{"id":3128,"date":"2007-09-27T07:39:44","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T11:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinemacrazed.wordpress.com\/?p=3128"},"modified":"2007-09-27T07:39:44","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T11:39:44","slug":"legion-of-superheroes-volume-1-dvd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2007\/09\/27\/legion-of-superheroes-volume-1-dvd\/","title":{"rendered":"Legion of Superheroes Volume 1 (DVD)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"This new WB series featured the introduction of a new style of animation for the new Millennium of DC audiences. Once WB broke out of the Bruce Timm era, \u201cTeen Titans\u201d ushered in a semi-anime style that was influential and hipper, arguably. The quasi-anime was appealing to the pre-teens and tweens who didn\u2019t quite like the Timm blocky style. \u201cLegion of Superheroes\u201d is a much more dramatic turn for the animation aside from the goofy and often over the top \u201cTeen Titans.\u201d Inspired by \u201cThe Animated Series,\u201d the Legion needs the help of their god, the one and only Superman. The Legion now lives in a reality where Superman is the one and only inspiration for young avengers, even with monuments built in his honor.<\/p>\n

Anxious for help against a great menace, they recruit a young Superman, and add yet another variation on the Superman mythos. This one explores a young Clark Kent learning the specifics of his powers thanks to his young cohorts. Here, he learns how to gain a better identity thanks to them. This is one of the many cash-in DVD\u2019s from Warner Brothers and other studios who rather than releasing a solid season set, is just releasing a volume set of a few episodes, and that\u2019s sad. There are collectors like me who\u2019d love a season set, instead of spending twenty dollars on a \u201cvolume set\u201d with only two or three episodes available. \u201cVolume One\u201d has four episodes available, and they\u2019re four considerably good ones. As a series it\u2019s still finding its voice; it\u2019s not sure yet if it wants to be a stern action science fiction series, or a prepubescent adventure. That\u2019s made apparent by Bouncing Boy who shifts consistently from comedic relief to leader, and then the addition of Chameleon Boy in Season two who seems to be there as a quasi-Beast Boy to pop wise cracks.<\/p>\n

Featured in this DVD are the first four episodes of Season one. \u201cMan of Tomorrow\u201d features the introduction of the Legion into the DCU, with a new Superman variation stemming from \u201cSmallville.\u201d Clark is now living only with Martha sans the presence of pa and comes closer to learning what he will become by helping the Legion against the Fatal Five. \u201cTimber Wolf\u201d is the introduction of Legion member Timberwolf who was born as a genetic experiment and nearly goes feral until his conscience goes into play and is tamed by the group who make him a member, \u201cLegacy\u201d involves Superman\u2019s accidental involvement with a young female millionaire who becomes obsessed with the man of steel and seeks to take him away with her at the cost of the Legion\u2019s health; one of the better episodes of the season, this features a surprise ending you won\u2019t see coming.<\/p>\n

Finally, there\u2019s \u201cPhantoms\u201d which is sadly a regurgitation of a \u201cTeen Titans\u201d episode in which the group goes aboard a deserted ship and faces their worst fears in the darkness. As a series \u201cLegion of Superheroes\u201d is just okay, because while the animation is great and void of the gags \u201cTeen Titans\u201d held, its lethargic pacing and energy makes it a much less interesting viewing experience in the end. From a kids perspective, there\u2019s nothing here that wouldn\u2019t serve as great entertainment. We’re not fed morals and life lessons, but thankfully we’re given some great characterization, and the evolution of the Man of Steel.<\/p>\n

The voice work from folks like Yuri Lowenthal and Andy Milder is great, and the stories are mostly self-contained with every episode. Kids looking for more superhero team series, “Legion of Superheroes” is your best bet. If you want to have \u201cLegion of Superheroes\u201d by all means wait for a season set, if it ever comes. Spending almost a hundred dollars on only half of the season is not much of a wise financial decision. However, if you\u2019re saddled with kids who want their quick action fixes, then this is a safe bet. \u201cLegion of Super Heroes\u201d is safe, nonviolent, action packed fun for the kids, and it features Superman, so it can\u2019t be too bad.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This new WB series featured the introduction of a new style of animation for the new Millennium of DC audiences. Once WB broke out of the Bruce Timm era, \u201cTeen Titans\u201d ushered in a semi-anime style that was influential and hipper, arguably. The quasi-anime was appealing to the pre-teens and tweens who didn\u2019t quite like […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[58,64,71,88,99,268,580,906,1007,1132],"class_list":["post-3128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-collectors-den","tag-action","tag-adaptation","tag-adventure","tag-aliens","tag-animation","tag-dc-comics","tag-kids","tag-science-fiction","tag-superman","tag-tv-show"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128","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=3128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}