Board Thread:DC Universe Discussion/@comment-1038387-20130713172036/@comment-47881-20130728103611

I haven't seen this episode but I saw the second one already. Yeah, this is a mediocre show. The animation just doesn't fit and it's swarming with the most tired clichés, like the villain leaving the hero unattended in a "death" trap and he escapes with little effort in the knick of time. Come on! This is not Glen Murakami's first job! Put some effort in it!

I understand there's a big effort to create a huge hype around this show to convince everyone that is awesome, but it just isn't. This is commonly done to over-expensive shows (or any kind of product, really) about which its creators aren't confident enough. I don't think it's working for BTB and ratings speak for themselves—last week it got 1,121 million viewers. Hyped shows usually have bigger rating in the beginning. The smallest YJ had in season two was 1,596 million.