New TEEN TITANS and JUSTICE LEAGUE (w/ Spoilers)

[Hand of Vecna]

I also note that all the Kryptonian names were something-El. "El" means "god".

Close -- "El" is an ancient Kryptonian word for "Star." The House of El was one of the most revered Houses of Krypton -- Val-El launched his planet's Age of Exploration and discovered islands and continents; Sul-El invented Krypton's first telescope and charted many far off stars, including Earth's sun; Tala-El was a great lawyer and statesman who authored Krypton's planet-wide constitution; and Hatu-El discovered the nature of electricity, proved that lightning was electrical, and invented Krypton's first electric motor.

Given that the only Kryptonians we saw in he ep were directly related to Kal (his wife, son, and father), it makes sense those were the only names we heard.

 

[Viking Bastard]

Yes, he did.

Keeeeeeeeewl!

Now I can't wait to see this episode!

 

[Nightfall]

Well while I don't totally agree with all of Mouse's points, I do think that 2 would have been cooler overall. But then it might have drained some of the fun out of watching Supes fight.

I do think though they let Supes hold back too much until the end.

What I DID like was both Supes and Bats agreeing he got off lightly. In any case, good to see an invisible jet that made sense AND watch both WW and Bats discuss what to get him.

Overall not as impressive as the first but we'll see how we do down the road. (Wake the Dead folks. You know you want!)

 

[takyris]

Liked it. Good characterization, good writing, good action.

I think 2 is a good idea, but I don't think it'd work in what's supposed to be a kids' show. They did about as much as they could get away with. If they'd done it on-screen, they'd only have been able to, y'know, show graves or the Justice League alive and in chains or something -- or, possibly, if trying to do it right, a trophy wall with each of their chest logos ripped and hanging on the wall or something. They couldn't show bloody corpses in this show, so they left it to our imagination.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

A few questions since I don't get cable and am reduced to downloaded the shows off WinMX.

1. How many seasons of Justice League were there, and how many seasons of Justice League Unlimited have thier been?

2. Are they on DVD sets yet?

 

[Viking Bastard]

Two seasons of Justice League and two epiosdes of Justic
League Unlimited. Some of JL episodes have been released
on DVD, but not in box sets. I know the premier is out on
DVD and the finale Starcrossed, but otherwise I don't know.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

Two seasons of Justice League and two epiosdes of Justic
League Unlimited. Some of JL episodes have been released
on DVD, but not in box sets. I know the premier is out on
DVD and the finale Starcrossed, but otherwise I don't know.

Last night I downloaded an ep of Unlimited called "Initiation" where GA, GL, Supergirl, & Captain Atom go to China and battle some nuclear powered giant, kind of reminded me of Terminus from Marvel. Anyway, I take it that was episode #2? It was pretty cool, but I don't care much for the whole Supergirl concept. In this is she Clark's long lost Kryptonian cousin?

I've managed to grab six or seven JL eps and that show rocks. If they would put out the two seasons on DVD I'd snap them up in a second.

 

[Viking Bastard]

That's episode 1.01 I believe. I haven't seen any of JLU.

I can't recall the details of the AniDCU's incarnation of Supergirl, but she
was first introduced in the Superman: TAS show.

 

[WayneLigon]

Two: They really missed an opportunity for using the Black Mercy. They should never have shown WW throwing it at Mongul. Rather, we should see WW and Bats attack him as he's about to kill Supes. He fights back, beats them to a pulp, and stands victorious over the fallen superheroes. Only then does perspective change, and the viewer discover that when WW and Bats attacked, they hit Mongul with the flower, and everything after that was him seeing his fantasy, seeing how he wanted the fight to turn out.

That's pretty much how the original story goes. In the comics, Robin is there also, along with Batman. Everyone gets the stew beaten out of them while Robin uses these power gauntlet things to safely pick up the flower after it's been torn off Batman; he then drops it on Mongul. You see Mongul bat it away, flash-fry Robin, kill the remaining heroes, then ascend to a throne while Earth pays him homage. Then it cuts back to Mongul standing there, staring off into space, with the Black Mercy on him.

There is a recent collection of the Alan Moore DC heroes stories; the story this was adapted from is in that collection.

 

[Chimera]

Close -- "El" is an ancient Kryptonian word for "Star." The House of El was one of the most revered Houses of Krypton -

I'm talking Real World, dude.

El as in an ancient name for God. As in Gabriel, Michael, Raphael, Uriel the Archangels, with the appelation 'el' at the end meaning "of God".

So stick that into context.