{"id":16077,"date":"2015-08-10T15:33:25","date_gmt":"2015-08-10T19:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=16077"},"modified":"2015-08-10T15:33:25","modified_gmt":"2015-08-10T19:33:25","slug":"justice-league-gods-and-monsters-2015-blu-raydvddigital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/10\/justice-league-gods-and-monsters-2015-blu-raydvddigital\/","title":{"rendered":"Justice League: Gods and Monsters (2015) [Blu-Ray\/DVD\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sue me but it\u2019s pretty cool to be seeing a Hispanic man playing Superman for once; if only for one time in an Elseworlds tale. \u201cGods and Monsters\u201d is set in an alternate DC Universe that has its own Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, and damn it they\u2019re not the clean cut superheroes and titans we know them as. Imagine an alternate fate for the trio of titans. What if Zod programmed his DNA in to Superman and Superman was taken in by a Mexican farming couple rather than Kansas farmers. Imagine if Wonder Woman was from the new gods, and Batman was actually a bat like man who sucked people\u2019s blood.<\/p>\n

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This is what the alternate DC Universe has wrought and it\u2019s a slick new vision. There\u2019s no introduction of the proper versions, as this new film features a trio of alternate superheroes that aren\u2019t all cut and dry. Now the government uses the trio to stop rebels and terrorist threats, and they have their own form of justice which includes leaving a slew of bodies in their wake. The government has pretty much turned over their form of lawmaking to Superman and his cohorts, all of whom have plans to dominate Metropolis and soon enough the world. Superman is a Hispanic Zod like individual who has grand plans for him and his teammates, and there\u2019s nothing anyone can do about it. But when a trio of monsters show up that match the anti-heroes\u2019 powers, Batman begins investigating.<\/p>\n

Along the way we\u2019re given a lot of glimpses in to alternate fates of the DC world, a reality where Victor Fries is a normal scientist, and Ray Palmer hasn\u2019t quite become the Atom just yet, and probably never will. The new vision from Sam Liu and Bruce Timm is stark and often times very violent, and I really enjoyed where they took this concept, from building on the origin of Superman, right down to revealing the origins of our two other DC titans. Batman\u2019s origin is the most elaborate as he was a scientist using bats to help cure his cancer, and this ultimately transformed him in to a vampire-like being. Everything in \u201cGods and Monsters\u201d is just like we know the original characters, except tweaked just a little bit to add a little spice.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s interesting to see Superman in particular, who begins discussing world policies and the lower class, as he explains that he grew up with migrant farmers and faced the harshness of life. One glaring problem with \u201cGods and Monsters\u201d is that it takes way too long to establish our anti-heroes. The movie is only seventy minutes in length, and spends most of the narrative establishing their back stories, with the mystery of the alien monsters taking a back seat for a least a half hour total. It\u2019s a shame we couldn\u2019t leave much of the explanation to suggestion and visual exposition and explored the more interesting aspects of the megalomaniacal avengers. With at least ten more minutes injected, \u201cGods and Monsters\u201d could have been so much more compelling. As it is, \u201cGods and Monsters\u201d is a bold reworking and one I hope we can see more of in the future, just to hear Benjamin Bratt kick ass as Superman all over again.<\/p>\n

The Blu-Ray\/DVD combo features a 19 minute segment about the various storylines about alternate realities in the DC mythology and how the production company used that for this elseworlds tale. \u201cCalculated Risks\u201d is a twenty four minute behind the scenes segment featuring interviews with the cast and crew, and their take on this new elseworlds tale. \u201cThe New Gods\u201d is a twenty two minute look at Jack Kirby\u2019s legendary universe and takes a spotlight on Highfather, Darkseid, Mister Miracle, and Orion. \u201cFrom the DC Comics Vault\u201d features two episodes from the DCAU including \u201cPhantoms\u201d from \u201cLegion of Super Heroes\u201d and \u201cBrave New Metropolis\u201d from \u201cSuperman: The Animated Series.\u201d Finally there\u2019s a twelve minute look at \u201cBatman: Bad Blood\u201d which introduces the animated version of Batwoman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sue me but it\u2019s pretty cool to be seeing a Hispanic man playing Superman for once; if only for one time in an Elseworlds tale. \u201cGods and Monsters\u201d is set in an alternate DC Universe that has its own Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman, and damn it they\u2019re not the clean cut superheroes and titans […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[58,64,71,88,99,125,163,268,349,515,906,1007,1087],"class_list":["post-16077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-action-packed-april","category-movie-reviews","tag-action","tag-adaptation","tag-adventure","tag-aliens","tag-animation","tag-batman","tag-bruce-timm","tag-dc-comics","tag-fantasy","tag-j","tag-science-fiction","tag-superman","tag-thriller"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16077"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16079,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16077\/revisions\/16079"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}