I disagree with the complaints about the animation, at least as far as these first three episodes are concerned. They definitely looked as though they were on par with season 2. We'll probably never quite see the same standard that was set back in "Independence Day" and "Fireworks" (clearly a lot of money was thrown at those episodes) but these episodes were still gorgeous - and definitely better looking than the likes of "Failsafe", "Usual Suspects" and "Endgame".
Yeah, I wasn't too crazy about their take on Courtney either .I hate Stargirl's mole, and I'm not crazy about the changes made to her character. To me, Courtney is that adorable brat who dons Sylvester Pembleton's cosmic converter belt to piss off her step-dad - not some teen talk show host.
I thought Payton did a good job of differentiating between the two voices, but sometimes there's only so much you can do when you have so many VA's doubling-up as major characters (assuming she gets any lines, I'm curious how Mae Whitman will differentiate Spoiler from Wonder Girl).Black Lightning sometimes sounds too much like Kaldur. Maybe it wasn't such a great idea to have Khary Peyton play both characters?
There has definitely been a bit of a shift in the animation style, and it seemed pretty rough at the beginning, but I think it improved over the course of the three episodes .Somebody mentioned that the animation didn't seems to be quite on the same level as seasons one and two. Did anybody else notice this?
I'm curious if they have any idea what the Parademons are .Something else has been on my mind... the League must know by now they have an enemy on Apokolips. How much does the team and the League know about Apokolips and its ruler? Did the Forever People ever think to tell the team, "BTW, there's this Darkseid dude on Apokolips, and he is really bad news"?
Now that I think on it...the Masters of Disaster had elemental powers, so I wonder if this will be where Terra ends up ?If I were to guess, 5 of those kidnapped Markovian kids are going to be the Masters of Disaster.
The other three...maybe Jinx, Looker and Dervish?
Yeah, a bit of a stretch to assume Artemis was Christian where "halo" was a certain meaning and that's what she was thinking. Or maybe there's something similar in Vietnamese culture she came across in college.Grace Randolph said she found Halo annoying. I didn't. (Does anybody else feel this way?) I suspect she is not a meta-human in the conventional sense of the word. That is, I don't think her powers come from having a meta-gene. I found it odd and too convenient for Artemis to call her "halo-girl" right off the bat. I don't think Artemis would use an uncommon word like "halo." I think "glow-girl" would have sounded more natural.
I'm bracing myself for her being with Deathstroke and/or possibly adapting the relationship from Judas Contract, they danced around it with the DTV. But considering the timeframe, I wonder if Terra is Patient Zero - the first successful test of Tar. If she appears this season, imo, it's got to be a horrifying reveal to Brion, to the point he has to admit to himself that the Terra he knew died two years ago and there was never a shot at rescuing her, and what's before him is just a shell.Now that I think on it...the Masters of Disaster had elemental powers, so I wonder if this will be where Terra ends up ?
I thought I came up with a crazy theory but it looks like at least one other person online has already, lol. Anyway. What if the "soul" or AI of the disassembled Mother Box that Superboy found in the Bedlam Syndicate's lab took over the dead Quarci girl's body? She speaks in short sentences. Mother Boxes... Ping ping. One of the auras she showed was a purple one that could heal someone if they were still alive. And in "Princes All," a Father Box is used to heal a Parademon with a purple light.
I think after being exiled, finding his sister is going to be one of Brion's main character arcs. I also don't expect it to end well .I'm bracing myself for her being with Deathstroke and/or possibly adapting the relationship from Judas Contract, they danced around it with the DTV. But considering the timeframe, I wonder if Terra is Patient Zero - the first successful test of Tar. If she appears this season, imo, it's got to be a horrifying reveal to Brion, to the point he has to admit to himself that the Terra he knew died two years ago and there was never a shot at rescuing her, and what's before him is just a shell.
