| Justice League - The New Frontier DVD |
Subject: Justice League - The New Frontier DVD
by Wasmith on 2008/2/27 10:51:09
Yesterday I had the pleasure of viewing the new Justice League New Frontier movie. This is the latest offering from DC animation following the release of "Doomsday" which I haven't seen, but heard was pretty bad.
I knew up front that this was yet another realization of the Justice League characters and not a continuation of the recent Justice League and Justice League Unlimited series, which I loved and now miss terribly.
Overall I really liked JLNF. It was a bit uneven at times, and the story dragged somewhat in places, but it was a real pleasure seeing the origins of the Hal Jordan Green Lantern and the Martian Manhunter. Most of the voice actors did great jobs (especially David Boreanaz as Hal).
One scene to look for is J'onn watching TV to become aquainted with human existance, and "becoming" the various characters he sees, including one "rascally rabbit" under contract to Warner.
The character designs were straight out of the 50's, so don't be too startled by some of the more "late golden age - early silver age" look. And who among us remembers Diana's invisible jet, and Oliver Queen's "Arrow Plane"
I must admit I didn't like Wonder Woman. She must wear a EEEEEE bra or worse, I haven't seen a chest like that since hattie McDaniel from Gone With the Wind. Yes, I realize she's an Amazon Warrier, but she looked very masculine in this movie. Lucy Lawless did the voice OK, but I guess I was just too used to Susan Eisenberg.
I would love to know what other HM'rs think of it.
-Wasmith with thumbs up!
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