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10/10
Awesome Superhero Show
jwhale938227 June 2006
This show is awesome. Not just as a cartoon, but as a TV show in general. Unlike like its predecessor, Superfriends, Justice League is a more accurate description of the DC Universe and the characters in it. One of the show's best qualities is that many of DC's best, brightest and unsung heroes and villains are represented in it, not just the really popular ones. I give credit to this show for introducing me to some of the Flash's toughest villains (Mirror Master, Captain Cold, Captain Boomerang, Trickster and Gorilla Grodd). Another great quality of the show is that it's for everyone. As a cartoon, you might think that this show is only for kids. But these characters are so iconic and the stories are so well written and action-packed, that you don't need to be a kid to appreciate it.

My Rating: 10/10
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10/10
Best DC Animated Show in History! Never Again Will We Ever See Such Greatness!!
voicemaster7122 November 2006
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Of all the animated shows of DC Comics characters, never before has there been one as superb as Justice League/JLU. Now unlike lots of posters here, I loved the SuperFriends and you know what? I STILL love them. They represented the silver and bronze age period of comics and they served their purpose well in their time. BUT I WILL agree with everyone else that this series is what the SuperFriends should have been back then. JL/JLU blows the SuperFriends out of the water and out of the Hall of Justice so to speak. The biggest elements of the SuperFriends that I outgrew were those stupid teen tag along sidekicks and their even more stupid cartoon pets for comic relief.

But I digress. Unlike the long running SuperFriends, the Justice League has superb animation and excellent story lines. I feel that the difference between the writing is this: On SuperFriends,the writers were probably all non comics readers who probably looked at them to give them ideas and they had to yield to the Broadcasts Standards and Practices. On JL, the writing is done by major comics fans and there is no holds barred!! We saw some serious butt kicking in this series. The first two seasons of Justice League consist of the original big seven. Batman is my all time favorite hero. Kevin Conroy is truly superb in this role and it was good to hear him as Batman again after voicing elder Bruce Wayne in Batman Beyond. While Batman was great in his own series, I loved him even better in this series as dark, grim, and aloof and I loved seeing which DC villains would encounter Bats. I got my wish seeing him go up against Kalibak and try to go up against Darkseid. The Flahs is my other favorite character and Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum really made this character so much fun with his hilarious one liners. Wonder Woman was superb. They couldn't have found anyone better than Susan Eisenberg to voice her over. Sounded like a college girl. As for Superman, I wasn't crazy about him in the beginning. I did not like Supes all powered down and I prefer Tim Daly for the voice, but Bruce Timm and company improved Supes and George Newbern started out lousy but got better with time and really did a great with Superman in the JLU seasons. The debut of J'onn J'onzz the Martian Manhunter was very well done. Carl Lumbly took J'onn from being one of the more kind, gentle, and sensitive members in JL to being a hard nose desk sergeant and dispatcher in the JLU seasons. The two most controversial to me were Green Lantern and Hawkgirl. It took a while, but I got used to John Stewart. Phil LaMarr used a great voice for a one time Marine Corp vet who is now a Green Lantern and he made a great leader. Hawkgirl had always been to me, a sidekick for Hawkman on SuperFriends, but here, she is a warrior from Thanagar and has the hot temper to go with it. It was great to see when she eventually took off her mask. Maria Canals gave an excellent performance. I also enjoyed the romantic relationship John and Shayera had as well as the hinted attraction between Batman and Wonder Woman. These big seven were awesome to watch in the first two seasons as Justice League and they were regarded as team leaders and founding members on JLU. I look at the pilot Secret Origins and the season two finale, Starcrossed as full animated movies as opposed to three parters.

In Justice League Unlimited, we FINALLY get to see more heroes, like Green Arrow, who before that only had one guest appearance on the original 1973 SuperFriends series. Here, we see him as a liberal hero of the people, out for the little guy. And for the first time, we get to see Black Canary,and to a lesser extent, Red Tornado and Elongated Man, two members I was hoping would have had bigger roles. But Bruce Timm and co. outdid themselves and gave so many heroes that I had never heard of. I am a DC Comics fan, but even I head never heard of Vigilante, the Shining Knight, Stargirl & S.T.I.P.E., Fire and Ice, Gypsy, Vibe, Captain Atom, the Question, and even more obscure characters like Sand, the Ray, Nemsis, Obsidian, the Crimson Avenger, and the list goes on and on. Way too many to name.

