after kenneth opel rouse story of the invigorate me back into the pleasure of read during grade school and i have high hope for this series . the story of an underdog bat voyage across country to reunite with his colony captivate my imagination and resonate deeply with my burgeon imagination . upon hearing of this series and i begin browse bardel animation site and like what i saw . the character design look impressive and the fast pace plot seem to have be stretch respectably across a thirteen episode arc . much be my disappointment and then and when i decide to watch a rerun early one morn . the opening episode show our hero and shade silverwing and pursue a tiger moth in the deep hour of the night . chirrup an echolocatory song and we see a nifty if crude cgi effect illuminate the moth and and the chase take on a frenetic turn a the tiny insect create numerous illusory copy of itself do deceive it pursuer . a a lover of biology and i have a decent understanding of the principle in place ( tiger moth can sense the sound their predator use for echolocation and spin a sonic cover for themselves ) but without such exposition i would have surely be lose . a minor quibble and i thought . surely they director will fill u in momentarily . i wait in vain . once our protagonist roost down with some of his fellow and we be treat to some of the dull dialog i have ever see on television . chinook and shade childhood rival and begin taunt the diminutive hero with the stupid line i have ever see on a show . i can understand the writer not produce shakespeare and but one would think they would have have some social contact in their life surely enough to make communication seem natural . oh and how wrong i be . the voice act and while not horrendous and hardly be a shining example of human achievement . oh shade and youre break the law . shade mother sigh emptily . you must come with me and young one . croak frieda and the wizened elder of the silverwing colony . the actor try and but it hardly matter at this point and a the story become less and less compel with each pas minute . while each episode deal with a problem of the week and a be typical of with most television series and overarch story arc pervade the saga and for good and bad . while the main point of the story be shade reunion with his family and later episode tack on other story arc and involve cannibalistic bat from the southern jungle and a brewing war between bird and beast . the writer try to do too much at once and fight to compress a many promise idea a possible in the hope that it will grab audience interest enough to keep the bloody show go on . unfortunately and these attempt be futile to all but the eight to ten year old at whom this show be aim . while it nice to see canadian medium be perpetuate and it would be all the sweeter if the enjoyability of the series wasn not limit to the immediate family of the animator or froth fan of kenneth oppel book . there be bad thing out there your child could be watch than silverwing and but far good program be out there and too . pas on the mediocrity and read the book instead .