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Episodes:
“Wanted: Ten Super Friends”, “Invasion Of The Fearians”, “The
World’s Deadliest Game”, “The Time Trap”
Feature
length: 86 minutes
Extras:
Episode Introductions By Story Editor Jeffrey Scott, Hall Of Doom Gallery, And
Desktop Game
Languages:
English and Spanish Monaural Sound
Subtitles:
English Closed Captions
Packaging:
Snap Case
Sound:
Monaural Sound
Year
of Theatrical Release: 1978/DVD Release: 2003
Home
Video Distributor: Warner Home Video
MPAA
Rating: Not Rated
Reviewer:
Mark A. Rivera
When
I was a kid, I would get up early every Saturday morning to watch the “Super
Friends.” For the third season, the network ordered 36 more episodes and gave
Story Editor Jeffrey Scott the freedom to make the series a bit closer to the
comic books of the time and so with a selection of villains from the comics
chosen on their abilities as well as appearance to make their diversity more
visually interesting, the “Legion Of Doom” was born. Lex Luthor with
Brainiac, Sinestro, Cheetah, The Riddler, Captain Cold, Toy Man, Solomon Grundy,
Black Manta, Giganta, Gorilla Grod, Bizarro, and Scarecrow filling up the ranks
leads the 13 super villains that make the “Legion Of Doom”. The DVD features
narrated bios for all 13 villains with short montages from various episodes
featuring the characters in action. There is also a rather silly “Can You Find
The Super Hero Posing As A Villain?” type game that compliments the bios.
Jeffrey
Scott provides the short optional introductions that run less than a minute each
and in addition to what I mentioned above gives episode specific comments on the
various genre conventions used such as time travel. The four episodes can be
viewed individually or as one reel and are presented in their original (1.33:1)
broadcast aspect ratio with English or Spanish Language Monaural Sound and
optional English Closed Captions for the hearing impaired. I purposely viewed
this disc before any of the other four Warner Brothers Super Hero Cartoon DVDs
that are all being released day and date, but sold separately and include “Batman:
Tales Of The Dark Knight”, “Justice
League: Justice On Trial”, and “X-Men:
Evolution: Mutants Rising.” My reasoning was that I know these cartoons
are not going to be as advanced as I thought they were when I was a boy so to
judge them fairly I figured watch this first and then the new ones.
While
the animation is not as realistic and at times a bit crude, I was surprised at
how well the episodes looked. There are some flecks and some anomalies that I am
not sure if they are from the age of the film source or the source tapes used,
but still “Challenge Of The Super Friends: Attack Of The Legion Of Doom”
looks a lot better than I expected and while the episodes can get a bit hokey at
times, they are still great fun to watch and thankfully there are no silly
cartoon created characters to serve as comic relief for the kids. Every
character is from a DC comic. The English Monaural Soundtrack is clear and free
of analog background noise.
“Challenge
Of The Super Friends: Attack Of The Legion Of Doom” will debut on DVD-Video on
Tuesday, April 22, 2003 from Warner Home Video.
©
Copyright 2003 By Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.
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