The Occasional Solipsist

I've been on a bit of a Justice League kick lately. Been playing JL Heroes on my PSP, and just read Matt Wagner's Trinity, (which is AWESOME by the way). I'm still trying to work my way through Infinite Crisis while avoiding all the spoilers I can, which is harder than you'd think since I live online so much.

I also recently finished watching the entire series of Justice League (aka Justice League Unlimited), and after watching all the episodes in only a few weeks, I can appreciate what a great show it is. Or was I guess, now that its finished its run.

It is, first of all, a cartoon that is in no way whatsoever for the kiddies. Unless you like your kiddies watching their favourite superheroes/villains beat the holy shit out of each other or die in every other frame, to say nothing of all of the gratuitous shots of Wonder Woman's cartoon cleavage. I'm 32 and I'm not even sure that I should have been watching it.

But the show was very faithful to the comics that inspired them, even though they had to take a few liberties. There were almost 70 years of continuity to deal with after all.

Anyway, I was kind of bummed after watching the final ep, because there really aren't a lot of good shows for the superhero geek out there. Well, there is Heroes. And Smallville. In particular this season's episode of Smallville 'Justice' which retold the JL origin story. Ok, I may expect too much. Either way, I was stoked to find out that I and people like me can look forward to more JL action in the future.

Turns out the chances are good that a Justice League movie is coming to a theater near me.

And if that doesn't happen, at least they'll be making new JL cartoons. Good casting choices too.

Labels: comics, smallville, superman