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Rhyno posted:The Rhas Al Ghul episode is still my favorite, especially his reaction to being kissed by Rhas in Talia's body. That is also the episode with the amazing Batman musical https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebI8H5nq5L4
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bobkatt013 posted:That is also the episode with the amazing Batman musical Did someone say "Batman Musical?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwYjGDIWlNw
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Rhyno posted:The Rhas Al Ghul episode is still my favorite, especially his reaction to being kissed by Rhas in Talia's body. I was under the impression they did alot more than kiss. Thats such a great reveal when suddenly you hear that Ra's voice come out of nowhere.
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Apr 15, 2013 15:53
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Havoc904 posted:I was under the impression they did alot more than kiss. Thats such a great reveal when suddenly you hear that Ra's voice come out of nowhere. After Terry says how creeped out he is Bruce says "You? She kissed me."
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Apr 18, 2013 15:43
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The BB talk has me wondering. Did Dini/Timm/McDuffie have plans for JLU before they finished the Beyond series? Or was it just an extension of the Justice League two parter with Starro where they decided, "hey, we have the framework, lets see what we get"? Not to fanboy sperg too much, but just being able to seamlessly tie BB (and even Zeta and Static) into the JLU series was ridiculous. Hell, they even had Mandragora's son first appear in the Beyond episode with the psychic organization. Those kinds of call-outs and that kind of plot-weaving in a kid's show are never going to happen in our lifetime again, will it? Edit: spelling AlternateNu fucked around with this message at 21:09 on Apr 18, 2013 |
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Apr 18, 2013 20:47
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AlternateNu posted:Not to fanboy sperg too much, but just being able to seamlessly tie BB (and even Zeta and Static) into the JLU series was ridiculous. Hell, they even had Mandragora's son first appear in the Beyond episode with the physic organization. Those kinds of call-outs and that kind of plot-weaving in a kid's show are never going to happen in our lifetime again, will it? If the CN DC Nation fiasco is any indication, we'll have to be happy to settle for competently written plot arcs, much less interconnected series.
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Apr 18, 2013 20:59
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My only problem with JLU and thus the DCAU as a whole is that it builds this whole great big League at the end, but in Batman Beyond the League is just... gone, reduced to just a handful of people again. I mean, I know why it happened, because BB was made before JL was even greenlit, but it still irks me, especially now that I've been binging on them since they came on Netflix Instant Watch. VVV: You got me TwoPair fucked around with this message at 06:08 on Apr 19, 2013 |
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TwoPair posted:My only problem with JLU and thus the DCAU as a whole is that it builds this whole great big League at the end, but in Batman Beyond the League is just... gone, reduced to just a handful of people again. I mean, I know why it happened, because BB was made before JL was even greenlit, but it still irks me, especially now that I've been binging on them since they came on Netflix Instant Watch. They all died during the big war with Ras. There, now the continuity is fixed.
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Apr 19, 2013 05:42
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TwoPair posted:My only problem with JLU and thus the DCAU as a whole is that it builds this whole great big League at the end, but in Batman Beyond the League is just... gone, reduced to just a handful of people again. I mean, I know why it happened, because BB was made before JL was even greenlit, but it still irks me, especially now that I've been binging on them since they came on Netflix Instant Watch. I just want to know what the Near Apocalypse of '09 was. 
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So I've been watching the first season of Justice League and... it's kinda dumb. I know it gets better, but there are entire episodes that are just really stupid. To give examples, the entire episode that's based around Fury. She tries to kill every man on Earth because of the teachings of the Amazons are very anti-male, however at the end of the episode it's reveal that her life was saved by a man and why did her adoptive mother who taught her all of it never tell her? "Because she didn't think it was important." That just struck me as really  because I know the Amazons are anti-male and Hippolyta especially enforces Themyscira's code, but you'd still think to tell a little girl who saved her life would be important. There's also the episode featuring the Justice Guild of America. The entire episode is based around Pulp Heroes and how silly they are, but a weird about the entire episode was that there was obviously something up, but nothing really ever pointed to the kid as the character. At the end of the episode it turns out the little kid who's barely been prominent is actually the one controlling the whole thing and is an evil monster guy. So the world is a construct of his own mind as are the JGA. Okay, that's fine, but why is it that when they start beating up on him he can't just poof them away? It's weird. Really, the only episode I've enjoyed so far is Injustice for All and it's because it's so stupid that I can't help but love it. Basically, Lex Luthor gets kryptonite cancer and makes the Injustice League because he's being dumb. They capture Batman after the Joker shows up and pretty much catches him by himself since he knows Batman so well. However the entire episode is just spent showing how stupid Lex is, it's so drat funny. Batman will literally just gently caress with the entire group the whole episode and Joker who tries to give advice just keeps getting shut down. So whenever anything bad happens to the group Lex just keeps telling him to shut the hell up and Joker goes I TOLD YOU ABOUT THE BATMAN, DOG! It's so stupid, but it's so drat funny. I know it gets much better, but I was really excited to see JL and it is nowhere near as good as I thought it would be. That being said, Flash, Batman and Hawkgirl are all consistently awesome, so that's nice.
