Saturday Morning Lamentations

A bit of old news for those in the know, but I am super-bummed that both Young Justice and Green Lantern the Animated Series are NOT being renewed on Cartoon Network...

Young Justice featured the teenage sidekicks of some iconic super-heroes in the Justice League, that really saw the characters grow AND have an engaging (and often angsty) plot, while Green Lantern really pulled off what became an epic cosmic space adventure...

My consolation prize is a whole slew of great selections from Cartoon Network have been added to Netflix, including the entire Justice League series, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Also making my way through the Ultimate Spider-man cartoon, which is classic Saturday morning fun, filled with fun sight gags such as...

and...

*sigh* I do love my animation.

New Amazing Spider-Man 2 costume

I'm digging the new costume for the Amazing Spider-Man 2 because it looks closer to the comic book version, and is an improvement on the yellow eyed costume used in the first ASM:

And now a quick comparison with a recent comic cover by artist Humberto Ramos::

It's too bad a lot of people didn't give the new Spidey movie a try, since a casual viewer can only take so much retelling of an origin story (I don't blame you), but casting is top notch and worth a viewing if you're in the mood for some fun super-hero antics. For those psyched for Amazing Spider-Man 2, here's a few photos that popped up recently.