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Justice League - Paradise Lost
Episodes:
“Paradise Lost (Parts 1 & 2)” and “War World (Parts 1 & 2)”
Producer:
Bruce Timm
Feature
length: 87 minutes
Extras:
Optional Episode Introductions With Producer Bruce Timm, Justice League
Watchtower Gallery, Draw the Dark Side Featurette, Escape From War World Game
Languages:
English, Spanish, and Portuguese Language Surround Sound
Subtitles:
English Captions and Closed Captions and French, Spanish, and Portuguese
Language Subtitles
Packaging:
Snap Case
Sound:
Dolby Surround Sound
Year
of Television Broadcast: 2002/DVD Release: 2003
Home
Video Distributor: Warner Home Video
MPAA
Rating: Not Rated
Reviewer:
Mark Rivera
In
this third DVD volume of Warner Home Video’s acclaimed “Justice League”
series, which recently began a new season on The Cartoon Network, Wonder Woman
discovers that the Sorcerer Felix Faust has turned all of her Amazon sisters as
well as her mother into stone. Faust makes a bargain with Wonder Woman to bring
him several rare and enchanted artifacts and he will release the spell. As a
result Wonder Woman is caught by Superman robbing a museum and a heated battle
ensues ending in a draw. By that time The Flash, Martian Manhunter, and Batman
have all arrived and realizing what is at stake they agree to help Wonder Woman
within the boundaries of the law so that they can help free her people and find
out what Faust is really up to. Little do they realize that Faust intends on
freeing Hades and an epic battle that might remind some of both “Jason And The
Argonauts” and “Army Of Darkness” ensues between the Justice League and
legions of skeleton soldiers raised by Hades to defeat them. The story
culminates in a bittersweet reunion between Wonder Woman and her mother. Guest
voice actors include John Rhys-Davies as “Hades” and Robert Englund as
“Felix Faust.” For the optional videotaped introductions by series producer
Bruce Timm, he notes in part one (3:14) how the character of “Felix Faust”
was changed for the series as well as a dramatic change for using “Hades”
instead of “Aires” in the story. Timm also discusses the fight between
Superman and Wonder Woman and accounts for why he considers the fight for this
episode to be a draw. In the second part (2:19), Timm discusses the casting of
Actors Robert Englund and John Rhys-Davies as well as the challenge and anxiety
that accompanied the animating of the battle between the Justice League and the
undead army, which at the time was the largest battle set piece for the series
ever.
In
the two-part adventure “War World” Superman and Martian Manhunter are
kidnapped by Mongul as fodder for gladiatorial games he uses to placate his
oppressed people. When Superman refuses to kill a beaten opponent on the War
World, Mongul coerces Superman into fighting him personally in the next match,
but Superman must throw the fight and allow Mongul to kill him or else Mongul
will use a secret weapon to destroy a planet of innocent people. Mongul wants to
destroy Superman because he fears that Superman’s newfound popularity could
sabotage his own planetary control. Meanwhile Green Lantern and Hawk Girl race
to save Superman and Martian Manhunter while trying not get on each other’s
nerves. In his introduction for the first part of “War World” (2:12), Timm
discusses the amazing range of personality Eric Roberts gave to voicing the
character of “Mongul” and he also mentions the guest voice work of William
Smith for the two-part episode too. In the second introduction for the
concluding episode (2:15) Timm discusses how the character of “Mongul” was
changed for the series and he acknowledges the fan reaction to the episode’s
conclusion by agreeing with them, but he also states the reason behind the
somewhat anticlimactic resolution for that episode.
All
four episodes are presented in a full screen (1.33:1) aspect ratio with terrific
picture quality and a wonderful English Dolby Surround Soundtrack. Spanish and
Portuguese Language Dolby Surround Soundtracks are also provided along with
English Captions and Closed Captions for the hearing impaired and French,
Spanish, and Portuguese Language Subtitles are also encoded as options. The
Bruce Timm introduction clips feature optional Spanish and Portuguese Language
Subtitles as well.
Extra
features include the “Draw The Dark Side” featurette (3:44) with Tim
discussing the villainous character designs while we see them drawn on a pad.
There is a gallery of villains within the Justice League Watchtower files that
feature narrated and text information as well as montage clips for “Mongul”
(: 42), “Hades” (: 49), “Orm” (: 33), “Felix Faust” (: 44),
“Manhunters” (: 40), and the “Alien Invaders” (: 40). There 3-D set top
“Escape From War World” game concludes the extra features on this DVD. The
menus are standard interactive still frames that are easy to navigate.
“Justice
League: Paradise Lost” will debut on DVD-Video on Tuesday, July 22, 2003 from
Warner Home Video and it is another great addition to an excellent animated
series on DVD.
©
Copyright 2003 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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