RTTP: Justice League and Justice League Unlimited

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Just finished watching The Batman Animated Series and all it's movies. Gonna jump into Justice League tomorrow. BTAS held up so damn well. It's crazy how good that series was.

Hopefully Justice League was as good as I remember.
 
You should watch some Superman TAS and Batman Beyond TAS too, especially the former since some plot elements appear in JL from STAS.
 
Boss Doggie said:
You should watch some Superman TAS and Batman Beyond TAS too, especially the former since some plot elements appear in JL from STAS.
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I watched the World's Finest superman episodes and all the other Batman crossovers. Honestly, I just wanted to get right into Justice League after watching so much Batman :lol

I was also planing to watch Beyond sometime after JL. Doesn't it take place afterwards chronologically, even though it was produced before?
 
Moaradin said:
I watched the World's Finest superman episodes and all the other Batman crossovers. Honestly, I just wanted to get right into Justice League after watching so much Batman :lol

I was also planing to watch Beyond sometime after JL. Doesn't it take place afterwards chronologically, even though it was produced before?
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Yes, but JLU sort of provides the ending to Beyond, so I'd recommend Beyond first.
 
I really liked JL and JLU but the thing that i did not like much in the first 3 season is that there are like 2-3 episodes dedicated to certain JL members. The first 3 season felt fragmented to me, because there was not overreaching plot beyond just defeat bad guys of the week. But i really like their personalities, dialog and the animation was ace.

JLU was the first time i ever heard of speed force.
 
Moaradin said:
I watched the World's Finest superman episodes and all the other Batman crossovers. Honestly, I just wanted to get right into Justice League after watching so much Batman :lol

I was also planing to watch Beyond sometime after JL. Doesn't it take place afterwards chronologically, even though it was produced before?
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Yes but a few episodes deal with it.
especially "Epilogue" skip it until after Batman Beyond and Return of the Joker.
 
Jintor said:
The little plastic bits... on the ends of shoelaces... are called... anglets. Their purpose... is sinister!
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*sings* Uh oh, feel in love again, what I'm going to tell my friends, it just happened... you walked in my door and now I don't want to be, alone no more *smashes glass door* oops I done it, told you how I feel, now let's hope this love is real...

Lol The Question episodes were awesome
 
I know that most people see JLU as the superior series, and in many ways, I see why. I still like the longer stories in JL, and the focus on the core seven.

Althouh, can we all agree that the opening theme to JL is better than JLU?
 
AMUSIX said:
I know that most people see JLU as the superior series, and in many ways, I see why. I still like the longer stories in JL, and the focus on the core seven.

Althouh, can we all agree that the opening theme to JL is better than JLU?
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Nah JLU's was more hype IMO.
 
AMUSIX said:
I know that most people see JLU as the superior series, and in many ways, I see why. I still like the longer stories in JL, and the focus on the core seven.

Althouh, can we all agree that the opening theme to JL is better than JLU?
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JL's theme is MUCH better than JLU's. Also, I always hated how the JLU opening showed scenes from the episode that you were about to watch.
 
My only problem with the series is the Hyperclan replacement. Would have been a better moment to bring the team together.
 
aett said:
JL's theme is MUCH better than JLU's. Also, I always hated how the JLU opening showed scenes from the episode that you were about to watch.
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That's only for the first few episodes. Afterwards once they had enough footage it use it was always the same thing.
 
AMUSIX said:
I know that most people see JLU as the superior series, and in many ways, I see why. I still like the longer stories in JL, and the focus on the core seven.

Althouh, can we all agree that the opening theme to JL is better than JLU?
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Tizoc said:
Nah JLU's was more hype IMO.
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aett said:
JL's theme is MUCH better than JLU's. Also, I always hated how the JLU opening showed scenes from the episode that you were about to watch.
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Both openings were terrible. Such a downer coming off of the heights of the other three DCAU openings.
 
aett said:
JL's theme is MUCH better than JLU's. Also, I always hated how the JLU opening showed scenes from the episode that you were about to watch.
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I just finished rewatching JLU and they wised up partway through and stopped showing clips of the coming episode (which was really dumb).

In general, intros that are entirely composed of scenes from the show are lame. BTAS's will always reign supreme. Batman Beyond's gets points for that tracking shot of Gotham at the beginning.
 
ReiGun said:
Btas > JLU > Superman > JL > Batman Beyond > Static for themes

Facts.
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Batman & Superman Adventures seems to have been forgotten. Is it on any of the DVD sets?

I miss Saturday mornings with that hour-long block. Wasn't Batman Beyond out at the time? Because that's 1 and 1/2 hours of DCAU goodness. 2 hours if Static was around too.

Geeze I just realized how huge DCAU used to be for cartoons.
 
I really don't remember what the Superman/Batman adventures was. I just thought it was a mash up of all the crossover episodes like World's Finest, Knight Time and The Demon Reborn.
 
I thought World's Finest were the crossover series. Had stuff like Superman pretending to be Batman to help Time Drake look for Bruce.
 
Boss Doggie said:
I thought World's Finest were the crossover series. Had stuff like Superman pretending to be Batman to help Time Drake look for Bruce.
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I think that particular episode was just a Superman one. Most of the crossover ones were Superman, though I remember one episode where Batgirl and Supergirl team up to face Poison Ivy and Harley Quinn, and that was a B:TAS (News Adventures) one.
 
