Vixen
Vixen premiered today on Warner Bros. the CW Seed and I must admit, I thought the episodes would be a little longer. At a run-time of five minutes (or exactly three minutes 49 seconds without the credits), I've seen fan-made indie films on YouTube make a bigger impact. All we saw was the chase scene from the trailers, getting our first glimpse of her animal powers, and our introduction to Mari McCabe as a person. First impression, she's the sassy girl ready to inflict attitude (and pain) on any man trying to intimidate her, but also the dirt-poor lone-wolf who believes she has no true identity and is searching for answers. The feels were subdued in this fly-by opening, and hopefully in the coming episodes we'll get a little more depth.
With all her high-rise acrobatics and mysticism against Arrow and Flash,
I didn't really buy the blood-curdling scream as she fell backwards off a roof at the OP cliffhanger.
Overall, the pacing was swift, beginning with the present timeline of running from the superheroes, and then the rest is a flashback to introduce the character and set things up. And the story's kind of standard; I didn't feel any suspense by the episode's cliffhanger because I'm pretty sure I already know what Mari is gonna do to those thugs. The saving grace would be the amazing character designs by Phil Bourassa and the slick animation I've come to expect from the DCAU.
The CW Seed site seems to be having technical difficulties (or they're still in the process of uploading) because I couldn't get the episode 2 trailer to load. However, I do plan to keep watching. Not just in hopes of spotting more background cameos, but also because I think Vixen will eventually kick some serious butt with her powers!
By the way, I do think supporting Warner Bros. digital content in a positive manner is a good method for then requesting (nicely, please) to bring back Young Justice. If there's enough people downloading their online series (and not only their already mad-popular CW Network programs, but also like the future Static Shock), they have said their Blue Ribbon Content label will work on new animations, so we could potentially persuade them to bring us more YJ (in some form or fashion) if we support their newborn efforts in the Internet world. Whether they distribute it through their CW Seed, Machinma, or even Netflix like all the petitions have pleaded, it could be possible. Just don't forget to keep supporting the YJ title itself through purchasing DVDs, comics, CDs, etc.