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Information
- Year
- 2012
- Runtime
- 75 min.
- Director
- Lauren Montgomery
- Genres
- Action, Animation, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
- Rating *
- 7.5
- Votes *
- 16,542
- Checks
- 1,308
- Favs
- 48
- Dislikes
- 12
- Favs/checks
- 3.7% (1:27)
- Favs/dislikes
- 4:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Loosely based on Mark Waid's JLA story line "The Tower of Babel", Justice League: Doom may not exactly be set in Justice League Unlimited continuity, it is its very close cousin, and on that basis, can be pretty gratifying. It reunites a lot of the voice talent associated with JL/JLU, including Kevin Conroy as Batman, Tim Daly as Superman, Susan Eisenberg as Wonder Woman, Carl Lumbly as the Martian Manhunter, Michael Rosenbaum as the Flash (but confusingly, Barry Allen instead of Wally West) and Nathan Fillion reprising his Hal Jordan from the Green Lantern direct-to-DVD releases. The designs have changed and are less Timmversal, but it does come close to getting us back to the franchise's roots, both in the modern age (JL) and the 70s (Super-Friends) with the use of the (or rather, a) Legion of Doom. With a featured role for Cyborg, it feels like the bridge between the previous era of Justice League action and the next, inspired by the New52 (for better or worse). The villains have found each Justice Leaguer's weakness and exploit them, which leads to some hard-hitting action. It's all pretty exciting, but it could have done more. The feeling is that it's just a string of superhero fights with very little personal drama, and that somehow fails to sell the final moment. It doesn't help that there's no real follow-up (or is there? I pick and choose my DC animated DVDs these days). So pleasant enough, but length aside, it could have been an episode of the original series. That's both a plus and a minus. I just wouldn't recommend spending a lot on it. 8 years 10 months ago -
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