Boss Doggie said:
I thought World's Finest were the crossover series. Had stuff like Superman pretending to be Batman to help Time Drake look for Bruce.
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That was the Knight Time episode, another crossover episode in Superman. World's Finest was a 3 part series showing when Batman and Superman first met. Batman goes to Metropolis because Joker is there making deal with Lex Luthor or some shit. It was in season 2 of Superman:TAS.

I still don't know what the hell Batman/Superman adventure is.
 
Moaradin said:
That was the Knight Time episode, another crossover episode in Superman. World's Finest was a 3 part series showing when Batman and Superman first met. Batman goes to Metropolis because Joker is there making deal with Lex Luthor or some shit. It was in season 2 of Superman:TAS.

I still don't know what the hell Batman/Superman adventure is.
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I think the New Batman Superman/Adventures was just an hour program with one episode of each.
 
Yeah it was just an episode of Superman and one with Batman with the rebooted style.

It went
-Batman
-Batman & Robin
-Superman
-New Batman Adventures + Superman

IIRC New Batman didn't have an intro, so it shared one with Superman.
 
Pau said:
YES. I thought I was the only one who liked Shirley Walker's theme over Danny Elfman's.
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LOL wow, I thought the same thing.
Elfman's was great but Walker's was better, a little darker and fit more situations than Elfman's.

and that doesn't even count the amazing Mask of the Phantasm version.
the 2 times it played in Beyond are two of my favorite scenes in that series http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqRATvE-gXo

Moaradin said:
That reminds me about Mask of the Phantasm. Amazing movie. Might be the best Batman movie I've seen, animated or otherwise.
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Call me a dork but its in my top 10 movies. Loved Begins, but MOTP just couldn't be topped for me.
It had many things I wanted Begins & TDK to do. Andrea was a better love interest, the cemetery scene etc.
 
Moaradin said:
That was the Knight Time episode, another crossover episode in Superman. World's Finest was a 3 part series showing when Batman and Superman first met. Batman goes to Metropolis because Joker is there making deal with Lex Luthor or some shit. It was in season 2 of Superman:TAS.

I still don't know what the hell Batman/Superman adventure is.
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Ahh I know about that three-parter, I thought it became the title for the crossover episodes.
 
I don't know whether Mask of the Phantasm or Return of the Joker is better. Phantasm probably gets more props for being set in the timeline we're used to
 
MisterHero said:
Batman & Superman Adventures seems to have been forgotten. Is it on any of the DVD sets?
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B:TAS Volume 4 has the option of letting you use that opening instead of the regular B:TAS one.

Jintor said:
I don't know whether Mask of the Phantasm or Return of the Joker is better. Phantasm probably gets more props for being set in the timeline we're used to
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Return of the Joker Uncut > Mask of the Phantasm > Return of the Joker, in my opinion.
 
tbqh cut RotJ has a moment that trumps the original.
The scene where bleached!Tim kills Joker via accidental electrocution feels more... creepy.
 
Moaradin said:
That was the Knight Time episode, another crossover episode in Superman. World's Finest was a 3 part series showing when Batman and Superman first met. Batman goes to Metropolis because Joker is there making deal with Lex Luthor or some shit. It was in season 2 of Superman:TAS.

I still don't know what the hell Batman/Superman adventure is.
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You need to watch Superman TAS

The "fallout" from "it" is where Justice League starts off

Plus you get proper character introductions and backstory on everything related to Darkseid and Apokolips.


Those stories alone are worth the effort


Watch Superman 3-part pilot. It may surprise you

I know you want to get to the good stuff and enjoy Justice League, but you will enjoy JLU so much more if you watch all of Superman TAS and at least the first 2 seasons of Batman Beyond first.

It's the links between all the series that raise JLU from being good to being great, and I can't imagine enjoying JLU quite as much if I were wondering who everyone was or why this person is important, or what event they are referencing.
 
FlashbladeGAF said:
You need to watch Superman TAS

The "fallout" from "it" is where Justice League starts off

Plus you get proper character introductions and backstory on everything related to Darkseid and Apokolips.


Those stories alone are worth the effort


Watch Superman 3-part pilot. It may surprise you

I know you want to get to the good stuff and enjoy Justice League, but you will enjoy JLU so much more if you watch all of Superman TAS and at least the first 2 seasons of Batman Beyond first.

It's the links between all the series that raise JLU from being good to being great, and I can't imagine enjoying JLU quite as much if I were wondering who everyone was or why this person is important, or what event they are referencing.
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Oh, I've seen all this stuff before. Even watched Static Shock and Zeta project back in the day. Only show I never caught was Batman Beyond for whatever reason. I just decided to re-watch B:TAS after watching The Dark Knight Returns since I was in the mood, and that got me excited for Justice League.
 
"A Better World" is such a bullshit storyline. I do like the outfits for the the Justice Lords. So far season two doesn't feel a whole lot better than the first season.
 
i finished jlu, having only caught maybe five episodes during its initial run.

-teaming up b level guys with each other allowed for a lot of cool and interesting interactions.
-stories hit a nice blend of feeling big while also being tightly told and fitting into an overall arc
-season 3 is almost all garbage. as rad as darkseid is, he wasn't given the build up necessary for his return and his demise was kinda weak.

i also never watched a lot of justice league, but i can already tell that 44 minute episodes are really going to drag.
 
They stopped 2 parters in season 3 (a.k.a. season 1 JLU), so it feels less draggy.

And season 5/season 3 JLU was a post-script season, so there's that.
 
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