I'll be honest, when Teletoon first aired promos about their new fall lineup last year, I was really skeptical at first. When I saw the first commercials for Zeroman, I thought like most of Teletoon's own productions that it was just another poor attempt at Canadian animation as there's only a few gems in all the crap we release. For every Reboot or Beast Wars there are x number of wasted programming like Atomic Betty (which is trying hard to cash in on the whole Powerpuff Girls thing) or those really bad cartoons with the talking rats, Mortimer or whatever. Anyway my post here is not about crappy cartoons, so back to the main story.
So like all the other shows I saw in the previews, Zeroman was no different, I initially hated it before even knowing what it was, until I caught one of the episodes. It was the episode when Zeroman fought the two nerds w/Fembot. And I started to get interested in it, the episode was pretty funny, I mean Les Mutton's love interest is named Sally Uberchick? I mean c'mon, and the whole part about the Fembot, and how nobody could see Zeroman's true identity when it was so painfully obvious. Also I noticed that the title character was in fact one of my favourite actors, Leslie Nielsen, basically at that time to me the show was pretty much an animated Naked Gun, except Leslie is a superhero instead of a cop. So I enjoyed what I saw, but it was not until I was introduced to the greatest villain ever (with the greatest henchmen ever) in Rusty Woodenwater (voiced by Kids in the Hall alumni Kevin McDonald) that I was really sold on it. Rusty simply put is one of most brilliant creations ever in animation, no TV history, no ever :D. The former childstar turned criminal mastermind is just too good, hell I'm speechless about it really, can't really describe it, he's just too funny and awesome! Also complementing him are his two managers turned goons, Don and Ron, who are voiced by HNIC legends Don Cherry and Ron Maclean. From then on I was hooked, and not only were Leslie and company great, the other cast members such as Doris Roberts and Ryan Reynolds really add to this show's great acting and really complements the superb writing.
From the zaniniest villains this side of the Tick (master of magnetism: Chick Magnate, weatherman turned controller of mother nature's fury: The Humidifier c'mon! :D) to the wackiest gadgets/thingys (Ty's man boobs radar or Gary's Holy Cow! incarnation LOL), Zeroman is no zero. This is actually one of the few series that I would like to see as a live action movie seeing as most of the actors can play themselves in a live action version since well the characters resemble the actors, not only in looks but also personality (like how Ron mentions the most obvious things for no reason, just like how he does it in real life on CBC lol), anyway it would be awesome as a live action movie since they have everything at their disposal to do a really good one with such ease.
So it's not really an animated Naked Gun, but something different and new, it brings back memories of witty and well written cartoons of the 90s (The Tick, Freakazoid, Animaniacs, etc.) and goes further with the zanyness resulting in something really special. =)
Anyway I really, no, so badly want a DVD set of the first season, and I can't wait for the second season and the TV movie that's being planned. Hats off to Amberwood and Teletoon for this amazing show and to all involved in its production. All I gotta say is BOWANGO!!!!!!! :D
So like all the other shows I saw in the previews, Zeroman was no different, I initially hated it before even knowing what it was, until I caught one of the episodes. It was the episode when Zeroman fought the two nerds w/Fembot. And I started to get interested in it, the episode was pretty funny, I mean Les Mutton's love interest is named Sally Uberchick? I mean c'mon, and the whole part about the Fembot, and how nobody could see Zeroman's true identity when it was so painfully obvious. Also I noticed that the title character was in fact one of my favourite actors, Leslie Nielsen, basically at that time to me the show was pretty much an animated Naked Gun, except Leslie is a superhero instead of a cop. So I enjoyed what I saw, but it was not until I was introduced to the greatest villain ever (with the greatest henchmen ever) in Rusty Woodenwater (voiced by Kids in the Hall alumni Kevin McDonald) that I was really sold on it. Rusty simply put is one of most brilliant creations ever in animation, no TV history, no ever :D. The former childstar turned criminal mastermind is just too good, hell I'm speechless about it really, can't really describe it, he's just too funny and awesome! Also complementing him are his two managers turned goons, Don and Ron, who are voiced by HNIC legends Don Cherry and Ron Maclean. From then on I was hooked, and not only were Leslie and company great, the other cast members such as Doris Roberts and Ryan Reynolds really add to this show's great acting and really complements the superb writing.
From the zaniniest villains this side of the Tick (master of magnetism: Chick Magnate, weatherman turned controller of mother nature's fury: The Humidifier c'mon! :D) to the wackiest gadgets/thingys (Ty's man boobs radar or Gary's Holy Cow! incarnation LOL), Zeroman is no zero. This is actually one of the few series that I would like to see as a live action movie seeing as most of the actors can play themselves in a live action version since well the characters resemble the actors, not only in looks but also personality (like how Ron mentions the most obvious things for no reason, just like how he does it in real life on CBC lol), anyway it would be awesome as a live action movie since they have everything at their disposal to do a really good one with such ease.
So it's not really an animated Naked Gun, but something different and new, it brings back memories of witty and well written cartoons of the 90s (The Tick, Freakazoid, Animaniacs, etc.) and goes further with the zanyness resulting in something really special. =)
Anyway I really, no, so badly want a DVD set of the first season, and I can't wait for the second season and the TV movie that's being planned. Hats off to Amberwood and Teletoon for this amazing show and to all involved in its production. All I gotta say is BOWANGO!!!!!!! :D