Like Flash scooping up alternate Black Canary, running out into the ocean, dropping her, and running back. The parts we enjoyed most were the little, funny moments. In this case, it’s worse, because you have to know the original character in order to figure out who they’re analoguing.
You have to be a fan who already knows this stuff or go online and read up on annotations to know who anyone is. Maybe that’s another (poorly chosen) way they’re trying to be like the comics. It’s a terrible job of identifying characters. As it was, there were names used I didn’t have anything to connect with and characters I watched I didn’t know who they were, because they weren’t named. I wanted to know more about some of them, and it could be a great introduction to more of the DCU for the viewer.
The pink girl with the hypnosis and red hair (with pink? really?) I was lost on. But they aren’t named, and while we see some of their powers, we’re just guessing at who they’re supposed to be. It appears that the Crime Syndicate use the Outsiders and Justice League Detroit to do their dirty work, with characters that looked like Halo (identified as Breakdance), Gypsy, Vibe, Vixen, Black Lightning, and a punked-out Elongated Man. They should have done a trivia track that popped up onscreen to identify the many supporting characters. There was a huge opportunity missed for extras on this disc. There’s always this problem with that character: he’s an alien Superman, so they try to emphasize his background to make him different, and that looks like they’re trying to hard to prop him up in spite of viewer disinterest. On the other hand, I found the Martian Manhunter origin sequence confusing (due to its wordless lack of explanation) and unnecessary. We see super-breath, vision powers, even speed-spinning to drill into the floor. I liked the way they used different powers for Superman, beyond the typical flying and punching things. In keeping with the parallelism theme, the film had two directors: Sam Liu, who previously directed Planet Hulk and Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, and Lauren Montgomery, who handled Green Lantern: First Flight and Wonder Woman. Maybe those involved just have different tastes than I do, and they wanted something that seemed a little edgier.
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The animation and design aren’t as good as they were on the original TV shows (which makes me wonder if there’s a little too much cost-cutting going on to keep the film series going, or if I’m just overly nostalgic and remembering the older show too fondly). There’s not a lot of story here, just plenty of action. Perhaps that’s all animated movie fans want, just one big fight, where you can see the characters actually moving. The fight choreography is well-done and creative in places. The action scenes are pretty good, but that’s not why I watch these movies. I think a clear vision, well-communicated, makes for better art. I suppose I don’t have to know the answers to those questions, but one of the things I ask myself as a reviewer is “did this succeed at what it was aiming to do?” Without understanding what they’re trying for, I’m left feeling muddled. Are they targeting adults? Teenagers? Old fans? New viewers? Did they need to use the words “crap” and “ass”? It makes the characters sound too young. The humor seems aimed pretty low and juvenile. An early scene features a naked Luthor - “as you can see, I’m not armed” - and stupid jokes about that. It’s rated PG-13, so younger kids are out. And what’s more heroic than a sacrifice to save your friend? But I quickly found myself wondering who the audience for these films are supposed to be. He’s dressed more like a court jester and behaves not as crazy as people like to portray him these days. I liked the alternate Joker from the opening scene. The darkening of superhero comics makes it hard to tell the good guys from their “evil twins” these days.) Anyway, Luthor needs the Justice League to help him return democracy to his world and overthrow the Crime Syndicate in Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths. (Hmm, maybe that’s not so different from current comic continuity. It’s an alternate Earth, a place where Lex Luthor heads up the good guys and the characters most like “our” Justice League are murderers.
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