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Justice League: The New Frontier Special Edition [Blu-ray]

Justice League: The New Frontier Special Edition [Blu-ray]
by Dave Bullock

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Actor: David Boreanaz, Keith David, Lucy Lawless, Miguel Ferrer, Neil Patrick Harris
Director: Dave Bullock
Brand: Warner Brothers
Producer: Bruce W. Timm
Producer: Darwyn Cooke
Writer: Darwyn Cooke
Producer: Gregory Noveck
Producer: Kimberly Smith
Producer: Michael Goguen
Writer: Stan Berkowitz
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Portuguese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2008-02-26
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video

Blu-ray Reviews of Justice League: The New Frontier Special Edition [Blu-ray]

Blu-ray Review: this is not your fathers ustice.. oh wait, it probably IS your fathers Justice League!
Summary: 4 Stars

I'll get right t the point: this film is a very condensed version of the books it's based on. My main complaints with the title come from the compromises that had to be ,made to accommodate this. I understand the reason for it though; if you add commercials the film runs at 90 minutes without having to make many cuts, if any at all. While I'm not a fan of this approach (I would much rather see a longer version on Blu-ray and let them make edits for broadcast) I can't condemn them for being economical in their approach. I think a lot of people don't realize just how small the audience for this kind of thing really is, so the fact that WB is doing it at all should be commended.

Content wise there was a lot of re-jiggering of the details of some parts of the story to make the key players involved in the action; such as J'onn J'onzz getting in on the fight with Batman in the cathedral, or Hal Jordan teaming with Ric Flagg on the Mars mission, to the exclusion of Flaggs love interest. However, these changes do the job of keeping the focus on the superhero cast. After all, these are the characters that are selling the film, not the Martian Manhunter's human police partner.

There is a feeling of rushing through scenes to get as much in a possible. By doing this I feel that the producers have sacrificed a lot of atmosphere and tension that is inherent in the story. Certain minor characters, such as Green Arrow, have been reduced to little more than a fly-by cameo, so don't let the package art fool you into thinking you're gonna get a huge roster of characters to play with. There are a lot of, "blink and you miss them" moments that touch upon things from the book, but they go by pretty quickly.

I bought the Blu-ray version of this film and it looks nothing short of spectacular in high definition. The images are crisp, bright and colorful without any line pixelazation or de-interlace artifacts.

The sound is, likewise, very punchy. There isn't much in the way of surround or very deep bass, but it's clear and precise when they are used. There felt to be a little imbalance between music and dialouge volume, but nothing painful.

The cast was uniformly good, although I'm not sure what the producers saw in David Boreanez as Hal Jordan. I absolutley loved both Jeremy sisto and Kyle Mclaughlin as batman and Superman respectively. Jeremy Sistos Batman puts Rino Romano to shame, and gives the gerat Kevin Conroy a run for his Bat-Money. I never, in a thousand years, would have pegged Kyle Mclaughlin as a Superman character, but he brings just the right amount of serious tone and 50's all-american swagger that this version of the character needs. Migul Ferrera is an actor that has really excelled since picking up voice work and is great as the Martian Manhunter. While the rest of the cast is good, no one else really jumped out at me like these guys did. As for D.B. as Jordan... Maybe I just never really got the character but I just didn't feel it so much.

The film is worth having if you're a fan of either the book or the time period. Yes, it's a little dark and mature in places, but that is in keeping with the source material. It's not a kids film and isnt being sold as a ids film. It's light on screen time for some of the heavy hitter characters, like Bats, Supes and WW, but they make an impact when they do appear. This is also in keeping with the source material. This is more the story of Hal Jordan taking steps to become the Green Lantern we all admire, and not so much about the adventures of the fully formed hero. You can see how the seeds would be laid for the Justice League to appear in this universe. This may rub some who are fans of the modern age JLA the wrong way, but this is a different time and carries different attitudes. Worth the purchase, definitely worth the Blu-ray.

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Description of Justice League: The New Frontier Special Edition [Blu-ray]

Inspired by the best-selling graphic novel by Darwyn Cooke and produced by the multiple Emmy® award winning animation legend, Bruce Timm, The New Frontier is the epic tale of the founding of the Justice League. Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman are all here of course, and so are Green Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Flash - whose incredible origins will be told for the very first time. Strangers at first, these very different heroes must overcome fear and suspicion to forge an alliance against a monster so formidable, even the mighty Superman can not stop it. If they fail, our entire planet will be "cleansed" of humanity.

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