I loved the continuing story arc about the Cadmus organization and everyone's fear of the JL if they were to ever go rogue. They also had a nice tribute to the SuperFriends with the Ultimen who were ripoffs of the Wonder Twins, Black Vulcan, Samuraui, and Apache Chief.

Too many great episodes to mention, but I recommend the Justice League for anybody. From Secret Origins to the finale of Alive and Destroyer, these shows are so good, it's actually hard to stop watching them. All WB has to do is release the final season with Hawkman and the Legion of Doom and the DVD library will be complete. I only wish they could have used Plastic Man and Firestorm as well as Aquaman and Black Manta (not Devil Ray) in the final season and I wish we could have seen Nightwing, not Robin. Though Timm and Co. are no longer involved with the DC Unvierse, I will never again see an animated DC project nearly as good as Justice League and Justice League Unlimited. 2 Thumbs Up!!
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9/10
A 'toon for the BOOMER in all of us!
garrard30 April 2006
For those of us raised on George Reeves, Christopher Reeve, or "Batman: The Animated Series," "Justice League" (or its latest incarnation, "Justice League Unlimited") is a god-send. It is a show that combines superhero daring-do with some witty dialog, intriguing story lines, and superb character interaction that is much more "adult" than most of the fare on Cartoon Network's prime time lineup.

Now in its fifth (and final) year, "Justice League," though often pitting the superheroes against invading aliens or super-villains bent on world destruction, has taken some departures from the typical cartoon by presenting some interesting romantic relationships between principal characters: the not-so-subtle romance between Green Lantern and Hawkgirl and the implied attraction between Wonder Woman and Batman. There has also been some rift between the heroes, on occasion between Batman and Superman. Like Superman, the Martian Manhunter has to deal with the loss of his home world and the death of his beloved and children. The Flash is along as the comic relief, as a superhero with a strong libido, always on the "hunt" for a female conquest.

The writers get to show more of the human side of those that are considered "super". Even Superman got to show a little emotion when confronted with longtime enemy Darkseid" in the two-parter "Twilight". The Man of Steel would've murdered the villain if Batman had not intervened. In an episode about a parallel universe, the Superman of that world even did away with Lex Luthor.

The show has a stellar cast of actors supplying the major characters' voices with a roster of guest talent (CCH Pounder, Michael Ironside, Robert Picardo, Hector Elizondo, Mark Hamill, Clancy Brown, and others) that is second to none.

The show, though not a ratings juggernaut (due to frequent changes in airing times), is a treat for the boomer generation and is a welcome addition to the mythos that DC Comics created over six decades ago.
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I Can't Believe It
bombo91831 May 2008
I just started watching this cartoon and i think it is the best show i have ever seen. And now i find out that its been on for years and there is no more. Some of these episodes should be up for awards. No joke. I'm trying to think where i've been in the last 4 or 5 years. The episode Destroyer had the best writing for a cartoon. They put so much in a 30min show. And Justice League Unlimted puts some serious emotion in the writing, like when Superman goes off on on Darkside. That whole thing he says That man wont quit as long as he can still draw a breath, none of my teammate will.Me I have a different problem. I feel like I live in a world made of cardboard. Always taken constant care not to break something to break someone. Never allowing my self to lose control even for a moment because someone could die. but you can take it can't you big man. What we have here is rare opportunity for me to cut loose and show you just how powerful I really am...... That is the best thing ever in a cartoon.
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10/10
This is the true soul of DC heroes!
the_donnie6 October 2018
I watched it when I was 11-12 years old. Now I'm 28 and it continues to be the best heroes series out there. Two seasons of pure joy! :)
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10/10
A Series with a Marvelous Script
Karolynnkt22 June 2006
I have been a Justice League fan since its premier on Cartoon Network. I considered it vastly superior to "Superfriends" and the episode plots are well written.

One of my favorites is the episode with King Aquaman wherein all the Justice League members cannot do anything to persuade the would be assassin to confess and then Batman who possesses no super powers somehow gets the perpetrator to spill the beans. I thought that was simply awesome.

