DVD : Justice League - The New Frontier (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Rating:

- Saved by the Extras
The movie itself was nicely done and it shows the origins of green lantern, Martian Manhunter and others. My main complaint is thats the movie is a bit on the short-side, about 75 mins, and at times it feels like they are rushing the story along.
I give the movie itself about 3 1/2 stars (maybe 4 on a good day), but what really saves this product is the extras, 2 commentaries, a very well done history of the Justice league(and pretty much superhero comics in general), 3 entire episodes of Justice League Unlimited, and an in depth sneak peek at the upcoming release of Batman: Gotham Knight.
Overall its a good movie packed with some great extras and it's a must have for fans of the DC universe.

Rating:

- Old School Justice League
If you were born in the 70's and you are a comic fan then this is a must see for you! Unfortunately this Justice League is not the same with the JLU. This is for old school fans. I cant get used to Batmans costume, he looks like the one in the Scooby doo show! I gave it 3 * because of the nice visuals and some good extras.

Rating:

- Potentially great if it weren't for that stupid, stupid plot
There's a lot to like about Justice League: The New Frontier, but I'm afraid all of that is counterbalanced by one of the silliest stories I've ever seen in animation.

Set mostly in the 50s and featuring the DC hero fashion of that period the paranoid US government have blackballed all superheroes, claiming that they have something to hide beside their identities and dismiss them as Commies. The Flash is even ridiculed because of his RED costume. But soon they will have to come together again to fight a common enemy when (and I'm not kidding) a large floating, living island of dinosaurs called The Center plans to wipe out humanity.

I've read hundreds of comic books in my life and that is seriously the dumbest crap I have ever heard. Every other part of JL: TNF is far superior to this 'Center' nonsense, so it's such a shame that the main plot drags it down. I especially like the story about the Martian Manhunter and the Flash. Most of the JLA get a look-in but these two have the most substantial plots.

The animation style will be familiar to those who are fans of Warner/DC cartoons such as Batman and the 50s production design creates a nice atmosphere.

But that idiotic plot...

The Blu Ray looks brilliant in 1.78:1 1080p with a surprisingly good DD+ sound design. I do wish that Warner would give more of their feature length comic-book animations such as Batman - Mask of the Phantasm (Keepcase), The Batman Superman Movie, Batman & Mr. Freeze - SubZero, Batman - Mystery of the Batwoman (Keepcase) or maybe even some of the Scooby-Doo animated movies. Come on Warner...give us what we want/demand.

Rating:

- over-hyped but ok
I watched this particular endeavor...I'm a fan of the Justice League/JLU and other Batman, The Animated Series continuity series (Batman Beyond, Batman TAS, JL, JLU).

While this was much better than the last direct to video Superman, where they didn't even cast Clancy Brown as Lex Luthor, it was not as good as JLU.

For starters, I love Lucy Lawless...but her Wonder Woman just wasn't as good as the JLU series. Beyond the voice differences, the animation just wasn't as clean.

Don't get me wrong, it was a decent hat-tip to the Golden/Silver Age artwork, but comic-book artwork has so seldom worked on in animation...which is why I liked the stylized Batman TAS, JLU type animation and artwork. It was smooth and worked quite well.

I think Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman was a better direct to video.

Rating:

- I had hoped for better
I threw the DVD in the trash after watching it. I don't understand why they feel the need to make superhero cartoons that are completely inappropriate for children. The movie opens with a man shooting himself in the head, and then moves on to one of the to-be heroes killing what looks like a child soldier at close range. I'm all for intelligent plot lines aimed at a wider audience, however, you would think that the billions of dollars made by the Pixar films over the last decade or so would have convinced film makers that this can be done without making the movies inappropriate for kids.

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