What can I say, this is by far my favorite Justice League movie. The story, while not exactly original, is excellent. The idea of evil duplicates of heroes in other universes is a really fun concept. I do wish we'd seen more of Jester. Batman having to work with a heroic version of Joker would be a lot of fun. The theme music, holy crap, its amazing and epic, and I love that they reused it for Justice League Doom. The Crime Syndicate is well played, and Owlman especially is a memorable villain. He discovers dimension hopping, and his only decision with it is to murder every living Earth creature in every dimension because "it's the only action that would serve any purpose." Damn!
It's also cool that this was originally written to bridge Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, and with some exceptions(Hal Jordan among some others), it still can. I always watch it in-between the two despite the few differences.
The movie does have a few issues, but nothing that hurts it. Ultraman could have had a bigger presence. He really just comes across as a thug with Superman's powers. No real motivation for his evil pursuits other than being a jerk because he can. Superwoman is a psychotic killer, but she also is obsessed with power and wealth. Her going along with Owlman's plan makes no sense considering she has to die in the plan. There's no way she could misunderstand. He's very clear in his intentions. She's too obsessed with power to think dying is a cool goal.
The voice actors are great, though I would have loved having the original voices from the Justice League cartoon as at least the League, if not their duplicates as well. Can you imagine Kevin Conroy delivering the "We both looked into the abyss" line, or a more sinister Conroy as Owlman explaining his views of life being meaningless? Would have been amazing. But, as I said, the voices we got are great.
Always enjoy this little masterpiece of animated superhero goodness. It's nonstop thrills from start to finish
-- Wes Wall.
It's also cool that this was originally written to bridge Justice League and Justice League Unlimited, and with some exceptions(Hal Jordan among some others), it still can. I always watch it in-between the two despite the few differences.
The movie does have a few issues, but nothing that hurts it. Ultraman could have had a bigger presence. He really just comes across as a thug with Superman's powers. No real motivation for his evil pursuits other than being a jerk because he can. Superwoman is a psychotic killer, but she also is obsessed with power and wealth. Her going along with Owlman's plan makes no sense considering she has to die in the plan. There's no way she could misunderstand. He's very clear in his intentions. She's too obsessed with power to think dying is a cool goal.
The voice actors are great, though I would have loved having the original voices from the Justice League cartoon as at least the League, if not their duplicates as well. Can you imagine Kevin Conroy delivering the "We both looked into the abyss" line, or a more sinister Conroy as Owlman explaining his views of life being meaningless? Would have been amazing. But, as I said, the voices we got are great.
Always enjoy this little masterpiece of animated superhero goodness. It's nonstop thrills from start to finish
-- Wes Wall.