In Case You Didn’t Know The Justice League Unlimited Is On Netflix

Go now and search JLU on tumblr tags and you will see an endless stream of people posting that they are watching the show for the first time thanks to Netflix and loving it.

This makes me happy in so many ways. As a general fan of the show, as a toy maker who specializes in JLU style figures, as someone who appreciates great characters and stories, this makes me happy.

While released digitally on various platforms last week, JUSTICE LEAGUE: DOOM was released today on physical media, and I gotta say its freakin awesome! 

Written by the late great Dwayne McDuffie, JUSTICE LEAGUE:DOOM could be in my estimation his best scripting for an animated film. McDuffie writes a script that is sharp as a tack and at times laugh out loud funny! Batman really steals the show right out of the gate but everyone has their moments. Sadly McDuffie did not get to see his work fully realized, but I am glad that he is going out on a high note even though I would rather have him writing animated adventures for years to come. 

Andrea Romano finally figured out with JL:D that “if it ain’t broke…” and brings back almost all the original cast of The Justice League Unlimited animated series (sans Phil Lamarr as Green Lantern). With the voice talents of Kevin Conroy (BATMAN), Tim Daly (Superman), Micheal Rosenbaum (The Flash), Susan Eisenberg (Wonder Woman), Carl Lumbly (Martian Manhunter) and adding just the right bit of spice with Nathan Fillion as Hal Jordan, absolutely ties this voice cast together like few other animated adventures have! Everyone is pitch perfect and play their roles perfectly throughout the film. Hell, the only thing that could have made the voice casting better would have been Mark Hamill reprising his role as the Joker for a gag or two! 

Visually this is everything you’ve come to expect from DC’s animation department. The look is clean and crisp and everything just feels right. There are no “52” reboots here and everything looks and feels the way it should, not like some 90’s retro rehash nonsense. We also get to see a new face in the JL animated universe as Cyborg joins in on the fun and plays a pretty significant role in the story. The character design across the board is rock solid with the only exception being possibly Metalo, who looks a bit silly honestly, but otherwise the character design is top notch! 

JUSTICE LEAGUE:DOOM is a knock-out, plain and simple. It looks good, the story is excellent and the voice cast are spot on perfect! This movie (in my mind at least) totally makes up for the missteps that were ALL-STAR SUPERMAN and BATMAN:UNDER THE RED HOOD.

I give JUSTICE LEAGUE:DOOM 4/5 Justice League Unlimiteds!
 

On December 18th 2004 my favorite episode of the animated series Justice League Unlimited aired, “Wake The Dead”. The episode was written by Joaquim dos Santos and Dwayne McDuffie and stands out in my mind as one of the finest of the entire series.  “Wake The Dead” (while ostensibly a kids show) is an incredibly poignant and emotionally intense episode. There is the standard full throttle JLU action to keep the kids interested, but in the end Hawkgirl is left to make a very serious decision, one that will have a profound impact on the lives of many characters in the JLU universe. McDuffie and company really hit the heart strings hard with this one (and while handling it with kids gloves so to speak) and don’t shy away from the really intense emotional exchanges that take place in the episode. There really is something special going on in this series, and this episode in particular really highlights the complexity of the issues and situations they addressed throughout the series.  If you are an animation and superhero fan, do yourself a favor and check out The Justice League/ Justice League Unlimited series. Hell check it out even if you’re not cause the show is one of the best to ever air honestly and is far from just being a silly kids cartoon. McDuffie and company make this show something special and every episode shows just how damn much they cared. 
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On December 18th 2004 my favorite episode of the animated series Justice League Unlimited aired, “Wake The Dead”. The episode was written by Joaquim dos Santos and Dwayne McDuffie and stands out in my mind as one of the finest of the entire series. 

“Wake The Dead” (while ostensibly a kids show) is an incredibly poignant and emotionally intense episode. There is the standard full throttle JLU action to keep the kids interested, but in the end Hawkgirl is left to make a very serious decision, one that will have a profound impact on the lives of many characters in the JLU universe.

McDuffie and company really hit the heart strings hard with this one (and while handling it with kids gloves so to speak) and don’t shy away from the really intense emotional exchanges that take place in the episode. There really is something special going on in this series, and this episode in particular really highlights the complexity of the issues and situations they addressed throughout the series. 

If you are an animation and superhero fan, do yourself a favor and check out The Justice League/ Justice League Unlimited series. Hell check it out even if you’re not cause the show is one of the best to ever air honestly and is far from just being a silly kids cartoon. McDuffie and company make this show something special and every episode shows just how damn much they cared. 

Source: Wikipedia