One consequence I can definitely see is leaving the League even more undermanned on Earth. I wonder if we'll see them use the Team more or start another recruitment drive to make up for the members Batman took with him ?Batman quitting the Justice League was kind of in-line with the Outsiders comics but I didn't expect it to happen from the premiere. It was kind of interesting seeing who else joined him, and I guess the consequences of this action will be brought up later on. For example, Green Arrow and Black Canary's relationship. It was also kind of both amusing and sad at the same time seeing Robin and Wonder Girl break up after we only saw them being a couple for a few moments in the Season 2 finale.
I can't believe the show made me feel bad for Plasmus and Tar .It's cool how they used Count Vertigo again, and re-invented Doctor Double X or Plasmus for this continuity. The former reminds me of how they also portrayed other sort of ridiculous characters from the comics in past episodes, like Mister Twister or even Sportsmaster. Plasmus on the other hand got pretty tragic stories here.
I don't think so. ROYGBIV.Correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think Halo had a healing aura in comics, did she? If not, I actually like this change.
I think she's poised to be the 'new Kaldur' - a new character taking up the codename of an existing character with some similarities, some new things, and hopefully winning the fans over.I liked how they introduced Halo, I admit I don't know a whole lot about her from the comics, but I liked her here and her interactions with Artemis. Likewise, some more horror stuff with her coming back from the dead (twice).
I'd like to see them try it with Zebra Man.It's cool how they used Count Vertigo again, and re-invented Doctor Double X or Plasmus for this continuity. The former reminds me of how they also portrayed other sort of ridiculous characters from the comics in past episodes, like Mister Twister or even Sportsmaster. Plasmus on the other hand got pretty tragic stories here.
I think the most soul crushing thing I can think of is Brion is powerless to stop Terra, ordered through the neck implant or not, from destroying Markovia with her powers. That's like the ultimate failure, he couldn't save his sister and he couldn't save his country.I think after being exiled, finding his sister is going to be one of Brion's main character arcs. I also don't expect it to end well .
There's still a lot to unpack with them like who's still active from last season's roster, how many are in space vs. how many on Earth, just what kind and how many of missions do they actually execute on Earth and even a little with the Team - how many total members were there - Beast Boy seems part time at best, are Nightwing and Tigress going to return to active duty/stick their their ops/join Batman? etc.One consequence I can definitely see is leaving the League even more undermanned on Earth. I wonder if we'll see them use the Team more or start another recruitment drive to make up for the members Batman took with him ?
At the very least I think it's reasonable to assume that any space-affiliated League members (Superman, Martian Manhunter, The Hawks, Icon, the GL's) are on the space teams, on-top of who we saw on Rann (Black Lightning being the obvious exception because of what happened to him).There's still a lot to unpack with them like who's still active from last season's roster, how many are in space vs. how many on Earth, just what kind and how many of missions do they actually execute on Earth and even a little with the Team - how many total members were there - Beast Boy seems part time at best, are Nightwing and Tigress going to return to active duty/stick their their ops/join Batman? etc.
I was curious why the Atom was absent from the meeting. I'm skeptical he'd be on a space op but then again he'd be useful with sabotaging enemy ships. Or we're in Sword of the Atom territory.At the very least I think it's reasonable to assume that any space-affiliated League members (Superman, Martian Manhunter, The Hawks, Icon, the GL's) are on the space teams, on-top of who we saw on Rann (Black Lightning being the obvious exception because of what happened to him).
I actually wonder if we might get more of the GL Corps. as we see the heroes' efforts to thwart all these Apokolips invasions, since they're very likely to be the vanguard in trying to contain all this.
I want to see Kite Man, myself. I'd like to think they're borrowing from The Brave and the Bold and have already set up a big story-arc for him with Plastic Man's introduction.I'd like to see them try it with Zebra Man.
Good point! Also smart move to update the Space Trek title from the comics from "2020" to "3016" since the former isn't 'futuristic' anymore. lol. And the nods to the 9/11 slogan and NBC's the more you know was hilarious.In regards to Beast Boy, I didn't really mind the voice actor change. Greg Cipes is probably the name I associate the most with the character anyway. The timing seems pretty funny to me, seeing him in a Star Trek-like uniform after the recent Teen Titans Go! episode "How's This For a Special? Spaaaace".