Aquaman: King Of Atlantis

I will concede that wasn't very good, but I still kind of dug it because it was unusual and unique.

I was shocked and pleased it turned out to be a kiddie cartoon. First DC one for HBO Max. I had expected a painful adult comedy.

Speaking of which, the hour-long runtime surprised me too. Hour-long cartoons are almost unheard of, and the one or two that happened before this were dramas. This is the first 45 minute length comedy cartoon. Most live-action comedies are a half-hour too.

I like Aquaman pointing out at the beginning that choosing the king shouldn't work like this. Frankly, I think this should go for Black Panther and Wakanda too.

Mera taking the moisture out of Arthur's face for her water attack was funny.

Bad things? The designs are TOO grotesque. Even compared to ThunderCats Roar the animation looks especially ugly. They could have used this exact script with animation that actually looked good. I don't get the appeal of this specific style and I think it greatly hurt things.

I'm not bowled over by this, but frankly I sort of like it for messing with every part of the DC toon formula. More cartoons should do that, whether I am bowled over with them or not. 3 stars.

That was not good. It pretty much decided me that I don't like the miniseries.

Who is it for? Kids? Did kids actually like ThunderCats Roar? I doubt it because if they did it wouldn't have been canceled so fast.

Honestly, this entire show is crap. 2 stars.

Well, that was pointless. I should also mention that it wasn't funny. Which is the biggest reason it was pointless.

I went out of my way to be fair to the first two weeks and that was a mistake. It's not technically the worst modern era DC kiddie cartoon (that would be Shea Fontana's version of DC Super Hero Girls) but it's way down there. I am a bit shocked at how little I ultimately liked it. 1 star.