My other favorite episode was when the League faced somewhat counterparts from a comic book world. Once again well written and thought provoking. The episode with the android who (no matter what the Justice League did) was no match for them really was great. I commend all the writers of the show for their creative style and talent and I want this show to go on forever.
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10/10
The Best Adaptation of DC Superhero mythology!
Cuttheshit29 March 2019
This was in my opinion best tv series in the entire DCAU Which spanned during 1992 -2006 ,It was full of adventure,action,great storytelling and suprisingly romance ,which I guess make this show a masterpiece among other animated tv series.Whtever Animation was impressive,cast was great,stories were wonderful.I mean the Finale of the show kept me in edge of my seat,it was one of the greatest episode I had seen in tv.If you haven't already checked this amazing show Please watch This tv series deserves Your valuble time for sure.
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9/10
One of the best cartoons ever.
mhorg20188 July 2018
DC Animation is one of the best animation companies today. They consistently do the best Superhero toons, leaving all others in the dust. Great voices and stories, this is well worth watching again and again. It got even better when it became Unlimited.
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10/10
A great treat to the DC universe and a thrill ride animation....
Dream_seeker16 April 2007
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I have to admit when looking at shows like X-men and X-men: Evolution, or Spiderman they are good but when compared to a show like DC's Justice league and JL: Unlimited which began on cartoon network around 2001-2006 and during these years they don't hold a candle to great story driven characters and superb action sequences that feels like you're right in the middle of watching a movie fitted just for T.V.

Unlike marvel's animation(s), the Justice league is a bit more darker for most and there are some episodes that might in some cases be a bit deeper in the undertone of death and murder, heck even the villains are crazy and wickedly dangerous (I mean with deadly intent on getting rid of each and every single group)...later on in unlimited there are some certain sexual innuendos shown in some episodes not too bad for kids to not watch but just bits and pieces and hints...but all of this add up is NOT a bad thing reason being that it keeps up the pace to the story and adds not only tension but keeps all the characters different and unique without making them all the same unlike marvel's animation(s).

Finally, When watching this show you get the feel of danger and sometimes hopelessness for the team; there are times where they are at their worst and feel that it can only get bad by the minute I mean they get the snot beaten, tortured, and possibly near death but they seem to come out on top and you see it point blank without hindrance to the violent display...kind of like life imitating art or comics again something most marvel animation series before JL tends to censored without putting reality at play JL and JL: unlimited pulls no punches and hold nothing back...the bad guys are bad guys and even sometimes the good guys can step over the line and again....truth in fiction and that's not a bad thing! My only grip to this show is that most of the coolest DC characters don't get much screen time (I.E. Steel, booster gold, etc.) They have their time on some episodes but after some time you rarely hear from them and then they become just figments in the background but who's to say that Green lantern isn't the bad-ass and batman is just in one word, "awesome" it just would be great to also see a connection with steel and superman which was only shown on Superman the animated series on here...not so much. but in the end, this show has a lot of merit to being one of the best thrill ride of animated series that I've seen in a long time so if I had to choose between X-men or JL hands down I'm going for JL for great stories, awesome action with great music, not to mention when having the stereo kicked up feels like you're in a movie theater watching awesome displays of adventure straight from the comics and in the end you can't go wrong...

10/10
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10/10
I am running out of words to describe how good this show is!
TheLittleSongbird30 June 2010
I have a real interest in superheroes and in animation, with both together this had all the ingredients to be at least a good show. And it was, no more than that, it is a brilliant show, and one of the best superhero series ever made. Personally I think Batman:The Animated Series just beats it, but Justice League is without a doubt one of the most original, ambitious and deep animated shows out there.

The production values are really detailed and rich. You can never go wrong with sophisticated colours, sharp and decisive character features, epic scope and crisp backgrounds, in all four of these areas Justice League succeeds. The music is consistently superb, haunting, rousing and dark, with a main theme that sticks in the mind for a long time.

Even more impressive is the depth, story lines and the writing. The writing is brilliant, there are moments of humour but it does always have a focused tone, and it is all sophisticated and taut, a major step up with sappy one liners and clichés that some characters are made to utter in some shows now. I was so impressed with the story lines, even for an animated these story lines are quite deep and complex, but they never cease to be gripping and compelling. Plus the characters have so much depth to them. They aren't boring, useless or clichéd, they all have unique personalities, a purpose and are always well incorporated into the stories.

I have always loved Batman, Superman, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman, and they are amazing characters here. I was also surprised at how much depth there was to J'onn J'onzz and in a good way, and the villains are interesting too and actually have motives that don't come across as absurd. The voice acting is outstanding too, Kevin Conroy IS Batman in my eyes especially. Overall, this show is fantastic, and I am actually running out of words to describe how truly good Justice League is other than to say if you love superheroes, characters and stories with depth and animation, this is a must see! 10/10 Bethany Cox
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7/10
Was good....could have been better
galliotte-19 June 2009
I, for one, was a committed fan of this show. I even collected the seasons, and I hope they come up with a new series picking up where the last episode ended.

