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18:21 / 25.07.05

I actually love Teen Titans… more so than JLU (even though these two last seasons have been great.) Teen Titans IMO has always been better. So I’d love of LoSH in the TT style… and if that silver age regular is Superboy I’d be giddy as a school girl. (Also note… I have a feeling the JLU character that’s moving over is Supergirl.)

I feel really bad for Bruce Timm, though.

19:07 / 25.07.05

Also there’s talk that the episode "Epilogue" that just aired
was a final farewell to the Bruce Timm Batman… Those insanely stupid network execs feel that The Batman (that new crap show) can’t find it’s place with a better written/acted (my words) Batman on JLU. And legally JLU can’t use any of Gotham’s rogues in their new Legion of Doom cause the rights belong to that new batman cartoon. The Batman we all know and love will be mysteriously absent next season. Now that is sad.

19:24 / 25.07.05

Very sad indeed. Dini and Timm breathed life into the animated DCU like no other, and that new Batman cartoon is really crap.

13:59 / 26.07.05

at least it sounds like we get one more season of Timm JLU. And who knows, that rumor may be false -- or it may be that Rich Johnston listing that in his column leads to outraged fans petitioning the WB to reverse this course of action.

Mysterious Transfer Student

07:48 / 22.08.05

So, we non-BitTorrent-literate Brits are getting to see this series in full now, courtesy of Cartoon Network/Toonami.

Blimey.

Is it really possible for a kid's cartoon series actually to be as good as you remember your favourites being?

Yes, it is.

The episode alluded to by Ms. Triplets and Alex Thoth above, with the Question confronting Luthor, just aired and I'm struggling to wipe the goofy fanboy's grin off my face. Is there somewhere we can go to nominate Jeffrey Combs (already a huge fave with both Final Girl and myself) for a "best voice-over performance in a regular serial" or somesuch? Hearing him smugly lecture Luthor in his Herbert West-talking-to Dr. Hill voice, prior to being beaten to a pulp, made me bounce off the walls.

And was it just me, or were Q's scenes with Superman intentionally reminiscent of the Rorschach/Dr. Manhattan confrontation at the end of Watchmen?

08:17 / 22.08.05

Is there somewhere we can go to nominate Jeffrey Combs (already a huge fave with both Final Girl and myself) for a "best voice-over performance in a regular serial" or somesuch?

"While my dislike for you is... brobdinagian, what I'm going to do is nothing personal"

I jizzed.

Mysterious Transfer Student

10:07 / 22.08.05

Another scene that I loved from the same episode ("Question Authority", for clarity's sake): the conversation between Superman and Prof. Hamilton, where the latter makes clear his allegiance to Cadmus and just how big a potential threat he considers the JL to be... and then, when Superman leaves, slumps in nervous terror as if he's just had his head in the lion's mouth.

It's so great that Cadmus and their representatives - Hamilton, Amanda Waller, General Eiling - aren't straw man villains, for all their nefariousness; that we can actually believe that they're right, by their own lights, to oppose the JL's omnipotence. Of course, we still have a real Big Bad in the form of Luthor.

Man, I can't wait to see how this pans out. I thought Lost was giving me a bad case of spoiler-phobia, but this is something else.

11:53 / 22.08.05

And was it just me, or were Q's scenes with Superman intentionally reminiscent of the Rorschach/Dr. Manhattan confrontation at the end of Watchmen?

Oh, I think it was totally intentional.

09:21 / 26.08.05

Watched the UltiMen clone invasion of the Watchtower last night and I will now be forced to buy the season on dvd when it comes out. Absolutly fantastic. The fight between Supergirl and Galatea was actually pretty savage, I found myself wincing at some points.

Got to say though, my favourite moment (POTENTIAL SPOILER) is when one of the shape-shifting twins breaks into the room full of baseline Justice League support staff, slowly turns into a t-rex and walks menacingly forward. The humans look scared for a moment, then have at it! Nice. (END POTENTIAL SPOILER).

17:28 / 30.08.05

>> NEW JUSTICE LEAGUE UNLIMITED EPISODES

Cartoon Network has announced four new episodes of Justice League Unlimited in September.

Two episodes will air Saturday, Sept. 17 beginning at 10 p.m., with two more episodes on Saturday, Sept. 24.

Following is a rundown:

Saturday, Sept. 17: "I Am Legion" -- Lex Luthor escapes from a maximum security prison, only to be invited to join Grodd's unstoppable Legion of Doom.

"Shadow of the Hawk" -- Batman is suspicious of Shayera's new boyfriend, a mysterious archeologist with sinister ties to her Thanagarian past.

