STATIC SHOCK
Volume One

Released: September 28th
Amazon Price: $17.99
MSRP Price: $19.97
Costco Price: NA

Number of Discs: 1

Episodes: 

Shock to the System
Aftershock 
The Breed 
They're Playing My Song
The New Kid

I must really be old school. Most of the animated cartoons today seem to play down to children as if they were some kind of idiots that don't mature or understand anything until they hit puberty. Back in the day when cartoons were really cartoons the kids were able to follow the adult style of cartoon without any problem. Amazing.

You just couldn't beat eating a bowl or cereal to the likes of Bugs Bunny and the Road Runner Show or the Kroft Supershow. Now kids are reduced to animated material that tends to talk down to them. 

In a true rarity Static Shock actually features a black superhero - something rarely seen in the early days of animation and still unique today. I did get tired of the slang talk like something from MTV Raps and poor writing. 

There is the nice attempts to reach out with anit-gang hints without actually doing it effectively. Static Shock just isn't heads or tales above anything playing today. It lacks the substance to be remembered when it's gone.

PACKAGING: 
The packaging is the same crap as the Teen Titans using the cardboard material with plastic tabs and locks. This is another one that had the brittle dvd locking mechanism that was broken.

VIDEO: 
The video presentation is exceptional. The colors are vibrant and sharp. The blacks are dark and I found hard any dust or debris in the presentation.

AUDIO: 
The sound is good. The music is crisp and clear. The characters voices ring true and are not overpowered by the musical backgrounds.

BONUS FEATURES: 
Almost none. The ones included aren't going to get the kids excited. These include Maps of Dakota, Static's Gadgets, Front Page Bios, and Static Shock: Bad Guy Beatdown.

SUMMARY: 
I wasn't impressed with this cartoon at all. It was a wasted good idea. Static shock brings nothing to animation, storytelling, or the young children that watch it.

Static Shock Rating: "C"

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