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Justice League: The New Frontier [2008] (REGION 1) (NTSC)


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Turkey Much?
Review date: 2008-10-25 Rating: 2 out of 10

The promise was big, the deliverance... well, not that great!

On its plus side, the look does reflect that of the comic greatly, whilst giving a few modern touches, but the rest of it falls very, very flat! As usual, the studio was over ambitious with what they were wanting to do, and tried to squeeze in as much as they could, in the shortest possible time-frame. Producing what seemed to be rather chopped up sequence of events and a rushed movie!

Quite a few amusing animation errors, such as Diana's interchangeable NF skirt and her JL/JLU shorts, so keep an eye out ;)

On a lighter note, a common bug that is inherent in most Warner Animation DVDs, is also in this one, as that it can be played on non-multi regional UK players like mine (lucky)! Even so, if you want something to pass 75 minutes of your time.... buy 'Batman: Gotham Knight' instead!

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Not for younger viewers
Review date: 2008-08-30 Rating: 6 out of 10

Set in the middle of McCarthy's 'red scare', with a mysterious (and mostly unseen) force as the main villain/macguffin this is aimed at baby boomers who read DC comics in the 50s & 60s, not today's JLU fans.

The actual story is a little slow, but the voice acting, characterization and (once you get used to it) retro-looking animation all add up to a great movie that's a warm bath of nostalgic fun for any comics fan born between (say) 1955 and 1965

Potentially brilliant if it weren't for that stupid, stupid plot
Review date: 2008-06-28 Rating: 6 out of 10

There's a lot to like about Justice League: The New Frontier, but I'm afraid all of that is counterbalanced by one of the silliest stories I've ever seen in animation.

Set mostly in the 50s and featuring the DC hero fashion of that period the paranoid US government have blackballed all superheroes, claiming that they have something to hide beside their identities and dismiss them as Commies. The Flash is even ridiculed because of his RED costume. But soon they will have to come together again to fight a common enemy when (and I'm not kidding) a large floating, living island of dinosaurs called The Center plans to wipe out humanity.

I've read hundreds of comic books in my life and that is seriously the dumbest crap I have ever heard. Every other part of JL: TNF is far superior to this 'Center' nonsense, so it's such a shame that the main plot drags it down. I especially like the story about the Martian Manhunter and the Flash. Most of the JLA get a look-in but these two have the most substantial plots.

The animation style will be familiar to those who are fans of Warner/DC cartoons such as Batman and the 50s production design creates a nice atmosphere.

But that idiotic plot...

The Blu Ray looks brilliant in 1.78:1 1080p with a surprisingly good DD+ sound design. I do wish that Warner would give more of their feature length comic-book animations such as Batman - Mask of the Phantasm (Keepcase), The Batman Superman Movie, Batman & Mr. Freeze - SubZero, Batman - Mystery of the Batwoman (Keepcase) or maybe even some of the Scooby-Doo animated movies. Come on Warner...give us what we want/demand.

Origin Revisited
Review date: 2008-03-01 Rating: 8 out of 10

Bit of a shock this one after just watching Justice League Unlimited. At the start I thought I was watching Samurai Jack. The animation takes a little getting used to, but as a comics fan I soon realised I had a gold nugget here.
The series is set in the mid Fifties at the start of the so-called Silver Age of comics where many of the characters of the Justice League began their careers, and was quite faithful to the comics of the era, with the origins of Green Lantern and J'onn J'onzz being well depicted. It also featured most other characters of that period, most notably for me Ace, from the yet to be formed Challengers of the Unknown, and scientist Ray Palmer as the future Atom.
I also liked the political background in which the story was set, and although not too impressed with the threat itself,there was enough going on and plenty of action for the film to be a satisfying experience.
I would recommend this to any fan of sixties comics. I can see no continuity with the newer series however.

Excellent Movie,
Review date: 2008-02-08 Rating: 10 out of 10

This justice league film is supposed to be excellent, well worth buying, i have just been to the USA, people are talking about this film being really good,

Product Details/Specifications


Actor(s):
John Heard
Neil Patrick Harris
Miguel Ferrer
Lucy Lawless
David Boreanaz

Creators:
David Boreanaz (Primary Contributor)
Miguel Ferrer (Primary Contributor)
Bruce W. Timm (Producer)
Darwyn Cooke (Producer)
Darwyn Cooke (Writer)
Gregory Noveck (Producer)
Kimberly Smith (Producer)
Michael Goguen (Producer)
Stan Berkowitz (Writer)

Director(s):

Recording label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
EAN: 0883929008483
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 2
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Widescreen, NTSC,
Release date: 2008-02-26
Universal product code (UPC): 883929008483
Aspect ratio: 1.66:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 75 minutes
Theatrical release date: 2008-02-26
Language: English (Original Language)
Language: Portuguese (Original Language)

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