 Hey everybody, welcome back to another installment of a week in Geekdom here on YouTube. Gio here and today we're going beyond. Yes, we're going to the Hannah Barbera line of comics that rebooted the franchise, if you will. And today we're taking a look at the Jetsons. Welcome back to the channel everybody and yeah, the Jetsons. I've been meaning to review this book for a while and I saw it on my shelf and thought, you know what, it's time I give it a read, another read, and do a proper review on it because I started doing them for the Hannah Barbera universe and I totally forgot to keep going. I did videos on Scooby Apocalypse, the Flintstones, and of course Future Quest. I will be covering the rest of the series eventually, but I wanted to take a crack at the Jetsons because I loved this story so much. It is so ridiculously awesome and the concept, it just works for these characters. Now I'm a massive Hannah Barbera fan. I grew up watching all of the different cartoons and stuff and the Jetsons, of course, they're just timeless classic characters that everybody loves. And to reimagine them is not an easy task. And when somebody comes in and messes with that nostalgia, it can be a little bit bothersome, I guess, for some people. I don't really mind per se because, again, this is a reimagining on purpose. It doesn't interfere with the older material whatsoever. This is just an alternate take that you can enjoy. And to have this series, the Hannah Barbera universe be reimagined by DC Comics with darker tones and stuff. Not necessarily like a dark story, but the subject matter is for adult readers. It's not a story that you can give to a young kid for them to enjoy. This is more for the older fans. So what is this reboot all about? First off, I love this cover so much. It's one of my favorites out of every Hannah Barbera Beyond comic. I love this from Amanda Connor. This story is written by Jimmy Palmiotti and with art by Pierre Brito and coloring by Alex Sinclair. This story reimagines the Jetsons family. I think it's a couple years after the end of the TV show and we explore the origins of how these characters are living up in the sky and near the stratosphere, if you will. And we are also examining the family's origin somewhat, if you will. This book contains six issues as well as the backup feature that was shown on Booster Gold and the Flintstones. That was a one-shot and it's a small issue, but pretty crucial and perfectly encapsulates what is awesome about this reboot. So when this story first begins with that one-shot, we get a pretty massive original reveal for the character of Rosie and I don't want to necessarily spoil it because I want people to find out about this book and be interested in picking it up and to be surprised at the reveal because I thought it was a really clever twist. After that, we dive into the main story and it involves the origin of the world that the Jetsons are inhabiting because Earth is very different and we finally learn that due to a meteor that hit our planet caused the sea levels to rise, the final polar and ice caps melted and with the impact of the meteor, all the water rose exponentially and all the land masses flooded and all that stuff. So they only had one option, which was to take to the skies and space because they built a couple refugee spaceships, if you will, for that occasion and I think it was 124 years later is when this book begins in the present timeline of this book where we find out that there is a second asteroid or meteor heading towards Earth called Jacob and the science community is doing everything possible to stop this from happening because it could lead to a final extinction event for the human species because they can't go back to the ocean because it's riddled with radiation because of that meteor it will disintegrate anything that goes in and the impact of this new meteor that's coming will disrupt all the levitation ships and buildings that are in the sky that these characters are inhabiting so it's a race against the clock to figure out how they're going to do this and in the midst of this we get a really cool examination of this wonderful fantastic family that America and the world grew to love and you have all your usual suspects George Jetson, Elroy, Judy, Jane, Astro, and Rosie as well along with all the supporting cast and it's in my opinion a really fun way to take a beloved property and spin it around for adults in a different light. I think Palmiotti did a really good job of taking the concept of the Jetsons and he infuses new blood into it but doesn't forget about what made the series what it was and the type of humor and the characters and the relationship between these characters that's very important that's one of the main themes of this book and the relations between the Jetsons themselves and how they deal with this incoming crisis. Now all of these characters don't know about the meteor at first but as the story progresses obviously they're going to find out and you're basically mixing what we know about the Jetsons property with the tropes of a disaster movie you know stuff like Deep Impact or freaking Armageddon stuff like that where it's something beyond their control and how do they react but it's done in a really cool way and I love the visuals for this that the colors are vibrant and they pop one thing that I was not a hundred percent