Why a 7 out of 10 rating?

1)Batman - Was obviously the writers favorite, maybe based on the fact that he was the only one without superhuman abilities at first. 2) Wonderwoman - Was half of the time a warrior born, and the other half a cheerleader going ga-ga over Batman 3) Superman - Seemed to always need Batman to tell him how to tie his shoes. Also his animated artwork could have been way better.

Other than that, good action, voice actors were excellent, a good line of villains as well.
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10/10
"What like super-friends?"
Angelus213 May 2008
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I loved the three part of the pilot. The show united some of the great heroes of DC together. All the characters are lovable and seem to have great chemistry, the story lines are very 'grown-up' especially for a children's show. What amazes me is that even though this is a kids show it can easily attract older fans like me, who when this show was running was in his mid teens.

The coupling between, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl is quite sweet while Batman and Wonderwoman's love life is hilarious to watch. But it is Flash that takes the cake, Michael Rosenbaum who plays Lex Luthor on Smallville adds the great comedy relief that is needed in a kids show; the animations are beautiful to watch and the fight scenes between villains and superheroes are brilliant.

My personal favourite episode is 'The Greatest story never told' it focuses on Booster Gold, a superhero who is ignored and always sidelined by the other superheroes. But during a invasion, he meets a female scientist who needs help and so Booster Gold tries to help realising in the process he is nothing but a wannabe and eventually saves the day. And gets a date.I mean even Superman and Batman couldn't do that. Watching this cartoon is like watching a movie, the suspense is brilliant and the fight scenes are well worth the wait.

One of the best cartoons from DC since Batman the animated series.
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7/10
Yeah it's pretty good if you accept it's a cartoon
scottyent10 July 2013
Do I enjoy this show? Yes. It is the first cartoon like it that I have watched (in that it has many super heroes), so I can't compare it to something like Super Friends. However, when I started watching the show, perhaps I had the wrong expectation. After all, it is a kids show and a cartoon. I had grown somewhat used to the blockbuster movies such as Iron Man, Dark Knight, etc, that gave superheroes SOME level of consistency. To me, that is really the only thing that a superhero really needs: consistency.

In this show, consistency is regularly thrown out of the window. The formula seems to be this...yes they are all super heroes, yes they all have super powers, but the second that becomes inconvenient for the plot they become weak. Almost every story pretty much revolves around...wow they got really beat down, how will they win!?...and resolves in...oh, exactly what they have been doing, but somehow their punches and strategy just figured things out this time around. That makes the show frustrating for me. Too often was I like, oh come on Superman (based on previous episodes) should easily be able to handle this..but he doesn't. Then at the end, he does without any explanation except you can assume he tried harder or something.

Another irritating point is the fact that not all the super heroes are in every episode. I understand for plot development, there has to be more of a focus on some of them each episode, but the episodes where others just don't show up are annoying. This isn't SNL, this isn't a huge collaboration of people showing up for a live show.... were the animators that drew that cartoon sick that day? Were the voice actors not available to record so they left them out? There were too many times where I thought...man, you know who would be perfect for this situation? Green Lantern or Superman. Where are they? Who knows. End of the world scenario all the time, but they seem to be off taking a nap.

All in all it's a good cartoon, but it is still a cartoon. It is very formulaic, and can get annoying in that respect. If you ever think about it logically, you'll get annoyed. Of course suspension of disbelief is necessary, but that suspension gets tough for me when these fictional super heroes are inconsistent with their own powers in the same episode or over many episodes. I would still recommend it to people, but only if it's casually on TV.
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5/10
Inconsistencies
agbusby-097926 November 2023
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As a kid, I grew up reading DC Comics and watichinng the Justice League every Saturday morning. This version had a lot of inconsistencies.

For example, they never Had a "Watch Tower" in space.

They would convene inside a building that had multi-flags on the outside. Some of the members were: Superman; Wonder Woman; Aquaman and his sidekick Minnow; Batman and the boy wonder Robin; Hawk man and Hawk girl; Sometimes the Flash; Green Lantern who wore a mask aka Hal Jordan; The Archer; and there were several other members but I forgot some of their names.

Whoever came up with this version got a lot of the details wrong.

