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Genre | Animation |
Format | Blu-ray, AC-3, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Animated, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, Special Edition |
Contributor | Chris Noth, Lauren Montgomery, Gina Torres, Mark Harmon, James Woods, William Baldwin, Bruce Davison, Sam Liu See more |
Initial release date | 2010-02-23 |
Language | English |
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DCU Justice League: Crisis On Two Earths (Blu-Ray) In a parallel Earth ruled by the Crime Syndicate, the Justice League must fight their evil doppelgangers in a battle that would be dead even, except that their malicious counterparts are willing to do the one thing Batman and Superman never would: kill.
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The arrival of a heroic Lex Luthor--yes, you read that correctly--leads Superman, Batman, and the rest of the Justice League to confront their evil, alternate-universe identities in Crisis on Two Earths, a terrific addition to the DC Animated Universe (DCAU) line of direct-to-DVD animated features. Based on Grant Morrison's JLA: Earth 2 graphic novel, the action brings the core Leaguers (Superman, Wonder Woman, The Flash, Green Lantern, and Martian Manhunter, though not the Dark Knight, who stays behind to ruminate on the evils of his own world) to a second Earth where their villainous counterparts rule the roost as part of the Crime Syndicate. What ensues is a solid mix of drama and action that, surprisingly, doesn't end with a wall-to-wall brawl between Justice Leagues. Instead, the story takes intelligent forays into the reality of a world ruled by super-villains, and the consequences of intruding on that reality. Though the story is a reworking from the failed Justice League: Worlds Collide feature (which was designed to serve as a link between the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited series), Crisis on Two Earths never feels like a patchwork effort; rather, it's well conceived and stands solidly next to some of the best DCAU efforts. The scripting is supported by a solid cast that includes Mark Harmon as Superman, James Woods as Owlman (the alternate-world Batman), Chris Noth as the "good" Lex Luthor, and William Baldwin, who acquits himself well as Batman, but can't replace Kevin Conroy.
Extras are plentiful and include the gritty, Steve Niles-penned DC Showcase for The Spectre, which also turned up on the Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam DVD; the live action pilots for the '70s-era Wonder Woman with Lynda Carter and the unaired, threadbare Aquaman; two bonus episodes of Justice League, both dealing with alternate Earths; and a 30-minute look at the powers that be at DC Comics and the changes that have been wrought at the company. A handful of sneak peeks at upcoming and previously released DCAU DVD releases, including Batman: Under the Red Hood, round out the set. --Paul Gaita
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
- Product Dimensions : 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 ounces
- Item model number : 883929094738
- Director : Sam Liu, Lauren Montgomery
- Media Format : Blu-ray, AC-3, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Animated, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, Special Edition
- Run time : 1 hour and 15 minutes
- Release date : February 23, 2010
- Actors : Mark Harmon, James Woods, Chris Noth, William Baldwin, Gina Torres
- Dubbed: : Spanish
- Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
- Studio : Studio Distribution Services
- ASIN : B002YOKVUE
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #14,266 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #5,992 in Blu-ray
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The animation and character design was excellent. The story and action was very exciting. This may have had the BEST fighting scenes so far. It was almost like watching a good kung fu movie in certain scenes (more in the "flying people" sub-genre than the "old-school" just plain good fighting, but there was a lot of that too! The moves, both in blows as well as holds and throws, seemed and felt real. As a martial artist and one who loves good martial arts in movies, this was some of the best I have seen in a American animated movie).
I found the music very moving and would love to have a soundtrack CD of it, Very inspiring.
I found myself getting so lost in the story that the very few weaknesses got left in the dust after awhile. The voice directing by Andrea Romano was superb as usual. However, I did find some of the voice acting to be the weakest link in a very strong chain.
The Good: well, James Woods performance as a very evil, dark and twisted Owl Man (Batman's counterpart on the parallel Earth is just outstanding. He gets the MVP among the voice actors in this one for me. He played it very cold and deadpan and it just worked like a charm. Creepy and scary.
James Patrick Stuart's performance as The Jester (the parallel's Earth good counterpart to our evil Joker) was another great performance (albeit too short). I found myself really liking and cheering for this character, which was so weird because his evil counterpart (who does not show up in this movie at all) is fun to watch, but not someone I ever CHEER for. This guy is also nuts, but truly a good man and a hero.
