Before you start yelling at me about “kids movie” or “hasn’t come out yet” please know this isn’t some angry rant. I’m not angry, just disappointed. The big problem is being a symptom of a larger issue. I’m not hating on a movie I haven’t seen or something not “made for me” (the hell it isn’t…I may not be the target age group, but I’m the guy watching Paw Patrol so you don’t decide what my tastes are), but I am seeing a huge mistake in something that will affect their brand history.
WarnerMedia and DC Entertainment never cease to amaze me with how little they care about their own properties. When I heard they wanted to make a Krypto the Superdog movie with all his superpet friends I was…at least curious. I may be too old for a kids movie but when has that stopped me? I watch what I like and while I’m not tightly linked to DC’s superpet history I did want to see what take they were going to make for it. I did grow up with Krypto in reruns of Filmation’s The New Adventures Of Superman as part of the flashback Superboy segments, from the days when they were the adventures of Superman as a teen. I did see modern stories that used Krypto and his animal friends. Seeing a new generation exposed to Krypto and the super animal buddies he was created alongside like Ace the Bathound was something I was looking forward to.
Then in my continued push through my YouTube backlog I came upon the trailer for DC League Of Super-Pets, a computer animated movie in which Krypto and friends have to save the Justice League from yet another Lex Luthor scheme. Sounds good…then I saw the other pets and had to ask…who are these guys?
