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

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Rating:

- Borriing
Lifeless, dull, boring and done before? If those words entice you then go ahead and buy this. Really this was just a bad idea that actually came out worse that I had thought it would. The original graphic novel is among the most overrated comics that I can recall. Its a tired, boring formula of going back reintroducing everyone in a different era with slight differences tossed in. Here you have literally no character development and just an empty headed mass villain mess for them to fight.

I do like the way they did Wonder Woman and the Martian Manhunter but other than that the other guys are the same more or less (read less). The voice overs are not very good and the choices (outside of WW and MM which are both great) are nothing to write home about.

They need to dig deeper and find better works to adapt or these direct to DVD movies will unfortunately die a quick death. They could have and should have done a lot better than this.

Rating:

- Get it for the documentaries; the feature is just a bonus
If you're looking for this to tie in with the Cartoon Network show, you're going to be disappointed, though you do get a few JLU episodes as bonus. Don't buy it for that.

If you're looking to just watch the feature, well, the feature (i.e., New Frontier) is good, but it's not the star of this 2-disc set. The star here are the documentaries/tributes within the DVDs. Super Heroes United (disc 1) was fabulous, what with all the old writers and other substantial folks (like Stan Lee) commenting - this was the one that made it worth my money. There was a good history of the JL, going from the golden age through current era. It explains the reworking of the stories, went a little bit into some of the changes the characters underwent, but overall, it really focused on the Justice League(s). Awesome. The piece on the Legion of Doom and the tribute to New Frontier weren't as good but still quite interesting to watch.

The 3 JLU episodes (The Dark Heart, Task Force X, To Another Shore) are nice, but with the animation & voices (not to mention different time/era) being different, I'm not sure how it ties.

Anyway, if you're a fan of the Justice Leage, you'll enjoy this DVD set, but there's no telling how much you'll enjoy the actual feature.

Rating:

- Fantastic!
I'm a big fan of any of the new animated films from DC and Marvel, but this one is a step above the rest. If you didn't like the last film from the new DC animation dept., you have to give this one a look. It is miles ahead of the Superman as well as the recent animated movies from Marvel. Lets hope they keep up the good work and give us an equally good titans movie. If you want to spend the extra money it looks and sounds great on blue ray!

Rating:

- Disappointing - but typical of direct to video
The first act was meandering and lengthy to distraction. The primary thrust of the story, the Centre is so poorly defined and explored that the second and third acts are just an unfocused mess that have no real impact. The end of the second act plays like the worst kind of anime - just a bunch of quickly cut action shots with little meaning.

Worth a rental, I suppose, but definitely not worth the purchase price. There's a reason this went direct to video and it's all in the hackneyed script.

Rating:

- Horrible movie
I have loved almost all DC made cartoons out their and was extreamly dissipointed in this DVD, The previews made it up to be nothing of what it is. It has nothing to do with the Justice League and it seemed they just brought in characters just to have them appear.

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