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Sex_Ferguson posted:There's also the episode featuring the Justice Guild of America. The entire episode is based around Pulp Heroes and how silly they are, but a weird about the entire episode was that there was obviously something up, but nothing really ever pointed to the kid as the character. At the end of the episode it turns out the little kid who's barely been prominent is actually the one controlling the whole thing and is an evil monster guy. So the world is a construct of his own mind as are the JGA. Okay, that's fine, but why is it that when they start beating up on him he can't just poof them away? It's weird. That episode was dedicated to Wally Wood and the plot was designed to pretty much be a ThunderAgents plot. It's a great episode, you are terrible person for not liking it.
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Season One of JL is easily one of the weakest stretches in the entire DCAU. The entire motto for that season was "it's good enough" while the subsequent season's motto was "good enough isn't good enough." Just stay with it. The season finale is actually quite fun, and then the season opener for Season Two is immediately a vast improvement in nearly every way, especially if you're a fan of Superman TAS. The only complaint I could ever address is that in the JGA episode, the reason the kid doesn't want to attack the heroes is because they're still his heroes and he doesn't want to give up the fantasy. That's about it. Thank god they didn't use the actual JSA either, since Black Canary and Wildcat get some good episodes later on. A pity we never got Alan Scott, Jay Garrick, or Golden-Age Atom, but whatever.
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mind the walrus posted:The season finale is actually quite fun, and then the season opener for Season Two is immediately a vast improvement in nearly every way, especially if you're a fan of Superman TAS. Good God yes. I literally watched that one today and it is so loving great. Also, it is just chock full of examples of why Michael Ironside is the most perfect Darkseid ever.
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Apr 23, 2013 06:00
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Green Guardsmen/fake Alan Scott saying something along the lines of "You're a credit to your people, boy" to Jon Stewart was actually kind of funny in a horrible way. His "Yeah, uh, thanks" reaction was great too, I think.
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Apr 23, 2013 06:27
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omg chael crash posted:Green Guardsmen/fake anal Scott saying something along the lines of "You're a credit to your people, boy" to Jon Stewart was actually kind of funny in a horrible way. His "Yeah, uh, thanks" reaction was great too, I think. Yeah that's a little rough. Watch the end of it again, where the Guild turns on Billy and when they attack him they're all so sad but don't stop being heroes for a second even though they know they'll die if they beat him.
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Apr 23, 2013 06:46
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omg chael crash posted:Green Guardsmen/fake anal Scott saying something along the lines of "You're a credit to your people, boy" to Jon Stewart was actually kind of funny in a horrible way. His "Yeah, uh, thanks" reaction was great too, I think. Nice Typo/Auto Correct. I kinda liked the homages and references to other characters they couldn't use, but yeah the series picks up more once the introduction like episodes are out of the way.
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Maybe it's because I watched them after I got into the series but I thought "In Blackest Night" and "The Enemy Below" were some of the better season one episodes, they just suffer from having to pad out the first half of the story so the cliffhanger comes at just the right moment. I haven't watched them in years, though, so there's likely some bias on my part. Season two gives us "Tabula Rasa", "A Better World", "Hereafter", and "Wild Cards" , which blow season one out of the water, though.
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I went back to revisit Superman TAS a while ago and man there are some really, really lovely episodes. Don't get me wrong, no cartoon is going to bat a thousand but seriously: go back and watch "Superman's Pal" in season 3 if you have the DVDs. It's maybe one of the most poorly animated cartoons I've ever seen.
