James Harvey
10-24-2001, 11:11 AM
A new review, courtesy of <a href="http://www.animationblast.com">Animation Blast</a> has appeared online, and the review is less than pelasing. The show gets a mixed review, according to the website reveiwer Amid Amidi. Below is an excerpt from the review:
I should preface this review of Cartoon Network's JUSTICE LEAGUE by stating that I'm not a particularly avid reader of action comics. I've read a few superhero comics over the years, but I'm not sufficiently versed in the superhero mythology to be able to offer up those fanboy-ish dissertations on how Bruce Timm's versions of these characters stack up against previous ones, or whether Timm has stayed faithful to the DC universe, or whatever other minutiae comic folk enjoy bickering about. What I can offer is the "outsider's" perspective of what an animation aficionado who doesn't read superhero comics thinks of this animated series.
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On the other hand, I've watched quite a few of the animated BATMAN, SUPERMAN and BATMAN BEYOND half-hours so I'm rather familiar with the brand of superhero animation that Timm and company have been producing throughout the last decade. In fact, a good many of the same members from those previous series, including Butch Lukic, Rich Fogel, James Tucker, Dan Riba, Glen Murakami, Shane Glines, and Stan Berkowitz to name just a few, have come aboard JUSTICE LEAGUE alongside Bruce Timm, who assumes a sole creator/producer credit this time around. The most notable absence of talent from JUSTICE LEAGUE is that of producer/writer Paul Dini, whose cryptic reason for not working on the show was because he had suffered "a recent injury."
For the complete review, click <a href="http://www.animationblast.com/view/justiceleague/">HERE</a>.
Stay tuned for more Justice League News here at TZN.
I should preface this review of Cartoon Network's JUSTICE LEAGUE by stating that I'm not a particularly avid reader of action comics. I've read a few superhero comics over the years, but I'm not sufficiently versed in the superhero mythology to be able to offer up those fanboy-ish dissertations on how Bruce Timm's versions of these characters stack up against previous ones, or whether Timm has stayed faithful to the DC universe, or whatever other minutiae comic folk enjoy bickering about. What I can offer is the "outsider's" perspective of what an animation aficionado who doesn't read superhero comics thinks of this animated series.
<center><img src="http://wf.toonzone.net/jl/group4.jpg" vspace=3 hspace=3 border=+2></center>
On the other hand, I've watched quite a few of the animated BATMAN, SUPERMAN and BATMAN BEYOND half-hours so I'm rather familiar with the brand of superhero animation that Timm and company have been producing throughout the last decade. In fact, a good many of the same members from those previous series, including Butch Lukic, Rich Fogel, James Tucker, Dan Riba, Glen Murakami, Shane Glines, and Stan Berkowitz to name just a few, have come aboard JUSTICE LEAGUE alongside Bruce Timm, who assumes a sole creator/producer credit this time around. The most notable absence of talent from JUSTICE LEAGUE is that of producer/writer Paul Dini, whose cryptic reason for not working on the show was because he had suffered "a recent injury."
For the complete review, click <a href="http://www.animationblast.com/view/justiceleague/">HERE</a>.
Stay tuned for more Justice League News here at TZN.