real robot universes are a pain enough), then I don't see why not it wouldn't be fun for super-heroes.

An hour long is too much, though. You can easily do some sort of Rugratz format for 30 or just do one big episode for 30.

I remember watching the Secret Battleworld saga during Spiderman and it was my favorite story arc.

I'd love Paul Dini doing a DC Multiverse cartoon(With a strong emphasis on Green Lantern)

Yeah, if we could get it over here :(

Limbo I have two words for you: Youtube.

heh

It just seems that Yu-gi is succeeding in spite of a poor advertising campaign since the cartton series really IS the advertising campaign. Capes have it tougher because they are licensed out differently, so there can be no MvDC cartoon and it's tough enough to build out a DCU cartoon apparently.

If the parent companies could promote something like this, then VS wouldn't need commercials either.

What about youtube style videos where the comic book characters play VS? Batman would run GK, Hal would run a Hal Legends deck. Hulk would play Pokemon (think twisted toyfare theater)... Done right, it can be done independant of licensing and in short enough segments so as not to upset the big cheeses too much.

Anybody got a camera to record this kind of stuff?

If it was any good, I'd watch it. I stopped watching Batman until recently when they started working in the Justice League. Street Frogs, et al, sucked the high hard one though.

One of the problems is that, with film rights, and existing animated series, etc ... portions of each universe are tied up in different areas.

For example, after The Batman started, many of the Batman villains were not allowed to appear in Justice League Unlimited ... heck Batman even got a diminished role. Similarly, Teen titans prevented the kids from showing up ... but through some ninja action, Titans ended before the JLU run, so Speedy could pop in and save the day. With both of those over and done with, suddenly Robin and later the Justice League are able to team up on The Batman.

JLU was probably the closest to a full out "DC Uninverse" show there would be ... especially the last season with the villains unlimited team to rival the "size" of the Justice League. It gave them a way to have one of the leagues "big names" team up with some other heroes of the DCU. They even got a Suicide Squad episode in there.

The Execs over at DC need topull their heads out of their arses. They did that Doomsday crap movie. Somehow jacked up what was a good show in JLU and Teen Titans with the cartoon network through licensing BS and creative rights.

Those cats over there have their heads so far up each others aholes, daisy chaining they can't see the reality or direction the franchise needs to develop its characters.

I think the best and most realistic idea is the Youtube one in this day and age we are unlikely to get a VS. Cartoon show (ok less than unlikely), we could at best hope for a VS. comic book which is as much as you could hope the big 2 would collaborate on something like this. Superhero cartoon shows are supposed to be our support for the game, but with no direct tie in and no money on ad drops even tagged to the back of Yugio or WoW commercials its too disconnected to impact our sales. Now comic books wouldn't hurt, but I still think it misses the larger audience that this game needs exposure to, that any game needs exposure to, to be successful.

A lot of Video editing, access to cartoons and live action comic movies, a story that ties the VS game to these cut in clips presented with strong dialog, music beds, and a few hot chicks.

The Watcher and the Monitor observe how the simple games of VS. being played in our Universe are actually analagous to the "true life" events occuring in many of their own aspects of the Multiverse, and how in its infinite nature somewhere out there all these possiblities collide...They may be concerned about some final colision occuring between these worlds or perhaps the secrets that tie the 'real' to the childrens games of other dimensions.

Maybe a little more thought than that morning cup of coffee, but I think that would be the best available to us. We'd need someone with strong video editing skills and a decent computer, a script, and a lot of comic footage to ste...borrow for our not-for-profit production used w/o permission...all character licensed to...

I thought Statix Shock was the biggest Fanboy show there was. In terms of Batman Beyond shots, JLU shots, etc. I didn't even know it was a DC show until they showed up.

The Static Comic book was the best of the Milestone titles. Aimed at Urban youth cultures, Static involved drugs, homosexuality, teen angst and responsibility all tied to a nerdy black kid in the ghetto. The hotness.

Hour long shows are really only 42-44 minutes long, to allow time for advertising.

And I already watch Super hero shows, lol.

If you approach this idea from a business's standpoint, you'd realize that there really isn't a bottom line for it. Yes it would attract more people to the game and attract a lot of fans, but it wouldn't create a large profit margin. So, the big wigs will not even look at the idea. But, don't fret my brothers! What always has a large profit margin are movies. So let's see what we have coming out: Iron Man, The Dark Knight, Incredible Hulk, Punisher, Hellboy II, Wolverine, Magneto, Spider-Man 4, and I'm sure much more than I can remember. So while we probably won't be getting any cartoons, we'll definitely be getting some nice high quality blockbusters and some semi-decent kid cartoons featuring Batman and Spider-Man. If I had to choose between them, I'd pick movies every time. So no need to fret too much, we already have some good stuff and more on the way.

How about Tchalla and I play a vsmatch (video taped for youtube) and in the background are Erick and Kariggi doing commentary (MST style).