Justice League Unlimited - 9/24/05

Cafe Society
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Oh man, Skartaris. This is the most fanboyish I’ve ever been.

Travis Morgan, Tara, Jennifer, Machiste, Shakira, Mariah and Deimos. Oh man oh man oh man. I never ever thought I’d see them walking and talking. I loved it.

OK. Now the fanboy nitpickery and other thoughts. That’s not how you go into Skartaris. There’s supposed to be holes in the north and south pole where the surface curves around gradually. But that’s really forgivable. And there are caves that go through the crust which we’ve seen several times. Plus it’s gotten really hard to explain how you don’t see those massive holes.

They didn’t say either of the lines. Of expecting the unexpected and of soon being very dead.

I suppose Morgan may have shot the dino out of desperation but he was always extremely careful about his bullets since being stranded he had a limited supply. The didn’t mention he was US Air Force either.

Jennifer, she’s American. She only made to Skartaris when she was about 20 while looking for her dad who had disappeared about 8 earlier. No funny accent.

Morgan, while the Warlord, was just this guy. He’s just the mate and consort of Tara, Queen of Shambala the golden. No wood and stone fort this, it was a huge city, something more in line with old Rome. OK, maybe they were way out in the middle of nowhere but they didn’t even let her speak! One scream.

Hellfire was such an awesome sword, too bad they didn’t bring that in.

Shakira was no panther, she was housecat sized when in cat form. No funny colored eyes when human either.

The whole thing was too barbarianish. Skartaris had a huge mixture of technologies but it should have been more like Rome.

They should have brought Green Arrow. He and Morgan have met before.

I absolutely loved it though. And I’m glad they sealed the place up. Oh man, what I wouldn’t give for a series.

The rest of the hour was nice. You talk about it, I’m still too happy about seeing my most favorite comic book series of all time animated.

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and in the second episode, didn’t you love the Wonder Wonder twirl!! :smiley: :smiley: :smiley:

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That was very cute. I wonder how you get a superpower like that?

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Great scene when the Secret Service agent told WW, “If you ever raise your to the Vice President again, I’ll order my men to shoot you”. WW holds up her arm and points to her bracelet.

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It was cheesy, but it works. :slight_smile:

I was more happy to see Stargirl with a starring (no pun intended) role. Gotta love the jealously; it works for her. Why did she beat up Gamera? He is friend to children, no?

Not a fan of the new Supergirl outfit and haircut, especially since it debuted next to Stargirl who has the same haircut and main colors in her costume.

-Big deal! My dad’s a mecha!
-Mechas are sooo last year.
Not much to say on the second episode. Loved the Linda Carter twirl. Loved the Viking flashback, though it went a little long. Loved the “self-indulgent” buzz-saw arrow. Did J’onn turn invisible or was he just flying though fog? I remember that Timm et. al. didn’t want J’onn too powerful so they cut a bunch of his abilities (heat vision and invisiblity are two I remember).

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No JLU this week? Wonder why? Just as it was gonna have Flash goodness, too…

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“You no talk bad about Supergirl! She melt you with her eyes!”

It was mentioned he was military. In the context of his gun IIRC.

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No, actually, if you watch your tape again, you will hear Travis explicitly state he was in the Air Force.

I enjoyed both episodes a great deal – I loved the integration of Kryptonite into the world of Skartais. I was upset with the Panther thing, but not too.

I liked the ultimate bonding between SG and oh, wait that won’t work, Supergirl and Star Girl.

“Made me stay on a farm for three years, three years — in Kansas” gotta love it.

I was hoping for some living Viking Prince action, but I loved the telling of the legend (gorgeous work, made me think of Hogarth).

I actually think I got chills sending the ship to the sun to burn up, a brilliant nod to tradition that makes certain no DNA is available to Luthor and Grodd.

Loved the twirl – just cool to incorporate the mythos somewhat.

“If things continue the way they are my mother is more likely to try a military solution. . .uh. . . as a last resort” or words to that effect.

I agree (Back to Skartaris) that the representation lacked the coolness of the books, though it was good to see the characters again – I know Grell never intended it to ever meet with the DC Universe, but it makes a cool combo meal.

No Tinder (Travis’ son), but there was enough to explain as it was.

Grell’s Jon Sable is being published again and so is GrimJack (with Ostrander and Truman), but they are just a bit pricey for me at 4-5 bucks a book.

Two good shows, but they need to wake up and start doing 2-parters again as a regular thing – man the way they have to short-change these stories are almost criminal.

And while I’m complaining, I hope Hawkgirl gets a costume back, I really hate that yellow and black sweatsuit she wears.

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Supergirl looks a lot less perky with her hair grown out like that. Almost womany. I really liked watching her try to pick up rocks in the background.

Ahh, that’s when he says it. I missed by laughing at Supergirl in the background.

I really enjoy it when the Justice Leaguers go in normal wear. Too bad she could badger J’onn into formal wear.

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I noticed she ditched the white t-shirt, too.

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He mentioned he was in the air force.

Good episodes. Only one nitpick with the submarines.

“I love shooting trident missles at small subs”

Tridents are nuclear ballastic missles. Kinda overkill for a submarine, and I doubt the people on the glacier would be too happy either.

Oh, and Seawolfs don’t carry any kind of ballastic missles.

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[slight hijack] I’m working on a JLU Supergirl costume for Halloween – the one from last season with the white T-shirt and blue skirt. You should have seen me last night during that episode. “You can’t change your outfit now! I already started my costume!” [/slight hijack]

I did love the bonding at the end. “He left me on a farm for three years. In Kansas!”

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Both brilliant episodes.

A cameo by GAMERA! I’m ecstatic.

King Faraday just keeps getting cooler… I love how Grodd said ‘This much we know for certain’ and then promptly starts talking about Odin this and Odin that. The style for the flashback was excellent.

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It reminded me of the style of the Cybernetic Ghost of Christmas Past. About as long too.

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Funny, it made me think of Kubert. Anyone want to tell me, what artist is most know for The Viking Prince, and when was he published?

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Some info on The Viking Prince, including the mention that he was co-created by Joe Kubert.

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Well, Gamera, as played by Jimmy Olsen (note the hair color, that was so Turtle Boy).

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Re: Diana changing into her costume. How does she normally do it in the books?

And I would really rather have them show only one new episode a week, not two. Make it last a little longer, eh?

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Well, there is no episode next week or, I would imagine, the following week. I’m not so sure I want to watch a show where a guy beats people with his nose hair.

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Damn, their schedule has been all over the place lately. They’ve even played some Cow & Chicken. To paraphrase Solomon Grundy “All I want is a descent schedule!”