So, if you are going to do something like this, please get it correct or do not do it all.
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Wow!
hypernode19 December 2002
YTV in Canada has been re-running "Superfriends", the Wonder Twin era crap, at 1am (PST). I decided to watch it for old times sake and was wondering why no one had taken the time to do it right - the "Batman:TAS" approach? Suffering from insomnia, and not wanting to watch "Thunderbirds" I surfed for a half hour and went back to YTV to see what they had on next and I was NOT disappointed.

"Justice League" is what I always wanted "The Superfriends" to be. No lousy sidekicks, no space monkey, no ludicrous plots involving Martian brain creatures. It was like watching the comic book. I like the way they have presented the characters and the fact that there is tension - they maybe friends, but those relationships get strained. A powered down Superman, excellent had to be done. A stand-offish Batman, perfect. Jon J'onzz? Yeah... great character, perfectly voiced too!

However, I was happy to see that used the John Stewart GL- the DC universe's karmic kicking bag - and the Wally West Flash instead of using Hal Jordan and Barry Allen. Hal and Barry (especially Barry) were just too perfect too much of the time. I like them and they always have a special place in my comic book memories, but Stewart and West (as flawed heros) are better characters. In fact, I'd like to see them with their own shows someday. Wally West is a great character if you go in depth, rather than just leaving him as comic relief.

I hope Warner Brothers keeps this up, superlative job!
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10/10
A Bat-fan's point of view
bufford9912 June 2006
I am an extremely big batman fan, and as such watched the "Batman the Animated series" avidly. When i heard Bruce Timm was going to make a Justice League cartoon show, I was actually worried. Batman is a strong character in the comics, but usually is translated as a weaker sub-character when mixed with superheroes of the superman/wonder woman caliber. When i saw the first episode, i was firmly gripped by the storyline and was actually worried when they said Batman died, i had never been so attached to a cartoon. When he was found to be alive i openly screamed in joy. I find it astounding that the writers were able to write story lines that not only captivate children and adults, but also shows the little nuance's and complexities of the characters; that they are able to represent both Batman and Superman as partners and equals was something that took years to do in the comics. The writing for this series is superb to say the least, and the animation is very good. I can't wait to see what the creative team comes up with now that the show is over.
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10/10
An unforgettable show.
Animany9420 April 2019
I remembered watching Justice League back in the day. I wasn't more than 10 years old when I first saw it on the small screen, but even though so many years passed and I didn't have much to do with it or other superhero shows it still holds up and more to this day.

First of all, the title sequence is one of the most catchy tunes ever to introduce a TV-show and it will stick in your head for days. It really sets up the grand scale of the show and really has this epic and heroic feel to it which has you invested from the start. The CGI characters though look terribly dated, but you can't really blame something for being released when it was quite new.

These storylines have a real depth to them which is easier with the fewer characters from the DC Comics, but I think it was the best start to what later would become Justice League Unlimited which is an amazing show as well.

Justice League's first season was really good at introducing each of the well known DC heroes in different situations wether it be an origin story like with J'onn J'onnz or an exploration of their homes and reasons for their mission like with Wonder Woman and Green Lantern. Season 2 focused more on the team and their fights against super villains, but it somehow managed to take the complexity of their characters up one more level which leads us to many amazing fights and great dilemmas between them.

Justice League is an amazing show I recommend to anyone who likes engaging storytelling with enough unpredictability to keep ones interest through every two-parter or occasional three-parter.
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10/10
Unpopular opinion: I like it better than JLU
crazelord21 February 2022
Mind you, they're both excellent. I have JLU as a 9 and this is a 10. My reasoning is that once this show got it's stride (and stops nerfing Superman), it's just some of the best character writing I've ever seen in a show. Basically every story being a multiparter allows it to take it's time to build out the stakes and character motivations.

What made this show, and all of Bruce Timm's DCAU is that it's not a superhero show with some good character writing. It's a character show about Superheroes and using world ending threats to tell these stories at high stakes levels.

This is a show that deals with grief, loss, heroism, ideology, faith, race, gender roles, morality, patriotism, individuality, family, xenophobia, romance, politics, etc all in very mature and in depth ways, while also having our favorite super heroes kicking butt.

And it's only a kids show in the sense that there's nothing overtly uncensored for kids (though I think this and JLU having less censorship than the 90s shows does help it expand the storylines comparitively) and that it's never edgy (which I think helps make it timeless).

I honestly have trouble finding many other shows this mature made for adults while also being as upbeat and fun. It never panders to anyone, it respects its audience's intelligence regardless of age.

