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JUSTICE LEAGUE:
THE COMPLETE SERIES (DVD)
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Though marketed as "The Complete Series,"
the Justice League complete sets provides fifteen DVD's that actually
boasts two highly different television series'. I say that because the
creators eventually reached a limit to what they could do with one
version of their show and eventually provided a second series that was
obviously an extension of the show but approached the source material
with a different tone altogether. So while reviewing the show I had to
take in to consideration that I was reviewing two series based on a
single idea stuffed in to a very beautiful boxed set that is protected
by a dazzling tin display case. With the plethora of special features we
get to see "Justice League," a show based around the comic books dressed
in Bruce Timm's signature art style and storytelling. Here we follow
seven of DC's flagship heavyweights who take hold of the first series
through epic storylines based around two parter episodes that are often
more epic than most of the animated series ever made.
Also take for example when the JL meets up with their fictional comic book heroes and one character looks over to John Stewart and proclaims, "You're a credit to your race." Then there's "Justice League Unlimited" a lighter but more exciting series that took the original seven and introduced a slew of DC superheroes who would all take a part in helping to protect Earth and stop a villainous government mandated program aimed at stopping the league and its watch tower. Here people like Green Arrow, The Atom, and Booster Gold are introduced and engage in their own episodes, most of which are rather excellent in storytelling and action. When dissected both takes on the Justice League concepts are similar but "Unlimited" widens the scope on Timm's DC Universe and provides some of the best episodes ever made. Sadly the series has been draw in to obscurity but this set does it justice. I highly recommend this set to people who held out on the original series sets, but if you've already purchased the entire run individually, this is probably not worth the second purchase. Sure the case is boss, but it's still just the same show with the same special features taken from the previous sets.
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