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inkista t1_iufdn5k wrote

It doesn't see the same level of promotion that a Star Wars or MCU show would, but it's up in the big title card on Disney+, and there have been ads running that I've seen. I love the hell out of it, but the majority-think in this sub tends to be that Disney+'s only worth is in how many MCU and Star Wars franchise shows it can pump out for them. The Disney live-action shows like Mysterious Benedict Society, Big Shot, and The Mighty Ducks: Game Changers tend to get cold-shouldered.

I will also say, as great as the show is, the books are still better. The books can carry off things they can't do in live-action, like Constance being a toddler.

If you're looking for folks talking about the show, then r/nicholasbenedict might be a better bet than here.

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inkista t1_itwf1ne wrote

>That's a shame. This is the one DC hero I can kind of grasp onto and would love to see something developed.

Just me, but the best GL series I've seen is already up on HBO Max: Green Lantern: The Animated Series. While it isn't technically a DCAU/Timmverse show, Timm was involved in the development, and it's the best translation of his design aesthetic to CGI I've seen. It was showrun by Giancarlo Volpe (Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Dragon Prince) and Jim Krieg (who among a gazillion animation writing credits was the ringer Supernatural hired to write the "Scoobynatural" episode).

>Was the Reynolds movie any good? I need to sit down and watch it just haven't.

It was meh. To me, GL:TAS was everything I wanted from the Green Lantern movie and never got. :)

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inkista t1_itsgphc wrote

Just me, though, Rudolph's Shiny New Year looks like a dramatic masterpiece compared to the mess that is Rudolph & Frosty's Christmas in July, even with Ethel Merman's singing. ;)

The really hard to find Rankin-Bass holiday specials are The Leprechaun's Christmas Gold and Pinocchio's Christmas (which I believe do end up on Freeform/AMC some years), and the non-Christmas ones, Mad Monster Party and The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town (where Fred Astaire reprises his mailman role).

And the two more obscure Rankin-Bass specials I will defend to the death are probably The Story of the First Christmas Snow (Angela Lansbury!), and Nestor, The Long-Eared Donkey. :)

But aside from the Japanese stop-motion holiday specials like Rudolph, Rankin-Bass's Japanese 2D drawn animation movies of The Last Unicorn and The Hobbit were what grabbed me the hardest.

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