Mr. Obsession
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For those who complained about Wonder Woman appearing too weak when fighting Mongul, you could always chalk it up to Mongul having brought some of War World's naturally occurring Plot Gas* along with him.
As for the episode itself...
SWEET MOTHER OF MERCY! That was fantastic. I absolutely loved every minute of it.
If we were still running the hour-long format I'm sure the episode would dramatically increased the length of the dream sequences showing us more of Krypton's society and Kal-El's family, Jor-El's mental state, find a way to include Kara in there somehow, have more of Superman's real memories assert themselves into the dream (maybe have maybe have the real Brainiac's voice show up for a second, or have Loana actually transform into Lois for a moment), maybe even include Robin in the episode (though he wasn't missed as the episode worked extremely well without him). But as it was, the episode we got was only 22 minutes long, and it worked as is. In fact, had the episode gone longer I fear that the other JL members would have been called in, which would have absolutely ruined the episode.
Superman's fantasy Krypton actually being a hybrid of the Earth he knows and the Krypton he wishes he knew was fantastic (as was the slipping in of Pa Kent's voice for just a moment). It wasn't the real Krypton, but it was the Krypton that gave Superman the best of both worlds, it was his ideal fantasy. I also loved how Superman coming out of the fantasy was directly tied into the destruction of the fantasy Krypton. It placed Superman in a very similar position to the real Jor-El, knowing that Krypton is doomed but no one believes you, the only major differences is that Superman had no means with which to save his son. Having Superman experience the destruction of Krypton first hand does something else; it gives him a personal tragedy on par with Batman (which was perfectly depicted in the episode). The fact that was all a fantasy doesn't matter because it was real to Superman.
The fight scenes were nothing short of brutal and totally made up for War World. I remember reading on these boards, and others, that if anyone other than Superman finished the fight with Mongul in this episode there would be hell to pay from the fans. Well, this time around Wonder Woman got the last blow in, and I wasn't upset at all. Superman got to give Mongul exactly what he deserved, in fact Superman had all but won the fight when he decided it was over, going any farther would have dishonored he memories of his Krypton, as well as the lesions he learned and sacrifices he had made thanks to Darkseid and others. So as far as I'm concerned, Superman got the win here. Wonder Woman just got to make up for the beating she received, but was able to find the willpower to keep on fighting during, like only Wonder Woman should.
In fact, should Mongul show up again, I hope Wonder Woman gets to beat the snot out of him.
She deserves it.
All in all, Superman was Superman, Batman was Batman, Wonder Woman was WW, and Mongul got to display a sense of suprime arrogance that was sadly missing in "War World."
And the Invisible Jet rocks. Period.
Kudos to the creative team for picking such an excellent story to adapt, for adapting it so well, to the voice actors for their superb performance, and to the animation studio for the bang up job. Five stars.
*Plot Gas © Maxie Zeus, 2002
As for the episode itself...
SWEET MOTHER OF MERCY! That was fantastic. I absolutely loved every minute of it.
If we were still running the hour-long format I'm sure the episode would dramatically increased the length of the dream sequences showing us more of Krypton's society and Kal-El's family, Jor-El's mental state, find a way to include Kara in there somehow, have more of Superman's real memories assert themselves into the dream (maybe have maybe have the real Brainiac's voice show up for a second, or have Loana actually transform into Lois for a moment), maybe even include Robin in the episode (though he wasn't missed as the episode worked extremely well without him). But as it was, the episode we got was only 22 minutes long, and it worked as is. In fact, had the episode gone longer I fear that the other JL members would have been called in, which would have absolutely ruined the episode.
Superman's fantasy Krypton actually being a hybrid of the Earth he knows and the Krypton he wishes he knew was fantastic (as was the slipping in of Pa Kent's voice for just a moment). It wasn't the real Krypton, but it was the Krypton that gave Superman the best of both worlds, it was his ideal fantasy. I also loved how Superman coming out of the fantasy was directly tied into the destruction of the fantasy Krypton. It placed Superman in a very similar position to the real Jor-El, knowing that Krypton is doomed but no one believes you, the only major differences is that Superman had no means with which to save his son. Having Superman experience the destruction of Krypton first hand does something else; it gives him a personal tragedy on par with Batman (which was perfectly depicted in the episode). The fact that was all a fantasy doesn't matter because it was real to Superman.
The fight scenes were nothing short of brutal and totally made up for War World. I remember reading on these boards, and others, that if anyone other than Superman finished the fight with Mongul in this episode there would be hell to pay from the fans. Well, this time around Wonder Woman got the last blow in, and I wasn't upset at all. Superman got to give Mongul exactly what he deserved, in fact Superman had all but won the fight when he decided it was over, going any farther would have dishonored he memories of his Krypton, as well as the lesions he learned and sacrifices he had made thanks to Darkseid and others. So as far as I'm concerned, Superman got the win here. Wonder Woman just got to make up for the beating she received, but was able to find the willpower to keep on fighting during, like only Wonder Woman should.
In fact, should Mongul show up again, I hope Wonder Woman gets to beat the snot out of him.

All in all, Superman was Superman, Batman was Batman, Wonder Woman was WW, and Mongul got to display a sense of suprime arrogance that was sadly missing in "War World."
And the Invisible Jet rocks. Period.
Kudos to the creative team for picking such an excellent story to adapt, for adapting it so well, to the voice actors for their superb performance, and to the animation studio for the bang up job. Five stars.
*Plot Gas © Maxie Zeus, 2002