![]() The show rarely did much of note by way of design but they notably improved Vixen's costume. The episode with the Thanagarians was especially good and I thought their handling of the relationship with Hawkgirl was surprisingly adult - no catfight, no pat rom-com resolution. I actually think the JLU Vixen was pretty great and I don't really see what you meant by "insecure." I thought the character was self-possesed and maybe had a little attitude but that was part of what they did right - stripping away the faux-exotic layer and the faux-Wolverine layer and going with a clear persona in this case the big city model with the non-urban powers. Regarding Vibe, given the prominent statement that the reactor explosion changed Cisco and that we got a glimpse of Caitlin in her Killer Frost makeup, I'll be shocked if we don't see Valdes in costume by the end of the season.Īctually, speaking of animation giving minor characters a chance to shine, you have seen the DC Nation shorts, correct? Vibe, Atom ("Sword of the" incarnation), the Doom Patrol, Amethyst, and a bunch of others, most at least entertaining if not genuinely good. (If they introduce Steel, they need to keep that random thigh pouch that I don't think was ever seen again.) That said, while I don't have high hopes for the series, I always thought that DC should jettison Green Arrow completely, so it's entirely possible that the creative team will make me care about Vixen, too. (Seriously, just make her a citizen and give her a desk job!) Unfortunately, like Captain America's writers would usually rather tell stories about nationalism than patriotism, Vixen's writers would rather play up her exoticness. In a lot of ways, I think of Vixen as DC's answer to Captain America, a character whose creators always have their hearts in the right place and has a lot of potential as a character to say something important. Not so much for Vixen's sake, but for the host of other DC Comics characters that could, if the show goes well, get limited cartoon series of them and thus gain exposure to a whole generation that's never heard of them. I wish them great success with this series. She certainly worked well in Batman: Brave and the Bold-but that series was its best with its ability to take some of comics more absurd characters at face value. But, you gotta hand it to DC: they never give up on trying to make her work. I stand by everything I've said about how regrettable I find Vixen as a character. He's Vibe, who was introduced into comics at roughly the same time as Vixen, with whom he was a member of the "Justice League Detroit". ![]() It's also significant because Flash and Green Arrow have virtually zero comic book ties to Vixen- but Cisco Ramon DOES. But supporting cast as well? It doesn't get more "tied in" than that. Trying in the recognized superheroes you already have in your stable to the one you're trying to start up? That's pretty standard. Who gives her her stupid name (which, of course, makes it suddenly okay because that's what Cisco does). As in, "that's Gustin playing Flash, and Arnell playing Arrow."īut even more astonishing is: Carlos Valdes as Cisco. I watched the promo for her new cartoon series and, although I knew CW was making it, I didn't really occur to me that they would place it so squarely within their existing Flasharrowverse. Now that's not really because Vixen's a good character (because she's not).īut she is the one to whom they are applying a unique trans-media strategy. Just as soon as she's found the restroom. Vixen-VIXEN!-may be a key player in saving the future of DC's cultural impact. I mean, it's a bit overstated for effect, but that doesn't negate its point. Have we come to this? I'm actually having to concede to a point about comic books made in Forbes magazine?
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