I’m not proud of the fact. It’s just something I do on weekend mornings. (And sometimes when I’m on break at work.)
What I find curious, is that Netflix (Or whoever) has this show rated as Y7. Yet, Green Lantern is boinking some girl with giant boobs (Vixen, I think) that are practically begging to come out of her costume . While at the same time, GL wants to get back with his old GF Hawk Girl.
Given the sexual overtones and the adult(ish) nature of the back-stories, I’m wondering how this show got a Y7 rating? Not that I give a damn, because I would have let my kids watch at that age.
The costumes are true to the comic costumes, which were designed in the Comic Code Authority era. So they are unlikely to get dinged for that, unless it was far more explicitly sexual than even Vixen’s costume is.
And while they have a “romance” with a love triangle, sex itself is rarely even implied. They never show more than a kiss on screen. And the raciest lines I can remember are “I have seen his underwear drawer,” “That’s not very restful,” and “So enthusiastic!” And the last two involve villains, so I’m sure that makes it more acceptable. They are expected to do bad things.
Bruce Timm is a grand master of getting crap past the radar.* I understand he makes very effective use of censor decoys and refuge in audacity maneuvers. He’s known for doubling down–if you tell him to censor a scene, he’ll follow the instructions… and change it to something even more adult/shocking. He’s been doing this at least since Batman: TAS, which premiered in 1992.
*That article is actually down at the time of posting, so here’s a cached version of the Justice League radar page, with lots more examples.
