(Which I loved by the way, and am trying to get Adorkification to watch...unless I can find the Blu-rays for under $20...)
So on a morning before work, I saw this available on Netflix and gave it a shot. (Spoiler Warning!)
It was good...
...really good.
There was Nathan Fillion as Hal, Michael Rosenbaum as Barry, Tim Daly as Kal-El, Carl Lumbly as J'onn, Kevin Conroy as Bruce and Susan Eisenberg as Diana.
Talk about a reunion...
I hadn't read the comics that this was based on, but I knew there were changes - like Ra's al Ghul being replaced here by Vandal Savage. Why this change? I have no idea.
I also knew that in the comics, Batman was voted out of the League, where here Bruce opts to leave before the voting starts...which made sense. There will always be a debate about whether or not Batman should be a Leaguer, and to me he's always seemed like a Reserve Member - someone who can be called in for a given situation but doesn't attend weekly meetings and shift rotations.
The biggest problem I had with this (probably because I've seen more live-action stuff than animation recently) was how things were resolved in the end.
In the beginning, it made sense that each hero faces their given villain when they get trapped based on Batman's plans, and they each find a way out...with Batman's help.
But in the final showdown, Batman faces a pumped-up Bane and gets tossed around, while Superman deals with Metallo and gets weakened by the android's Kyrptonite heart.
Couldn't they just switch?
Batman can easily deal with Metallo, and Bane is no match for Superman. Wonder Woman would wipe the floor with Mirror Master, and Flash can take Cheetah.
And why can't Green Lantern take Ma'alefa'ak while Martian Manhunter go after Star Sapphire?
It was hard for me to see the heroes "bear down" so to speak and defeat their opposite numbers.
As for Superman giving Batman the Kryptonite bullet, that happened in a different comic story altogether. Why would Superman give Batman the means to kill him after he betrayed the league? I don't have a problem with Kal-El trusting Bruce with the thing, but not after all that happened here.
But being animation geared toward younger viewers, I guess having things all tied up in a bow is the way to go.
As for live-action, wouldn't Doom be a great plot for the Justice League film?
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