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Episode #29 – Chaos at the Earth’s Core Original Airdate – September 24th 2005 Supergirl, Stargirl and Green Lantern go to Skartaris, the fantastic, hidden world at the Earth’s core, to help free it from the rule of a brutal dictator. Originally titled "Heart of Stone." Review by Bird Boy | Credits: Written by Matt Wayne Directed by Joaquim dos Santos Music by Lolita Ritmanis Animation by Dong Woo Animation Co., LTD. Voices: * – Not credited as voicing. |
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| Review When I first watched this episode, I really enjoyed it. It was kind of goofy in places, but overall it was kind of fun. But when I watched it a second time, my opinion changed; it was a really dull, boring and pretty useless episode. Sure, it showed us a new Supergirl costume, gave us some much needed exposure to Stargirl and STRIPES and we did get to see Metallo again. But let?s start with the positives. As I said before, we got to see a new Supergirl outfit which was much needed, especially if we ever want characters to actually age in the show. While the suits nice, I really don?t like her hair now. An odd complaint, I know?it just bothers me for some reason. And Metallo! We actually got to see Metallo again with Malcolm McDowell voicing. It was a real treat to hear him again, especially since the only speaking appearance he had before was in Justice League‘s Stargirl and STRIPES were fun; I liked the character interaction between them. Stargirl seemed like the Supergirl we?d seen in STAS; the dislike that Stargirl had for Supergirl in the beginning was worth a chuckle or two, especially after we see there?s a Supergirl convention in Japan with lots of little girls running around in Supergirl outfits (her old one to boot!). I bet her new outfit was a hot conversation topic at the convention. The panels they must?ve had on it! As for the actual story, apparently there?s a whole civilization at the center of the Earth. It hurts your head to think about it, so try not to scrutinize the existence of Skartaris. It?s there, League members were pulled down to help the heroes of Skartaris defend themselves against The one beneficial aspect of this episode set up what I will assume to be the story-long arc. The Legion is attempting to take over and steal certain things; in Skartaris?s case, a giant Kryptonite stone that The animation was extremely nice in this episode; everything was fluid with a few nice camera angles. Speaking of camera angles and animation, The music was typical of the show; there were some neat cues here and there, but nothing that really popped out at me. It fit the story, so I guess that?s one of the higher compliments you can ever give musical scores. Aside from the excellent opening (giant mutant Turtle?what?s not to love?), the rest of the episode pretty much bit. Silver Banshee sucking the life force from soldiers was entertaining, as was the Metallo/Supergirl fight, but aside from that, there really wasn?t much else here. In fact, you can almost completely skip it: the one element in this episode that mattered (Metallo shutting down when he was about to talk about the Addendum: After being emailed about the episode, I’d like to clarify that Travis Morgan (Warlord) is DC character that’s as real as Of course, this doesn’t change my opinion of the character or episode at all, but I wanted to clarify that. |