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I am so plus/minus on this show. The action scenes, acting, and sets were incredible; everyone seemed to be having a fun time on set. The origin story was actually pretty fun with all of the right elements; it was a fun pulpy story.

But..the superhero side wasn't bad but needed some more focus. Probably because it was an eight-episode season with about half of the time going to the origin, there was a lot missing: The conflict between Utopian and Paragon felt toothless, Skyfox was not developed as a villain, and the final twist just felt added on. Also, the characters were generic superheroes with all of the usual powers.

Due to the difference in quality, themes, even characters, it felt like there were two competing shows in the overall show, and it just felt really off.

Adding to the problem is that the major conflict, whether or not the Code was outdated, not only had no resolution but also felt a wee bit weird; there were seriously no exceptions? It feels weird that it never seems to have come up in 90 or so years. Also, it feels weird that it wasn't mentioned in the origin until the very end.

Overall, it's not a bad show. I'm just not sure that the series is worth a watch.....

This was all sorts of fun! I'm usually nervous when they throw a lot of weird stuff at the wall, but in this case it works. It starts as a family road trip, and then the family ends up saving the world from the robots in the best way possible.

Oh, and the villain is awesome: Never before have I felt sympathy with a villain that just wanted to eliminate humanity, but it does so in such an awesomely funny way that you can't help but relate. The family picks up two droids that are some of the best comedy relief ever, and while I have some issues with the technology used you just quickly go with it.

While I wish it would get away from the incompetent dad/competent mother cliche, here it's used to effect, with the dad able to do what needs to get done and the mother allowed to just kick butt (you have never seen a mother go full Gundam like this one does). The dinosaur-obsessed son is awesome, and the film-school daughter gets to have some serious fun.

Overall, this is a really fun movie and one you need to see: It does family-friendly without being cloying, and once you get into the groove of the movie it's a really fun ride.

While I was looking forward to something a bit more based on history, this was actually pretty decent. While it was obviously compressed and so the cliches stand out a little more, that's pretty much the only major flaw here: The voice work was outstanding, the art was pretty good, and the animation very smooth.

There are a number of likable characters, and I love the mercenaries. There are plenty of ideas from different countries that combine to some serious effect, and I can live with the ending; it was satisfying, don't get me wrong, I just wanted it resolved differently.

It's short, it's sweet, and it's well worth watching.