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| CrazyMax 359th Post
 
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|  "Re(2):Justice League Unlimited"
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So now that it's debuted, anyone have any thoughts about it? Good, bad?
I thought it was interesting, though I can tell they're going to have a hell of a time explaining every new member they introduce. I still don't quite understand what Captain Atom is supposed to be or what happened to him (um, deflated?) since I don't read the comics. And I have a feeling he won't be re-appearing for a while, if at all.
Green Lantern's beard made him look like that guy who played Sisko on Star Trek DS9.
I liked it a lot. Makes me curious to see where they are going to go with the series. Especially what kind of crisis is big enough for a season finale.
As far as Captain Atom, they made him more like the Legion of Superheroes member Wildfire. Whereas he as actually a being turned to an energy being that has no form or mass, without some kind of humaniod containment suit. When his suit was ruptured, his energies could escape and cause a massive explosion. Supposedly the techs managed to gather enough of his loose energies to put back into the suit. The deflated look was a result of him only partially filling the suit.
Oops! Also wanted to add, I want to see what happens when Hawkgirl eventually returns.
I really love the little touches of the show. Like Green Arrows immediate attraction to Black Canary, which was a long time romance in the DC Comics.
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| Hungrywolf 2913th Post
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| "Re(4):Speaking of Teen Titans" , posted Wed 4 Aug 09:38
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Slade is Deathstroke the Terminator like Baghead said (not Batman. Slade is definately a villain), they just wouldn't use the name Deathstroke for him because of the target demographic of the show, kids.
But how do we *KNOW* the cartoon Slade isn't Batman?
After all, we don't know who Robin is because of comic-to-cartoon mismatching. (is he Tim? clues in Static Shock, the costume, and the bo-staff would suggest he is... but then again he IS teamed with the Titans from when Dick was Robin AND he does grow up to be Nightwing it seems, so he very well could be Dick) so Slade could very well be someone otherthen who he was in the comics.... thinking he's Batman isn't unreasonable
I'm pretty sure I'm right about it. And I'm also pretty sure that Robin in Teen Titans is Dick, not Tim. For two of the reasons you've mentioned above: the cast is made up of the members of the Titans when Dick was a Titan and secondly, they had the episode in the future where he'd grown up to be Nightwing. Now, the only reason I think that makes it conclusive that it is Dick is because in an interview with the writer they said about Robin that they would ever say for sure but said that an episode in that season would give a hint (which I believe was the Nightwing thing) which leads me to believe it is Dick. However, that could be wrong. I'm sure Slade is supposed to be Deathstroke, not Batman or Twoface of someone he is not in the comics. I'm pretty sure of this because they've said in interviews that they weren't able to use the name Deathstroke for him. I don't think he's supposed to be anyone other that Deathstroke the Terminator.
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| CrazyMax 363th Post
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| "Re(5):Speaking of Teen Titans *BUMP*" , posted Sun 15 Aug 19:43
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If you want to see Deathstroke/Slade as he should be, a complete badass, check out Identity Crisis #3. In the opening, you get to see Slade take on a portion of the League, and what it takes to put him down. Worth the issue.
Fantastic scene, IMO. A friend of mine got me into Identity Crisis, and I have been buying the issues... BUT so far the storyline is building very slowly... hopefully it will get better in the next ep.
Deathstroke was a badass in that issue.
Unfortunately this is the new style of writing in comics, since the 'Ultimate' Universe came into play. Stories will get dragged out to make a set number of issues to insure graphic novels can be made. I also hope things will speed the hell up. While I like the character driven aspects of the stories, we all know what we came here for, to find out the murderer and truly why all these things are happening.
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| Sano 1018th Post
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| "Re(10):Speaking of Teen Titans" , posted Mon 16 Aug 09:07
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Really? Weird. Has there been any reference to characters or situations that have happened in the other animated series on TT? I admit I have seen very few episodes, so I don't know.
Since it is Dick Grayson, there wouldn't be any reference to any situations in the other shows. Batman the Animated Series takes place when Robin is 20 years old according to the book on Batman The Animated Series, so Teen Titans predates it, but obviously doesn't predate Batman flashback episodes of Bats meeting Robin and stuff.
Murakami said all the WB/DC Cartoons including Teen Titans are connected, sometimes he doesn't understand how, but when people he works with explain it to him(most likely people over his head - Paul Dini, Bruce Tim, perhaps some Executive Suits) it all makes sense.
In the same Interview, he answered why there was no TT Origin Episode. He said it's been done plenty of times and he didn't want to start off that way.
He also said that they won't go into Secret Identities since that's been done also.
And he was asked which Robin is it, but of course he didn't answer that back then, LOL!
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| Sano 1049th Post
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| "DC Love Triangles" , posted Mon 23 Aug 11:34
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Which is rather silly to start with. Batman might arguably be more ideal for Diana than Superman, but Diana is not a good pick for Batman.
The ideal mate for Batman is Talia, but of course her character was designed with just that idea in mind. But since Batman/Catwoman is a more visual and more iconic match, that is what is used most often (as the average person wouldn't even recognize Talia, but would recognize Catwoman) and thus becomes the most popular.