Yes there are some less interesting storylines in the first season, but the amount of classic thought provoking high intensity stories are so much I can forgive the less memorable ones. And it's never bad, even at it's worst, it's always good. But the bar is set so high that anything less than brilliance is noticable.

Also Batman isn't OP in this one. He gets jobbed way more often than people remember and needs the superpowers teammates to help him out a lot.
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8/10
nicely done
angelorwez11 January 2023
I can't help but compare this show to batman...they came out at around the same time...both very very fantastic shows...

the animation is superb...the graphics and visuals are phenomenal...it looks fantastic...very easy on the eye...soo easy to watch...

the story is interesting...the plot is sublime...it was directed at kids...but it is soo mature in the way it is told...again I'll compare it to batman...the events of story are compelling...not too childish not too watered-down not too dumb-down...most of the other shows like these make this mistake...this is done just right...

there's really very few things wrong with this show...maybe coz it was directed at kids...it can't be as mature and strong as it could be...

the writers really told the stories of these heroes in a way that did them justice...in a captivating believable way...very well done...
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10/10
Still Being Expanded, 20 Years Later
BrianPhilbin3 July 2021
Few shows have a reach that continues to generate new content 20 years after their first airing and 15 years after its sequel ended. This is one of those shows. Lots of snark, fun, adventure and great superheroics put to the test. The storylines are excellent, the Universe thought-out beforehand so that there are few continuity glitches (and certainly almost none that catch your eye right away) and the characters are still true to their published selves. This should have been the template for the DCEU.
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10/10
Justice league overview
raghu-nightcrawler25 June 2008
Overall Justice league was a really good TV show but the connections that it had with Superman The Animated Series didn't really match some of the plot lines. For example In "Apocalypse Now Part 2" of the Superman The Animated Series Forger is actually part of the New Gods but In Justice League Episode Season 2 premiere "Twilight Part 1" he is referred as a bug by Orion. That pretty much didn't make any sense to me. Another one was how did Wonder Woman get her invisible jet which was use in the episode "For The Man who Has everything". Shouldn't there be a movie in the middle that takes between Justice league and justice League Unlimited that explains how she acquires her jet. The movie should have been "Justice League Worlds Collide" where the story would explain that the Justice League would go up against Crime Syndicate of America. In this movie Hawkgirl is suppose be absent because of her role in the Thanagarian Invasion and also the the Season 2 episode "A Better World" was suppose to be a crime syndicate story rather than the Justice Lords.
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6/10
Not Bad
hawthornd9 November 2023
I only started watching this when it appeared on Netflix but despite being over twenty years old it doesn't seem particularly dated.

I'm no DC geek but from watching the movies and reading comics when I was a kid I don't recall Wonder Woman being able to fly?

Superman also isn't so super, practically everything hurts him and he can't breathe underwater or in space. The Flash isn't particularly fast, in one episode he can barely keep up with a truck in traffic and it's hard to see the point of Hawkgirl at all.

Batman is really the only main character who seems to fit with the character in other media.

Overall though it's definitely watchable.
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9/10
One of the best pieces of American animation ever!
desieslonewolf21 June 2006
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This series is amongst the top five American animated shows ever. Many episodes are full of emotion, and often send chills. The original seven have an amazing chemistry between one another and the romance between Hawkgirl and GL is great, as is the hint at a romantic interest between Bats and Wonder Woman. The first two seasons play out like a series of direct to video movies that are each amazing. The final three seasons play out more like a television series but are still absolutely amazing. The voice acting is the best that has ever been done, every voice for every character no matter how minor is perfect, and that helps each character develop a memorable personality that will stick with you forever.

Finally, the final two episodes of the series are two of the most amazing pieces of television ever. Superman's final showdown with Darkseid sends chills every time I see it. Superman's description of the world of cardboard he must live in, always taking care not to break something, is one of the most well written and impactful monologues I've ever heard.
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7/10
Good show, some things seem off
pazzintexas20 December 2021
I like the show for the most part. They get most of the characters right but it seems they made Jon Stewart a little to brooding and moody. He's worse than Batman in this series. Other than that and the fact that they make Superman look weak throughout the series I enjoyed it. I was happy they included Hawk Woman and Martian Man hunter. I know they only did it for toy sales but it was a good change of pace.
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1/10
Worst show ever made
deadpooleatstacos15 October 2018
They have the worst heroes like John Stewart and hawkgirl and that kid called wally west Aka the flash is just so dumb I hated that show forever
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