Frankenstein: Creature Commandos animated series

It is probably important to start this by saying that I don't like Gunn's movies or TV shows. I have tried few of them and it just isn't my thing. So naturally I'm not interested in the upcoming DC cinematic universe. But then again, it is not like there are many adaptations featuring Frank, Bride or Nina... So I decided that I should watch this new CC animated series and see if anything good or interesting was done with few characters that I care about.

Overall it didn't change my opinion about Gunn's work. I think that this animated show was mostly bad and script needed few more revisions. But it is not all bad. I think that voice acting and animation itself was fine. It did what it was supposed to do and didn't detract from the experience.

There is always a risk that adaptation will change too many things that you liked in comics and due to adaptation being popular these changes then will trickle down to comics and force a change on the character that you previously enjoyed. But due to nature of the changes and overall direction that DC comics are going to? I don't think it is likely. On the other hand if few more people discovered earlier Frankenstein comics due to this adaptations then it is a good thing. After all DC released that "Creature Commandos Present: Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E." collection with Morrison/Mahnke and Lemire/Ponticelli issues.

Bride is an interesting character, but I never got around doing a separate blog post for her because unfortunately there isn't much to say about her. She hasn't really appeared outside of Frank's comics so if you have read his best stuff then you have read Bride's best stuff as well. And well, she is probably the main character here. So thats a big plus.

Unfortunately this comes at a cost. To make her more "interesting" Gunn destroys Frank and Nina in the process. I really don't have any desire to go into details on how both of them are basically shit versions of characters that we saw in Lemire's Frankenstein: Agent of Shade so you'll just have to trust me on this one.

My hope is that since Bride's profile was raised a bit... maybe someone will write a good one-shot or short story focused on Bride without destroying other characters in it? Anyway, looking at reactions online it looks like the series had a positive reception and got renewed for second season. Am I waiting for the second season? No. Am I going to watch it and then complain about it on the internet? Yes.

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