Diana only even comes into the picture when you restrict the story to just the JLA or DC icons (like the JLA comic tends to do), but the cartoon tries to reference things outside the JLA. And a Diana pairing probably rates right up there with Barbara Gordon (sometimes seen in Batman restricted futures), or when someone reads too much into the Dark Knight future female Robin.
Great first Post, Man! Yeah, I agree. That's why I like Kingdom Come. Supes gets with WW and Batman and Thalia have a kid.
It seems like in the cartoon they are trying to keep Supes loyal to Lois Lane, which may be why there's no Supes/WW thing. What we know thus far is that Clark and Lois are dating and she doesn't know he's Supes yet. This still bears an explanation 'cuz in the Superman Cartoon, Clark and Lois weren't dating and in the last episode, she made out with Superman.
Will DC Comics ever have the cojones to give Superman and Lois Lane a kid, or are they scared of The Mallrats Movie reasoning or something? My overall opinion is, who's to say Superman's DNA would be dominant? The child could be more human than Alien having his powers surface later on. It's about freakin' time Superheroe Comic Book's first 'couple' had a baby gosh darn it all to heck!
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| Dr Baghead 3213th Post
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| "Re(2):Romeo must fly" , posted Sun 29 Aug 20:34
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Told ya. :)
I really wish I could find the issue of JLA that I had that shows the relationship ending. It in a way kinda explained how they grew closer together. But the latest ep of JLU pretty much seems to follow their storyline. I especially loved Batman's reasoning for why the relationship wouldn't work...
"...And I'm a rich kid with issues."
Beautiful.
The conclusion was also beautiful, made me think an Angel fan wrote the episode. But the episode had to be great, it was the last thing Paul Dini wrote for the show. The man who played a large part in the success of WB cartoons. The man who brought us Harley Quinn.
ranty fanboy mode:
Just because a Batman/Wonder Woman romance was in the comics doesn't mean the cartoon is justified and a better storyline, it just means the comic is stupid.
If the next Spider-man movies were based on the Clone Saga, that doesn't mean it's a good idea and valid plotline just because it's from the comics.
I'd just like to think WonderWoman would be smart enough to realize a relationship between her and Batman isn't worth the effort since he's both emotionally distant AND infidelitious (he cheated on Batgirl in "Mystery of the Batwoman"!) but I guess all girls love the bad boy and like to think they can change him don't they...
whoever created the Bats/WW
idea was probably just trying to do something radically different from WW/Superman not caring if it worked or not so long as it was something different.... which I give them credit for, since WW/Supes only works as a Superman storyline since it challenges Supes to pick what side of the world he belongs on (at least I always thought it was supposed, since Lois would allow him to be a 'human' as Clark most of the time, but with WW he'd be a superhuman with another superhuman fulling accepting he's Superman) but WW finding another League member to be her 'ideal mate' is a good story for her... but as I said before, it's lazy to decide her perfect mate is emotionally distant and unfaithful just to keep her chasing one of the big 2.... plus Batman's got enough lady friends in the cartoons, does he really need WW too?
Hopefully when Hawkgirl comes back they can focus on her and GL again, that was a much better romance plot then Bats/WW.
So this was Paul Dini's last JLU script *ever*? Shame he should have wrote another Harley and Ivy adventure instead, those are at least entertaining... although Batman singing was funny.
yeah it's not funny
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| CrazyMax 371th Post
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| "Re(6):Romeo must fly" , posted Mon 30 Aug 17:00
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Paul Dini wrote that craptacular episode? I suppose everyone has off days.
Sirsi turning people into pigs was done on Duck Tales and a Hell of a lot better. They obviously ripped off Red from the Tex Avery Cartoons for Sirsi's dance number. What a waisted oppurtunity to explain haw Zatana went from normal magician (BTAS) to 'uber magician.' And thanks for not telling us the names of two of the guest starring JLU Members. The entire episode played out like some bad Greek God Comedy like if I was watching another terrible Hercules/Xena episode. The only good thing was the Batman Wonder Woman romance stuff. I'm not all for that romance but it's entertaining to say the least.
Teen Titans was great though. When Cyborg yelled out "PSYKE!" I started dying laughing! Cyborg/Jinx possibilities were cool too.
Ahhh, there's always many critics. I just appreciated the episode for the change of pace. And to me the little ode to Angel, and having brooding characters sing uncharacteristic songs.
As far as the arguement about whether following the comics is a good or bad idea, that is just plain bad. For every instance you can say it was a bad idea to follow the comics I'm sure any two comic fans can present good ideas used from comics. It's simply a choice that the writers choose to made. They get to pick and choose what they want to use in the comic and what appeals to them.
Once again, to me the true appeal of the episode was it's change of pace. No cosmic villians, no earth shattering crisis', just plain fun. A silly story, goofy heroes, and the unusual story. Next week, the show goes back to it's percieved usual status and stays that for the next 3 or 4 eps.
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but the naked chick tag was getting annoying.
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