I really found myself buying Mark Harmon's voice as Superman after a few scenes, whereas at first it bothered me. He totally worked as Superman. Still miss Tim Daly or George Newbern a bit, but Harmon did just fine.
Now for the main bad: I really missed Kevin Conroy as Batman. Unlike many reviewers here, I did not hate Billy Baldwin as the voice of Batman and I also found myself letting go and enjoying his performance, as I did with Mark Harmon. But he was not perfect for the role. Not like Kevin Conroy is. I do not understand what the motivation was to not use Conroy, except for possibly to make the movie its own thing and not connect it to any other product released so far. I still think no matter who else they cast for other roles (and I still like Tim Daly best as Superman and George Newbern second best), they should keep Conroy for Batman for all their projects. I think he helped define the DCU Animated almost as much as Timm, Romano,Walker, Dini and the other creators of those early Batman Animated series and should be used almost like a trademark.
Anyway, none of the above was enough for me to give the MOVIE itself less than five stars. It is easily tied for first in my collection and may end up being my favorite over time (time will tell). And all the other voice actors did just fine.
As for the DVD set: I really want to give this set 4 stars for the lack of a commentary (I have missed that on the last few and I think it is a mistake for them not to include those anymore. I hope they bring them back. IT makes the product more re-watchable), as well as a really good featurette about the movie. Now, the mostly talking heads "First Look" at this movie that was on the Green Lantern set last year was okay. BUT IT IS NOT EVEN ON THIS SET! They don't have any NEW stuff about this movie, they could at least include the 10 minute "preview" that they made for it, just as many DVD's include (or at least used to) the trailers for whatever the movie is (this is still done for certain kinds of classic movies, such as golden age classic Hollywood movies and classic kung fu movies). Having nothing about the making of this great movie on the DVD itself, is a crime to me. Now, there are some hidden locked features that you can unlock, I think if you collect the virtual cards that they have on their FaceBook page (or maybe they just show it to you there). If those are any good, that would bump it up.
The talking heads featurette about the DC Universe and how it developed as a contiguous, coherent universe and the various epic Crises that have been used to explore that more is... just okay. It is interesting in parts, and as a comic book geek, I did like hearing some of the creators talking about how they developed some of these projects. But it does not make up for nothing told about the making of the movie.
And including the Bruce Timm's picks from the Justice League Animated series, "A Better World", was fine, but I already have these episodes in the collected set. I can see how this might be great for those who don't yet have those sets.
And the other First Looks are also okay, but again, I already have all of these on other sets. Except for the new one BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD. And that was awesome! I am so looking forward to that one! It looks very scary, dark and more along the lines of some of the darkest Batman stories, such as Frank Miller's Dark Knight stories and the recent DARK KNIGHT movie.
But the thing that really bumps this up to a solid four and half stars for me (along with the excellence of the feature film itself) is the short animated film of DC PRESENTS: THE SPECTRE! That was so very cool. This idea of bringing a short subject onto the disc I wholeheartedly applaud. I actually liked it a lot when they did this with the mostly silent (no talking) Catwoman short on THE MYSTERY OF THE BATWOMAN DVD set. And this one is just superb. They truly captured the horror, the dread and yet still the coolness factor of The Spectre. The mystery was good for a short 13 minute animated movie, the voice acting was great (not directed by Andrea Romano! I was surprised, but they did a good job on this, nonetheless), the music was excellent and I like how they made some parts of the movie "scratchy" to make it look classic and old. It was just great.
Conclusion: So, I give the set a very solid four and half stars and I always round upward with half stars. The half star missing is because of the casting of Batman, the lack of commentary and any other special features about the making of the movie featured on the disc.
A must purchase for any DCU Animated fan. IF you can save some money, and don't care about the talking heads featurette about all the Crises (mostly about IDENTITY CRISIS and INFINITE CRISIS) and the two episodes from the Justice League series, you can easily get by with just the single disc set (if there is one) because the movie itself, The Spectre short and all the First Looks (including the new Batman one) are all on Disc 1). I am glad I got the two-disc set, because as a pre-order it was only about $13 shipped and well worth it. But I could easily be happy with just the first disc if I could get it for less than $10. And I did fail to keep it short, as per usual, although I hope I gave the most important stuff in the beginning for those who didn't want to read the entire review.