Saturday, Sept. 24: "Heart of Stone" -- Supergirl, Stargirl and Green Lantern go to Skartaris, the fantastic, hidden world at the Earth¹s core, to help free it from the rule of a brutal dictator.

"Elegy" -- Wonder Woman stumbles onto a plot to steal the powers hidden inside the 3000-year-old, frozen remains of the legendary hero, the Viking Prince.

17:52 / 30.08.05

Saturday, Sept. 24: "Heart of Stone" -- Supergirl, Stargirl and Green Lantern go to Skartaris, the fantastic, hidden world at the Earth¹s core, to help free it from the rule of a brutal dictator.

Put your hands together for the muthafuckin' WARLORD!

Link

03:14 / 18.09.05

Okay, who saw the premiere and second episode in America? It was great, but I want to wait until others have seen it as well.

But who can tell me about Warlord?

Also, the above is hilarious.

17:13 / 18.09.05

Damn, I missed it. Will they be replaying it on Sunday?

12:00 / 19.09.05

Saw 'em, yeah. Apparently this season is ALL ABOUT THE ROMANCE, which could be a very good thing.

I dig Shayera. I dig that she's dispensed with the mask and the "Hawkgirl" handle. I dig that she's done beating herself up over the invasion, and I dig that she goes superheroing in a crop-top and tracksuit bottoms, in KILL BILL-yellow. I dig that she's not too hung up on her femininity to grunt, loudly and often.

And I dig the banter between her and Vixen, their ease with each other and Jon's consternation. It's all gonna end in a three-way, I know.

I mean, this show is not ragingly sexy in an overt way, but there are some eyebrow-lifters—like the bit where Shayera is teasing Flash about his crush on Fire, saying, "It's probably just as well... I hear she's... you know."

Flash glances over at Fire, who's sharing a laugh with Ice: panicked, he turns to Shayera: "She's what?"

Shayera, with a wicked smile: "...Brazilian."

12:15 / 19.09.05

They should dispense with the comic books entirely and commit to having a fully animated DCU superverse. Crossovers with Teen Titans and such.

Keith, like a scientist

12:28 / 19.09.05

that first one rocked hard. LEGION OF DOOM!

13:54 / 19.09.05

Crossovers with Teen Titans and such.

New TEEN TITANS season (starting next week) features guest appearances from the original Doom Patrol in its telling of Beast Boy's origin, yo. My 9-year-old daughter (who's a huge Best Boy fan) cannot wait, and neither can I.

14:17 / 19.09.05

I know. While Doom Patrol's great, TT will gain my undying faith if the writers put together an Ystin-from-Camelot episode. It'd be swell.

09:44 / 25.09.05

In the U.K. the Origin three parter and the Thanagar 3 parter are out on D.V.D. and there's three more volumes with 4 episodes a piece. Volume three has 'Brave and the Bold' and the first Injustice league story. The other stories available (can't remember how they're divided) are the Wonder Woman/Ares story, Green Lantern on trial, Superman on War World, and the Aquaman tale. You can get them for about £6 in Woolies if you're lucky.

I've seen shonky season 2 D.V.D.'s at comic marts as well.

14:33 / 25.09.05

Two more episodes aired in the US last night, so

SPOILERS

AHOY

The Warlord ep was... okay. It was a bad fit for 22 minutes, as it tried to establish two new Leaguers (Stars and STRIPE); introduce (and then dispose of) a new locale complete with its own history, heroes, and factions; give us a big rock of kryptonite as a Maguffin; and have no less than three villains, while tying the whole thing in to the Legion of Doom. They apparently decided to do all this by paring the actual plot back to practically nothing, which left the episode feeling both overstuffed and thin.

The other was a lot better-paced, and had some gorgeous fanboy-servicing moments—rendering the Viking Prince's story via what looked like genuine Kubert art, rather than animation; Wonder Woman changing into her costume by spinning around really fast (a nod to the '70s live-action show; J'onn entering human society (though I'm a bit disappointed he didn't reprise his quasi-beatnik look from the Gerard Jones miniseries)—and I sorta dug the reading from Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for the funeral.

But the premise didn't hang together after a moment's examination. Odin made the Prince immune to metal, wood, fire, and water, leaving him utterly invulnerable... except to, y'know, a kid throwing a rock. Some invulnerability.

Sidenote: the Teen Titans / Doom Patrol thing was cool, too: the Chief has been written out, leaving Mento as team leader, which kinda bugs me, but—MONSIEUR MALLAH! THE BRAIN! In a mechanical body that LOOKS LIKE A DALEK! Fried gold. Second part next week.

Keith, like a scientist

17:57 / 25.09.05

argh! I missed them. Does anyone know what the actual schedule for this show is? Will it be starting up at a regular time next week?

