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If you're a DC comics fan, this updated version of Superfriends does not disappoint. I like how they took characters and plots from the original Superfriends series and updated them in this new version. Definitely recommend. Great introduction season.
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In a nut shell this is a well animated series. It is fun seeing all the superheros on screen together. The biggest problem with the set is the writers basically made SUPERMAN who is the strongest member of the UNIT the weakest. It actually became annoying to see SUPERMAN being easily defeated and dang near every epidsode. I mean too make this mistake over an entire season somehow made it way less enjoyable.In the extras the creators openly admit this flaw. But for me as I watched the epidsodes .....I started to roll my eyes as SUPERMAN who has virtually no weaknesses , get Zapped with little efort in almost every story. After awhile it annoyed me. Again the animation is great. But this season missed the mark as it could of been alot better.
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This is definitely a show intended for kids, but made with the knowledge that a number of adult fans of comics would be watching as well. I had watched the Batman cartoon show with my daughter when she was a little girl and thought this might be worth a look. And it most definitely was! The animation wasn't quite cutting edge, but it was definitely far beyond what was happening with much else in American animation. It didn't take framing and timing to the cinematic extremes of the best anime, but neither did it have the ADHD pacing of most American animated shows.
The first key to a show like this is getting the particular version of the Justice League together. The show was made only a few years after Grant Morrison has revitalized the JLA label by pushing the lesser heroes who had come to dominate the league in the earlier part of the nineties. Morrison had set aside the heroes whose names you couldn't quite remember. Morrison created the team with almost nothing but the major heroes taking charge. The TV series took the same course, starting with Superman and having Wonder Woman, Green Lantern (the John Stewart version), the Flash (thought not named, apparently the Wally West version), and, from the B list roster of heroes, Hawk Girl. Batman declines to be an official member but is a fully active adjunct member. And of course, one of the all-time JLA favorites, J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter (wonderfully voiced by ALIAS' Carl Lumbley). I would have liked to see Green Arrow included (love those arrows). One could quibble with other decisions. Hal Jordan is clearly the main Green Lantern, but I think balancing the cast of characters racially was more than adequate justification for including John Stewart rather than Hal (Stewart is hardly a junior member of the DC universe). I would have preferred Barry Allen over Wally West (assuming it is Wally West), but I think they wanted a "younger" Flash for the youth viewers. All of this was brought to life by a really great group of voice over artists. All the main characters were marvelously voiced as was all of the guest characters. They did a great job of including both established voice over artists and actors not particularly known for their voice work.
The stories were good, usually extending beyond one or two episodes. The production quality was consistently good. The writing excellent. My one complaint with the show -- and I can't imagine that anyone watching the show wouldn't agree with this -- is the extraordinary nerfing of several of the main characters. In particular, Superman and Wonder Woman have been made vastly less powerful than they are usually portrayed. Never has Superman been presented less powerfully than on this show. He gets knocked out on a consistent basis, often is battled to a standstill by various villains, and frequently is not sufficiently strong to deal with one or another challenge. All of them are situationally weak.
One could make all kinds of minor complaints, but I think the truth is that they do all in all a pretty good job. I not only watched all of Season One in two days, I finished Season Two in the next two. And JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED is next up on my Netflix queue.
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The Justice League isn't just any ordinary team of superheroes... IT'S THE ULTIMATE TEAM OF SUPERHEROES! Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Martian Manhunter, The Flash, Hawkgirl, and the Green Lantern all enter the world of The Justice League. When they all enter the circle of Superheroes, The battle is on!!! The Battle between the 7 legends, and 100's of street punks, crime masters, Predators, lunatics, and other multiple enemies! They WON'T stop battling, and will always get back, on their feet!
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I grew up watching Batman cartoons. Then they went off the air and I forgot about them. So I was damn excited when I saw Batman in a cartoon again with - wait a minute...is that Superman??
And thus began my infatuation with Justice League.
Personally, I love the show so that already guarantees a high rating. The product comes with four discs in a single case, containing all the episodes of Season 1.
Now I really want to buy Season 2. Justice League marathon anyone?
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