But with Superman not being that bad and hearing 2 friends tell me this was good I decided to check it out.
Mmmmm.....
Season 1, is horrible. The art, the story, everything. It looks like a cheap 80's cartoon. It's really bad. And while Season 2's artwork improves it's barely a step in the right direction. With the exception on the Batman crossover, it's really not worth watching.
In Season 3 the artwork is finally where it should be. He crosses over with Batman and Superman but the story of the "big bang kids" has run it's course by now.
Let me explain: In season one Static gets involved with a gang war between two warring factions on an dock outside of town. During the fight the police arrive in helicopters and accidentally ignite some unexplained tanks that have a gas that gives you super powers.....yep....that's it.
So why isn't everyone using this gas? Why was it created? Why was it just sitting there on the dock? NONE of these questions are answered. All we know is Static barely escapes but takes in enough gas to get super powers. Then for the rest of Season One he goes around capturing the members of both gangs who were around that night.
Yet in season 2, people who weren't even shown on the dock all of the sudden have super powers too. All they do to explain this is say that all those kids were somehow at the dock on the same night of the incident.
Why were they there? Why didn't we see them? NONE of this is explained. I guess just every high school kid in Dakota (the fictional town) was there that night because future episodes continue to introduce kids who have powers due to the "big bang"
Was every frigging kid from the high school there that night?!
Again, the crossover episodes are enjoyable. The 2nd Batman crossover might be the best and the Superman crossover ties up a story from the Superman series.
So back to Season 3.....Richie (Static's best friend who was shown to NOT be at the docks that night) NOW HAS SUPERPOWERS!!
Why??? Well....they explain it in one sentence when Static says "You must have got it from my clothes that night"
Uh...what? If that's the case then why doesn't his whole family has powers?!? The creators said they did it because they couldn't think of ways to keep Richie involved in the stories so they decided to make him a super hero as well.....wow....good thinking guys. You're whizzes when it come to story telling.
Season 4 has a Batman Beyond crossover where Static gets shot to the future but the problem with that is it totally destroys any tension in the finale when they're worried about losing their powers for good. (Static knows in the Future that he's a powerful member of the Justice League and that his buddy Gear is still around)
There's a Green Lantern crossover which is ho-hum but the finale has the gas finally wearing off and everyone from the series losing their powers. BUT WAIT!!
There's one more small can of gas (why is not explained) that can rejuvenate their powers! So the villains go after it and in the end the last two (main villains) receive a heavy dose of it so that they form one giant threat. By the way, Static's arch-nemesis Ebaum is hardly showcased in the series and you forget he's supposed to be the big baddies for Static. Complete miss on that.
So anyway, Static is able to unlock the door (where the last canister exploded) and breathe in enough fumes for he and his buddy Gear to get their powers back. They defeat the villain and as they fly off Gear says he'll concoct a mix that'll ensure they keep their powers....which we now know are artificial.....which makes the characters appear extremely petty and vain....
....this show is an embarrassment to the DCAU. Skip it.
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