Cartoon Network is sometimes so frustrating with it's lack of schedule information.

20:29 / 27.10.05

comics2film sez:

>> JUSTICE LEAGUE

Comics Continuum notes that "Angel" vet, actor Alex Denisof, will provide the voice of the Mirror Master in the upcoming episode "Flash and Substance." Ron Perlman, the star of the "Hellboy" movie and the voice of Slade in "Teen Titans," reprises his role of Orion. Kim Mai Guest is providing the voice of Linda Park. She previously did the voice of Silver Banshee in Justice League. The episode is expected in November, but no date has been given.

22:38 / 27.10.05

And in case anyone is looking for a torrent source, go here.

Phex: Dorset Doom

23:05 / 27.10.05

Ron Perlman, the star of the "Hellboy" movie and the voice of Slade in "Teen Titans,"

Whoa. Just... whoa.
That is the greatest piece of information I've ever recieved. All of my children shall be named Finderwolf.

13:31 / 28.10.05

Thank you, Phex. The honor is mine.

Mister Six, whom all the girls

10:49 / 31.10.05

Anyone see 'To Another Shore'? Some pretty cool moments with King Faraday (break out yer copies of New Frontier) as a kind of Nick Fury with jetpacked soldiers in suits yelling 'Yahooo!'

I like both Marvel and DC, but I agree with the creators of the Batman/Superman/Batman Beyond/JLA cartoons that Marvel has better ideas. They mine Marvel for everything it's got and just put DC faces on it which blows my mind. This King Faraday bit is another notch on the belt.

It's also blowing my mind that the series is such an homage to the Super Friends. You see it in 'I Am Legion' and this one. The cuts to the bayou, the assembled villains in a boardroom plotting... pure Super Friends.

The Hawkman ep was neat too but... well... they really did cobble about with his origin. They're free to do that and his origin has more iterations than Bowie hits, but still it made me spin my head 'round. Nice episode. Good to see Bats and the Shadow Thief, liked the fight scenes but being a fan of Hawkman, I feel like they turned him into a bit of a freak. I mean, even Hawk Girl laughed at him and in those straps... you really don't want to be laughed at.

Anyone else catching/downloading these?

17:56 / 31.10.05

I honestly enjoyed Shadow of The Hawk. I kind of liked the efficient culling they did of the two Hawkman incarnations. It's not easy to navigate that mythos. The Egyptian archaeologist thing with the Thanagarian thing. Tons of other writers have found themselves unable to pull a streamlined rabbit out of that hat.

Oh, Somebody with a greater grasp of DC history explain something to me though... did the original JSA Hawkman just wear that gear on his back to fly? Because that was the only part I didn't feel jived about Carter Hall's archaeological finds. Why would a Thanagarian tomb have the strap-on wing-dings?

Other than that, I thought it was nice tie-up.

While I dug some parts of 'To Another Shore', some of it just seemed REALLY hackneyed. J'onn's debilitating mind-read (why was that?), Faraday's normie cavalry and the spinning Diana TV show tribute I really could've done without (if it looks absurd in a cartoon, just imagine how asinine it'll look if Whedon puts it in his movie). I'd like to see a better Wonder Woman episode if possible. She really has a lot of potential, that character.

But the Viking Prince story... man that was beautifully shot.

Mister Six, whom all the girls

18:18 / 31.10.05

Well... Thanagarians don't have natural wings.

I'm unclear on the cartoon Shayera having real wings or if she thought wearing wings to dinner would turn on Carter.

18:50 / 31.10.05

I seem to think the cartoon Thanagarians have real wings. Which was where my confusion about the harness wings stemmed from.

19:00 / 31.10.05

What the name of the episode that talks Hawk/Egypt/Thanagar history?

21:09 / 31.10.05

Shadow of The Hawk, Chad.

21:26 / 31.10.05

I've had a rough week.

18:14 / 03.01.06

According to Comics Continuum, "The Legion of Super-Heroes will be featured along with Supergirl in an upcoming episode of Cartoon Network's Justice League Unlimited. In the episode, Supergirl is kidnapped to the 31st century for what the history books say was her last adventure. The Fatal Five appears, as do more than 20 Legionnaires. Among the Legion members in the episode are Brainiac 5 and Bouncing Boy.

The Legion's appearance has nothing to do with the 'Legion' show in development at Warner Bros. Animation."

Keith, like a scientist

19:11 / 03.01.06

when is this show actually coming back? I can't find a date.

Bard: One-Man Humaton Hoedown

19:32 / 03.01.06

LEGION already showed up in an old episode of the Superman animated series. Season 3, I think. So they've shown up in the DCU animated work before.

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