Justice League'in
Jul. 1st, 2010 07:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kilroySo a friend of mine lent me the complete Justice League animated series and the first season of Justice League Unlimited. I'm thinking "Yeah, this is about what I'd expect, dramatically better the second season, I wonder what the deal is with Unlimited?"
Well, the deal with Unlimited is genius. In the first episode they basically make it clear that since they've restructured the League they've tried to get as many heroes as possible involved-- basically giving themselves carte blanche to have any hero in the DC universe guest-star for an episode or two. It's not really the Justice League show anymore, it's the Entire DC Universe show. They have no compunction whatsoever about throwing whatever characters, references, or fun bits from the comics they feel like. The freaking invisible jet showed up in episode two, as did the Fortress of Solitude, Braniac, Krypto, and Mongul. The first episode had Captain Atom, Green Arrow, and Supergirl (and a monster I recognize but can't place) with about fifty identifiable DC heroes just hanging out in the background.
That alone makes me clap my hands in fanboy delight, but on top of that they reduced the average story length from two episodes to one. The two episode stories were good, but the one episode stories feel a lot tighter, brisker, and generally better told.
My only problem is that they changed the music, so I keep getting distracted by fits of laughter every time the wailing 80's power guitar breaks out. :-)
Well, the deal with Unlimited is genius. In the first episode they basically make it clear that since they've restructured the League they've tried to get as many heroes as possible involved-- basically giving themselves carte blanche to have any hero in the DC universe guest-star for an episode or two. It's not really the Justice League show anymore, it's the Entire DC Universe show. They have no compunction whatsoever about throwing whatever characters, references, or fun bits from the comics they feel like. The freaking invisible jet showed up in episode two, as did the Fortress of Solitude, Braniac, Krypto, and Mongul. The first episode had Captain Atom, Green Arrow, and Supergirl (and a monster I recognize but can't place) with about fifty identifiable DC heroes just hanging out in the background.
That alone makes me clap my hands in fanboy delight, but on top of that they reduced the average story length from two episodes to one. The two episode stories were good, but the one episode stories feel a lot tighter, brisker, and generally better told.
My only problem is that they changed the music, so I keep getting distracted by fits of laughter every time the wailing 80's power guitar breaks out. :-)