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Justice League:Secrets Origins

Justice League:Secrets Origins

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: uneven quality but better than most superhero cartoons
Review: I was surprised that the original actors who portrayed the voices of Superman and Batman were not in this one. The animation was a bit more simplified than usual but it was still very much in tune with what was done with the original Justice League. The Cartoon Network is unavailable in my area so I'll be getting every volume of the Justice League and Batman as they are released. It was very unusual to listen to other voices portray my favorites. It's a good debut to what looks like a new legend in animation of the superhero genre.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: doesn't get any better
Review: Not since GI Joe and Transformers, has a cartoon demonstrated the teamwork and story that this cartoon does. If you don't watch the series, you need to. Stop letting kids watch Doug, Rugrats, and all that other stuff, and let them watch something that they can really learn from.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Definate Must Have For DC Comic Book Fans!
Review: I grew up on the "Super Friends" and even as an adult have enjoyed watching the Justice League on the Cartoon Network.A definate must have for fans of Superman,WonderWoman,Batman,Flash,Hawkgirl,Green Latern and the Martian Hunter.Though I don't remember Hawkgirl or Martian Hunter on the "Super Friends".Back than it was the Wonder Twins and that silly dog!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Better then average.Much, much better.
Review: The WB animators give us a pretty faithful update version of the team including Superman, Batman, Wonder-Woman, Green Landarn, Martian Manhunter, the Flash, and Hawkgirl. the animation is pretty good and the stories they have done on Cartoon Network thus far vary from pretty good to "forgetable". Much superior to the Hanna-Barberra "Superfriends" cartoons which had the Wonder Twins in it. Hope more of these shows are released on DVD most specially the Brave and the Bold episode that featured Gorillia City.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Great animation, but..........
Review: The new Justice League cartoon has some of the best animation you'll see out there, however the story lines really need help. The selection of superhereos in the Justice League could also have been so much better. If this is DC Comics answer to the X-Men, then give the X-Men the upper hand.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Tottaly Awesome Video
Review: The Movie Justice Leauge is awesome,exciting and scary. The movie`s about 90 minutes long with non-stop action and has some new caracthers.Anyway the movie is about some alein invaders who have landed on Earth affter wiping out the Martians that lived secretly unknown on the planet Mars.Soon Batman and Superman arrive,but when they prove to be weakening,a ally named Jhon, also known as the Martian Manhunter arrives to help them. Soon The Flash,Green Lantern,Wonder Woman,and Hawkgirl help and all form the Justice Leauge and work together to defeat the Alein Invaders before the Earth is conquered!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: THE WORLD'S GREATEST HEROES DEBUT
Review: At last,the talented folks who brought such award-winning cartoons to the screen as BATMAN :the animated series,SUPERMAN and BATMAN BEYOND have turned their talents to DC Comics premiere superteam,THE JUSTICE LEAGUE.This latest incarnation brings the pleasant saturday morning memories of the SUPERFRIENDS in line with the depth and richness of modern storytelling.In the debut adventure,SECRET ORIGINS,we follow Batman and Superman into a crisis that may well be beyond their talents to contain.They (and we)are introduced to several exciting new heroes including Wonder Woman,Green Lantern,the Flash,Hawkgirl and pivital to this adventure,The Martian Manhunter.The story is engageing and the animation is crisp.I loved seeing these classic characters re-invented for a new millenium.Forget the X-men and other jonny-come-lately superheroes,the JUSTICE LEAGUE is what all superheroes hope to be when they grow up.I'm happy to see some of the greatest icons of comics history in glorious adventures.Somewhere in the world,kids are playing Justice League on the playground and there's plenty of cool heroes to go around.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A good start for a returning legendary team
Review: I am an old fan (if you consider 32 years old). I have almost the entire collection of the various incarnations of the Justice League from the late 60s to current. I saw this movie on Cartoon Network on March 16. I have seen each of the other episodes also. The main problem I have with this movie is the team makeup. My personal opinion is that the team is almost too politically correct. Everyone knows that Hal Jordan or Kyle Rayner would have made much better choices for Green Lantern. Making Jon Stewart militant only makes this bad choice worse. Also, when did HawkGirl become a solo act. I realize she has some solo experience, but to make this appeal to mainstream viewers, either Zaureal (sp?) or Hawk would have been better choices. I would also have liked to see some of the newer current team members from the comic (Plastic Man, Barda, Orion, or Steel). If these members would have been included - the political correctness agenda would have been served as well.

All bashing aside - I have enjoyed this movie and the other episodes. I do hope that some of the more involved plots are included from the comics also. The "Tower of Babel" would be a great story to see animated.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Let's give credit where credit is due!
Review: Inasmuch as we have become a world of readers whose reading is limited to the latest offering from J.K. Rowling, John Grisham, or Stephen King, we seem to have forgotten the authors of classic literature. Obviously Lukic and company realize this and decided to loosely adapt the "Justice League" pilot on one of the greatest novels in science fiction history: H.G.Wells' "The War of the Worlds."

Making variations in Wells' original, the invaders are not Martians, but unnamed aliens that decimated Mars years before, thus enabling the storyline to introduce J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter. Each of the remaining superheroes is more familiar to the viewing audience; due to their various television incarnations of the past, little "introduction" is required.

The animation is adequate; the voiceover talent is comparable to the exemplary acting of the previous WB animated shows of recent years. The brilliant Kevin Conroy returns as Batman, showing that 10 years under the "cowl" is still his domain.

For lovers of comic books and quality-animated storytelling, this DVD is a worthy effort

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: It doesn't explore the characters? Yes it does.
Review: I don't get what anyone says about it not exploring the characters. Of course we're not going to see them out of costume very often, because most of them don't know each other's secret identity, but there is a lot of character development. "Secret Origins" is basically a meeting of each and they all learn each others basic personality. Not deep delving, but it is development. We learn that Green Lantern is a rigid military type, Wonder Woman is a rookie, Batman isn't a team player, etc. The whole story is about J'Onn J'Onzz (the martian) and goes into his character and background quite a bit. The other episodes that have come along have been mostly about a specific character. In "In Blackest Night" there is a lot of development and backstory for Green Lantern. "Paradise Lost" is all about Wonder Woman, her mother, and her home. "The Enemy Below" didn't give you much about any of the main characters, but it did develop Aquaman immensely as a guest star. I'll buy any of these on DVD.


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