{"id":21938,"date":"2016-08-17T04:38:04","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T08:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=21938"},"modified":"2016-08-17T10:14:41","modified_gmt":"2016-08-17T14:14:41","slug":"dcs-legends-of-tomorrow-the-complete-first-season-blu-raydigital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2016\/08\/17\/dcs-legends-of-tomorrow-the-complete-first-season-blu-raydigital\/","title":{"rendered":"DC’s Legends of Tomorrow: The Complete First Season [Blu-Ray\/Digital]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"LOT-s1-blu\"<\/a>DC and Warner beat Marvel to the punch by comprising a superhero team made up of some of the most popular bit players from the DC television-verse, ending in a pretty mixed result. Season one of \u201cLegends of Tomorrow\u201d is a scattered and pretty crazy series of episodes that finds a rag tag group of DC\u2019s heroes and villains coming together to stop the evil Vandal Savage. Along with the confusing time paradoxes, the writers and producers seem to be scrambling to also keep up with their long list of team members, conflicts, sub-plots and the like resulting in only a mediocre start from out of the gate. What happens when people like The Flash and Arrow are busy with their own enemies?<\/span><\/p>\n

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We meet time traveler Rip Hunter who, with his special time traveling ship the Wave Rider, who begins to assemble of a group of underdogs, all of whom have a future as potential legends. Though cryptic about their futures, Rip assembles a roster of misfits to bring down the evil Vandal Savage who is traveling through time and disrupting the continuum. Pretty much all of the original actors reprise their roles from \u201cArrow\u201d and \u201cThe Flash\u201d and come on to pull team duties. Among the team there is \u201cThe Atom\u201d Ray Palmer, \u201cWhite Canary\u201d Sara Lance, Jefferson “Jax” Jackson and Dr. Martin Stein who combine as \u201cFirestorm\u201d, \u201cHeatwave\u201d Mick Rory, \u201cCaptain Cold\u201d Leonard Snart, and \u201cHawkman\u201d and \u201cHawkgirl\u201d Carter Hall, and Kendra Saunders. The latter two are using the opportunity to full realize Saunders\u2019 powers as Hawkgirl as we saw her confront in \u201cThe Flash.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of their missions involve the winged couple coming face to face with Savage and struggling to foil the very clever madman. Along the way there are some fun and unique ideas presented in to somewhat entertaining episodes. The team has to battle a bounty hunter named Cronos, have to alter the future of Dr. Stein, cross paths with cowboys in the old West, and even meet a much older certain Emerald Archer. The writers behind the series work their way around the messy formula as best as they can, switching around characters, spending various episodes on only a few members here and there, and are even bold enough to kill off certain team members as the first season progresses.<\/span><\/p>\n

The cast that return are back in fighting form and facing their own inner turmoil, including White Canary who is still scarred from being resurrected, while Ray Palmer still tries to find ways to master his technology. There\u2019s also Captain Cold and Heatwave, both of whom try their best to muster up some semblance of heroism as they comprehend how much of a threat Vandal is to humanity and the entire universe. If you can ignore the breakneck pacing, the performances are top notch, especially by Brandon Routh, and Wentworth Miller. CW seems to have been very merciful and forgiving with \u201cLegends of Tomorrow\u201d allowing another season where the producers seem to have touched on what can boost this series from sub-par to stellar. As a freshman season, it\u2019s an okay diversion that reaches a pretty good resolution leading in to a promising follow up season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Featured on the Blu-Ray, there\u2019s a Digital copy for fans. There\u2019s also \u201c<\/strong>DC\u2019s Legends of Tomorrow: 2015 Comic-Con Panel\u201d in which various cast and crew discuss the show and creative developments. \u201cJonah Hex: Hex Marks the Spot\u201d is a look at the introduction of DC\u2019s iconic Jonah Hex to the series, and how they fit him in to the mythos. \u201cA Fantastic Voyage: Touring the Waverider Set\u201d is a behind the scenes look at the Waverider set with the production design team. There\u2019s a look at concepts, visual effects, and how the ship was created. \u201cHistory in the Making\u201d looks at how history and fiction cross together during the series\u2019 first season. Finally, there\u2019s a \u201cGag Reel.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

“Warner Bros. Home Entertainment provided me with a free copy of the DVD I reviewed in this blog post. The opinions I share are my own.”<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n