Creature Commandos Stagione 1 Episodio 1 -

If this is the start of the new DCU, count me in. Now excuse me while I watch Episode 2 because I need to know if Weasel survives.

Creature Commandos Episode 1 is messy, loud, and occasionally too fast-paced for its own good. But it’s also funny, surprisingly touching, and visually stunning. James Gunn has proven he can do ragtag teams of misfits, but this feels different – darker, more tragic, with monsters who aren’t monsters because of what they are, but because of how the world treats them. creature commandos stagione 1 episodio 1

Within five minutes of landing, Dr. Phosphorus melts a guard’s face off by accident , G.I. Robot starts chanting “Kill Nazis” despite there being no Nazis present, and Weasel runs off into the woods to chase a squirrel. The Bride has to physically drag Nina out of the drop ship because Nina’s having a panic attack about leaving water for the first time in years. It’s chaotic. It’s beautiful. If this is the start of the new DCU, count me in

What did you think of the premiere? Are you Team Bride or Team G.I. Robot? Let’s talk in the comments. 🧟‍♀️🐺🔩 But it’s also funny, surprisingly touching, and visually

Let’s take a moment to appreciate the animation style. This isn’t your standard DC house style. It’s gritty, moody, with heavy shadows and watercolor backgrounds that feel lifted from a 1970s horror comic. The character designs are grotesque in the best way – the Bride’s stitches actually look painful, Dr. Phosphorus’s jaw unhinges when he gets angry, and Nina’s gills flutter when she’s stressed. The action scenes are fluid and brutal; one sequence where the Bride takes out four soldiers with a broken chair leg is genuinely balletic.

Halfway through the episode, we get the flashback. The Commandos are pinned down, Rick Flag Sr. is screaming into his comm for extraction, and the episode suddenly cuts to the Bride telling a story about how the team actually met. It’s a clever narrative device – the entire second half is a flashback showing each member’s “crime” that landed them in Waller’s custody.