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The show is a joke. Badly drawn and animated and all the voice actors sound like they are smoking something. Doing these small DVD releases is a waste of time, money, and your sanity.
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I'm 49 years old and grew up in the 1960s. The first comic book I ever bought was a 12 cent Adventure Comic and it was Part 1 of 2 when Ferro Lad, Princess Projectra, Karate Kid and Dynamo Kid (he was a traitor, it turned out) joined the Legion. Lightning Lad was killed, brought back to life and lost an arm to a space roving Moby Dick. Star Boy was already expelled for killing a man, Bouncing Boy lost his powers for the first time. Triplicate Girl was already called Duo Damsel since one of her selves was killed by Computo and people like Dream Girl, Shadow Lass, Timber Wolf and Chemical King weren't even in the Legion. The team was still housed in what looked like the bottom half of 1960s rocket ship. Bottom Line....I was hooked! I spent several years collecting all the Legion issues I had missed, finally getting Adventure 247, April 1958; the first Legion appearance - only a couple of years ago. I quit collecting when they left Adventure and moved to Action Comics around 1969. I've waited 40 years to see the Legion on TV. So kids, don't get too analytical about the show or the packaging. I'm just sitting back and enjoying the view.
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Let's get the rating over with: 5 stars for the series, 1 star for this Volume 1 excrement (which averages to 3 stars).
Tomorrow, young Clark Kent embarks on his new job as Daily Planet copy boy in bustling Metropolis. But, for now, he's spending his last night in Smallville. Later in that evening, he's visited by time travelling youths from the 31st century. They desperately need Clark and his abilities in order to best the powerful Fatal Five. But Clark still has a ways to go before he becomes the celebrated costumed crime fighter. In fact, he's still growing into his powers (he's still shaky on the flying part). And he's certainly never heard of this Superman fella. However, after being reassured that he'll be returned to the same temporal moment as his departure, he agrees to go on the adventure. Clark Kent doesn't know it yet, but it's gonna be a long night.
In 2006, the Kids' WB line - on the CW network - opened the curtains on LEGION OF SUPERHEROES. And, with the recent drying up of animated superhero shows, this one couldn't have come at a better time. It's a point of interest that this show doesn't bear the same continuity as Bruce Timm's Batman: T.A.S., Superman: T.A.S., or the JUSTICE LEAGUE/JLU series. But it doesn't really have to. LEGION OF SUPERHEROES is a darn good show, and will thrive on its own merits. Believe me. I've seen every episode. So, if you like the four episodes here, it gets even better.
The focus early on is mostly on this version of Superman (Superboy, really), but we get enough of a spotlight on the other kids to justify the series title. The ones I've gotten to like best, besides Clark, are Phantom Girl (who must have recessive Valley Girl genes but makes very good use of her phantom powers), the robotic Brainiac (a 12th-level intellect and a devout Superman fanboy, although "Phantoms" reveals his cautious, practical side), and Timberwolf (bestial looking and looking cool). I do like the show's out-of-left-field choice of Bouncing Boy, whose character lends to levity. The brash Lightning Lad fills in the role of Superman's competition and critic (you know it'd be too boring if Supes got along with everyone; besides, Batman's not here). Saturn Girl, by the way, could do with a personality infusion.
With a rich, rich history to draw from (LoSH debuted in 1958), there won't be a lack of story lines to plumb here. In the villains department, the inaugural episode doesn't waste time in ushering in the fearsome Fatal Five. Other episodes included treat us to the debuts of a descendant of Lex Luthor's and of Drax, who professes to have been born in the Phantom Zone and who has a voice in his head that keeps reiterating how evil he is. Do I sense a possible change of heart sometime in the future?
This dvd also comes with a 9-minute-long "We Are Legion" featurette (worth watching). The four episodes are:
Episode 1 - "Man of Tomorrow" - To combat the Fatal Five, the Legion of Superheroes travel back in time to recruit the greatest superhero of them all. Except that the 31st century heroes land in Smallville and some time before Clark Kent puts on the cape and tights. Blink, and you'll miss Booster Gold vacuuming in the museum.
Episode 2 - "Timber Wolf" - The Legion responds to a distress call originating from a scientist being terrorized by a feral beast. But not all is as it appears. Surprisingly, I found this one to be pretty boring, which is strange, because I like Timberwolf.
Episode 3 - "Legacy" - Clark hangs out with the richest girl in the galaxy and again discovers that wearing a cape is a fashion faux pax. Meanwhile, the rest of the Legion rumbles with the Scavengers, a gang of technology thieves. Keep an eyeball peeled for a quick glimpse of Lobo (at least I think it's Lobo).
Episode 4 - "Phantoms" - In the Superman museum, Clark inadvertently activates the Phantom Zone projector and releases Drax, who shares Superman's abilities plus an immunity to kryptonite.
And that's it! Four measly episodes! I agree with everyone here. Absolutely, it sucks that the fans are getting a raw deal yet again. On an even more personal level, now I have to wait even longer for my favorite episode "The Substitutes" to come out on dvd. Dang!
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I know everyone is up in arms about this not being a complete box set. But let's take a relaxing breath and slowly let it out. Good... Now don't forget, BATMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES, SUPERMAN THE ANIMATED SERIES JUSTICE LEAGUE, BATMAN BEYOND, THE BATMAN, and any other show I may not know of, ALL started out on 3 to 4 episode single discs before the release of complete season sets. Maybe this is just something WB and DC comics has to do. Let's look at it this way, at least they do get around to releasing complete season sets in a relatively quick fashion. This is more than anyone can say about MARVEL releasing their shows in complete sets. Does anybody have the complete 1993-94 Spider-Man or the complete 1996-97 Incredible Hulk or X-men or even Iron Man? Unless you've got bootleg versions then the answer is NO! Be patient and have faith. I'm sure the complete season is on the way soon.
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This DVD is probably the reason why we have LSH toys at McDonalds this month.....It's a shame that they didn't take this opportunity to release the entire first season of the show.
I'll be doing my best to wait for THAT set.
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