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Another thing about Green Guardsmen: Why does he use a bunch of cool constructs and Jon just makes dumb lasers and shields through most of the drat series? Was this an attempt to make his power cooler? Never understood, man.
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omg chael crash posted:Another thing about Green Guardsmen: Jon is a former soldier, so he is going to use basic stuff that makes sense to him. Its just like in the comics Hal always using green airplane constructs and the such. Although everyone understands giant spatchulas. Just finished watching the Starcrossed episodes to round out the series (before the jump to Unlimited). Thats such a gripping story, it really is a culmination of everything for the main Justice League members. Havoc904 fucked around with this message at 15:42 on Apr 23, 2013 |
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Havoc904 posted:Jon is a former soldier, so he is going to use basic stuff that makes sense to him. Its just like in the comics Hal always using green airplane constructs and the such. Although everyone understands giant spatchulas. Perhaps, but the comic often notes that Jon makes complex constructs that have every working part and such. Though, I suppose, JL/JLU was pre Johns/Tomasai.
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Apr 23, 2013 15:50
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They actually have an episode where Jon gets taken to task for getting lazy with his green lantern constructs.
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Mr. Maltose posted:They actually have an episode where Jon gets taken to task for getting lazy with his green lantern constructs.
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omg chael crash posted:Another thing about Green Guardsmen: Story reasoning was that he was a Marine and pragmatic and energy beams and bubbles get the job done just as well as or better than a boxing glove or whatever.
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Endless Mike posted:Story reasoning was that he was a Marine and pragmatic and energy beams and bubbles get the job done just as well as or better than a boxing glove or whatever. "It's a really good bubble."
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omg chael crash posted:Another thing about Green Guardsmen: John is boring and terrible, and the Daily Show joke on GL TAS is the only worthwhile reason he exists.
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Oh hey Teen Titans Go! starts tonight. It looks kind of cheap but it still might be funny. I'll probably watch it because I have fond memories of the original.
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I kind of liked green lantern powers being limited to geometry because it made more sense to me then seemingly unlimited powers of temporary creation.
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jscolon2.0 posted:John is boring and terrible, and the Daily Show joke on GL TAS is the only worthwhile reason he exists. He's still more interesting than Hal.
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Apr 23, 2013 18:55
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Endless Mike posted:He's still more interesting than Hal. Alan Scott pre reboot is still the best Green Lantern 
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Apr 23, 2013 18:57
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omg chael crash posted:Perhaps, but the comic often notes that Jon makes complex constructs that have every working part and such. Though, I suppose, JL/JLU was pre Johns/Tomasai. Comic John is an architect that got retconned into former Marine sniper, rather than just the Marine turned Lantern of the cartoon.
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Endless Mike posted:He's still more interesting than Hal. Hal is a genocidal continuity train wreck, but he's not boring.
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Ignore the Parallax stuff (which was all blamed on an evil space bug) and Hal is really, really boring.
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Apr 23, 2013 22:47
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He was created in a time when most superheroes were the exact same character aside from powers and costumes.
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I'm going through the JL episodes again too, and boy is this first season just as bad as I remember. It's probably the worst thing the DCAU ever produced, unless you count The Zeta Project, I guess. How did the league beat the aliens in the pilot movie? Batman put a box on their ship that "reversed the ion charge." That is the most ridiculous pseudo-science rear end pull ever. I know it's a show for kids, but drat. How is this the same show as season 2 and JLU? Flash was still always awesome though. <3 Wally
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ToastyPotato posted:He was created in a time when most superheroes were the exact same character aside from powers and costumes. Barry Allen was total whitebread, while Hal was the kick rear end space cowboy. Test pilot was as cool as it got back in the early sixties. If he was created a few years later he would've been an astronaut.
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So yeah, Teen Titans. Not bad. It's not a "superhero" show like YJ or JL or even the original Teen Titans was. It's basically feels like an entire show made up of tumblr gif photosets. But with the jokes there were more hits than misses and all the voice actors did a good job. I dunno it's just weird to see the characters again since it hasn't been on TV or anything since like 2006.
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There were a lot of weird little background things, like a Darkseid plush toy or a birthday card from Superman. All in all I thought it was kind of fun, although it is a super "light" show.
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Apr 24, 2013 01:08
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No one told me Dan Hipp designed all the background stuff!
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