‘Creature Commandos’ Is a Strong Start to James Gunn’s DCU: TV Review
variety.comAlison Herman TV Critic It is entirely to the credit of “Creature Commandos” that the animated series doesn’t feel like some momentous event, even though it technically is.
Officially, the show’s debut on Max marks the kickoff of filmmaker James Gunn and producer Peter Safran’s reboot of the DC Universe, symbolized by a new opening sting of Superman busting out of some chains.
But the seven-episode season, written entirely by Gunn and directed by Matt Peters and Sam Liu, is as playful and irreverent as most load-bearing franchise entrants are ponderous and weighted down by obligations to a larger narrative.
An ultra-violent, profane antihero story isn’t exactly light in the tonal sense; still, “Creature Commandos” is refreshingly unburdened, a feeling Gunn and Safran’s DCU can hopefully maintain when it moves on to far more major characters.
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