Avengers Assemble

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.

This cartoon is inferior in every way to earth's mightiest heroes. The voice acting, the dialogue, the plot and even the character designs are horrible compared to EMH. Black widow looks terrible compared to the EMH version. I remember looking forward to each episode, because the characters were different from each other. They had personality. Here, they all seem to talk and act the same. What was the point of getting rid of such a good EMH team? They should have just continued with EMH, instead we get this crappy movie continuation instead of the excellent comic book stories of EMH (yes I know they were modified but it was amazing). I don't mind the movie. They had to do stuff in a 2 hour window but the cartoons can hold true to the amazing marvel legacy from the comics. No need to dumb it down to the movie level. I was so looking forward to this after EMH and it was an utter disappointment.

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.