quote:Originally posted by matlock: Most bizarre cameo had to be Vibe. I mean, Vibe?!?
As lame as he was, his appearance made sense since they were showing various incarnations of the League - Vixen, Gypsy and Steel from JLA Detriot were also there and they also threw in most of the JLI lineup with Fire & Ice, Blue & Gold, Crimson Fox, Metamorpho and Rocket Red.
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quote:Originally posted by Spellbinder: Seems to me that Batman and Green Arrow have pretty much the same mindset about the type of crime that they fight. Who better than Batman, then, to show Green Arrow the benefits of working alongside the League?
I thought about this a little bit, and I'm still not seeing it. Maybe I'm missing something from a few shows that I've missed (For the record Starcrossed is about the only one I haven't seen and/or taped; I was on vacation at the time and just missed it).
Batman rejected initial membership in the League and then insulted them pretty well with a condescending, "Call me when you need me, and you will need me" line.
I'd think Batman would respect GA's need to be a loner and dealing with the types of crimes and criminals that he deals with. Whether or not Batman feels some type of kinship with Green Arrow would be irrelevant to the Batman I know. It's not like he's trying to get Nightwing to join.
"If you need help, you know where to find us. And don't even think about shooting someone with that bow and arrow, or I'll come looking for you." That's more in line with what Batman would have said to Green Arrow, not the "come fight the big monsters with us" line that we got. Anybody else saying that line but Batman and it works. It was just too far out of character.
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Well the newest episode was an adaption of Alan Moore's "For the Man that has Everything". I've never read the story but I thought it was a pretty good episode. Just like last week, I have a feeling that this would have been much better as an hour. I read a summary of the basis afterwards & FYI don't expect to see the flaws to Kal's "greatest desire" in this ep.
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It featured Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, fighting a big villain.
Seems that the opening sequence featured clips from that episode, which is why we saw so much of Supergirl in that episode's opening sequence.
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The villain was Mongul, a big yellow space-dictator type. He was featured on JL before in a story in which Superman was forced into being some kind of gladiator. In the comics I mostly remember him as the b-villain in the "rebirth of Superman" stories.
The ep. itself was okay, not spectacular but not bad, though I guess if I had read the original story I might have had more of a reaction. I think I'm already hooked on the "guest stars" thing - seeing just the big three left me sort of restless.
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As someone who read the original story, I was bored. Been there read that. The only different was that Robin (Jason Todd) was in the comic book version. They could have had him in the episode as well.
I was disappointed that there wasn't any other heroes.
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Well, after watching some of the Superfriends marathon last weekend on Boomerang, it was kinda cool seeing a wWonder Woman that could actually fight like a powerhouse
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I liked seeing the ol' invisible plane too. I can't remember if it's appeared on Justice League before.
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It was ok, but yeah, I also missed seeing some guest stars (at least this early on). I can understand them wanting to do a "Big 3" story since they hadn't done one, but I prefer stories that somehow show their differences/similarities and uses that to explore what makes them tick. Seeing them beat on Mongul wasn't as interesting.
Nice to "see" Dana Delaney return as Kal's wife, which was a nice nod to Lois.
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I get the feeling that this last episode was a leftover from last season. Something that was half in the can before they even started working on JLU. Why else would you focus on just the old timers this early in the series?
I'm looking forward to seeing a bit of the larger team in action, especially the Booster Gold episode that's coming up in a couple of weeks. He was one of my favorite characters when I first started reading comics years ago. It'll be fun to see their take on him.
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quote:Originally posted by Loser Lad: BTW, no Blue Beetle in the big group shot in the first episode? What's up with THAT?!?
It's some kind of rights issue. Beetle won't be available for the series at all which is a bummer.
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