I think part of has to do with the female characters.
I thought Voltron's princess was going to be Leia. Spunky. A girl with a gun and a robot. Instead, we get a helpless, hapless blonde who actually got spanked. Jesus on a whole-wheat cracker. I was actually offended.
Hell, GIJoe's babes are awesome. They haven't been kidnapped in a single episode yet. They lead missions. How awesome is that? I'm totally digging Lady Jane and her cute boyfriend with the beret (Duke or Flint, I'm not sure who). Even Baroness (must stop calling her Countess, ha ha ha) has turned out to be pretty dynamic.
Did the people who make Transformers make GIJoe too? Or is that Hasbro owns them both? Because those chicks were pretty tough too.
Two more things to note:
1. I'm not digging the intro. At all.
2. Bruce Timm is listed in the credits. That's cool.