a fan of was the art I gotta keep it real with you guys I thought it could have been it could have been better I'd like Rito's art style because it you know it balances the futuristic settings with a more realistic tone however when you have something like this with Amanda Connor one of my favorite comic book artists I wanted more of this I think the story could have done really well and maybe it would have gotten a little bit more praise or higher sales numbers if it would have you know contained this art style from Connor sort of that balance where you have a serious dramatic story with the cartoonish visuals I think would have impacted the title a little bit better also the way Palmiotti wrote this book it sort of crosses the line between a Jetsons story and something out of the Fantastic Four it definitely reads like that when the characters are examining the ocean floor because of the original meteor it reminded me of movies like the abyss and friggin event horizon stuff like that so it definitely has that mysterious invasion-esque apocalyptic feel I really loved it I thought it was really cool the voices for these characters are there and yeah it definitely reads like a grown-up hardcore sci-fi continuation of the Jetsons it leaves behind the slapstick comedy and the humor of the series in favor of examining family and relationships and what we're willing to do in the face of ultimate adversity one of the things I found really interesting in this book is that they reworked the characters and their personalities you still have hints of what they are what they were I guess in the cartoon show but they're no longer just simple characters if you know what I mean like for example Jane is no longer this housewife that enjoys shopping instead she's super smart and is in this science committee trying to stop what is going to be a cataclysmic event from happening meanwhile characters like Judy for example yes she's still a teenager and exhibits some of those personalities but she's more diligent and she is I assume wanting to be like a film major or something because she's preparing this movie to show at her class and she's a lot smarter than her original counterpart Elroy really surprised me because he in the original was super young and a little mild-mannered ratty kid if you will with all his inventions and his smarts and all that stuff but here he's more in tune with what's happening and I really enjoyed his philosophy and outlook on certain things throughout the book I thought that was really cool Astro is just as lovable in my opinion and probably the character that gets the most exposition and development in surprising ways is Rosie and I don't want to ruin it just in case because I think it is a fantastical that you guys will like but she steals the show throughout almost all the comic when it comes to the family interactions and her dialogue and stuff I thought it was really well done the visuals even though they're not technically my favorite they're still fun I liked it everything has a zing to it and you know whether it's watching all the buildings or the uh the robot designs or just the underwater scenes everything has a purpose to it and a cohesiveness I should say to the way this world runs you know because it's very different from our world even though it's on earth it's very different it's in the future and they're up in the sky they're not in an actual landmass but you still have very bright and colorful uh palettes and I think uh Sinclair does a really good job on this I love how depending on the scene you'll get a lot of colored backgrounds to match the the mood specifically here with the tanks and rosy and stuff everything's very uh bluish in color I gotta admit uh it's only six issues and the one shot but issue five uh I was not expecting that twist at all and it definitely choked me up I I it as the kids like to say it hit me with the feels I was I did not see that coming and I thought it was fantastic easily one of uh Palmiotti's best scenes is in that uh the final pages of that fifth issue I thought it was wonderful and it really got emotional I didn't know what was gonna happen because we're nearing the end but the ending of the book itself I thought was pretty good uh it does end a little abrupt and not all of the answers that you want get explained but it works for what the title is and for these characters so I liked it I thought it was a very fun reimagining of a beloved franchise with fantastic writing and a new sense of urgency makes the title uh be a little bit elevated in its status it's not as hokey or comedic as you would think I like that I appreciated that I think that's the whole point of the Hannah Barbera Beyond line too sort of craft new stories that are unlike anything you've uh read or seen before but still retain that hint of you know what made the series so good in the first place right have you read the Jetsons let me know in the comment section down below and if not recommend me your favorite futuristic comic I'm very interested in finding out guys as always you can follow me on your favorite social media platform Facebook Twitter Instagram all that fun stuff you can like comment subscribe and be a part of what we can get them here on youtube hit the bell icon so you know when new videos pop up and stay informed so yeah I've got to go I will catch all of you on our next video