Review of
Justice League Unlimited: Saving the World,
DVD animated adventures ISBN 1419805029
Four out of five stars
All the gang is
present at some time
This set of animated
adventures at some point includes all the members of the expanded Justice
League. There are three episodes, in the first members of the League battle a
berserk giant nuclear powered robot. It is running amok in China and at first
the leadership there denies that there is a problem despite the trail of
massive devastation. The League members must navigate around the principles of
national sovereignty while fighting a menace where it is clear that it will not
be contained by local forces. It is unfortunate that Supergirl is portrayed as
being dominated by emotions rather than the need to contain and control her
powers.
In the second
episode the child wizard Mordred acquires extreme magical powers while being
completely unable to control his whims and impulses. Adults, even the members
of the Justice League, are powerless against him. With the aid of Mordred’s
mother, the members of the League take extraordinary measures to modify
themselves so that they can circumvent the power that Mordred has over adults.
The final
episode relies on Greek mythology, where Ares, the god of the violence of war
is involved in a civil war. His goal is not to pick a side and see that it
wins, but to simply keep the battles raging and the death count growing.
Members of the League must take on a malevolent god doing what is in his
fundamental nature. It is an interesting premise, one that is not well enough
explained so that some viewers will not understand the antagonists.
The animation
is very good and the dialog superb. Many times, the dialog of superhero videos
is weak, that is not the case here.
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