I remember watching that "Better World" episode and thinking how evil the other world counterparts of Super Man and company were, but boy were they slightly stern compared to the other world doppelgangers portrayed in this!!
The story here is solid and the production values of the animation, story, and tone are very cinematic. This is a real movie, folks, you'll be forgetting this is a cartoon before it gets past the first half hour. The character choices are the key to making this a success. Some had to hold true to who they are, but others had to surprise you. As an avid fan of all of the Justice league tv shows, I wasn't expecting to be surprised by any of the characters, even the doppelgangers; I figured they'd be evil and the others good. It is that way, but the little touches are what make the difference here. I'll go on record as saying that at least two characters will throw you for a complete loop as to just how "different" they are portrayed. One character is the complete opposite of herself and the opposite's unshakable determination to be bad only amplifies and pin points, like I've never seen before, the original's resolve to be good. The character that most surprised me however was Batman. The series so far has gone to great lengths to paint him as stern and anti social, which I always got it, but this movie takes the character far beyond just a personality type. You see growth in him and gain a greater understanding of who he is...possibly beyond just the series, but how he was meant to be originally (whoa).
Evil Super Man is the comic relief and doesn't illuminate anything about the series Super Man or resemble him in any way, which is what is so funny! The Evil Super Man is basically a (spoiler) and he's created a (spoiler). Now, I mention the term "prospects", just to put something in your ear.
Prospects are lower level recruits in motor cycle gangs who must "prove" their worth. The DC writers could have gone this route, which a biker gang Justice League would have been something to say the least. They could have also fashioned the league to be cops (scary cops, like Judge Dread cops), or a religious sect hold up in a Justice Fortress "Church" with a pious contrite Super Man residing over and protecting his team's dirty dealings under the veal of religious purity. LOL, I'm dying over this as I write it. I also get a kick imagining the DC team kicking these ideas around. However, they settled on what they did and it is a great choice; it's a menacing angle. The Biker Gang idea could have gotten too violent and the church angle could have gotten too HEAVY!
I digress though. Wait until you see him, this Super Man is a hoot. The other character's doppelgangers are really just glib or funny re imaginings, like other world Flash is really not so different from the series Flash except he (spoiler), Green lantern's counterpart looks to be (spoiler), and Martian Man Hunter's and Hulk Girl's counterparts are drawn to be more (spoiler) than alien. It's little ironic touches like this that make this feature so special and such a needed conversation piece for your collection.
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Animation is slick and in the right tone for such release. I liked the "Personnage" role definition. The Batman is as dark and cold as I ever saw him. Superman ego is bigger than his shoulders. The final dialogue between Batman and Flash is memorable. The gang of alternate heroes is well selected and defined. You almost believe in this totally Sci-Fi story. Beware, this is a lot whole closer to Star Trek than it is to Adam West's Batman. Some good Modern DC stuff !!!!
Extras : Some great trailers, which you probably have all seen. The full TV premieres of the classic TY shows Wonder Woman and Aquaman (fun to have on DVD... for free). 4 unreleased episodes of JLA. But hold on, there were never released because they served as the base for DC full lenght movies. They are then redundant, but cool to have.
With DC, the price tag is always steep. This time, though, they loaded the DVD with all sorts of goodies. The Blu-ray version will become a POP Culture collector item.
I also love the short film about the superhero Spectre. I never knew about this superhero before I saw this short. There is also a bonus 2 parter Justice Leaque of America film at the end on Disc 2.
A really good buy and I highly recommend it if you're into DC Comics.
Very High quality edition, with tons of interesting bonus.
The Very good choice, highly recommended for DC fans around the world.
For me one of the best DC Animeted!
Pour ceux qui vivent en France, et sont donc malchanceux quant à la politique d'édition des DC Animated, en France, de la Warner, je recommande fortement cette édition totalement multizone, avec des sous-titres français.
Le meilleur choix pour un fan de DC, des tonnes de bonus et l'un des meilleurs film d'animation DC pour moi.