Dissing the Ultimates DVD

Since I've been on an 'Ultimates' kick lately, I decided to rent the new animated movie. It was totally almost worth watching. I'll give them credit for sticking to the story as much as they could, adapting a relatively mature comic into a cartoon marketed to kids. But where's the excessive drinking, the wife beating, Freddie Prinze Jr? These are the things that make the magic of The Ultimates (and everday life). Without Freddie Prinze Jr, Hulk can't scream 'HULK WANT FREDDIE PRINZE JR'...thus an inferior story.

Seriously, Millar and Hitch make the comic more than the 'modernize an old story' formula. I can't say that for the movie. If you've read the comic, you may want to check it out. But I'll tell you up front, its probably everything you'd expect: a flat version of the original with disappointing voice acting (no Samuel L Jackson of course) and animation that's barely on par with other direct-to-video releases.