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« on: February 10, 2010, 08:32:54 PM »
As RPM's foremost DC Comics expert, at least I think I know more DC than anyone in here being that I've read DC Comics all my life, Justice League & JLU were just another part in the utmost excellence that was the DCAU. Like a lot of fans, I was upset that they used John Stewart over Kyle Rayner, but as I watched the show I grew to really like how they handled his character. To me, that's what made the show so good: the characters. For example, I'm the hugest fan of The Flash, as he has my favorite superpower, which is Super Speed. The Justice League Flash is the greatest incarnation of the character in all of DC, from the comics to the 90's TV show. Superman & Batman are pretty much Superman & Batman. My only complaint is that GL did not use enough constructs, and instead was way too beam-y. But that never took away from my overall enjoyment of the show.
I'll be the first to admit that the first season of Justice League was one of the weakest seasons in all of the DCAU. The characterization was there somewhat, but the stories somewhat lacked the quality of their previous shows. If you watched their previous shows, you know that they could've done better...which they did in the Second Season. Whereas the first season of JL is one of the weakest, the second season of JL is easily one of the best seasons of animation and story the DCAU, and the comic cartoon genre, has to offer. Here is the season where the characters truly began to shine, and the stories were top notch. From the first 2-parter of the second season, Twilight, you can already see the massive change in story telling. Yeah, JL has some episodes that were better than others without question, but that's true of all the DCAU series. You have your "Almost Got 'Im" in every series and you have your "Prophecy of Doom" as well.
Justice League Unlimited is simply pure DC fan-service, done with massive creativity as well as respect for the characters themselves. The changes to some characters, like The Question, are just simply brilliant. They also respected their fans enough to give them a proper sequel to the short lived Batman Beyond series, which was done so very well. The episode before that, with The Flash showing what he can really do just perfectly illustrates why super speed is my favorite super power. The final episode just has such a brilliant scene between Superman & Darkseid that I sometimes just watch it to watch it. To me, it's honestly a shame that more of these aren't being made, for as much as I do like DC's Animated movies, they are not as good as their TV Cartoons. I only wish Marvel Comics could do something as epic as the DCAU, cause their cartoons are nothing compared to these. The Spectacular Spider-Man is definitely a step in the right direction though.